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    • RichardG062R
      RichardG062
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      Can I ask why the wind speed colours or forecast wind gusts Wind Map.JPG gusts change colour between sea and land.

      Richard G

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      • idefix37I
        idefix37 Sailor Moderator @RichardG062
        last edited by idefix37

        @RichardG062
        This is because the wind is much stronger on the sea than on the land. On land there are many obstacles that slow the wind (forest, buildings, hills and mountains…). Colours show the wind speed according the colour scale.

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