Your area’s wind zone Look at FEMA’s “Wind Zones in the United States” map to determine your area’s wind zone. That will help you figure out how strong your safe room should be. Amenities ...

The map is not exactly real-time, but it comes pretty close: the data is updated every three hours and it can be set to show wind conditions on any day in recent history.

A map of the new, smaller Bass Strait offshore wind zone declared by the federal government. ( Supplied: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Envornoment and Water) ...

The next step for the design team is to create a real time wind map of the entire globe. The map draws from hourly NOAA wind speed data, turning the information into a graphic interface.

The black map, simply named "Wind Map," displays white streaks that show varying wind speeds from 1 to 30 miles per hour. The stronger the winds, the more dense the white streaks.

The study aims to more clearly map the routes the birds take between seasons, and to learn whether they cross a 125-square-mile zone established for possible wind farms. Early data suggests the ...