diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7a7e2caa..e3a13231 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 *.rar
 TODO
 _docs
-data/*.html
+examples/winds/data/*.html
diff --git a/examples/winds/data/weather.bin b/examples/winds/data/weather.bin
index ad8668ad..5401ddb9 100644
Binary files a/examples/winds/data/weather.bin and b/examples/winds/data/weather.bin differ
diff --git a/examples/winds/data/weather_data.py b/examples/winds/data/weather_data.py
index 02a572e0..dc10e35f 100644
--- a/examples/winds/data/weather_data.py
+++ b/examples/winds/data/weather_data.py
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ def parsefiles():
     with open('weather.bin', 'w') as fout:
         for entry in entries:
             code = entry['icao']
-
-            print code
             
             #read html file for station
             with open(code + '.html', 'r') as fentry:
@@ -74,16 +72,21 @@ def parsefiles():
             trs = soup.findAll('tr', align='center', valign='top')
             ln = len(trs)
             counter = 0
+            count = 0
             
             if ln == 0:
                 step = 1
                 ln = samples
                 empty = True
             else:
-                step = samples / float(ln)
+                step = ln / float(samples)
                 empty = False
 
-            while counter < ln:
+            print code, counter, ln, step
+
+            while count < samples:
+                count += 1
+
                 if empty:
                     dat = struct.pack('HHH', 0, 0, 0)
                     fout.write(dat)
diff --git a/examples/winds/index.js b/examples/winds/index.js
index 9722cd0e..3dddc186 100644
--- a/examples/winds/index.js
+++ b/examples/winds/index.js
@@ -196,16 +196,20 @@ function init() {
             weather = data.hour[hour],
             l = stations.length;
             
-
         O3D.Plane.call(this, {
           type: 'x,y',
           xlen: 1,
           ylen: 1,
           offset: 0,
-          program: 'marker',
+          program: 'markers',
           textures: ['img/elevation_3764_2048_post.jpg'],
 
           render: function(gl, program, camera) {
+            //enable blend
+            gl.blendFunc(gl.SRC_ALPHA, gl.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+            gl.enable(gl.BLEND);
+            gl.disable(gl.DEPTH_TEST);
+            
             for (var i = 0, 
                      TRIANGLES = gl.TRIANGLES, 
                      indicesLength = this.$indicesLength, 
@@ -221,6 +225,10 @@ function init() {
 
               gl.drawElements(TRIANGLES, indicesLength, UNSIGNED_SHORT, 0);
             }
+
+            //disable blend
+            gl.disable(gl.BLEND);
+            gl.enable(gl.DEPTH_TEST);
           }
         });
       }
@@ -254,14 +262,14 @@ function init() {
           }
         }).send();
 
-        function createHourlyData(data, i, l, hours, components) {
-          var len = data.length,
+        function createHourlyData(bufferData, i, l, hours, components) {
+          var len = bufferData.length,
               array = Array(l);
-          
-          for (var j = i, singleCount = 0; j < len; j += (hours * components)) {
-            array[count] = new Float32Array([data[j    ], 
-                                             data[j + 1],
-                                             data[j + 2]]);
+ 
+          for (var j = i, count = 0; j < len; j += (hours * components)) {
+            array[count++] = new Float32Array([bufferData[j    ], 
+                                               bufferData[j + 1],
+                                               bufferData[j + 2]]);
           }
 
           return array;
diff --git a/examples/winds/shaders/markers.fs.glsl b/examples/winds/shaders/markers.fs.glsl
index f7a7769d..76ac26ce 100644
--- a/examples/winds/shaders/markers.fs.glsl
+++ b/examples/winds/shaders/markers.fs.glsl
@@ -2,13 +2,21 @@
 precision highp float;
 #endif
 
-uniform vec3 data;
+#define PI 3.1415926535
+
+varying vec2 vTexCoord;
+varying vec3 vColor;
 
 void main(void) {
-  /* float angle = data.x * PI2;*/
-  /* float windSpeed = data.y * delta / 5.;*/
+  /* float angle = data.x * PI / 2.;*/
+  /* float windSpeed = data.y * .2 / 5.;*/
   /* float temp = data.z;*/
-  
-  gl_FragColor = vec4(.2, 1, .2, 1);
+
+  float dist = distance(vTexCoord, vec2(.5, .5));
+  if (dist <= .5) {
+    gl_FragColor = vec4(vColor, dist * dist + .2);
+  } else {
+    gl_FragColor = vec4(0, 0, 0, 0);
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/winds/shaders/markers.vs.glsl b/examples/winds/shaders/markers.vs.glsl
index 783076b5..b98a2f32 100644
--- a/examples/winds/shaders/markers.vs.glsl
+++ b/examples/winds/shaders/markers.vs.glsl
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ uniform float lat;
 uniform float lon;
 uniform vec3 data;
 
+varying vec2 vTexCoord;
+varying vec3 vColor;
+
 float getHue(vec4 sampling) {
   float r = sampling.r;
   float g = sampling.g;
@@ -34,10 +37,36 @@ float getHue(vec4 sampling) {
   return hue;
 }
 
+vec3 getRGB(float h, float s, float v) {
+  float c = v * s;
+  float hp = h / 60.;
+  float x = c * (1. - abs( mod(hp, 2.) - 1. ));
+  vec3 rgbp;
+
+  if (h < 1.) {
+    rgbp = vec3(c, x, 0);
+  } else if (h < 2.) {
+    rgbp = vec3(x, c, 0);
+  } else if (h < 3.) {
+    rgbp = vec3(0, c, x);
+  } else if (h < 4.) {
+    rgbp = vec3(0, x, c);
+  } else if (h < 5.) {
+    rgbp = vec3(x, 0, c);
+  } else {
+    rgbp = vec3(c, 0, x);
+  }
+
+  float m = v - c;
+
+  return rgbp + vec3(m);
+}
+
 void main(void) {
-  vec3 pos = vec3(lat, lon, 0);
+  vec3 pos = vec3(lon, lat, 0);
 
-  const float scale = 0.02;
+  float scale = data.y / 300.;
+  float h = data.z / 250.;
 
   const float offset = (4096. - 3764.) / 2. * (1. / 4096.);
   const float fromy = 25.;
@@ -75,6 +104,8 @@ void main(void) {
 
   pos = vec3(position.xy * scale, 0) + pos;
 
+  vTexCoord = texCoord1;
+  vColor = getRGB((1. - h) * 360., .8, .8);
   gl_Position = projectionMatrix * worldMatrix * vec4(pos, 1);
 }