Just a note to advise that I've just installed a new weather station that's now the closest wind and weather monitoring site to Coronation Beach Western Australia.
The station reports here:
http://www.kitesurfing.com.au/gerowind/ Here's a snip from today's rerport:
ABOUT THIS WEATHER STATION:This weather station is located at Drummond Cove, Western Australia, about 15km north of Geraldton and 15km south of Coronation Beach, one of the best windsurfing and kitesurfing spots in Australia.
There are two other wind stations in the region, but one is at the Airport, about 20km inland and more than 40km from Coronation. The other station is run by the Geraldton Port Authority and is located on the Red Channel Marker at Geraldton Port, so it's nearly 5km out to sea near town, and nearly 30 km from Coronation. Neither provide particularly useful information for kiting or windsurfing conditions at Coronation Beach.
The new station is located in a flat area on the north side of Drummonds, no obstructions on any side, with the sensors on a pole about 10m above ground (and sea level) and about 300m from the beach.
A FEW NOTES ON THE READINGS:Please ignore the rain data for now. When it gets really windy, the wind blows the rain sensor around inside its protective casing and it erroneously registers rainfall. You can be pretty much 100% certain if it's between about October and March, there'll be no rain falling in Geraldton. Apologies that the wind speed is in mph instead of knots, but if you want to do the conversions, 1 knot = 1.1508 mph.
BIG thanks to Jim Easterbrook in the UK for authoring and supporting the software that makes this all possible. LEGEND!
Cheers,
Rob
