<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Wind direction interval]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Should the reported Wind Direction be the instantaneous direction at the moment the data is sent, or the average direction for the last  minute or 5 minutes? Same for Wind Speed, should it be instantaneous speed, or the average of the last couple minutes?</p>
<p dir="auto">I'm asking because the only documentation I can find is a forum post that doesn't specify the time interval of any of the measurements, and some wind vanes might be a bit loose and easily influenced by tiny variations in wind, which would be negligible if using the average of a couple minutes (say 5 minutes).</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/topic/8186/wind-direction-interval</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:10:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://community.windy.com/topic/8186.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:11:48 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Wind direction interval on Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:14:20 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/bloah" aria-label="Profile: bloah">@<bdi>bloah</bdi></a> hi we don't post-process weather models in any way. This post was regarding weather stations.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/38185</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/38185</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[TomSlavkovsky]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:14:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Wind direction interval on Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:59:30 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Dear Windy Team, what about forecasts? Do you post instantaneous values for GFS/ECMF or do you guys post-process and use average values like 2min or 10 min averages?</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/38088</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/38088</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[bloah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:59:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Wind direction interval on Wed, 17 Apr 2019 21:49:04 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/tomslavkovsky" aria-label="Profile: TomSlavkovsky">@<bdi>TomSlavkovsky</bdi></a> said in <a href="/post/20895">Wind direction interval</a>:</p>
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<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/lightmastertech" aria-label="Profile: lightmastertech">@<bdi>lightmastertech</bdi></a> For now, we will adopt the rules from <a href="https://weather.gladstonefamily.net/CWOP_Guide.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc">Citizen Weather Observer Program</a> (CWOP).</p>
<h3>Temperature</h3>
<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">To reduce small variations in second to second measurements that are attributed to sensor sampling “noise” and not representative of ambient temperature, the following time sampling intervals for measurements are suggested:</p>
<ul>
<li>Temperature: latest 5 minute average</li>
<li>Dew Point: latest 1 minute average</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<h3>Wind</h3>
<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Mean Wind Speed and Direction: 2-minute mean of speed and direction sampled before the observation valid time sampled from high-resolution data (minimum: 5 second instrument polling).<br />
Gust: Maximum instantaneous wind value observed in the 10 minutes before the observation valid time sampled from full resolution data (minimum: 5 second instrument polling).</p>
</blockquote>
<h3>Pressure</h3>
<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Reporting frequency: 1-minute updates derived from the minimum reported pressure value observed in the past minute. Typically, basis for the 1-minute minimum pressure reports are from a series of ten 6-second interval instantaneous pressure measurements.</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Okay, I'll update my Meteobridge to use those averages. Thanks.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/20960</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/20960</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[lightmastertech]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 21:49:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Wind direction interval on Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:08:45 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/lightmastertech" aria-label="Profile: lightmastertech">@<bdi>lightmastertech</bdi></a> For now, we will adopt the rules from <a href="https://weather.gladstonefamily.net/CWOP_Guide.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc">Citizen Weather Observer Program</a> (CWOP).</p>
<h3>Temperature</h3>
<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">To reduce small variations in second to second measurements that are attributed to sensor sampling “noise” and not representative of ambient temperature, the following time sampling intervals for measurements are suggested:</p>
<ul>
<li>Temperature: latest 5 minute average</li>
<li>Dew Point: latest 1 minute average</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<h3>Wind</h3>
<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Mean Wind Speed and Direction: 2-minute mean of speed and direction sampled before the observation valid time sampled from high-resolution data (minimum: 5 second instrument polling).<br />
Gust: Maximum instantaneous wind value observed in the 10 minutes before the observation valid time sampled from full resolution data (minimum: 5 second instrument polling).</p>
</blockquote>
<h3>Pressure</h3>
<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Reporting frequency: 1-minute updates derived from the minimum reported pressure value observed in the past minute. Typically, basis for the 1-minute minimum pressure reports are from a series of ten 6-second interval instantaneous pressure measurements.</p>
</blockquote>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/20895</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/20895</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[TomSlavkovsky]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:08:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Wind direction interval on Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:45:40 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/lightmastertech" aria-label="Profile: lightmastertech">@<bdi>lightmastertech</bdi></a> plus one for using the average, a single instantaneous reading every five minutes minutes is a bit meaningless.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/20886</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/20886</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcrossley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:45:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Wind direction interval on Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:15:58 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/lightmastertech" aria-label="Profile: lightmastertech">@<bdi>lightmastertech</bdi></a><br />
WMO standards indicate the wind speed will be determined from the average over the 10 minutes preceding the observation.</p>
<p dir="auto">According to <a href="https://library.wmo.int/doc_num.php?explnum_id=3425" rel="nofollow ugc">https://library.wmo.int/doc_num.php?explnum_id=3425</a></p>
<p dir="auto">"The wind reported should be the mean over the 10 min preceding the observation.<br />
If during this period there has been a marked discontinuity lasting at least 2 min,<br />
the mean values should be assessed over the period after the discontinuity.<br />
A marked discontinuity occurs when there is a wind direction<br />
change of 30° or more with a wind speed of 10 kt (5 m/s) or more,<br />
before or after the change, or a wind speed change of 10 kt (5 m/s) or more.</p>
<p dir="auto">The averaging period for measuring variations from the mean wind speed (gusts)<br />
should be 3 sec."</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/20884</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/20884</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gkikas LGPZ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:15:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Wind direction interval on Wed, 17 Apr 2019 05:48:15 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I would use an average (using vectors)</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/20883</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/20883</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[mewindy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 05:48:15 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>