Global almost real-time wind map

Any weather forecast attracts the attention of a huge number of people. Not in vain "weather" sites are among the most visited sites in the world. In order for a person to know what the weather is waiting for him in the near future, manufacturers of mobile and desktop software create applications that show temperature, wind speed, the possibility of precipitation and much more.

In addition, almost every day there are services that display the weather in almost real time. At one of these services, Earth Wind Map , you should pay attention - this resource shows a global wind map for the whole world, and the “picture” is very interesting.
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The service was created by software engineer Cameron Becario (Cameron Beccario). He gets the data for his map from the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Weather Prediction Center. All of these organizations work for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The map is close to displaying the status of things in real time. But so far, the map is updated once every three hours, since data is collected from many sources, and it takes time to get all the information and its subsequent processing.

When you click on any point on the map, we get the wind speed, wind direction in degrees, and the coordinates of the point. In this case, the map can be approached and removed, obtaining a detailed image of the movement of air masses in a particular region. Another interesting fact is that as the wind speed increases and a certain value is reached, the “picture” changes its color from green to red. So you can immediately see where the hurricane is going (or already raging in full force).