Wind details
First a quick note on wind measurements at this site. The right way to measure wind is having the anemometer (wind speed and direction sensor) 10 meters above the ground in an open area so the wind is not obstructed. I can't do that as I'm in a valley with lots of very large tree's around. So while the measurements are relatively accurate of the wind being experienced here, it's not the same measurement as expected from a commercial or government weather station. However, it is the wind I get here and that's what I wanted to measure.
The various bits of data below come from the software I use for weather data collection. When I first saw it, I thought it was quite interesting.
Observations
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| Today max gust: 0.0 kmh at 3:11 PM | Today max average: 0.0 kmh at 3:12 PM |
| Max gust last hour: 0.0 kmh | Max gust hour: 0.0 kmh N at 8:00 PM |
| Month to date max wind speed: 94.4 kmh | Month to date max gust wind speed: 107.3 kmh |
| Average wind direction last 10 mins: 360° | Average wind speed last 10 mins: 0.0 kmh |
| Max 1 minute wind speed: 0.0 kmh | Max 1 min avg speed last 12 hours: 0.0 kmh |
| Yesterday's max avg wind: 0.0 k at 3:12 PM | Yesterday's max gust: 0.0 kmh SSW at 3:11 PM |
| Wind run today so far: 0.00 km | Wind run for this month so far: 49.03 km |
| Wind run for this year so far: 9954.85 km | Observations for 31/05/10 8:02 PM |
Note: In Australia, a day with respect to weather begins at 9AM through to 9AM the following day. So when you look at the observations above, you may note that an observation can look like it's in the future expecially when it's early hours of the morning that you are seeing them. It's not a mistake.
Wind Direction
This graph shows the direction of the wind over the last:
| 12 hours: | 24 hours |
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Wind Speed / Direction plots
| 12 hours: | 31 days |
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Wind Run details
Wind Run is a measure of the amount of wind in a particular location over a period of time. It is the average wind speed over the previous 24 hours and is measured at 9AM. So for example a daily wind run of 120km equates to an average wind speed of 5km/h (24 hours x 5 km/h is 120km). It provides a good comparison between locations on how windy a place is and also becomes useful in the planning of wind farms etc.
Percentage of wind against direction
