4th August 2003

Portsmouth Commercial Port ask MetEngUK to supply and fit new port wind system

The old wind sensors at Portsmouth Commercial Port had given trouble for many years, and on 4 August 2003, were finally replaced by a modern Vaisala system based on the WD30 averaging wind display unit.

The new system, installed and commissioned by MetEngUK engineers, consists of the well-proven WAT12 analogue wind data transmitter, fitted with WA sensors, and mounted on a high (15 metre) lighting mast above the harbour; the industry-standard current-loop transmitter outputs are fed to a WD30 display unit, mounted in the harbour control office.

A big advantage of the new system is that it can readily indicate wind speed and direction, averaged over two-minute and 10-minute periods, as well as provide instantaneous wind data.