Add wind barbs to a map

Source: R/addWindBarbs.R

Add a multi-sided polygon to a plot.

addWindBarbs(
  x,
  y,
  speed,
  dir,
  circleSize = 1,
  circleFill = "transparent",
  lineCol = 1,
  extraBarbLength = 0,
  barbSize = 1,
  ...
)

Arguments

x

vector of longitudes
y

vector of latitudes
speed

vector of wind speeds in knots
dir

wind directions in degrees clockwise from north
circleSize

size of the circle
circleFill

circle fill color
lineCol

line color (currently not supported)
extraBarbLength

add length to barbs
barbSize

size of the barb
...

additional arguments to be passed to lines

References

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wind_speed

Examples

maps::map('state', "washington")

x <- c(-121, -122)
y <- c(47.676057, 47)
addWindBarbs(x, y, speed = c(45,65), dir = c(45, 67),
             circleSize = 1.8, circleFill = c('orange', 'blue'))