the lemming
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Wind speed monitor?
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acampbell
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Yes it is what I use. Here in the USA it is known as the LaCrosse wind meter. Inexpensive enough to lose from time to time (how do I know that?).
Prolly not as accurate as the $100 units but be real; the wind is going to vary from moment to moment more than the margin of error for a cheap unit.
I can compare it to the readings of a local commercial weather station installation that I can read from my iPhone and it is in synch.
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flexiblade
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If you have an Iphone (this is timely to the other post about gps's) there is a wind meter app for .99 that rippsessions posted about a while back. I
will swear to it's accurate wind readings.
we all believe is called the expansion
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WolfWolfee
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I go by two simple rules if the winds blowing fly and if you can't stand up in the winds don't...lol.
3M Legend
4.9M Reactor
9.5M Sabre
16M Scorpion
18M Guerilla
Flexi Bug & 661 Armor & Giro Helmet
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erratic winds
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One note about anemometers, when buying, do get the ones with the fan-on-post versus the fan-on-axle/in-cylinder style. The latter must be pointed
into the wind direction to get a reading, while the fan-on-post style can just get poked up in the air.
Tide? What's a tide? Man, it's 1000 miles to any ocean.
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