Ngakuta Bay Weather



New Weather Station Details

This newly established weather station is composed of equipment from Oregon Scientific (WMR200A) and runs automatically and sends data by UHF radio link every 60 seconds to a dedicated computer running 24 hours day 365 days a year. The computer then automatically updates this present web page and sends the data to several other global weather monitoring services, where analysis is carried out, and comparison is made with other nearby weather stations. To see any one of these web pages, click on Findu or PWS (Personal Weather Stations) or Wunderground (Weather Underground) or AWEKAS (Automatic Weather Map System) or APRS/CWOP (Automatic Packet Reporting System/Citizen Weather Observer Program or CWOP Station Information. The data also appears on the MADIS (Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System) and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) mesonet map web page as Ngakuta Bay ID=AU375(ZL2JKP-10), APRSWX-Net ID=18072. On the web page click on "World" and navigate to New zealand, then click on the station to gain access to raw data. The Weather Station is located at Ngakuta Bay, Latitude 41.283 S, Longitude 173.971 E, Maidenhead Square RE68xr. The CWOP station ID = ZL2JKP-10, The Weather Underground station ID = IMARLBOR4. This station updates this present web page every 900 seconds. This present Report is Timed: Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 8:33 p.m.


The photo on the right is also updated every 900 seconds


Air Temperature

Current temperature 16.5°C
Heat Index 16.5
Windchill 16.5



Air Pressure Barometer

Altitude-corrected pressure (altimeter setting)1007.4 mb
Current barometer reading 1005.0 mb
Sea Level Pressure 1007.3 mb
Pressure change rate (per hour),computed using 3 hours of data 0.01 mb



Ultra Violet Reading

Current UV Index = 0
For further information click here



Wind Speed Anemometer

Current wind gust speed --- KT
Average wind speed --- KT
Wind direction --- ---
Maximum gust over the last 10 minutes --- KT



Rainfall

Current rain rate 0.0 mm
Rain received in the last 60 minutes 0.0 mm
Rain received since midnight 3.1 mm
Total rain this year so far 348.6 mm



Relative Humidity

RH 85.6 %
Dewpoint 14.1


Sun and Moon

Sunrise and Sunset are 6:55 a.m. and 5:51 p.m.
Today's moonrise 11:54 a.m.
Date of next new moon 10/05/2013
Date of next full moon 25/04/2013
Time of todays moonset 9:47 p.m.
Phase of the Moon = FirstQuarter



Forecast

Forecast based on sea level pressure Sunny
Forecast based on altitude pressure Sunny
For the six day forecast for Marlborough by the New Zealand Met Service click here


Historical Rainfall Records

We are very fortunate that there is some existing historical data on rainfall for Ngakuta Bay. This was collected by a long-time resident, Tom Kennedy begining in 1986 and ending half way through 2005. The mean annual rainfall here is quite high, 1383 mm per year (54.4 inches). This can be compared to Blemheim 655 mmg (25.8 inches), and Nelson 970 mm (38.2 inches). Tom's data shows that although rainfall is highest in July and August, the monthly variation is only about 19% through the year.

The pattern of rainfall for the four seasons, as might be expected, shows winter and spring receive the greatest rain. The data on number of rain days in each month must be viewed with caution, as this reflects more on how many times the rain gauge was actually measured and emptied. However, the mean monthly pattern is a fair reflection of the real situation.



This page is Maintained by Foss Leach. For any enquires send email to Foss Leach
Last modified on Sat 11' February 2012
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