Wind statistics

[flyingwelshman]

I've been trying to find info on prevailing winds in certain areas.
I found this website that looks pretty interesting.
Guess I'll spend a bit of time looking around there.

[Omatako]

That's a cool looking site - will monitor it in my area over the next week to see how accurate/dependable it is. The forecasting seems to be very close to our local met service but the predictions go out 4 days further - very helpful for planning.

Thanks for the link.

[Garffin]

Yeah thats nice! Is there anywhere I can see the the actual wind speed say for 12/3/09 in Annapolis Md. I have been trying to find the wind speed for that day. ????

[CalebD]

You can download historical information from the NDBC (natl data buoy center). Here is the link for Thomas Light: NDBC Station TPLM2 Historical Data
The wind speed data may be in meters/sec though and the link above is only for 'last years data'. The current data is at: NDBC - Station TPLM2
Look for the link at the bottom of the page for 'real time data' in tabular form for the last forty-five days.

[Jeff_H]

There are a variety of sites that show historic data for various areas. In Annapolis I typically look at the weather station at Thomas Point Shoal Light house. NDBC - Station TPLM2

Jeff

[Garffin]

Thanks Jeff just what I was looking for

[chef2sail]

we use the Patapsco, Tolchester or Francis Scott Key Bridge bouys/ stations from the NDBC for winds north of the Bay bridge or on the Patapsco

Dave

[swimnfit]

A good site that I use here in San Diego is ]SailFlow.com - MD - chesapeake Wind Data

[southshoreS24]

another one to check out would be www.buoyweather.com and the sister site surfline.com for sea surface and breaking wave height as well as wind/weather

[krozet]

Great Thread!