Monday is looking to have a NE and a southern swell of around 1.8
Could be a good arvo to knock off early and go for a wave sail.

What do people think?

Possibly right I'll be there if it's on

Only be a light Northerly I recon! No good for Goats!
Might be a SUP down there though

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buzzy said..

Only be a light Northerly I recon! No good for Goats!
Might be a SUP down there though

Bukksh#t

Monday 23 September
Winds Northeasterly 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 25 knots during the morning

Wind starting at dorans, right direction sometimes I hate work

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FoS said..
Wind starting at dorans, right direction sometimes I hate work

Probably to much 'N' in it, by the looks of what its blowing at the airport.

"Supposed" to go NE later, so interested to see what happens.. not much swell though!

Do you guys ever look at www.wunderground.com/wundermap/ ?

You'll need to keep in mind they're all Personal Weather Stations (PWS) - but the PWS network is pretty good down south.
Most of them are live - not updated every 1/2hr like BOM are.
They're in km/hr just type into google '21 km/hr to knots' and you'll get instant conversion.

Also remember they are mounted on people's roof's, so depending on where they live may not give real good indications on wind speed/direction. Nothing google maps can't confirm (or a drive past) to see where they're mounted.

They're cheap and very easy to setup and forget about.

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JohnnyHuett said..
Do you guys ever look at www.wunderground.com/wundermap/ ?

You'll need to keep in mind they're all Personal Weather Stations (PWS) - but the PWS network is pretty good down south.

Most of them are live - not updated every 1/2hr like BOM are.

They're in km/hr just type into google '21 km/hr to knots' and you'll get instant conversion.

Also remember they are mounted on people's roof's, so depending on where they live may not give real good indications on wind speed/direction. Nothing google maps can't confirm (or a drive past) to see where they're mounted.

They're cheap and very easy to setup and forget about.

Yer i've looked at this before and I have driven past the personl one in Lauderdale, which is located in a bit of a dodgy location with trees around it. So not sure how accurate this one is!

Yep - although they're pretty handy, being that they're live...
Unlike BOM that gives you an average over a huge period of time, which in reality, for those of us that want to know NOW - the PWS network is pretty handy.
I just captured this live - it give you a pretty good idea of what the wind is doing for that area, but yea, it's live, so 16's change to 18's in 5 seconds, and 20 NNW, can turn to 25 NE pretty quickly, as that how the wind usually comes through, as we know Knowing the weather patterns and whats coming through, using this map site, is like watching the patterns unfolding.

I wish we had a few on our sailing spots - hopefully I'll get a few more built up here, and can find people with spare space on their tv mast!

EDIT:: I should say, the numbers are TEMP, not windspeed. The Bar's indicate wind speed - so click on the bulb. Pitt Water for example was 20knots, or 38km/hr.

Johnny, Damo has been talking about a weather station on his property for some time we just need to ramp him up. His house is in a good spot as there's not many trees, just needs to be high enough so there's little interference from houses.
Come on Wally come on come on..............we're waiting

Goats no good today, wind northerly and no swell

Whats that you say? Too Northerly!!! Sounds like Bukksh#t to me

I am more than willing to put up a 30m tower in my back yard or roof maybe. Will then give perfect record of wind in LAUDERDALE, ANY DIRECTION.
Anyone with the idea for the tower ???
P.s the pine tree in the border is about 20m tall ( would just have to get to the top of it and extend upwards ( or is that submit).
Working bee at the wally house, cmon!!!

An old mast on the top of the tree would be ideal. A 460/490 plus the station would give an extra ~5m!
Who's the monkey in the group who can climb that tree? - I can't work out who's more qualified
Would have to get the station onto the mast before hand though.

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I am more than willing to put up a 30m tower in my back yard or roof maybe. Will then give perfect record of wind in LAUDERDALE, ANY DIRECTION.
Anyone with the idea for the tower ???
P.s the pine tree in the border is about 20m tall ( would just have to get to the top of it and extend upwards ( or is that submit).
Working bee at the wally house, cmon!!!

Put a big cock on top of it to show wind direction Must be some good second hand ones around

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jaytee said..

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geared4knots said..

I am more than willing to put up a 30m tower in my back yard or roof maybe. Will then give perfect record of wind in LAUDERDALE, ANY DIRECTION.
Anyone with the idea for the tower ???
P.s the pine tree in the border is about 20m tall ( would just have to get to the top of it and extend upwards ( or is that submit).
Working bee at the wally house, cmon!!!

Put a big cock on top of it to show wind direction Must be some good second hand ones around

I've got a second hand cock, excellent condition, cheap

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houston said..

jaytee said..

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geared4knots said..

I am more than willing to put up a 30m tower in my back yard or roof maybe. Will then give perfect record of wind in LAUDERDALE, ANY DIRECTION.
Anyone with the idea for the tower ???
P.s the pine tree in the border is about 20m tall ( would just have to get to the top of it and extend upwards ( or is that submit).
Working bee at the wally house, cmon!!!

Put a big cock on top of it to show wind direction Must be some good second hand ones around

I've got a second hand cock, excellent condition, cheap

Wouldn't stand tall these days

On a more serious note Damo I can help you get it up the tree if you work out with Johnny the right weather station for the job

Dad says ,Would the tree swaying a little effect the recording? It is a very solid tree of about 1m diameter at the bottom, but obviously moves a bit when windy??

Im keen, just got to figure a way of getting to the top, it is a nasty tangly piece of 'macracarpa' (?_).,
God bless and good night.

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Captain_Morg said..

Dad says ,Would the tree swaying a little effect the recording? It is a very solid tree of about 1m diameter at the bottom, but obviously moves a bit when windy??

Im keen, just got to figure a way of getting to the top, it is a nasty tangly piece of 'macracarpa' (?_).,
God bless and good night.

Heres your man to do the job

Well get mr president to do a forward loop and leave a rope up the tree, then we can tie that to morgan and the other end to vietzies wagon, that will Morgs up there in a hurry.
What could go wrong

PS I've just work 43 of the last 48 hrs so there maybe a floor in my plan and speiling

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FoS said..

Well get mr president to do a forward loop and leave a rope up the tree, then we can tie that to morgan and the other end to vietzies wagon, that will Morgs up there in a hurry.
What could go wrong

PS I've just work 43 of the last 48 hrs so there maybe a floor in my plan and speiling

Morgan's the man unless those deadly Colliwobbles strike and he falls out of the tree

Dont ask a Colliballs supporter to get up the tree; They find it hard to climb a ladder Certainly cant reach the top rung!