About This Product
The Wind Speed and Gusts, with Barbs map displays the current wind speeds (in mph) at each Mesonet site. A wind barb is an "arrow" that depicts the wind speed and direction. The "feathers" of the barb indicate the wind speed while the dot end indicates the direction the wind is blowing toward. Wind gusts are also plotted when the wind gust either:
- exceeds 15 mph, or
- is more than 5 mph greater than the wind speed.
This map is updated every 5 minutes.