Sentences with phrase «wind direction»

The interaction of the ocean and atmosphere means that these changes in sea surface temperatures are translated into changes in wind direction and strength.

In the days of sail, a battle could be won or lost on a change of wind direction.

Mileage depends highly on speed and wind direction with this beast.

It receives offshore winds from the east and good wind direction is from southwest and west.

Wind strength can be just as important as wind direction.

When you measure wind direction, you should do so in an open area.

To gauge wind direction, you need some sort of indicator.

The surface wind direction is indicated on the station plot by an arrow flying with the wind.

So many ideas for science week, these could be used outside, tracking wind direction by making bubbles and see how long they last and which way the wind is blowing.

They will fly away, showing you the current wind direction.

He needed to graph wind direction vs. affect measured.

Wind direction data are collected by satellite 4 times per day.

In football, wind direction matters far less than in baseball since the ball will be going towards each end zone.

The model looks mainly at how the squares affect one another, rather than at variations in temperature, pressure and wind direction within each one.

At home, a bird is thought to associate certain smells with particular wind directions.

Learning the difference between what a favourable wind direction is and what isn't, plays a massive role in the quality of the surf.

Much the same in how wind direction is shown, the arrow shows the direction the swell has travelled from.

You can also use soap bubbles to indicate wind direction.

Each creates very different weather patterns including wind direction, temperature fluctuations, precipitation events and intensity.

This paper presents analysis of the power output in a row of operating turbines and the dependency on wind direction relative to the row direction.

Birds, however, tend to fly more straight toward their destination, regardless of wind direction.

The best wind direction is from the east southeast.

The demo experience I tested was a weather map that let you analyze data on wind direction and precipitation.

If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa Grande.

The irony is that having waited so long for something interesting, the shots are so perfect for wind direction, that some people think that I photographed the lion in a studio with a wind machine.

Surfing conditions were clean and glassy at the time, wind direction coming lightly out of the WNW.

The pre dominant wind direction during summer is southeast, also called the Cape Doctor.

Whether or not there is a complete clearing of ice in Western Parry Channel this year will depend on the dominant wind direction over the next few weeks (Howell and Agnew).

It depends on a variety of factors, including how quickly the ice melts in the Arctic and Antarctic, how the ocean will respond to warmer temperatures, and how the atmosphere will shift wind directions.

Each 6 foot - tall fan supplies 700 horsepower and allows researchers to test different wind directions combined with wind - driven rain, an important variable when assessing infrastructure weaknesses that occur during hurricanes.

I think I mentioned something about wind direction and the direction the high clouds were moving in yesterdays report.

Also wind direction has done an about turn and now coming back out of the SE and clean off shore here along the West Coast.

The swell direction here is Southerly and wind direction varies between North, East and North East.

View game - time wind direction and speed, plus the North / South orientation of the playing field.

The Weather feature now shows wind direction and speed in relation to the field for football games.

«The health consequences of this accident are smaller than Chernobyl because of the very favorable wind direction, out over the Pacific ocean, and the fact that there are no near neighbors,» he says.

With varying swells coming from the north - west, west and south west and with a wind westerly wind direction, the surfing conditions here are absolutely amazing.

In the last few years it has been one of the «go to» waves because it is a lot more consistent the other world class waves in our area and can handle a lot of the more annoying wind directions like straight souths.

Offshore — Perhaps the most favoured wind direction for surfers, offshore wind will be blowing from behind you as you look at to sea.