diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index b2659e3a3c..b9b07d4803 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@
             var co2color = d3.scale.linear()
                 .domain([0, 250, 500])
                 .range(['green', 'orange', 'black']);
+            var maxWind = 15;
             var windColor = d3.scale.linear()
-                .domain(d3.range(0, 11).map( function (i) { return i * 4; } ))
+                .domain(d3.range(0, 11).map( function (i) { return d3.interpolate(0, maxWind)(i / 10.0); } ))
                 .range([
                     "rgba(0, 255, 255, 0.5)",
                     "rgba(100, 240, 255, 0.5)",
@@ -113,7 +114,8 @@
                     "rgba(225, 133, 255, 0.5)",
                     "rgba(236, 109, 255, 0.5)",
                     "rgba(255, 30, 219, 0.5)"
-                ]);
+                ])
+                .clamp(true);
             var solarColor = d3.scale.linear()
                 .range(['black', 'orange'])
                 .domain([300, 440]);
diff --git a/scripts/horizontalcolorbar.js b/scripts/horizontalcolorbar.js
index 00b05b567e..512ccb2f41 100644
--- a/scripts/horizontalcolorbar.js
+++ b/scripts/horizontalcolorbar.js
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ function HorizontalColorbar(selector, d3scale, d3TickFormat, d3TickValues) {
         // Linear scale
         this.scale = d3.scale.linear()
             .range([0, this.colorbarWidth])
-            .domain(d3.extent(d3scale.domain()));
+            .domain(d3.extent(d3scale.domain()))
+            .clamp(d3scale.clamp());
         this.gGradient = this.gColorbar.append('linearGradient')
             .attr('id', selector + 'gradient')
             .attr('x1', 0)
diff --git a/vendor/wind-js/windy.js b/vendor/wind-js/windy.js
index f209be58a5..871cc76160 100644
--- a/vendor/wind-js/windy.js
+++ b/vendor/wind-js/windy.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 var Windy = function( params ){
   var VELOCITY_SCALE = 1/100000;//1/70000             // scale for wind velocity (completely arbitrary--this value looks nice)
   var INTENSITY_SCALE_STEP = 10;            // step size of particle intensity color scale
-  var MAX_WIND_INTENSITY = 40;              // wind velocity at which particle intensity is maximum (m/s)
+  var MAX_WIND_INTENSITY = 15;              // wind velocity at which particle intensity is maximum (m/s)
   var MAX_PARTICLE_AGE = 100;                // max number of frames a particle is drawn before regeneration
   var PARTICLE_LINE_WIDTH = 2;              // line width of a drawn particle
   var PARTICLE_MULTIPLIER = 1;//8              // particle count scalar (completely arbitrary--this values looks nice)