Animated Map Of Global Wind And Much More

You have to love the internet, aside from posting pictures of cats and food.  There is a ton of great information out there, and since it is going to be windy as all get out tomorrow and all weekend.  You can watch it online at home.  The Earth : a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions  is amazing.  You can see storms and all the wind currents on a global to local scale.  Just zoom in and out on an area just like with Google earth.  NOAA describes the  different ways  Earth : a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions can used for education on their website.  The global wind map alone is a great tool for students to study wind currents.  The differentmaps are generated by super computers and updated every three hours.  “See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours. “    There is a icon in the lower left corner, click on it, you can select different layers and see ocean currents, even dust or particulates in real time.

Technology these days can do some amazing things and it is great we have access to information like this.  Even some of the weather apps have layers for wind and the like in real time.  This one has some different features to boot.  So while you are stuck inside, you can at least watch the animated version of what is bending the trees outside your window.

Fish on!

Rich King