Interface WindSettings

Prevailing wind, its slow swings and its gusts.

interface WindSettings {
    direction: [number, number] | null;
    gustiness: number;
    gustPeriod: number;
    gustScale: number;
    speed: number;
    variability: number;
    veer: number;
    veerPeriod: number;
}

Properties

direction: [number, number] | null

Direction the prevailing wind blows towards, [x, z]; null uses the world's climate.windDirection (east on planets).

gustiness: number

0…1: gust strength as a share of the local wind speed.

gustPeriod: number

Typical duration of a gust, seconds.

gustScale: number

Typical size of a gust, metres.

speed: number

Mean wind speed, m/s (Beaufort 4 ≈ 6 m/s).

variability: number

0…1: how much the speed varies across space and time.

veer: number

Largest slow swing of the direction, radians.

veerPeriod: number

Typical time for the direction to swing, seconds.