Fairweather BureauKestrel Valley · est. 1934
ISSUED 06:00 Frost advisory for the upper vale, tonight 02:00-07:00•POINT BRACE SW 26 km/h, gusting 41•VALE OBSERVATORY Balloon away 06:15 and 18:15•KESTREL DAM Gauge steady at 3.42 m•ASHGROVE HILL 11.4°C and rising•

Coastal marine station · est. 1947

Point Brace

Temperature now10.8°C
WindSW 26 km/h
Rain today0.6 mm
Elevation9 m

A white timber hut on the Brace peninsula, kept by three keepers who share the fog-signalling duty and the logbook. The visitor window is Thursday to Sunday, 10:00 to 16:00, and the logbook is on the desk for anyone who signs the visitors' page.

Today's log

Readings so far

Point Brace, hourly
HourTempWindRain
00:004.2 °Ccalm0.0 mm
03:002.6 °CW 40.0 mm
06:006.1 °CW 90.0 mm
09:0010.8 °CSW 26 km/h0.6 mm

The rest of today's rows appear as the observer writes them. Fictional readings, of course.

Site

The instruments

The Stevenson screen sits on the south fence, painted the regulation white and repainted every spring. The rain gauge is the brass one from 1947, still the reference.

Automatic sensors log every minute; the observer's hand entries settle any argument between them. On windy days the anemometer talks more than the observers do.

Visiting

Getting here

Thu–Sun · 10:00–16:00 Visitor desk at the station hut. No booking needed; groups of eight or more, write ahead.

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