Last night at 03:53z the AWS recorded a gust of 68.7kts SW. I've never
had anything as high as this befo the most was the 29kts on 29/01/08.
Should I assume this is a false reading?

I notice too that the AWS has done its occasional temperature aberration
today at 09z:

Max temp -100.0C
Min temp 1000.0C

We're all doomed!

Hugh

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Yes, Hugh, that is a spurious reading. Time to make some checks on your
equipment.

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"Hugh Newbury" wrote in message
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Last night at 03:53z the AWS recorded a gust of 68.7kts SW. I've never
had anything as high as this befo the most was the 29kts on 29/01/08.
Should I assume this is a false reading?

I notice too that the AWS has done its occasional temperature aberration
today at 09z:

Max temp -100.0C
Min temp 1000.0C

We're all doomed!

Hugh

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Hugh Newbury

www.evershot-weather.org

"Hugh Newbury" wrote ...
Last night at 03:53z the AWS recorded a gust of 68.7kts SW. I've
never
had anything as high as this befo the most was the 29kts on
29/01/08.
Should I assume this is a false reading?


.... very quiet night here, and I can't imagine you would be any
different; looking back at the synoptic chart for 04Z, doesn't seem to
indicate a local oddity.

Martin.


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Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023

Martin Rowley wrote:
....


... very quiet night here, and I can't imagine you would be any
different; looking back at the synoptic chart for 04Z, doesn't seem to
indicate a local oddity.

The "gust" is a single spike, so certainly an aberration, I think. I've
taken the next highest gust (all of 6kts!) as the genuine article.

Not sure how to account for the wrong'un. Perhaps a spike in the
electricity supplying the computer -- but I have surge protection. So I
have no idea how to service the AWS to prevent it and the temperature
blip happening again. But at least I'm aware of the possibility now.

Hugh

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www.evershot-weather.org

On 2009-10-11, Hugh Newbury wrote:

Not sure how to account for the wrong'un. Perhaps a spike in the
electricity supplying the computer -- but I have surge protection. So I
have no idea how to service the AWS to prevent it and the temperature
blip happening again. But at least I'm aware of the possibility now.

Surge protection will protect your computers and instruments against
electrical surges and nothing more. What you really need is a UPS
(uninterruptable power supply) that has power smoothing capability to
ensure your equipment is not bothered by electrical noise on the wires.
--
comp.john

"Hugh Newbury" wrote in message
...

Last night at 03:53z the AWS recorded a gust of 68.7kts SW. I've never had
anything as high as this befo the most was the 29kts on 29/01/08.
Should I assume this is a false reading?

Any possibility it maight have been one of the neighbourhood bats getting
lost after an over-indulgant night out and bumping into it accidently on the
way home? Bat-arsed, in other words. :-)

jim, Northampton

On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:52:04 +0100, "jbm" wrote:

Any possibility it maight have been one of the neighbourhood bats getting
lost after an over-indulgant night out and bumping into it accidently on the
way home? Bat-arsed, in other words. :-)

Clipped by a racing pidgeon
R

comp.john wrote:
On 2009-10-11, Hugh Newbury wrote:

Not sure how to account for the wrong'un. Perhaps a spike in the
electricity supplying the computer -- but I have surge protection. So I
have no idea how to service the AWS to prevent it and the temperature
blip happening again. But at least I'm aware of the possibility now.

Surge protection will protect your computers and instruments against
electrical surges and nothing more. What you really need is a UPS
(uninterruptable power supply) that has power smoothing capability to
ensure your equipment is not bothered by electrical noise on the wires.

Got one of those! But I'm not sure how much it protects against blips
and dropouts on the supply.

Hugh

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Hugh Newbury

www.evershot-weather.org

Robin Nicholson wrote:
On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:52:04 +0100, "jbm" wrote:

Any possibility it maight have been one of the neighbourhood bats getting
lost after an over-indulgant night out and bumping into it accidently on the
way home? Bat-arsed, in other words. :-)

Clipped by a racing pidgeon

Either of these entirely possible. I live between the church (bats) and
the pub (overindulgence). So maybe they blunder about when they try to
get home across my garden. I'll speak to the bat warden. (No good
speaking to the bats: I'm a bass, and they'd have problems hearing me,
drunk or sober.)

Hugh

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Hugh Newbury

www.evershot-weather.org

"Hugh Newbury" wrote ...
comp.john wrote:

Surge protection will protect your computers and instruments
against
electrical surges and nothing more. What you really need is a UPS
(uninterruptable power supply) that has power smoothing capability
to
ensure your equipment is not bothered by electrical noise on the
wires.

Got one of those! But I'm not sure how much it protects against
blips and dropouts on the supply.


.... very well! Acts like a 'buffer' between the public supply and
what-ever you're powering. I've had one for several years (for all my
PC/associated stuff), and now we're in a notoriously 'iffy' area of
Dorset (lots of the original mains power supplied overhead via
unprotected conductors), it has repaid the £90- odd I paid for it many
times over.

Martin.


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Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023