Eyam Edge Weather Station

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Station Situation

The station is on Eyam Edge,  on a back road from Great Hucklow to Eyam, about 1 mile East of the Barrel public house. It is about 2-300 yards East of the actual takeoff field.

This is a joint effort with the Derbyshire Soaring Club. The station is now up and running on 01298-872-923.  The weather display is at the Yondermann Cafe on the Stoney Middleton-Tideswell Road that used to be Katies Cabin.

 

Interpreting Readings

 Preliminary tests reveal that it reads much less than Bradwell Wendy in Westerlies - but this is to be expected, as Bradwell is right on the edge of the hilll, in the "compression" zone in a westerly wind. Eyam is not, and therefore gets no venturi effect.

I expect the Eyam station to read much more than Bradwell in Southerly winds, as it is on the edge of a south-facing ridge, and will get venturi effect in that direction, whereas Bradwell does not - in a southerly, it's blowing along the ridge there.It will be interesting to compare results, and to have both should increase the accuracy of the local readings. Preliminary results indicate that the winds at takeoff are somewhat higher than the dstation reads.This is due to the smoother slope there, and the absence of a stone wall at takeoff, wheras the hill in front of the station is much rougher, and has a substatial stone wall in front of it, both of which cause the wind to slow down through friction at the station's location.

Pilot Notes

Expect the winds at takeoff in SSW to be a bit higher than the station reads. This is ONLY true of the compression zone at takeoff, though - winds once you get off the hill are represented quite well by the station's readings.
 

Local contacts

Derbyshire Soaring Club.  See the station readout at the Yondermann cafe on the A623 road between Stoney Middleton and Tideswell.

Sites Associated With this Station

Site	Latest Wind
Blacka Moor	Not logged on
Bradwell	Not logged on
Eyam Edge	Not logged on
Stanage	Not logged on

Service Status

3rd Jan 2012.As the rough hill edge and stone walls rob the station of some of the wind force, compared to the smooth ridge at Eyam takeoff, I have upped the calibration by about 20% today. See how that reads for takeoff, and let me know, please.