Where the hell does this data come from - its bollocks!
It was howling down here today pumping 25-30 knots and Seabreeze didnt even show a single green arrow !!! WTF??? 
Its morally WRONG! 
(Then again - who wants everyman and his dog down here anyhow ....
OK, Ok, just forget said anything... )
i was at safety bay today and i can say it wasnt that windy.. like 22 - 25 maybe.. def not 25 plus
The wind was very disappointing today down in Manduragh
The weather readings are taken from a channel marker outside the river mouth down by the Mandurah Marina.
It's a BOM station, It's hardly ever accurate so don't blame Loz
Ok Here's the problem....
From the location of these stations its seems likely that:
Melville Waters readings will be spot on for Crawley
. It will be too optimisic for Melville Beach
during Southerly winds, but is more accurate as the wind swings West, and will be accurate for W to WSW
Mandurah readings will be too pesimistic
for Avalon and the Estuary during anything that doesnt have some Northerly component (just about 99% of the time) but will be accurate if the wind swings North. In particular, for Southerlies and Easterlies, Mandurah readings could easily be pesimistic by 10 knots or more.
Hey Laurie - any chance of posting up maps like this with the locations of other wind stations that the seabreeze site uses around the country? Maybe as a clickable link from each states page under the forecast, synoptic chart links etc?
I find a similar thing - come home after winds real average only to see 18-22kts + on the seabreeze site when I get home !! Perhaps knowing the location of the station would let dudes put in 'fudge factors' to allow for geographic location.
