Re: [Matplotlib-users] windrose

[Paul H. <pmh...@gm...>]

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:22 AM, Sudheer Joseph <sud...@ya...>wrote:

> Dear users,
>                          Attached is a windrose diagram created by using
> https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=239240&package_id=290902. Can any one tell me if the numbers displayed in the attached plot is % of
> wind directions in each category? or are they represent some other numbers?
>
>
> http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4ZlrnfU7IT8/TPxpftZGzfI/AAAAAAAAADA/uq9cF3PTpR8/s1600/Wind_rose_plot.jpg
>
>

Sudheer,

That's correct. The total length of the bars is the percentage of time that
the wind is blowing *from* that direction.
See my implementation here:
https://github.com/phobson/python-metar/blob/master/metar/graphics.py#L135

Side note, you're emails are consistently formatted pretty strangely and
can be difficult to read. Perhaps stick with the same font that is in your
email signature?