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 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 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.

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.

According to the weather service, Fran’s wind gusts were measured at 100 mph in Greenville, 81 mph in Goldsboro and 79 mph in Fayetteville and Raleigh, all in Zone I counties on HUD’s map.

The Illawarra zone is currently proposed for a 1400km2 area off the coast of Wombarra, a northern suburb of Wollongong, south to waters off Gerringong, and between 10km to 30km out to sea. It has ...

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) ...

Energy Minister Chris Bowen says the second wind zone proposed for NSW – and the nation's fourth – will cover an area of more than 1,400 square kilometres.