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Old 09-25-2014, 02:59 PM   #1
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One more factor to put in Machine Learning Analysis

I've been hunting for a long time for free Wind Speed information and finally found a good source.
It's ave daily but still could show trends.

http://www.wunderground.com/history/

Type in city or closest airport ->submit

Click custom, set dates...Get History

Goto bottom of page, ..get comma delimited file

Select All/Copy/Paste into Excel

Choose Text to Columns

Viola!

Run Closers vs Early Speed for dependent variable (Wins) over many years when Daily Wind Speed Ave >15
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Old 09-30-2014, 12:28 PM   #2
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Nice find, thank you!
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Old 09-30-2014, 07:05 PM   #3
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I've been hunting for a long time for free Wind Speed information and finally found a good source.
It's ave daily but still could show trends.

http://www.wunderground.com/history/

Type in city or closest airport ->submit

Click custom, set dates...Get History

Goto bottom of page, ..get comma delimited file

Select All/Copy/Paste into Excel

Choose Text to Columns

Viola!

Run Closers vs Early Speed for dependent variable (Wins) over many years when Daily Wind Speed Ave >15
If you don't mind the suggestion, it is not wind speed that you should apply to your calculation; it should be wind force.
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Old 10-01-2014, 06:53 PM   #4
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All suggestions welcome thx

Wind velocity (including direction) would have been a better term for me to use.
Track stretch direction and number of turns also plays into the mix. And drafting should be more of a factor in Harness than with the flats.
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