Ronnie Bradley
EF1
Hi all,
I have a question about reading wind profliles (speaking about stormlabs's VAD wind profile or GRLevel3's VWD). I know how to read the wind barbs and know that the long barbs = 10 kts and the smaller ones are 5 kts (flags are 50kts) and know the direction of the wind that they are pointing from. But what is confusing me is the colours used on the barbs. When I see, for example, a 20 kts wind barb in green, and one in yellow, or some other colour, how do I interpret the barb?
I read somewhere that the yellows and red's on the barb indicate higher winds but if I see a yellow 10 kts barb and a green 10 kts barb, how do I interpret the information?
I have a question about reading wind profliles (speaking about stormlabs's VAD wind profile or GRLevel3's VWD). I know how to read the wind barbs and know that the long barbs = 10 kts and the smaller ones are 5 kts (flags are 50kts) and know the direction of the wind that they are pointing from. But what is confusing me is the colours used on the barbs. When I see, for example, a 20 kts wind barb in green, and one in yellow, or some other colour, how do I interpret the barb?
I read somewhere that the yellows and red's on the barb indicate higher winds but if I see a yellow 10 kts barb and a green 10 kts barb, how do I interpret the information?