Re: How to get the wind direction in ° from GFS?

[Shawn Delaney]

Stefan,

       Here's a handy little formula:
'd (atan2(ugrdprs,vgrdprs))*57.2957795+180.0'
Replace the ugrdprs and vgrdprs with the u and v components of the GFS

Shawn
www.expweather.com

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Stefan Gofferje <
gradsusers at gofferje.homelinux.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> could anybody give me a hint how to get the horizontal wind direction in
> ° from u and v? I thought, u is it but the values are not plausible.
>
> Greetings from Finland,
> Stefan Gofferje
>
> --
> Since light travels faster than sound, is that why some people appear
> bright until you hear them speak?
>
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