First I should talk about what hardware I already have in place. The weather station consists of several 1-Wire sensors. It has an AAG anemometer for measuring wind speed and direction. The temperature, humidity, solar, barometric pressure, and lightning sensors are all kits sold by Hobby Boards. The rain sensor is made by Rainwise and modified for 1-Wire by Hobby Boards. I built the kits along with the housing and mounting. The base structure is made from PVC tubing. It has a fan aspirated radiation shield I made from threaded rod, plastic bowls, and a computer case fan. The rain gauge is mounted on the plastic lid from a tub of laundry detergent. Several adapters, t-fittings, and a shower drain tie it all together. The problem is that over time, UV radiation caused the plastic bowls and and lid to deteriorate. That, along with the fact that some of the sensors had become intermittent, are the reasons I took down the weather station for a redesign. More on the fix, hopefully with detailed pictures to come. Also coming soon will be a write up of my new weather station computer.  The current computer is an ancient Pentium 3 450 running Fedora Core 6.