A distributed weather monitoring system, comprising: a storage ; a plurality of wireless weather stations (100; 200, 202, 204, 205), wherein the plurality of wireless weather stations (100; 200, 202, 204, 205) provides real-time monitoring, each wireless weather stations (100; 200, 202, 204, 205) being associated with a user and having: a battery for providing portability of the wireless weather station (100; 200, 202, 204, 205); a velocity sensor generating velocity information indicative of both speed and direction of movement of the wireless weather station (100; 200, 202, 204, 205); an anemometer generating an apparent wind signal indicative of both apparent speed and apparent direction of the wind; and a transmitter transmitting the velocity information and the apparent wind signal to a network at periodic intervals; the distributed weather monitoring system further comprising: a server receiving the velocity information and the apparent wind signal and storing them in the storage ; and characterized in that the distributed weather monitoring system further comprises an interface accessing the server in real-time to display real-time true wind data for each of the plurality of wireless weather stations (100; 200, 202, 204, 205), the real-time true wind data calculated from the apparent wind signal and the velocity information. a storage ; a plurality of wireless weather stations (100; 200, 202, 204, 205), wherein the plurality of wireless weather stations (100; 200, 202, 204, 205) provides real-time monitoring, each wireless weather stations (100; 200, 202, 204, 205) being associated with a user and having: a battery for providing portability of the wireless weather station (100; 200, 202, 204, 205); a velocity sensor generating velocity information indicative of both speed and direction of movement of the wireless weather station (100; 200, 202, 204, 205); an anemometer generating an apparent wind signal indicative of both apparent speed and apparent direction of the wind; and a transmitter transmitting the velocity information and the apparent wind signal to a network at periodic intervals; a battery for providing portability of the wireless weather station (100; 200, 202, 204, 205); a velocity sensor generating velocity information indicative of both speed and direction of movement of the wireless weather station (100; 200, 202, 204, 205); an anemometer generating an apparent wind signal indicative of both apparent speed and apparent direction of the wind; and a transmitter transmitting the velocity information and the apparent wind signal to a network at periodic intervals; the distributed weather monitoring system further comprising: a server receiving the velocity information and the apparent wind signal and storing them in the storage ; and characterized in that the distributed weather monitoring system further comprises an interface accessing the server in real-time to display real-time true wind data for each of the plurality of wireless weather stations (100; 200, 202, 204, 205), the real-time true wind data calculated from the apparent wind signal and the velocity information. a server receiving the velocity information and the apparent wind signal and storing them in the storage ; and characterized in that the distributed weather monitoring system further comprises an interface accessing the server in real-time to display real-time true wind data for each of the plurality of wireless weather stations (100; 200, 202, 204, 205), the real-time true wind data calculated from the apparent wind signal and the velocity information. <EOS>