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[RobertMParker]

160 Northridge Drive - Is it any good? When is it in rotor?

[RobertMParker]

I flew yesterday! If I was smarter, I would have written up these notes yesterday, but I was excited to be in the air again. So here are some notes on how meters actually performed.

For reference I measured WNW at ~13mph from Walker around 3pm.

Sharp Point Beach KCAPACIF205 - I thought this one did well. AFAICT it correctly captured the lower elevation wind changes, which were some different than the higher elevations. At low elevations the wind was SW and slower.

Mussel Rock - 160 Northridge Drive - Wind speed looks like it was somewhat underreported. Wind direction looks completely wrong. It was showing SE. Either the station is in rotor, or it is not configured correctly. If it's just a configuration problem, we can fix the issue by adding in an offset. I can certainly see the appeal of this station. It's right on the edge of Green Monster. There are some big trees up there, which might cause an issue with rotor.

Farallones Buoy - Data seems delayed by an hour. Probably not a big deal.

[RobertMParker]

Right now, all meters besides 160 Northridge Drive are showing wind is W, and 160 Northridge Drive is showing S-SE.

[RobertMParker]

Added an offset to 160 Northridge Drive - 8f30120

[RobertMParker]

I was at Sharp Point Beach for a walk recently, and I think I know which house hosts the weather meter. It might have some rotor if wind is East, but for flying MR we don't care about that anyway. Anything N, NW, W, SW, S should be good.