Wind direction map for Conus

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Hello All,

I am very new here but I thought some might find this info useful. I have used this animated wind map in the past to determine the the best days and times for astronomy through my scope. It seems to me it might also be a benefit to fishing. Anyway here is the link and I hope it's useful.

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-75.23,38.36,3000/loc=-76.149,38.983

You can move the map and zoom in and out as needed.

Good fishing to all!

Rick

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Dood - this was cool.  Thanks for hanging this.  Is there a mobile app for this?

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Hi, glad you like it.

I am not aware of an actual app, but it might work in chrome on a phone, I use it on my iPad Air. But I will ask around on the astronomy boards someone there may know.

BTW, if you tap the word Earth in the lower left corner a control panel & a legend pops up. Definitely check out the different overlays.

Rick

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You would have to tell me how you use this chart for astronomy.  It shows streamlined wind flow, not humidity, clouds or transmissivity.

I use this site for help in fishing http://wxweb.meteostar.com/.

If you click on the Forecast Models pane, the the continental US link, you will get the same model as your wind pic above, but laid out in 4 different times (00Z, 06Z, 12Z and 18Z--or GMT).  In each time frame, scroll all the way to the bottom, and click on the PRECIPITATION forecast. THis is one of the few publicly available 384 hours model runs on the net (for free).  Each frame is a six hour forecast projection of precip and wind and SLP and thickness.

Long range forecasts are just guesses, but you watch the same run every day and watch for trends.  If your area has precip forecast on it every day and is not wavering, the model has a good handle.  If it is oscillating or on again off again, the model is having trouble.  Any forecast beyond 72 hours is a WAG.  as the forecast period gets closer, the more the model incorporates realtime  (ground truth) data, and the better it becomes.

When your club (or wife) wants to plan an event for next weekend, I always monitor this data for planning purposes.

Here is a guide for reading wind plots on the model: http://www.meteor.wisc.edu/~hopkins/aos100/sfc-anl.htm