I have been fortunate to have spent quite a few days on the beach this last
month. The weather has been quite enjoyable, but I came upon a bit of a
puzzle.

As the afternoon progressed, it usually became windier, sometimes very
windy, and I often wanted some way to quantify approximately how windy it
became.

What would you do to measure the wind speed, even approximately, using
common beach-going items?

- Steve Stein


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"Stephen Stein" wrote

What would you do to measure the wind speed, even approximately, using
common beach-going items?

?? I thought every beachgoer took along a Kestrel pocket weather meter!

Howard Lester




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Stephen Stein wrote:

What would you do to measure the wind speed, even approximately, using
common beach-going items?

Sound like a job for the Beaufort scale:

http://www.r-p-r.co.uk/beaufort.htm


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Stephen Stein wrote in message ...
I have been fortunate to have spent quite a few days on the beach this last
month. The weather has been quite enjoyable, but I came upon a bit of a
puzzle.

As the afternoon progressed, it usually became windier, sometimes very
windy, and I often wanted some way to quantify approximately how windy it
became.

What would you do to measure the wind speed, even approximately, using
common beach-going items?

- Steve Stein

If a gull defecates 20 feet directly above you and the product splats
two feet away, that's all of 10 knots. There are other items such as
swimwear but that's getting lecherous.


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On 7/7/04 10:27 PM, in article
, "Tom Adams"
wrote:

Stephen Stein wrote in message
...

What would you do to measure the wind speed, even approximately, using
common beach-going items?

- Steve Stein

If a gull defecates 20 feet directly above you and the product splats
two feet away, that's all of 10 knots.

Interesting, but I don't think the physics works out (assuming no drag, a
spherical cow, etc., etc.). Say the gull (or pelican, in this case - I was
in SC) was 16 feet up, so it takes 1 second for something to fall to the
sand. If the wind's blowing 10 kts it'll fall 16 feet away. Which doesn't
sound right.

Maybe you've got experimental results?

There are other items such as swimwear but that's getting lecherous.

You mean if the wind's blowing hard, people wear more of it?

I like the Beaufort scale best.

- Steve Stein


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