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Weather stations are located at:

Weather is forwarded to the Weather Underground, stored in a data warehouse, and provided to partner organisations. Partner feeds are available as NMEA via a UDP stream or TCP server, as XML, or JSON. For TCP server access:

  • Dieffenbach Point on port 45068

  • Northern Entrance on port 45051

  • Tory Entrance on port 45050

  • Waikawa Marina on port 45054

Picton Harbours also forwards data from three Vaisala WXT 530 sensors maintained by Port Marlborough Limited.

Stations are located at:

Partner feeds are available as NMEA via TCP server:

  • Ferry Terminal 12027

  • Shakespeare Bay 12026

  • Waitoe Wharf 12028

NMEA Format

Three sentences Several sentence types are produced once a minute. Each is followed by a CR/LF.

  • The first line contains the wind bearing, and average speed in knots

  • The second line contains A line containing a “T” provides the average wind speed and direction

  • A line containing a “M” provides the minimum wind speed and direction over a sample period

  • A line containing an “X” provides the maximum wind speed and direction over a sample period

  • A line containing a “G” provides the IMO three-second maximum gust bearing in degrees and speed in knotsThe third sentence contains the gust speed and direction

  • A line containing RH, TEMP, and PRESS contains relative humidity in percent, the temperature in degrees celsius, and the barometric pressure in pascals

  • A line containing RH, TEMP, PRESS, and DP contains relative humidity in percent, the temperature in degrees celsius, the barometric pressure in pascals, and the relative humidity as percent.

Data is available for:

  • Northern Entrance on port 45051

  • Tory Entrance on port 45050

  • Waikawa Marina on port 45054dew point

NMEA format sentence example:

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