Lake Burley Griffin Weather

Live wind conditions, forecasts, and water quality for Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra.

https://lbgweather.au

Features

• Real-time wind data from the Canberra Yacht Club weather station (speed, gusts, direction, temperature, humidity)
• Multi-model forecasts from BOM, GFS, ICON, GEM, and JMA via Open-Meteo
• Wind rose showing direction distribution
• Historical data with date navigation
• Water quality map showing NCA monitoring results for 11 lake areas with interactive overlays
• Lake closure warnings for Yarralumla Bay

Data Sources

• Canberra Yacht Club weather station
• Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) hourly forecasts
• Open-Meteo for GFS, ICON, GEM, JMA forecast models
• National Capital Authority water quality results

Components

File	Purpose
index.html	Main page (HTML, CSS, JS all inline)
wind_logger.py	Fetches current wind data from CYC weather station
bom_logger.py	Archives BOM hourly forecast snapshots
forecast_logger.py	Archives multi-model forecasts (BOM, GFS, ICON, GEM, JMA)
water_quality.py	Scrapes NCA water quality table, generates water_quality.json
ellipse_editor.html	Visual tool for editing water quality map area positions
lbg_map.jpg	Lake Burley Griffin base map for water quality overlay

Cron Jobs

• wind_logger.py + bom_logger.py run every few minutes to capture current conditions
• forecast_logger.py + water_quality.py run hourly

License

MIT