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Cards showing a daily summary of hours with low, moderate, high and extreme wind risk.
Daily cards are presented for today, the last 6 days and the next 6 days. You can navigate by using the arrows.
Note that a “Day” is taken from 6 am to 6 am. For example, Today is from 6 am today until 6 am tomorrow.
Detailed hourly data can be seen as a table (select Table tab) or Graph (select Graph tab). The tabs are located above the table/graph on the left-hand side.
If you have your weather station set up to send data to Kite this is shown in the table in bold and is presented on the graph as a solid line.
You can extend the data viewed on the Graph by clicking on the All button, located in the top left-hand side of the graph window.
The table’s hourly variables consist of wind direction, wind speed, wind gust at different heights above ground level, and coloured wind risk levels. These are based on the thresholds specified in Table 3below.
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Risk Levels:
The Wind Risk is set based on the following:
Risk Level | Wind Speed Gust (km/hr) | Description |
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Moderate | 20 - 38 | Moderate Breeze: Raises dust and loose paper; small branches moved. |
High | 38 - 50 | Strong Breeze: Large branches in motion; whistling heard in telegraph wires; umbrellas used with difficulty. |
Extreme | > 50 | Near Gale: Whole trees in motion; inconvenience felt when walking against the wind. |
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