Last Friday the forecast was 15-20 E wind. Got out to the jetty it was only 5-8 SSE so my buggy turned itself into a tripod for the camera.

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Originally posted by WIllardTheGrey 5-8 SSE

What kite/size is that?

3.5m Ozone Cult

Thanks

very peacefull, sometimes i have a lot of fun doing just that, light wind, mellow flying...

sometimes its fun to not be all "rush"

It's therapeutic

5-8mph? What's that in metric

If you ever need to convert anything, Google has a neat tool built into the browser that lets you do so.

Just type what you need converted right into the search bar. Like this:

5 mph to knots -or- 5 mph to kph

You can also do weights and measures:

14 stone to pounds -or- 3 meters to feet

Just a helpful tidbit for ya'll if you haven't discovered this before.

Yeah I know :embarrased: I was making a lame joke about all the different measurements we use ... weather sites here all use meters per second so that and knots are no problems ... but mph and kph take too long to figure out
I've actually got a chart in the kite box in my car that has all the conversion charts and wind ranges for my kites ... I'm an anorak!

I'm right there with you Kamikuza. I just measure all my wind speeds in knots for consistency, since that's what I use as a pilot.

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Hey Kami is easy to work out KMH to knots

if wind speed is 20 kmh is approx 10 knots

divide by 2

The weather forecast webpages here are usually in meters per second ... double that, you get knots. Double that, you get kph. See, miles per hour just don't fit in anywhere