Wind Speed Detection System: Framework and implementation

Abstract

Crosswinds are one of the natural disasters that pose risks to high-profile vehicles especially on the highway. There are possibilities of fatal accidents when drivers and motorists failed to control their vehicles when this dangerous wind blows perpendicular to the vehicles. Even though, each area of the crosswinds is placed with crosswinds signs (i.e. windsocks) but these signs are not so obvious especially when there are obstacles such as rain, poor lighting and fog. In addition, the colour of the windsock itself is faded due to the exposure to the various changes of the weather and environments. Here, the Wind Speed Detection System is proposed in helping to monitor and manage this critical situation by providing crucial information to the vehicles and motorists regarding the crosswinds conditions, plan and preparation and many others. The system is able to measure the wind speed level and alert the motorists and vehicles with warning lamp/light according to the crosswinds conditions. Furthermore, the system can record the wind speed reading and save it into a file that can be further analysed.