Thursday, April 5, 2012

3rd Grade - Spring Break 4/2012 - The Wind From Above

Have you ever wondered what the wind looked like from above?

This interactive map will show you...





The picture does not show you any movement, but this website does.



Your Assignment:


  • Click on this link for the interactive wind map
  • You will see the map in the middle with the movement of the wind
  • On the top left will be the date & time
  • Below the date & time is the key, the explanation of what different wind speeds look like
  • Click on a city
    • Keep clicking on the city to zoom in


Post a comment with:

  • What city did you look at?
  • What time was it when you were looking at it?
  • How fast was the wind moving at that time?
  • What do you think about this map?
  • Have you ever thought about what wind looks like?












Enjoy the visuals & have a great week off!



Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.

86 comments:

Amelia O. said...

I looked at Denver at 6:55 pm. The wind was moving at the speed of 14.6 mph. I think the map is very interesting because you can see how in different places the climate and the wind speed are different. I've never thought about what the wind looks like but now that I've seen it I think it looks cool. I think it looks like a tornado moving in slow motion.

Jack W. said...

I looked at Orlando, Florida because I have been there and it is so fun. I wonder if the wind speed effects the weather of Orlando, Florida? The time I looked at the wind was 7:00 PM, April 5, 2012. The wind speed was 7.7 mph. One of the features I really thought was cool was when you zoomed into an area it showed you other towns and cities. Does the movement and power of the wind change the temperature? I haven't really thought about what the wind looks like. I have a little idea because when it is cold outside you can see your breath, maybe that is what wind looks like? See you around on another break!

Isaiah D. said...

The city I looked at was Chicago because it is very windy in Chicago. The time I looked at Chicago it was 12.00 PM. The wind was moving 11.2 MPH.The map didn't have a lot of city's to choose. Nobody can see the wind unless it's on a map.You can also hear it.It is also very fast and very cold.

Kai S. said...

The city that I looked at is Phoenix. The time was 3:00. The average speed that the wind was moving is 11.5 mph. The top speed that the wind was moving is 35.2 mph.I think that the map of the Phoenix wind looks like like a thousand worms wiggling. I have thought about what the looks like! This website showed me. Thanks Mr.Casal :-)

Galilee M. said...

The city I looked at is Austin.The time was 7:00 a.m.The top speed was 29.6 mph and the average was 8.6 mph.I think the image of Austin looks like 100,000 asterodis bumping into each other.I nomally think as air swishing into each other.

toby p. said...

the city I was looking at is New York. the wind speed there is 5 mph. the time was April 8,2012 8:00 am. I think the map was cool because you could see how fast the wind is moving and it made me feel chilly. I have thought about what the wind looks like because I read a poem about what wind looks like.

Erik V said...

The city I looked at was New York. On April 8 2012 at 9am the wind was blowing 10 miles per hour. I never thought that it would be cool to watch a map about wind. This is a good tool for us . It would let me know when is a good time to fly my kite.

Trinice said...

The city I looked at is Dallas Texas.The time I looked at Dallas Texas was 4:55.The wind speed of the wind is 5.2mph.I think the map is great because it shows you the speed and direction of the united states. I haven't because wind is clear and you cant see clear stuff.

IZEL R. said...

The city I looked at was Houston,Texas.At 9:00am the wind was blowing 1.1 mph.I think this map is cool because you can see the wind how it's blowing all around.I never thought of how wind looks like, but this map gave me a big picture!

Michelangelo Pagan said...

I looked at Santa Rosa. The time was 10:01 am and there wasn't much wind. The wind was moving 0.1 mph if you were close but as soon as you got farther the wind will get faster. I think this map is good to ell people how fast and slow the wind is going. Wind can look like many different things if you had the ability to see it.

Riselly T. said...

The city was Los Angles.The time I looked at Los Angles was at 12:00 a.m.The wind speed is 1.7 mph.I think the map is great beacause it show s you how the wind is going.Is it fast is it slow.It is also great beacause it shows you the speed and direction of the Untied States.

Rosellyn Tavarez said...

The city I looked at was Seattle. Seattles wind speed 5.0 mph the time I looked at is at 1:16 its going a little slow and fast is like medium.To me the wind in Seattle looks a plant growing fast and slow.To me its kind of weird.

Owen Taber said...

Owen.B.Taber

I looked at the Chespeake.It was 9.00 am. The wind was moving at about 10 mph. The map looked really cool because of the wind and how it went in so many directions.I have never thought about what wind looks like.

TristynC said...

I looked at the wind map at 8 a.m. On April 11,2012 in the city of Philadelphia . The wind was very slow. It was kind of cool looking at wind from above. I have never though about what wind looks like.

Jordan S. said...

The city I looked at was New York. On April 10, 2012 at 8am, the wind speed was moving at 7.9 mph. I think this is very interesting website because it is shows how fast the wind is blowing all over the United states. Yes I thought about what the wind looks like and this website really shows you that.

Miguel Gonzalez said...

Miguel Gonzalez

New York
10:50 am
9.5 mph wind speed

I Looked at New York at 10:50 am.The wind was moving at speed 9.5 mph.I Think the map was very interesting, especially when u zoomed into an area, it show us speed and different direction of the United States.Wind can look like many diferent things,shapes, if you have the ability to see it.

Carter K. said...

I looked at Rapid City, South Dakota, at 4:31 PM. The wind speed was 22.3 MPH. I think this map is strange, because seeing wind on a map is like seeing clouds from space. All constantly moving, while swirling this way and that. I have thought about what wind looks like, and it was sort of similar. The wind ended in a spiral, like some of the winds, but the beginning and middle were straight lines, sometimes with a small curve.

Lauren.B said...

The place I looked at was Las Angeles. The time in Los angeles was 11:00 pm. The wind was moving at the speed of 3.9 mph. I think that was very useful because then you can see the climate and speed of the wind in different places. I have never thought about how the wind looks like but now that I have i really enjoyed it.

Tomer Ronen said...

I looked at Orlando,Florida. It was 8:00A.M. The wind speed was 5.0 mph. I think the map is awesome! I also think it's cool how it looks like the wind gets smaller the closer up you get. I also think it's cool because I never thought about how wind looks like.

Elsa.B said...

I looked at the city of Dallas. It was exactly 10:00 AM. The wind was moving at exactly 11mp wind speed.
The map looks different from all other maps.It looks different from other maps because instead of land there is wind.
I never thought wind would look like that I thought the wind would looked all clomped together but,it was straight lines instead. I thought the wind would look different then what I saw on the map.

Anthony O. said...

I looked at Dallas. The time was 12:00pm. The wind was moving 10.5mph. I thought the map was a very detailed map. It was showing how fast the wind was moving. No, I never thought about how the wind moved. I will think about it now. HAPPY SPRING BREAK!!!:)

JakubS. said...

The city I looked at was San Diego. The time was 8:00pm April 12 The wind speed was 8.7 mph.I think this is a good map at checking the wind speed and mph. i didn't know how the the wind looks like, but know I can see on this website.

Aaron Nelson said...

Aaron N.


The city I looked at was Denver and the wind speed was 6.0 mph. The time I was looking at it was on April 12,2012 10:00pm. I never thought about what wind looks like but it was cool to see. I thought the map was cool because of the wind images.

Leandro G said...

I looked at the city of New York at 8:00am. The date was April 13, 2012, and the wind speed was 6.0mph. this wind speed is gentle compare to other city's. I would not be able to feel this wind because it would be so gentle, and you would not see moving leaves on the tree's.

stella Adams said...

The city I looked at Dallas,Texas. The time was 9:00 am. The wind was moving 11.4 mph at that time. I think this map is wonderful, because it shows the the winds movements and thats really cool because you don't see this kind of stuff every day! I never really thought about how the wind moves because I had never really thought about it before I think its really interesting. And this map gives me a great picture!

Timothy M. said...

The place that I looked at was Chicago. I looked at it at 11:00 and there was an 11 mph wind speed. I think that the map is very cool because it shows you facts about the wind speeds in different places of the world. I haven't thought about what the wind looks like but on the map it looks pretty cool.

Jack S. said...

I looked at all of the cities because I thought the map was interesting. I looked mostly at the area of Omaha because there was a lot of wind there. I was looking at the area of Omaha at 11:50am. The wind was moving 18.6mph at that time. I think the map is cool because when you click on an area more cities apear and I like when the lines thicken when the wind gets heavy. Yes I thought of what the wind looks like. When I thought of it one day it looked kind of like the map.

Julian s. said...

Julian s.

I started looking at the wind from above picture at 3;50. I focused on Dallas, I noticed that all the wind was coming from the bottom border of the Dallas and coming up through the top border of Dallas. At the time the wind was running at about fifteen miles an hour near the bottom border, and about ten miles an hour near the top border of Dallas. I liked the map because it was fun to look at, and it told you how windy it is outside.
I have never wondered what wind looks like.

Ian said...

I looked at Las Vegas witch had a 5.2 mph wind speed at 7:52 am.I noticed that all the wind from Las Vegas was going into this 14.3 mph wind storm.It covered all of Nevada and most of central USA.All I can say is that The middle of the USA is in for a surprise. I really liked this map because wind is very cool; It looked like the map was the grey fur of a dog and you where stroking his fur.

EiasLyon said...

Elias Lyon said...

I looked at Dallas,Texas at 7:00, the wind was going at 13.7 miles per hour. I thought the map was most interesting. I think wind would look like big pieces of air crunched up blowing through the air.

Ian B. said...

The time that I looked at Dallas Texas was 10:09AM. The wind speed was moving 15.7 MPH.I think this map provides the difference between wind speed and the time.Because the wind is invisible I can not think of what it looks like.I can only feel its effects.

Max T said...

I looked at charlotte north carolina on april 14. the wind was 7.7 mph. i think the map is fun to look at. and i never wondered what wind looks like.

Thais said...

I looked at Chicago on april 14 at 12.00pm. The wind speed was moving at 11.6 mph.I thought the map was very interesting because it dhows us the difference btw wind speed and time. I never wondered what wind will look like..

Patrick Dicus said...

My city is Chicago the wind was 9.o mph on April 13 2012.I like this map because if people are curious about the wind they can get answers. I have never ever wondered about the wind.

Ajax H. said...

Ajax H.

I looked at the wind speed in Los Angeles on April 14th.The wind speed was 8.8 mph there. I looked at it when it was 2:00. I think the map is cool. I think its cool because when you look at the map you could see the wind moving. I never thought how wind ever looked.

Griffin C said...

The city that I looked at was new york. The time was April 14,2012. The wind was moving 10 miles per hour. I think the map is educational and fun. I have never thought about what the wind looks like.

Andy Garcia said...

I looked at Chicago at 8:00 p.m on April 14. The wind was moving at 37.0 mph at top speed. I think the map is cool because it tells you what direction the wind is going. I never thought about how wind looks like because you can't look at wind.

nyklos wilson said...

I looed at pasadena. It was april 15 10:00am.The wind was going 14.1 mph. I think this map is an amazng thing to use. I have never thought of whatthe wind would look like from above.

Agatha E. said...

I looked at Minneapolis at 11:40 am. The wind was not very fast, it was 7.7 mph. I think the map was very cool because you got to see the swishing wind. It looked like it was raining upside down! Sometimes when it is windy I want to know what the wind looks like.

Oliver P said...

I looked at New York. The wind speed is about 3 miles per hour. When you look at the wind from above it looks weird(it looks like hair). The wind is mostly straight. But with some curves. The time of day was at noon. The date is April 13.

Jake B said...

I looked at Des Moines, Iowa. I picked it because the wind was going really fast. The date was April 15 2102 at 4:00 pm. The wind speed was 25.6 mph. It was interesting because it actually showed the wind moving and showed the wind speed of the place.

fernando m said...

FERNANDO L.M I look at Chicago. at April 15 4:56pm 2012 .it's wind speed is 20.1 mph but i mostly don't if it's 20.1mph or 30mph it look's like the wind really moves really fast.Because when I go out side it does not really look like it goes in fast speed how it look and shows on the wind map.I really think some wind speed are same from other pleas.In some world's in the area of Chicago.

Jakob Lang said...

I looked at Denver because the Bronkos are one of my favorite football teams. The time I looked at Denvr was 5:00. The wind was moving 14.3 mph at 5.00 and the wind looked like it was going pretty fast. I thnk this map was really acurate on the wind and how it moves. Whenever I need to check how fast wind is moving I can just look at the website. In fact I actually have thought about what wind looks like. I've always thought of wind as cool breezy air that we breath and thats the way I might always think of it.

Beatrice Price said...

The city I looked at was Phoenix. It was 6:00 pm. The speed was 5.4 mph. I think that this map is useful.For example say you want to go outside,you could see how windy it is.As a matter of fact,I have thought about what wind looks like.




* What city did you look at?
* What time was it when you were looking at it?
* How fast was the wind moving at that time?
* What do you think about this map?
* Have you ever thought about what wind looks like?

Graeme L.M. said...

Graeme L.M.

I looked at Nashville, Tennessee at 7:00 PM. April 15th. The wind speed just crept over 11 miles per hour.
I never really thought about the wind but the map was really cool.

Madeline M. said...

I looked at Boston at 7:47 pm. The wind speed was 5.7 mph, so it is not moving very fast. To me the map looked like a bunch of shooting stars.

Tazha C. said...

The city I looked at was Seattle. The time I looked at it was 6:00 p.m. The wind speed was 5 miles per hour. This map was good because it showed the wind moving. I have never thought about what the wind looks like before.

Oscar C. said...

I looked at Atlanta. At 8:00 it was blowing at 2.5 mph.I have never seen the wind from above.That map is so cool and very useful for looking at wind speed!

ayva h. said...

I looked at Chicago,the day this was looked at was April 16, 2012.The time was 3:00 and the wind speed was 20.5.I like it because you can tell how strong the wind is.and no i have never thought of seeing wind.

ayva h. said...

I looked at Chicago the wind speed was 20.5 and was looked at April 16, 2012.the time was 3:00 and no i have never thought of looking at wind.and i like it because you can look at the weather.

Hannah D said...

Hannah.D

I looked at Chicago because thats where alot of my family lives. It was 5:00 PM. The wind speed is 21.9 mph. Thats pretty fast! I hope my cousins are O.K.... The map just looked like a bunch of pasta being spit out of a black hole and being made into rivers.

Hannah.D

Hershel.G said...

The city I searched was Philadelphia it was 6:00 the wind was moving at 8.6 mph.The map was cool because the wind was moving. I have wondered until I was 4 what wind looks like.

Jazlyn W said...

The city I looked at was Dallas, Texas. The time in Dallas was 5:00 PM and the wind speed was 8.6 mph. The wind map is so cool! I really like how you can see the wind speed of the countries states! This project was cool my favorie part was... EVERYTHING!!!!!

Jazlyn White

Brisa K. said...

I’m looking at Oklahoma City. It looks like it has less wind than other places I think. I’m in Germany right now. It is 10:00am in Germany but it’s 3:00 am in America. The wind speed is 5.5 right now. I think this map is really cool because how it shows all the information about wind in different places. I really think it is amazing. No I have not thought about wind and how it looks in that context. I really liked this assignment and hope we can do it again!

Gus McCowan said...

The city that I picked is Denver. The time was 7:00pm .The wind speed was 3.5mph.I thought the map was very useful because it told you the time and the windspeed. I think that the wind looks like the clouds and I have thought about the wind.

Rajesh P. said...

The city I looked at was phoenix. the time I looked at it was 7:00 pm the wind speed was 4.0 mph I think the map is cool because I can see wind speed up to 40 mph.

Anonymous said...

Thomas G.
I looked at Denver, the time was 7:28am, the wind speed was 5.1mph. I think the map is great. I never thought about what wind looks like, but it looks very interesting on the map.

Owen C. said...

The city I looked at Pheonix, Arizona. I looked at Pheonix at 5:00. The wind's speed was 2.7 mph. I think this map is interesting because knowing the wind's speed is very useful and very cool. I have never thought about the wind's speed before.

caleb w said...

First I looked at the whole map all the wind was going into one spot. I think that is because the tornado ally is there.I zoomed in on denver the time was 5:00 the wind speed was 4.5 miles per hour.I like this map because if you didn't look at this map you never would know what wind looks like.I never thought about what wind looks like.

Willa M. said...

The city that I looked at was Chicago, Illinois on April 17, 2012 at 7:29,with the with the wind moving 7.9 mph. I noticed that if you zoom in more, there appears to have more white lines. Now that I looked at that map,I'll imagine the wind as white lines.

Amin E said...

I looked at New York at 8:00pm. The wind there is 9.0mph windspeed. I think this map is great because you can see the wind.I think it is interesting on the map. And you can see the weather.

Clem A said...

I looked at New York City.The time was 5:01pm.The wind speed was 3.7 mph.I thought the map was weird. I've never thought about how the wind looks before.

Waheeb P. said...

I looked at San Jose on April 18, 2012 at 7:00 pm. The wind was 10.9 mph. I thought this website is helpful if
you have homework about the wind. The website is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This website is interesting and would
also helpful to scientist who study the wind. It gets COOLER when you zoom in and start to see cities and
more states.

Amaya Gonzalez-Mollmann said...

I looked at Wichita at 8:01. In Wichita the wind speed was 12.3 mph wind speed.I think this map is awesomely awesome because I can see the wind.

Lucia F. said...

I looked at Chicago at 8:01 pm. The wind speed was 7.1 mph.

This map is amazing because it allows me see to something that is invisible.

I thought about what the wind would like when I watched a movie called "The Valley of the Wind".

Inali D. said...

I looked at New York on April 17,2012 at 6:00. The wind was moving at 8.0mph.I like this map because it made me look at the wind in a different way. I've never thought abought what the wind looks like before.

Savion Kittrell said...

The city I looked at is New York. The time was 7:00pm
when I looked at it. The wind was moving at 8.2 mph. I have thought that wind look like lines and fast-moving air.

Finn Antonson said...

I looked at the city of Chicago at 5:00 pm EDT. The wind speed was 14.9 mph. I chose Chicago because it is called the Windy City. The map when I zoomed in on the city looked like a waterfall. That's interesting because Chicago is on Lake Michigan. I liked to look at the wind patterns and the way some were faster than others. I wish the map explained why some places are windier than others. When I was little, I used to ask my mom to turn off the wind. But I couldn't really picture what it looked like.

Unni I. said...

I looked at the city of New York the time was 7:00 pm. The wind was mild at 1.7 miles per hour. I think the map is useful and pretty.
It is useful because if someone wanted to see how much wind there was outside or in other places. It is pretty because it like the solar system.

CalvinR said...

I did Los Angeles at 2:00 PM. I did Los Angeles because it is normally very hot and it is pretty cool there. The wind was only going 1.9 MPH! Also, I like the map because it makes me feel like a god, which is pretty cool to me. And the wind looks like 1,000,000 shooting stars flying across the USA.

Laura D said...

i went to dallas. the wind speed was 4.6mph it is 2
:00. i think it is cool because you can actually see the wind! i think a lot of the second grades will enjoy it! woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sylvie G. said...

I looked at Dallas. I think it's very interesting looking at wind from above. Dallas was 4.4.It reminds me of a time I saw a big swarm of ants running all over the place.

HazelB said...

I looked at Madison. It was 2:00 when i looked at it.It was 10.5 mph. I think the wind looks like raindrops going the wrong way. It think it is very interesting that people can just go on a website an look at the winds and what way they are going!

Ashleigh E said...

I looked at Seattle. The wind speed was 8.2 miles per hour. I like this map of wind speed because it shows all kinds of different cities and can show you the wind speed there, right now!!! It was 2.00 PM. I chose Seattle because I think some of my cousins used to live there.

Camila M said...

I chose Seattle. The wind speed in Seattle is 9.1 mph. The wind in the picture looks like white hair curling.

stellal said...

I looked at Chicago it was 12.3 mph 2:00 pm. I think that this map looks cool with lines and then more in-between them. I have never looked at wind like this ever before.

Grace L said...

I chose Oklahoma City.It is 2:00.In Oklahoma City the wind speed was 9.1 mph.The map was cool.It made me feel sick.I have no idea what the wind would look like's.

Caleb. C said...

I looked at Seattle it was 7.8 wind speed it was 2:24 pm. the map wind was kind of cool. the wind looks ruff!

Daniel T said...

I chose New York it was 6.6 mph and it looked like cannons firing shooting stars.

Sebastian W. said...

I chose Dallas. In Dallas the wind speed was 4.7mph.i did tis at 2.00pm.The map was cool because its cool seeing wind move.I never would of thought about the wind this way.

Jack B. said...

Sant Louis is 11.3 mph. I'm very interested in wind speeds.

Amit R. said...

I did New York City. The wind speed is 7.3 mph. I think that its so cool how the wind moves on the screen!

Ganden .F said...

It is May 21 2:00. Im doing Charlotte. The wind speed is 2.4.

thomas.W said...

I don't think that New York has that much wind.

Ella F said...

Chicago right now at 2:38 the wind is 13.2 mph.And I now know what the wind is.And I think it is cool.

IshanB said...

I looked at Chicago at 2:42 PM. It was going 13.2 mph.
I looked at Chicago because it is called the windy city.
I don't know if the tempature or speed is cold.