I'm looking for a portable wind meter that will give me the actual data: wind speed and maybe direction, as measured every few seconds. Displaying the current conditions is secondary and can be missing altogether.

At the end of a recording session (say up to 2-3 hours) the resulting data file - a big table with many rows, one row every few seconds - should be easy to transfer via USB, bluetooth etc. Any suggestions? Thanks.

I would look at some of the nicer weather stations that are designed to submit data to the internet. Good Luck!

Goggle "anemometer datalogging" or "anemometer datalogger"

Fair warning, some of the products can be spendy because it is a niche market.

Another option is to look for an app that supports data logging with one of the smartphone compatible anemometers if you normally carry a smartphone.

ATB,
Sam

"br44" I think your are the right place. I am using a wind meter with a lot of satisfaction. It always gave me the me the actual data. You can choose your Best Portable wind meter From here.

Using a Skywatch explorer1, max recorded 41.1km/h :D

I bought one, but rarely ever used it. Beaufort scale works really well

These all portable wind meters service are very well. You can try this.

Or go to http://www.ambientweather.com

All they do for a living is weather instrumentation, including amateur, professional and academic. Their customer service is good- tell them what you are looking for and they will steer you right.

We have these ones in stock and I love them. No need to carry extra batteries, very accurate and saves your info right onto your phone. It is also super small so it fits right in your pocket.

http://www.awindofchange.com/product/windmeter.html

I recently bought the Weatherflow windmeter. Like Kent said, it's nice to not have to worry about batteries and you can just plug it into your phone, which I normally have on me for emergencies anyways. I have noticed that it does seem pretty sensitive to being pointed directly into the wind to get a good wind reading. For the money though, its hard to beat.