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How to use Wind Observations
How to use Wind Observations
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Written by Nick Olson
Updated over 3 weeks ago

When making forecast decisions it is important to compare the forecasts and real-time observations generated from weather stations. The observations allow you to view the forecast maps overlaid on the observations, enabling a direct comparison, to check the forecast accuracy.

Observations show real-time wind data from the previous 48hrs up until the current time. The Wind map overlay will show from the start of the model run.

  • Tap on Observations from the main menu

  • The Map will display live wind observations around your forecast location

  • Scroll the timeline with the back and forward arrows or drag the time slider to view the observations and wind maps over time to see how they match up.

  • You can tap on the weather model to see the pop up box with display options, you can choose another weather model to compare, select a resolution, wind display type and forecast parameter to be overlaid.

  • Tap X to exit

  • To view the data for a single station tap on the observation.

  • Here you will see the last 48, 12 ,6 or 1 hour of observations data in graph. We can see Wind Speed, Direction and Gusts.

  • You can also give the station rating.

  • Tap X to exit.

  • If we zoom the map to a desired level we can then select table or graph to see all the stations that are on the map in the table or graph for easy comparison.

  • Tap table

  • Here we see all the observations shown on the map in a table format.

  • If we tap graph we see the observations we had on the map and tables showing in a graph overlaid with one another for easy comparison.

  • Tap map to return to the map.

  • Tap the back arrow to exit.

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