[wxqc] Average wind direction?

[Keith Miller]

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> As for which is better, I don't know. Similar to the
> example you gave, what if a north wind blew 20 mph for an
> hour and then blew from the east at 1 mph for the next 9
> hours. Would you say the wind over the 10 hours was from
> the NNE or ENE? Practically though, since the period of
> time we're talking about for CWOP is only 2 minutes, I
> don't think there will be much difference between either
> of the methods.
>

Sounds to me like that would be the difference between an
average wind direction or a dominant wind direction...


Keith
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