Wind/Temp/Precip graph

[cmor]

I've been trying to get the big three in one easy to read format. My latest effort is here:

http://www.winterscience.com/index.p...=99&Itemid=128

What do you think? How would you improve/change it?

[Scotsman50]

I've been trying to get the big three in one easy to read format. My latest effort is here:

http://www.winterscience.com/index.p...=99&Itemid=128

What do you think? How would you improve/change it?

Love the wind rose. Probably the most effective format for wind direction and strength I've seen. Very effective and really useful.
Obviously can't see precip line as there was none so I'll wait to see another example when there is precip before I comment.
Do you need the table if all the info is incorporated into the wind rose and graph???..... I found it redundant and messed up the presentation.
Thats my 2 cents.
Like what you are doing a lot...kudos.

[neck beard]

Yes, cool wind graph.

[wendigo]

Nice. I also like something like this wind/gust plot for the temporal characteristics. Really nice if it was lined up with temp and snowfall.

[CookieMonster]

The presentation is really good.

It's very easy to read and it really conveys a lot of information with very little brain fatigue. In fact, the charts do such a good job that I don't even have to think about the information and I can actually find myself doing other things like considering precipitation intensity.

For presentation recommendations, I can add the following. It would be much easier for many people to follow if you could use three round graphs. You've got the wind rose, so why not use two "clock faces" for the other graphs? This could have hours instead of directions.

Then the information would be SUPER easy to absorb. Not sure if this is possible, but it would be incredible.

You could add a fourth clock for precipitation intensity.

[wendigo]

Hey CookieM could you point me to some examples of what you are talking about. I have a hard time believe a culture that reads left to right will be well served by a "clock type" presentation of temperature and precipitation data. A wind rose works well, as it somewhat mimics how we perceive wind in everyday life. Presenting the other data in a circular format would only serve to confuse many as it deviates quite a bit from our standard presentation of these data. Not to mention the poor transferability to other sites as circular presentations are not the norm. But...I've been wrong before.

Nice clean looking page cmor.

[cmor]

The idea of three circular graphs is interesting. I'm not convinced it would be the best way to disseminate data, but might be worth a try. I think there would be confusion though, because the wind rose is not on a clock face, and the precip would be. It would be likely many people would look at the precip graph, and then mistake the wind graph as wind during the hours on a clock. Ideally the end product takes no training to understand.

All good feedback though, thanks for taking the time to send it. Stability this weekend looks very poor. A shot from today:

[CookieMonster]

Please forgive my poor PhotoShop skillz, but I think the idea is clear.

1. Wind gauge might show some indication when it's really windy.
2. Temperature gauge might show some indication of above freezing.
3. Precipitation gauge might show when more than 1" / hour is falling?



Using very clear labels at the top of the gauge helps provide clarity, as well as the colour scheme you've chosen ( which I borrowed ).

Also, thanks for the photo. Looks nasty.