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FIGURE 6-14 Frequency plot for the NNW direction. The Weibull parameters
are derived by WindPRO. The jagged lines are the actual frequencies; the
smooth curve is the computed Weibull distribution with A = 10.4 m/s and k =
2.24.

Frequency Mean Wind
Sector A (m/s) k (%) Speed (m/s)
Mean 8.1 2.2 100.0 7.2
0-N 7.6 1.9 9.9 6.7
1-NNE 6.5 1.9 6.2 5.8
2-ENE 5.5 2.3 4.0 4.9
3-E 5.9 1.8 5.5 5.2
4-ESE 6.4 2.7 6.2 5.7
5-SSE 7.7 2.8 9.5 6.9
6-S 8.7 2.7 12.3 7.7
7-SSW 7.8 3.1 9.0 7.0
8-WSW 7.5 3.6 6.8 6.7
9-W 8.6 3.2 7.6 7.7
10-WNW 9.4 2.4 9.3 8.3
11-NNW 10.4 2.2 13.6 9.2
TABLE 6-8 Weibull Parameters for Valentine, Nebraska Binned Data