Wake Watch News

Press release posted on 8 Feb about the real time data we now send to this website, see Wake Watch Pty Ltd High Resolution Aviation Meteorological Sensors Go Online in Real Time at Melbourne Airport. Log in is required to view the real-time data and reports.

The real time graphics Wind, Wind Shear, Wake and Wake forecast are now operating reliably.

Updating site to include usernames and passwords for access to data.

Continuing to upgrade this site with real-time; met profiles, wind shear and wake measurements.

The wind profiler data is available every two minutes and can be seen on the Wind profiles page.

The wind shear system is now also on line in the Wind Shear page, click on the outline of each of the three graphics to see the latest data in real time.


Provided 6 months of very high resolution wind shear data to Melbourne Airport to assist in making a decision on the third runway orientation.

The wind shear data meets the requirements for wind shear measurements as set out in Guideline B.

The wind shear system can detect in real time wind shear due to terrain, buildings, gust fronts, thunderstorms and aircraft wake vortices, all in one system.