Weather stations are a popular project for experimenting with various environmental sensors, and for wind speed and direction the choice is usually a simple cup anemometer and wind vane.

The self-emptying tipping bucket technology is most often used for rain gauges in weather stations ... with separate wind vane - Uses three cups to measure wind speed, while a wind vane measures ...

So what's the fastest wind speed ever recorded ... around a central axis when the wind blows — at the island's weather ...

Peak gusts included 66 mph at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, 110 mph at Bear Valley and 107 mph at Arctic ...

All of our forecasts are generated from our proprietary forecasting system that leverages our vast amount of neighborhood weather ... Wind A color-filled contour map showing current wind speed.