where do I find out about wind?

[dellzeqq]

not the type that comes out of people's bottoms - I'd go to P+L for that. No, the weather kind.

Does anybody know of a website or (gasp) a book which gives wind directions by location and time of year? Aylesbury public library used to have a vast volume of meteorlogical data, but Lambeth is not so blessed. The internet has a commercial sites, but, really, all I want to do is to look up Spokane in June or Monte Carlo in May and check out the average wind speed and direction.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

met office website?

 

[dodgy]

www.wunderground.com

 

[numbnuts]

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

 

[Apeman]

Take the wind on the chin and get on with it!!

 

[theclaud]

Can you not just ask the cat?

 

[Aperitif]

Is this a wind up?

 

[dellzeqq]

Can you not just ask the cat?

50 mile range only, I'm afraid

 

[Sam Kennedy]

Problem is that the way the wind works is very dynamic, and isn't controlled by what day it is. Just because it was coming from the north west at 4mph on Jan 24th 1972 doesn't mean it will this coming January.

Your best bet is to go on www.netweather.tv and go use the GFS charts, they forecast about 1-2 weeks ahead. If you need any help interpreting them you can drop me a PM

 

[mr Mag00]

metcheck

windguru

 

[Fnaar]

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/ccd/avgwind.html

 

[Perfect Virgo]

It's worth a check with the Wind Finder General to see which way you're going to battered off course.

 

[fossyant]

Typically around the beginning of Autumn and all the way through the End of Spring the wind blows from the West to East and vicer versa for the remaining months.

Exactly........

 

[Madcyclist]

If I pop into Aylesbury town centre at the weekend, i'll see what i can find out.

 

[asterix]

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

what more do you need? They even do France and other countries which is useful when about to drive a long way! The van isn't exactly aerodynamic