wind direction

[CraigA]

A friend and I have differing opinions on what wind direction info means, and after he made his case dammit he had me second guessing myself.

 

I say if the wind direction is reported as 270 that means the wind is FROM the east and blowing due west. He says it means the wind is coming FROM the west and blowing due east. He says that an east wind means the wind is coming from the east (I agree) so therefore wind direction info is always the direction it comes from. So my question; when wind direction is given as a degree (i.e. 180, 265, 28, etc) is that the direction the wind is coming from or the direction the wind is going to.

 

thanks,

 

Craig

[ScottP]

Your friend is correct.

The azimuth notation is the direction from which the wind is coming.

Wind direction of 0 degrees is wind coming from the north. 90 degrees is coming from the east. 180 from the south. 270 from the west.

[klenke]

What Scott said.

[CraigA]

thanks, but that doesn't mean I have to tell him.

 

Craig

[catbirdseat]

Come on, be a man and admit you were wrong.

[CraigA]

Come on, be a man and admit you were wrong.

 

I thought being a man meant never having to say your wrong

 

Craig

[Alex]

Come on, be a man and admit you were wrong.

 

I thought being a man meant never having to say your wrong

 

No, thats what women do.

 

270 is a WEST wind.

 

Alex

[lummox]

then there is the buys-ballot law: 'with your back to the wind low pressure is to the left.'

[catbirdseat]

then there is the buys-ballot law: 'with your back to the wind low pressure is to the left.'

Isn't that true only in the Northern Hemisphere?

[lummox]

then there is the buys-ballot law: 'with your back to the wind low pressure is to the left.'

Isn't that true only in the Northern Hemisphere?

no. it works in the southern hemisphere too when you stand on your head.

[catbirdseat]

Lummox, you are very practical.