Jack and I installed a new weather station on his roof at Gordon's Beach in Sooke today (3 houses up from the main sailing spot where the 2 webcams are). The station gives real time winds (live updates every 15 seconds), found here:
http://bigwavedave.ca/GordonsWSRT.htm

Also a detailed list of weather info is shown here:
http://bigwavedave.ca/GordonsWS.htm

The anemometer is on his roof and hopefully it will give semi-accurate wind readings. We all know about the days when it is 25 knots out in the Strait and very light on shore. We'll have to see how it works and we might have to move it around if it's reading too low. I still have to get the wind reading on the Latest Reports page and I plan to add the real time winds to the Columbia Beach weather station too.

Special thanks to Jack for all of his help and to Bosun's Locker for giving me a great deal on the weather station.

wow! ... does this site ever stop?

Very nice. I just need to get out to Sooke more often & see how accurate it is !

Yaaay Dave, that speedometer gaugey display for Columbia keeping the webcam inset would be lovely ...

Thanks for the comments. As you may have noticed I added the Gordon's Beach weather station reading to the Latest Reports page. If you don't see it listed it's probably because you have to select it using the "Set Table Options" link on the left of the Latest Reports page. It should update every 10 minutes. For faster updates try these links:

http://www.bigwavedave.ca/GordonsWS.htm - this updates every 5 minutes

http://www.bigwavedave.ca/GordonsWSRT.htm - this updates every 15 seconds