Nice work Mobydisc

Don't suppose there is any chance of Seabreeze users having some sorta limited access to that data only?

Or using that data on here?

Can I have my own one too?

for people who use Mac computers with the Leopard OS you can get a couple of pretty good widgets from the Apple site for weather conditions.

I have a 7 day BOM forcast, and a current wind strength on Morten Bay that come up when I hit the dashboard. Also have a good converter which amoung other things will convert knots to Km/hr and visa versa.

Good work Laurie. Your on the ball.
So new graph will have more categories of info?

...here's an idea...
Maybe SeaBreeze (Laurie) and one of these weather station manufacturers could collaborate and form a package that we as sailors could set up (temporary and/or permanent) , either as individuals or organisations, at popular sailing spots. Lets start the WindNetwork! Maybe one day the Bureau will buy met data off seabreeze?

this is a bit off..but since i relied on the airport control tower a km. upwind of where we sail for windspeed and directions they happen to build a newer airport 20kms. inland so not too accurate. Has anyone remembered on the windsurfing magazines they were selling weighted flags or probably the fabric in 2-3 sections, for ex: if the wind is at 12-15kts. the lower half would be sway horizontal while the top half limp and when it gets past 15 up to 20kts. both flags would flutter like crazy...if someone can tell me how to make one simply so i could stick it on a favorite spot and just call by landline which one is fluttering the top or bottom instead of asking a gadzillion questions to a non-windsurfer

I vote for one at Palm Beach, and maybe Narrabeen lakes.

Jethrow

laurie said...

As you read this, we are in the process of building the software to accept the feed from this particular brand of software.

Aiming to have a new NSW graph appear next week once we get it done .. so .. if you know of any other stations with this software, and are near H20, drop me a line, and it can be added in.. .. all very exciting!

Can anyone recommend an entry level weather station?

I work for a salmon farm in Tasmania and we're about to purchase two weather stations. They will measure wind speed and wind direction and will have a digital compass to compensate for pitch and roll motion (they'll be deployed at sea). I'm dealing with Environdata (environdata.com.au/) who have been excellent. They've spent quite a bit of time working on the motion compensating side of things. The basic model with solar panel is around $3,500 (which is all you would need if located on land), add about $1750 for a Next G modem and another $1500 for the motion compensator. They come with all their own software and will be set up so we can access the data live from out intranet. The mooring buoys we're building will cost around $6,000 ea and the units will be mounted on these 5m above sea level along with navigational lights. These units could be deployed just about anywhere.