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Re: Storm Eunice

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freddie wrote: Fri 18 Feb 2022 3:48 pm [
RayProudfoot wrote: Fri 18 Feb 2022 3:02 pmPressure matches that at Manchester airport so no worries there.
Manchester a/p recorded 976 hPa between 11:20 and 11:50 so perhaps yours is a tad high?
I registered a minimum of 975.8 at 11:32 - so looks like I'm still close to calibration, I don't look at it very often!

Highest gust recorded today for me has been 46 mph @ 15:17, and looks like it is calming down again now.
Wednesday I recorded a gust of 52 mph.
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Oh yes... it seems to have reached the NE corner of NL now.
But my registration of a gust of 131 km/h at 16h33 seems a bit overdone just like some peaks during Dudley.
Either the Ecowitt WS80 overdoes it a bit or I have troubles with turbulence here in this corner but I must assume this is a measurement issue.
Pressure 982 and still falling (meaning that the low is still west of here, see screenshot) so the peak is still hours away.

Nevertheless it is now becoming a real storm.
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    HansR wrote: Fri 18 Feb 2022 3:59 pm Either the Ecowitt WS80 overdoes it a bit or I have troubles with turbulence here in this corner but I must assume this is a measurement issue.
    From posts I have seen on wxforum I'd be inclined to say it does seem to be overreading high speed gusts, but of course it's a different mechanism - and is the WS80 doing a 2 second gust or an instantaneous reading? My WS80 is still in the garden so I cannot compare it with the Davis anemometer. Next time the Davis comes down I'll put the WS80 up there too.
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    Bizarre here, pressure rising fast 1000.5, temperature dropped like a brick, the wind’s picked up again and we have very heavy rain interspersed with sleet. I can’t ever remember anything like this.
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    mcrossley wrote: Fri 18 Feb 2022 4:04 pm
    HansR wrote: Fri 18 Feb 2022 3:59 pm Either the Ecowitt WS80 overdoes it a bit or I have troubles with turbulence here in this corner but I must assume this is a measurement issue.
    From posts I have seen on wxforum I'd be inclined to say it does seem to be overreading high speed gusts, but of course it's a different mechanism - and is the WS80 doing a 2 second gust or an instantaneous reading? My WS80 is still in the garden so I cannot compare it with the Davis anemometer. Next time the Davis comes down I'll put the WS80 up there too.
    OK, I'd be curious to hear other experiences with this because the readings are normally OK though more volatile - greater variation between reads - than a cup anemometer.
    I should have a hand wind meter to calibrate. Nevertheless, so far I have no reason to say measurements are wrong.
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    LindaFNM wrote: Fri 18 Feb 2022 4:22 pm Bizarre here, pressure rising fast 1000.5, temperature dropped like a brick, the wind’s picked up again and we have very heavy rain interspersed with sleet. I can’t ever remember anything like this.
    Well, that should keep you busy explaining for some months to go ... ;)
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    mcrossley wrote: Fri 18 Feb 2022 3:59 pm
    I registered a minimum of 975.8 at 11:32 - so looks like I'm still close to calibration, I don't look at it very often!

    Highest gust recorded today for me has been 46 mph @ 15:17, and looks like it is calming down again now.
    Wednesday I recorded a gust of 52 mph.
    That places your pressure 0.4hPa lower than mine. Very difficult to compare my station to the airport when they only report to the nearest 1hPa.

    For others, Mark and I live less than 3 miles apart so our pressure readings should be very close. Temp, pressure and wind differences will always be there. Bigger difference in wind gust than pressure. I can live with that. :D
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    LindaFNM wrote: Fri 18 Feb 2022 4:22 pm Bizarre here, pressure rising fast 1000.5, temperature dropped like a brick, the wind’s picked up again and we have very heavy rain interspersed with sleet. I can’t ever remember anything like this.
    Cold front has gone through. ;)
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    mcrossley wrote: Fri 18 Feb 2022 4:04 pm
    HansR wrote: Fri 18 Feb 2022 3:59 pm Either the Ecowitt WS80 overdoes it a bit or I have troubles with turbulence here in this corner but I must assume this is a measurement issue.
    From posts I have seen on wxforum I'd be inclined to say it does seem to be overreading high speed gusts, but of course it's a different mechanism - and is the WS80 doing a 2 second gust or an instantaneous reading? My WS80 is still in the garden so I cannot compare it with the Davis anemometer. Next time the Davis comes down I'll put the WS80 up there too.
    I don't know what you mean with the 2 second gust or instantaneous. I did not setup anything to that, where can I?

    The 131 measurement does not seem to be a fault. I just learned that the KNMI high gust for my area was officially 125 km/h So my 131 for me is within device accuracy.
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