Weather stations are a popular project for experimenting with various environmental sensors, and for wind speed and direction the choice is usually a simple cup anemometer and wind vane.
To measure wind speed and direction, most people turn the traditional cup anemometer and wind vane. Another less-known method is to use an array of ultrasonic transducers, which doesn’t need any ...
The National Weather Service used anemometer readings along with hundreds of photos, videos and satellite images to determine wind speeds Helene brought to North Carolina on Sept. 27. National ...