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See the wind

Post in 'The Green Room' started by begreen, Mar 28, 2012.

  1. begreen Super Moderator

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    36,118 posts
    South Puget Sound, WA
    This is an awesome, near real time animation of the winds across the US. It's a fascinating view of the power of the wind. Click to zoom in. Hypnotizing.

    http://hint.fm/wind/
    begreen, Mar 28, 2012
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  2. colebrookman Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 7, 2008
    776 posts
    Middlefield, Ma
    Very cool begreen, many thanks.
    Ed
    colebrookman, Mar 29, 2012
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  3. semipro Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 12, 2009
    1,695 posts
    SW Virginia
    Nice! Wish I could figure out how to make a screen saver out of it.
    semipro, Mar 29, 2012
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  4. begreen Super Moderator

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    36,118 posts
    South Puget Sound, WA
    It's cool to watch how things change over time. I've bookmarked it and now visit it daily. In their notes they indicate that they are thinking of doing one for the whole earth if there is good interest in it. They're open to ideas, suggest the desktop map or a screensaver to them. You can contact them at:

    [IMG]
    begreen, Mar 29, 2012
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  5. semipro Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 12, 2009
    1,695 posts
    SW Virginia
    They need to put in more landmarks for position reference. If you zoom in you can't tell where you are.
    semipro, Mar 29, 2012
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  6. Jags Super Moderator

    joined: Aug 2, 2006
    11,280 posts
    Northern Illinois
    pretty darn cool
    Jags, Mar 29, 2012
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  7. begreen Super Moderator

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    36,118 posts
    South Puget Sound, WA
    When I zoom in I see more nearby cities. Are you zooming into the Dakotas?
    begreen, Mar 29, 2012
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  8. semipro Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 12, 2009
    1,695 posts
    SW Virginia
    I was viewing the area around Roanoke, VA. Its north of Greensboro, NC which was the nearest city I could see but is 200 miles away.
    semipro, Mar 29, 2012
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  9. jimbom Combustion Analyzer

    joined: Dec 19, 2010
    1,022 posts
    Missouri Ozarks
    Reminds me the barber is open Friday and Sat morning. Need to go tomorrow.
    jimbom, Mar 29, 2012
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  10. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,147 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    I can't find anywhere that they say anything about the altitude of these winds they're animating on the map. If you could do a sort of wind MRI vertically up through our atmoshpere, I think you'd see that both wind speed and direction vary widely with altitude. Are they displaying this as a dynamic map of surface winds...or what?
    fossil, Mar 29, 2012
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  11. begreen Super Moderator

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    36,118 posts
    South Puget Sound, WA
    begreen, Mar 29, 2012
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  12. StuckInTheMuck Member

    joined: Dec 6, 2011
    110 posts
    Hampton, NH.. For now.
    You can just hold your cursor over the map and zoom into 37.3 N 80.0 W and that should give you Roanoke.
    StuckInTheMuck, Mar 29, 2012
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  13. semipro Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 12, 2009
    1,695 posts
    SW Virginia
    Thanks. I didn't notice the coordinates.
    semipro, Mar 30, 2012
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  14. begreen Super Moderator

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    36,118 posts
    South Puget Sound, WA
    Take a look between Dallas an Lubbock TX right now. That is a classic low.
    begreen, Mar 30, 2012
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