Bashy
Captain
Flight distance : 2354357 ft
United Kingdom
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Just go on to weatherunderground.com and search for a weather station near you, or go to maps, Wundermap, an airport is best, they are normally 4 letters such as EGUL, their anemometer should be mounted at 10m (33ft) thats the official height, you can then say add another 10mph on top for higher up, make sure you read the speed and gust. it could only be showing say 18mph speed but the gusts could be 30mph.
Another way is to search for your local METAR (google) same as above,
Another way is to use windytv (search) it will give you an idea on the wind now at your location at 100m i think it is, a bit tricky to figure that part out but worth it...
NB, some METARS only report hourly (uk for instance) some perhaps in the US every 30mins, you need to make sure you check its up date time, also, if you should choose to use a station that is close to you but its a private station, be AWARE that its possibly mounted incorrectly, might not be the correct height, might be that its got trees or buildings blocking one direction. You can normally get a feel for unsuitable stations on WU, they are the ones that are way of compared to the other stations around you, best to do a bit of homework before you rely on any one station, i.e. check the notes, its under About this pws near the name. see if it has a Davis station, thats a good start, see if it has a website, they tend to write some info on how the station is setup. |
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