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What's more important; wind speed, or direction?

Obviously, they both matter, but they do trade dominance based on direction.

For example, a 10 mph wind between 2:30 and 3:30 is only changing its value from 10 to 9.7 mph (bracket of 0.3 mph). However, a 10 mph wind between 11:30 and 12:30 is changing its cross-wind component value from 2.6 mph left to 2.6 mph right (bracket of 5.2 mph). Same 30° change in direction, massively different bracket.

The point being, in this case, a direction change is far more critical if it's near 6 or 12 o'clock. A small direction change when it's close to 3 or 9 o'clock is negligible.

On the contrary, a change in wind SPEED when it's near 3 or 9 affects your crosswind component directly. But for a near head or tailwind, a fluctuation in wind speed only causes a small fraction of a change to the crosswind component.

In summary, if you're in a near full-value wind, pay more attention to wind SPEED. If you're closer to a head or tailwind, nailing the exact DIRECTION will be more important.

To learn more podcast #94 - Using Mirage to Read Wind covers what you need to know. thescienceofaccuracy.com

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