Lucky Duck
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It’s been consistent reporting winds in the North West sector today despite my own observations and those of the other weather stations suggesting it should be reporting from the South West
Bramblemet 90 degrees out?
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jlavery
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I agree. I'll email the Solentmet Support Group to let them know.
Lucky Duck
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Currently seems to be stuck showing 9 knots from the SW rather than a brisk breeze from the opposite direction
Chiara’s slave
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It’s very often wrong. It’s unfortunately very exposed to being caught in rigging.
MikeBz
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A friend who lives on Hayling once commented to me that if Chimet was permanently stuck on the same wind speed/direction then it would be right more of the time than it is.
Lucky Duck
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I think that is unduly harsh
MikeBz
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It was a tongue-in-cheek remark.
ashtead
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Maybe that’s why the bramblemet has rivals in Chimet etc to give a rough clue to any issues?
DJE
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You could always try Hillhead Saing Club if Bramblemet is playing up.
Stemar
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Gosport NCI is useful for Portsmouth Harbour, but isn't as exposed as Bramblemet
wonkywinch
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Why poke around with individual stations when Ian Millard shows you the whole gamut?
Windycator v2 - Live weather reports from coastal stations and offshore buoys
Windycator v2 - Live weather reports from coastal stations and offshore buoys
Mark-1
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Do we know where the anemometer is? On top of their hut near HMS Dolphin?
Mark-1
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Shame he hasn't added the camber in Chi Harbour.
wonkywinch
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If you contact him, I'm sure he might be able to do it if the feed is available?
Mark-1
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It's the same as all the other ChiMet family, I'll ask, he might even be grateful.
jlavery
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Solentmet Support Group, who run Chimet, Cambermet and Emsmet in Chichester Harbour - and publish the data for Bramblemet and Sotonmet - have not in the past been open to sharing more generally via a public feed. This is for historic perceived 'commercial' reasons.
It's worth asking, as there's been a change of personnel, but don't hold your breath.
I've worked with SSG, having developed the iPhone and Android apps for them. Unfortunately the Android app is no longer available on the Play Store because messages from Google were not received/acted upon and the app wasn't updated when it needed to be.
Mark-1
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Ahhh, I assumed Bramble Post was the same station as Bramblemet, perhaps it's not and now I notice Chimet isn't there, either so you're likely right, it's not just one of that family missing, it's all of them.
wonkywinch
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With all the sponsored racing buoys around the Solent, I had suggested to a couple of companies I dealt with that Bramblemet might be a good place to promote their name.
On the other hand, I can't believe ABP Southampton don't step up as the info at Bramble must be incredibly useful to their traffic.
On the other hand, I can't believe ABP Southampton don't step up as the info at Bramble must be incredibly useful to their traffic.
Chiara’s slave
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It spends 40% of it’s time awaiting maintenance, sadly. I’ve known it to be fixed, then clobbered again later the same day.
