Wind forecasting

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Gale
Gale
WA
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WA, 1 posts
11 Feb 2018 8:19pm
I find the wind forecasting here on seabreeze leaves a lot to be desired. When its blowing a hurricane here in Rockingham it tells me theres hardly any wind in Mandurah, which is only 20Ks down the coast.....not posssible ! check out todays chart for safety bay and Mandurah . Surely that cant be right.
hardie
hardie
WA
4133 posts
WA, 4133 posts
11 Feb 2018 8:59pm
Gale said..
I find the wind forecasting here on seabreeze leaves a lot to be desired. When its blowing a hurricane here in Rockingham it tells me theres hardly any wind in Mandurah, which is only 20Ks down the coast.....not posssible ! check out todays chart for safety bay and Mandurah . Surely that cant be right.


Got nothing to do with seabreeze, the Mandurah Wind and Weather station is located in a notoriously bad position in the lee of the mandurah Y Club, it is very inaccurate for mandurah weather and wind readings and they are actually going to move the station away from there.
Subsonic
Subsonic
WA
3419 posts
WA, 3419 posts
12 Feb 2018 12:27pm
The Safety bay meter also over reads. Better to look at the Garden island meter for a more accurate reading.

not sure if its a placement problem, or a computer problem.
AUS1111
AUS1111
WA
3621 posts
WA, 3621 posts
12 Feb 2018 1:10pm
As far as I can tell the only graphs that give an accurate indication of the conditions are Fish Rocks, Melville Water and Garden Island.
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