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Now "This" is a cool wind-map

Postby Bille » Wed Dec 18, 2013 3:14 am

Left click & drag to move the map ; zoom in & out with your wheel.

http://earth.nullschool.net/

Give it a moment or two ; the resolution starts getting Way Better !

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Re: Now "This" is a cool wind-map

Postby Toby » Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:55 am

it is AMAZING !!!

really cool link, saved in favorites!

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Re: Now "This" is a cool wind-map

Postby Flight Time » Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:02 am

It's awesome! But it doesn't give any indication of wind speed.

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Re: Now "This" is a cool wind-map

Postby plummet » Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:59 am

dang that's cool. Give yourself a massive Christmas present and take the rest of the day off work Bille!

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Re: Now "This" is a cool wind-map

Postby Bille » Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:30 am

plummet wrote: ...
Give yourself a massive Christmas present
...
YES -- it's Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu Style
Munich Dunkel Lager
+
Makers Mark whiskey tonight ; & i "Think im about to nail my
first set of Asian Twins tonight !!

NAH -- just Fucken with ya ; no twins. :(

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Re: Now "This" is a cool wind-map

Postby mede » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:05 am

how often do they update?

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Re: Now "This" is a cool wind-map

Postby eduardov7 » Wed Dec 18, 2013 2:05 pm

Flight Time wrote:It's awesome! But it doesn't give any indication of wind speed.


Left click on ur spot... then click on earth label to change hour and day... :wink:

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Re: Now "This" is a cool wind-map

Postby southflorida » Wed Dec 18, 2013 2:33 pm

That is an awesome app, thanks for sharing Bille :thumb: Book-marked for sure, hope their servers can take the load from all the kiters who will find this usable.

Me being skeptical, took a snapshot (8:20 am, 12/18/2013):
ScreenHunter_05 Dec. 18 08.25.jpg
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It shows an off-shore flow in the mid-eastern states (Atlantic coast, USA). So, to confirm it is real data go see the true wind-gauge actuals on a maps like these (windonthewater.com). The actuals are in line with what the wind map shows, meaning it is real data, or at least as close as something like this can be.
ScreenHunter_06 Dec. 18 08.26.jpg
windonthewater.com North Carolina
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windonthewater.com Florida
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Re: Now "This" is a cool wind-map

Postby Toby » Wed Dec 18, 2013 2:51 pm

and now a swell map like this... :o

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Re: Now "This" is a cool wind-map

Postby H53Driver » Wed Dec 18, 2013 3:51 pm

You can change from kmh to kn, different altitudes, different projections all in the lower left corner.


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