Yes, ball is for about 1mm larger, but I think length of "arms" is more important factor for anemometer. and of cource it is better to have such one than no at all
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As Klaipeda is on the coast of Baltic we do have stronger winds here if compare to lets say Vilnius, which is 300 km away. But as Klaipeda is quite far away from Atlantics, only stronger depresions are pushing through Europe and reaching us. I have restored my anemometer just few weeks ago and not placed it well yet. So it doesn't show recent strong winds. right about 2-3 weeks ago we had very strong storms/squals here. even small kids (2-3 years old) were reported flying. biggest unofficial numbers I've seen were reported from S/Y reaching more than 70 kts in gusts. and the strongest huricane was Anatolij as far as I remember, reaching same spead as well.
I plan to place anemometer on the roof of house (about 10m above ground) as now it is partialy covered by house and bushes in the yard
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