West Channel Beacon Automatic Weather Station
Note: Due to the collapse of the West Channel Beacon (Wedding Cake West) in December 2006, observations from Sydney Harbour AWS are unavailable until further notice.
| Location |
On
the western channel marker of Sow and Pigs reef in Sydney Harbour, often referred
to as "Wedding Cake" |
| Latitude |
-33.8414 |
| Longitude |
151.2633 |
| Instrumentation |
Wind only AWS (Synchrotach Anemometer Rotating Cup design) |
| Commissioned |
28 February 1996 for Wind and 18 September 1997 for Temperature |
| Mast Height |
10 metres |
| Station number |
066196 / SYHB (WMO 95766) |
| Historical Data
Available |
email reqnsw@bom.gov.au |
| SYNOP Format |
10 minute average wind speed, direction and temperature at 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 hours Eastern Daylight Time.
Daily maximum and minimum temperatures. |
| METAR Format |
10 minute average wind speed,
direction and gust available every half hour and when 'speci' conditions exist.
gust = the maximum 3 sec running mean in the 10 minute interval |
| One Minute Wind Data |
Average maximum
and minimum temperature.
Average speed and direction,highest and lowest wind
speed, plus and minus 1 standard deviation of the wind direction.
(For highest and lowest a 3 sec running mean is used) |
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