Windrun: Difference between revisions

Cumulus calculates wind run by noting the average wind speed every minute, and(assuming the software remains running). Wind run is calculated by adding in a minute's worth of 'distance' corresponding to that speed. So the wind run for a particular period is effectively an indication of the average wind speed over that period. There are 1,440 minutes in a day. A wind runspeed ofmeasured 240in milesdistance overunits thedivided courseby ofminutes, would give a day,wind forrun example,numerically meansequal thatto the averagespeed (ofeach upminute. toA 1wind speed measured in distance units divided by hours,440 measurementswould of)give a wind speedrun overnumerically equal to the dayspeed waswhen 10calculated mphfor a period of an hour.