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WooferHound
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Wind Speed - Averages, Estimation and History
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January 17, 2012, 12:14:23 pm »
If you are really interested in getting accurite readings for your area and at the correct height above ground, you should consider putting up an Anemometer (wind speed indicator) and putting up where you plan on raising a wind turbine. But there are some resources that will give you actual
Wind Speeds and Histories for your Area
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Here is a 3 day history for my area. Put your zip code in at the top of the page and get a 3 day history for your area. Recorded at hourly intervals.
http://www.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KHSV.html
World Wide Weather and History
http://www.worldweatheronline.com/premium-weather.aspx?menu=historical
Average Wind Speeds
Average wind speeds by Month for 300 American cities
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/ccd/avgwind.html
Map on Wikipedia showing areas that are good for wind power in the USA
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/United_States_Wind_Resources_and_Transmission_Lines_map.jpg
Average wind speed Map for Canada
http://www.windatlas.ca/en/maps.php
Estimating Wind Speed
An excellent guide for wind speeds, looking at water or land features
http://www.buildyourownwindturbine.com/index.php/windspeed-table
Wind speeds related to flags flying in the wind
http://www.redwitch.com/extras/flag_wind_speed.aspx
Beaufort Scale for Wind Speed Estimation related to land features
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/tornado/beaufort_scale.html
Estimating Wind Speed and Sea State
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/info/beaufort.phpNet
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Re: Wind Speed - Averages, Estimation and History
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January 17, 2012, 06:23:38 pm »
I live on the coast and have been using
http://www.windfinder.com/
for about 7 years now and find it good for past, present, and 7 day forecast. I mainly use it for sailing and windsurfing but also for planning my RE (sun and wind) usage during the week.
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Re: Wind Speed - Averages, Estimation and History
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January 17, 2012, 06:38:09 pm »
I actually liked this site.. plugged in my zip code ... and thne when it brought up suggestions, selected my my area
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January 17, 2012, 07:04:44 pm »
windfinder is pretty neat...i like free stuff ...
....it takes its readings for me from the nearest airport ...and gives really good data ...
best of all its free information and logging for your general area....i guess not as good as you own site monitering but a great base point to start from
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January 18, 2012, 12:43:35 am »
good one wooferhound,
btw what will be the height from the ground, how do we find these info?
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