Most weather stations measure wind speed using a spinning cup anemometer, which rotates depending on the wind. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Paula #7: The actual wind speed is unknown as the anemometer was broken and blown off at the 207 mark. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Snowpocalypse Part Next] Reference
And the anemometer, which is still recording data, will stay there at least until warmer weather, he says. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
Wind speed is commonly measured with an anemometer. From Wordnik.com. [Wind] Reference
The Robinson anemometer, invented (1846) by Dr. Thomas Romney. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
And it only came out as I held up this tiny, little anemometer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2005] Reference
I know you had an anemometer, a wind gauge but did you break it?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2004] Reference
About 5 a.m., the anemometer clocked a gust of 164 miles per hour. From Wordnik.com. [What Went Wrong] Reference
But this year we measured 155 miles per hour with a roof anemometer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2009] Reference
An anemometer consists of three open cups attached to a rotating spindle. From Wordnik.com. [Wind] Reference
A little way beyond the screen, again, stood the wind-vane and anemometer. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim] Reference
They will also remember those who had their eyes fixed on today's anemometer. From Wordnik.com. [Stan Goff: Open Letter to Congress - a tactic] Reference
One cup and cross anemometer of Professor Mohn's construction, with spare cross. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim] Reference
The politics of the hurricane blew more wildly than any anemometer could measure. From Wordnik.com. [What Went Wrong] Reference
Chad, you were holding up your anemometer, and you never said what the reading was. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2004] Reference
"Take a reading with the anemometer, Tom," ordered John, straining his eyes hard ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World in Ten Days] Reference
The McMurdo weather department had rows of broken anemometer impellers mounted on plaques. From Wordnik.com. [Terra Incognita]
The other forms of velocity anemometer may be described as belonging to the windmill type. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
"On the contrary, it seems to be increasing," replied Tom, with a glance at the anemometer. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
Airflow velocity was measured with a rotating vane anemometer, calibrated against a pitot static tube. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
The anemometer house, which is shown in our illustration, is connected with the main house by a tunnel. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888] Reference
This table was compiled from the complete record of the year 1881, as recorded by the anemometer of the. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884] Reference
He has evidently been out taking the meteorological observations, as he holds the anemometer in one hand. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ A Day at Framheim] Reference
When I was a kid the station was mounted on one of the towers, at least that was where I saw the anemometer. From Wordnik.com. [Central Park: Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? « Climate Audit] Reference
S. O'BRIEN: Hey, Chad, let me ask you a question about that little anemometer you've got in your hands there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2005] Reference
I'm sitting here holding my little anemometer up here, thinking whether it would read anything at 110 miles an hour. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2005] Reference
The meteorologist had got his recording station, containing anemometer, barograph, and thermograph, rigged over the stern. From Wordnik.com. [South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917] Reference
A “hurricane” wind swath that small …. what, I suppose they threw together Dvorak imaging with a backyard anemometer?. From Wordnik.com. [Hurricanes 2007 « Climate Audit] Reference
Long ago, we're sitting down here, still in Atlantic Beach, but if you look at anemometer reading over there, we're showing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2003] Reference
For measuring the velocity of the wind the expedition had a cup and cross anemometer, which worked excellently the whole time. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim] Reference
MATERIALS: Two 5-gallon drums (kerosene cans), watch, and anemometer Water supply (pond, well, river, tank or 55-gallon oil drum). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 24] Reference
Beyond it stood a weathercock topped with a collection of whirring instrumentation-anemometer, thermometer, barometer, cyclonometer. From Wordnik.com. [Time Streams]
It was covered in rime ice and the anemometer and wind vane were frozen in place. From Wordnik.com. [Watts Up With That?] Reference
The app essentially turns the iPhone microphone into an anemometer, Westerman explained. From Wordnik.com. [BNET Articles] Reference
On this date in 1957, winds were measured at 130 mph in Mazatlan, Mexico, before the anemometer blew away. From Wordnik.com. [infoplease - Daily Almanac] Reference
These instruments might include a barometer, a wind vane and an anemometer, as well as a thermometer and a rain gauge. From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
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