Prevailing wind tool

[bowhunterga]

All,

Thought I would share a website utility I use to narrow scouting or "going in blind" locations based on prevailing winds for a given area.

https://www.windfinder.com lets you enter a city or zip code to get wind information and you can click "report" and then "Statistics" to see a graphical representation of the winds in that area with a percentage of each wind direction. Just another tool to have in your toolbox.

Happy Hunting!

[<DK>]

Good post, thanks for sharing!

Here is another - www.windy.com

[Whitetailaddict]

Thanks for sharing. Remember to recheck the wind at the truck and at the stand as it doesn't always line up and if it doesn't make a note of it for future reference

[bowhunterga]

Thanks for sharing. Remember to recheck the wind at the truck and at the stand as it doesn't always line up and if it doesn't make a note of it for future reference

Agreed. I have maintained a log for many seasons now of wind direction realized in specific locations versus what is in the forecast and what is detected where the truck is parked.

[MDSikajunkie]

I have used that site to get historical prevailing winds for most of the areas I hunt. Great tool for baseline data. Thx for posting.

[docwaters]

Excellent! Thanks for posting!

[EdC]

Not sure how I missed this thread but was looking for a tool to help me for understanding the prevailing winds for my area
when I checked several areas of my state the differences of prevailing winds amazed me for each area
it also explained the weather patterns we experience in the area I live

thanks to tater on another thread who pointed me to a video done by bowhunter15
https://youtu.be/sr0w4_HiMVg
https://www.windfinder.com
windfinder has historical data
while I could not find a similar feature for windy.com, anyone know if they have a historical data feature
would like to compare the data

the wind tool and the video really help me sort and narrow down the many spots I need to put boots on the ground this year
I hope this helps anyone who is new to this forum

[ghoasthunter]

All,

Thought I would share a website utility I use to narrow scouting or "going in blind" locations based on prevailing winds for a given area.

https://www.windfinder.com lets you enter a city or zip code to get wind information and you can click "report" and then "Statistics" to see a graphical representation of the winds in that area with a percentage of each wind direction. Just another tool to have in your toolbox.

Happy Hunting!

I use windfinder every day for patterning deer after I'm done scouting its a game changer

[ghoasthunter]

All,

Thought I would share a website utility I use to narrow scouting or "going in blind" locations based on prevailing winds for a given area.

https://www.windfinder.com lets you enter a city or zip code to get wind information and you can click "report" and then "Statistics" to see a graphical representation of the winds in that area with a percentage of each wind direction. Just another tool to have in your toolbox.

Happy Hunting!

I use windfinder every day for patterning deer after I'm done scouting its a game changer

using this tool and overlaying this on topos and understanding how wind flows over terrain can put you right on top of deer every day

[Rob loper]

I use windfinder and weather under ground they both are great

[ghoasthunter]

Thanks for sharing. Remember to recheck the wind at the truck and at the stand as it doesn't always line up and if it doesn't make a note of it for future reference

Agreed. I have maintained a log for many seasons now of wind direction realized in specific locations versus what is in the forecast and what is detected where the truck is parked.

I do this too I will hike back to my spots periodically with different winds and confirm the winds for my data

[ghoasthunter]

Thanks for sharing. Remember to recheck the wind at the truck and at the stand as it doesn't always line up and if it doesn't make a note of it for future reference

Agreed. I have maintained a log for many seasons now of wind direction realized in specific locations versus what is in the forecast and what is detected where the truck is parked.

I do this too I will hike back to my spots periodically with different winds and confirm the winds for my data

also measuring wind speed is valuable I carry a kestrel wind meter for this really helps on the so called low percentage days when the wind is howling I have special trees for those times.

[EdC]

I use windfinder every day for patterning deer after I'm done scouting its a game changer

using this tool and overlaying this on topos and understanding how wind flows over terrain can put you right on top of deer every day[/quote]

how do you overlay this on topos??

[Rob loper]

Thanks for sharing. Remember to recheck the wind at the truck and at the stand as it doesn't always line up and if it doesn't make a note of it for future reference

Agreed. I have maintained a log for many seasons now of wind direction realized in specific locations versus what is in the forecast and what is detected where the truck is parked.

I do this too I will hike back to my spots periodically with different winds and confirm the winds for my data

also measuring wind speed is valuable I carry a kestrel wind meter for this really helps on the so called low percentage days when the wind is howling I have special trees for those times.

You got a link for that meter ghost?

[ghoasthunter]

no but if you google hand held wind meter you will find them I bought mine from midway usa I think. I originally bought mine for shooting my bolt guns over a thousand yards.