Good point, Jeff Looking at April 2023, the plot suggests wind direction is mostly SSE. The monthly summary <https://robcranfill.net/weather/tabular.html?report=NOAA/NOAA-2023-04.txt> the same.
Still, I'd like to see the database, if possible. -tk On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 11:12 AM Jeff A. D. <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like those are daily plots? Should each plot correspond with the > dominant direction (DOM DIR), the last column of the monthly NOAA report? > > On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 8:27:30 AM UTC-7 Tom Keffer wrote: > >> That is an odd graph of wind direction. I looked over a one-year plot of >> wind direction at my location, and it has a similar look. But then, I live >> in a gorge where the wind almost always blows east or west, occasionally >> from the south, almost never from the north. >> >> [image: image.png] >> >> Is there some way you could make your database available to me? Perhaps >> put it on a Google Drive, or FTP server? I'd like to take a closer look. >> >> -tk >> >> On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:36 PM Rob Cranfill <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, all! Longtime user, and hoping this isn't too dumb a question..... >>> >>> I have seen the ongoing discussions about the inherent difficulty of >>> calculating "average wind direction" and am wondering if maybe that issue >>> is what is causing the weirdness in this long-term graph, like this (taken >>> from http://robcranfill.net/weather, which you are free to peruse!) >>> >>> [image: yearwinddir] >>> >>> This is my yearly data, and I'm sure the wind does *not* actually blow >>> like that. I had a friend/user ask me about why the graph looks like this, >>> and I had no answer, except to say "No, there is nothing preventing my >>> weather vane from pointing any way the wind blows!" :-) >>> >>> Thanks for any info, >>> rob in seattle >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e1a39ce9-ad57-4750-a181-211e87d6aa21n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e1a39ce9-ad57-4750-a181-211e87d6aa21n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9c4c47fa-5c2b-4e92-95b2-def016a0b50an%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9c4c47fa-5c2b-4e92-95b2-def016a0b50an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEBrsbJkSGYBAWbAVB0P6hVC%3Du%2BX3-70tWbHGBKPRRcG9Q%40mail.gmail.com.
