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      valorn last edited by

      Hi,

      I’ve noticed that among other real stations, with data according to my own position, there is an strange station.

      What is happening?

      I winder if windy is having bad predictions next to my area because of the former...

      Thanks

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      • Tomber42
        Tomber42 Moderator last edited by

        These are often faulty PWS which will not be used for weather models

        Greetings from Tomber

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        • idefix37
          idefix37 Sailor Moderator @valorn last edited by idefix37

          @valorn
          This strange weather station is a buoy and when looking at details on it (by clicking on it) it does not seem very reliable.
          Furthermore this weather buoy is not at sea, but on the land !

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          In fact weather buoy 61001 is a french buoy located near Nice in Mediterranean Sea ( We have seen several weather buoys with a wrong position on Windy probably due to database error? ).
          Here the longitude coordinates are West instead to be East.

          Right position:
          0_1535968920763_7CBCF799-9C8A-485D-A031-E9A6B5D73AD8.jpeg

          Wrong position:
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          • idefix37
            idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Tomber42 last edited by idefix37

            @tomber42 said in Strange station...:

            These are often faulty PWS which will not be used for weather models

            PWS? Personal Weather Station? You are right when looking to some Madis stations on east Florida coast showing 1000kt winds ! :-)

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            But buoys are normally not Personal Weather Stations.
            In the Phone App, as shown by @valorn, the Weather Buoy is identified with a « Personal » symbol

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            But with a « Buoy » symbol on Desktop.
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            • ivo
              ivo Administrator last edited by

              Hi. Started to watch this thread. Will check buoys location.

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              • idefix37
                idefix37 Sailor Moderator @ivo last edited by idefix37

                @ivo
                Good idea !
                Here are 2 other topics concerning the same subject, I mean incorrect buoys position.
                https://community.windy.com/topic/6486/incorrect-weather-buoy
                https://community.windy.com/topic/6250/buoy-report-is-wrong-or-the-reported-location-is-wrong/2
                And there are several other buoys which apparently show wrong wind figures, but I don’t know if this is due to a wrong position or to bad reported values.

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