Rob - I'm in Federal Way a mile or so south of Redondo and my graphs 'do' line up with our prevailing winds here that tend to be from the SW in this location. We rarely get wind from the NNE-SE directions. It either comes off the Sound in the Port of Tacoma or from the SW from Browns Point. Occasionally from the NW through a slot in the trees from the water next to Redondo but not too often.
Your graphs just look a bit bouncy to me which might be your siting. See if your Vue vane is pointing into the direction weewx reports. Mine down here is from the SW currently FWIW. (if you watch local tv news, take a drink every time they say 'atmospheric river' this week) On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 1:01:14 PM UTC-8 Rob Cranfill wrote: > I’ll figure out how to do that and let ya know. Thanks! :-) > > On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 12:28 Tom Keffer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 a topic in the >> Google Groups "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/AiRP8V9t90w/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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 >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEBrsbJkSGYBAWbAVB0P6hVC%3Du%2BX3-70tWbHGBKPRRcG9Q%40mail.gmail.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/8d895fd6-bca6-44a7-b5d0-c2ad78bd8643n%40googlegroups.com.
