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NotWal
NotWal
QLD
7436 posts
QLD, 7436 posts
7 Mar 2018 6:04pm
I've noticed Willy Weather for Wello doesn't correspond to the wind condition on the water. It might have something to do with the position of the station if there is one.

I'm wondering about the Willy Weather stations for the other near Bris spots. Are they at all reliable?

Gold Coast ?
Viccy Point ?
Wello X
Wynnum ?
Redcliffe ?
Bribie ?
Caloundra ?
MarkSSC
MarkSSC
QLD
642 posts
QLD, 642 posts
7 Mar 2018 9:09pm
The Caloundra one for Golden Beach gives the current wind speed for a station in the Beerburum forest. It is well inland and does not reflect local conditions at GB. The station for Boreen Point is at Noosa/Tewantin.
olskool
olskool
QLD
2463 posts
QLD, 2463 posts
7 Mar 2018 9:33pm
Coastalwatch / Surfstich have a station on top of buildings near Happy Valley Caloundra. Reasonably accurate. Subtract 5kt or so for the passage.
Ive always thought Willy to be a bit wonky.
airsail
airsail
QLD
1602 posts
QLD, 1602 posts
7 Mar 2018 10:11pm
Redcliffe over reads by approx 4 knots in a SSE-NNE, unreliable in a westerly as it is sheltered by the shoreline.
vando
vando
QLD
3419 posts
QLD, 3419 posts
7 Mar 2018 10:30pm
Willy uses Redland (Alexandra Hills) for Wello which is useless. It use to be Peel Island (banana bank) which use to read more but at lest is was more reliable.
lungs
lungs
QLD
492 posts
QLD, 492 posts
8 Mar 2018 7:26am
Its a wonder that bom is ever right especially when the staff are doing this with their super computers

www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-08/bureau-of-meteorology-staff-implicated-in-cryptocurrency-ring/9524208
MarkSSC
MarkSSC
QLD
642 posts
QLD, 642 posts
8 Mar 2018 9:31pm
olskool said..
Coastalwatch / Surfstich have a station on top of buildings near Happy Valley Caloundra. Reasonably accurate. Subtract 5kt or so for the passage.
Ive always thought Willy to be a bit wonky.


Willy Wonky
Jacko51
Jacko51
SA
226 posts
SA, 226 posts
7 Jun 2018 9:16pm
Found this site today. If you put the pointer on the arrow it brings up the current reading for that position.
Not sure how accurate it is, I think it may be linked to the Bom observation readings. The big arrows at the bottom of the page take you up and down the coast.
www.baywind.com.au/qld/index.php?L=moretonbay
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