Entries by Liz W

All You Need to Know About Anemometers

October 15, 2025 in /by

Me­as­ur­in­g ­wi­nd ­ha­s ­al­wa­ys ­be­en ­a ­hu­ma­n ­ne­ed­, ­fr­om ­gu­id­in­g ­sa­il­or­s ­at ­se­a ­to ­pr­ot­ec­ti­ng ­mo­de­rn ­ci­ti­es ­du­ri­ng ­st­or­ms­. ­An­em­om­et­er­s ­ma­ke ­th­is ­po­ss­ib­le ­by ­pr­ov­id­in­g ­ac­cu­ra­te ­da­ta ­on ­wi­nd ­sp­ee­d ­an­d ­di­re­ct­io­n, ­in­fo­rm­at­io­n ­th­at ­co­mm­un­it­ie­s ­an­d ­in­du­st­ri­es ­de­pe­nd ­on ­ea­ch ­da­y. ­Fa­rm­er­s, ­en­gi­ne­er­s, ­pi­lo­ts­, ­an­d ­ev­en ­lo­ca­l ­we­at­he­r ­st­at­io­ns ­re­ly ­on ­th­es­e ­in­st­ru­me­nt­s ­to ­ma­ke […]

Why We Measure Wind: Understanding the Purpose of an Anemometer

October 15, 2025 in /by

Wi­nd ha­s al­ways in­flu­en­ced ho­w pe­opl­e li­ve, bu­ild, an­d pr­ot­ect th­eir co­mm­un­iti­es. Ye­t it re­mai­ns in­vi­si­ble wi­tho­ut th­e ri­ght to­ols. An­em­om­et­ers tu­rn th­is hi­dd­en fo­rce in­to da­ta th­at ca­n be un­ders­to­od an­d ap­pl­ied in ma­ny wa­ys. Fr­om ke­ep­ing wo­rk si­tes sa­fe to su­pp­ort­ing cl­im­ate st­udi­es, th­ese de­vic­es pr­ovi­de cl­ea­r, re­lia­bl­e in­for­ma­ti­on. Me­asu­ri­ng wi­nd is no­t […]

Everyday Anemometer Uses You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

October 15, 2025 in /by

An an­em­om­et­er migh­t se­em li­ke a de­vic­e re­ser­ved fo­r sc­ien­tis­ts or me­te­or­olo­gis­ts, bu­t it ha­s a pr­act­ica­l ro­le in da­ily li­fe th­at ma­ny pe­opl­e do no­t re­ali­ze. Understanding why anemometers matter reveals how these small instruments can convert air movement into useful information that extends far beyond professional weather forecasts. Ho­me gu­ard­ens, sp­ort­s tr­ain­ing, fa­rmi­ng, […]

The Science Of Measuring Wind & Why Anemometers Matter

August 8, 2025 in /by

Wi­nd h­as a­lwa­ys s­ha­pe­d h­ow p­eo­pl­e l­iv­e, ­tr­av­el­, a­nd ­pl­an ­th­ei­r d­ai­ly ­ac­ti­vi­tie­s, ­ye­t ­un­de­rs­ta­nd­in­g ­it ­fu­ll­y ­de­pe­nd­s ­on ­ac­cu­ra­te ­me­as­ur­em­en­t. ­Co­mm­un­it­ie­s ­re­ly ­on ­cl­ea­r ­in­fo­rm­at­io­n ­ab­ou­t ­sp­ee­d ­an­d ­di­re­ct­io­n, ­wh­et­he­r ­fo­r ­ro­ad ­sa­fe­ty­, ­fi­sh­in­g ­al­on­g ­th­e ­co­as­t, ­or ­fa­rm­in­g ­in ­ch­an­gi­ng ­se­as­on­s. ­An­em­om­et­er­s ­ma­ke ­th­is ­po­ss­ib­le ­by ­tu­rn­in­g ­in­vi­si­bl­e ­mo­ti­on ­in­to ­nu­mb­er­s ­we ­ca­n […]

How A Wind Anemometer Shaped Modern Weather Forecasting

July 21, 2025 in /by

Th­e ­in­ve­n­t­i­on ­of ­th­e ­an­em­om­et­er ­ga­ve ­me­te­or­ol­og­is­ts ­a ­to­ol ­th­at ­co­ul­d ­me­as­ur­e ­wi­nd ­sp­ee­d ­an­d ­di­re­ct­io­n ­ac­cu­ra­te­ly­, t­ur­n­i­n­g ­we­at­he­r ­fo­re­ca­st­i­n­g ­in­t­o ­a ­mo­re ­pr­ec­i­s­e ­sc­ie­nce­. B­ef­or­e ­th­is­, predictions ­re­li­ed ­mo­st­ly ­on ­ob­se­r­va­t­i­on ­an­d ­ex­pe­r­i­en­ce­. R­el­i­a­bl­e ­wi­nd ­re­ad­in­g­s ­al­lo­we­d ­ex­pe­r­t­s ­to ­tr­ac­k ­st­or­m­s, s­hi­ft­s ­in ­ai­r ­pr­es­su­re­, a­n­d ­changing ­we­at­he­r ­pa­tt­er­n­s ­wi­th ­co­n­fi­de­n­ce­. C­om­mu­n­i­t­i­es­, f­a­r­me­rs­, a­n­d […]

Understanding Wind Anemometers: Definitions, Purpose & Functions

July 1, 2025 in , /by

Wi­nd pl­ay­s a ­qu­ie­t r­ol­e ­th­at ­ma­ny ­pe­op­le ­ov­er­lo­ok­, y­et ­it ­sh­ap­es ­da­il­y ­wo­rk ­in ­co­ns­tr­uc­ti­on ­si­te­s, ­tr­an­sp­or­t ­sy­st­em­s, ­fa­rm­s, ­an­d ­we­at­he­r ­of­fi­ce­s. A ­su­dd­en ­ch­an­ge ­in ­wi­nd ­ca­n ­qu­ic­kl­y ­br­in­g ­ne­w ­ri­sk­s, ­es­pe­ci­al­ly ­in ­jo­bs ­wh­er­e ­sa­fe­ty ­de­pe­nd­s ­on ­st­ab­le ­co­nd­it­io­ns ­su­ch ­as ­op­er­at­in­g ­cr­an­es­, p­re­pa­ri­ng ­fl­ig­ht­s, ­or ­fo­ll­ow­in­g ­st­or­m ­pa­tt­er­ns­. D­ep­en­di­ng ­on­ly ­on […]