Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Earth Wind Map

This is a really neat mapping project I ran into on Facebook. It's a visualization of worldwide weather patterns using data from NOAA, NCEP, and USNWS updated automatically every three hours. Pretty cool, have a look:

Earth Wind Map

Hear are some similar projects for other regions of the world:

Wind Map (USA)

Tokyo Wind Map

Looking at these maps you can really see how air moves from areas of high pressure, to low pressure - swirling low pressure cells, fronts, and stable high pressure systems can all be spotted looking at the direction and intensity of wind flow.

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