Wind map

[L. Coyote]

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-78,27,4000/loc=-80,27

[democratisphere]

1. Nice animated maps.

Great site. Thanks for this!

[marybourg]

2. Here's another one:

http://hint.fm/wind/

[L. Coyote]

11. I like the selectors for wind, rain, etc.

https://www.windy.com/?28.979,-82.397,6

On the right edge of the page. Awesome.

[Warpy]

3. Here is the continental US

http://hint.fm/wind/

Click on an area to enlarge, hold your mouse still over an area to get sustained wind speeds.

[eleny]

4. You would think that the winds would pull Irma to hit the Yucutan

The wind activity in the Gulf shown on this other map illustrates a different pattern.
https://www.ventusky.com/?p=26.8;-86.2;4&l=temperature&t=20170919/06

But maybe the time shown as 12 A.M. is why there's a difference. I tried to get something going with the Play button in the Ventusky version both in Firefox and IE but it doesn't work. Neither does dragging the white timeline circle. I have to learn more about these wonderful wind maps to view up to the hour activity.

ETA: I got the image to go to 9 P.M. (My Mountain Time now) by clicking on the "Previous" link in the lower left corner of the page. And you have to change the date, too. Then the two wind maps coincide.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Hmmm, that map

shows a quite interesting track for Jose.

It has that storm heading north, far enough away from the United States that it should have little effect. Until September 19th, which is as far as it projects. On that date, Jose looks like it's aiming for Massachusetts. Scary.

Here's the link to that date:
https://www.ventusky.com/?p=26.8;-86.2;4&l=temperature&t=20170919/06

[eleny]

6. It looks like Jose could wash over Long Island pretty good

But when I checked the 10-day forecast at Weather.com for my old neighborhood in Queens, rain is predicted starting on the 15th but the wind speeds are fairly low. I'll be interested to follow Jose, too.

[calimary]

7. It strikes me as proof that the Earth is a living organism.

Mesmerizing to watch.

Thanks for posting this, L. Coyote!

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Yes!!!!!!

And we are cancer, given the things we have done to destroy so much of it.

Interesting that peoples all over the globe have had the same concept for "Mother Earth" for millennium.

[L. Coyote]

10. Life is a property of matter and dependent on energy.

These wind maps certainly illustrate the energy dynamics of our solar system, especially the contrast between land and water. Living in Oregon near the coast, I'm watching that dynamic a lot every winter as storms build over the Pacific and head our way.

The idea that the Earth is a like form is actually scientifically tenable. If life can organize based on carbon, then silica with the same valence property might also support something akin in organization, albeit in a state that carbon-based life cannot tolerate, molten rock. But, would the core even give a shit about the crust?

[LittleGirl]

9. That is wicked cool! Eom