RE: Sherman!! - COTW wind meter issues

From: Jim Paugh (James.Paugh@eng.sun.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Mon May 24 1999 - 15:52:58 PDT


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From: Jim Paugh <James.Paugh@eng.sun.com-DeleteThis>
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Subject: RE: Sherman!! - COTW wind meter issues
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The longer I've sail with a COTW pager, the more I realize that the average
wind reading is not very useful. I find the direction, lull and peak wind info
more indicative of what the conditions will be like. I've seen many days with
identical averages but entirely different conditions (I'm not talking about
flood vs ebb). The lull and peak are actual wind data points, whereas the
average is a interpolation of data. The averages also seem to lag behind
what's actually happening too, as it tends to flatten out the actual
conditions. I'm sure someone with more math and statistical analysis
background could explain this better.

Just my .02 worth after living with a pager for the last 3 years.

~Jim Paugh



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