Have you ever wondered how an electronic wind vane translates a direction into a unique signal? It seems as though it might be very complicated, and indeed some of them are. [martinm] over at ...

Europe has a big head start globally when it comes to generating power from offshore wind installations. The U.S. has lagged due to a variety of factors, including the need to work through regulatory ...

Winds are always named for the direction from which they blow. The best way to picture this is to stand so the wind is blowing into your face. The direction you are facing names the wind direction. A ...

Do you know why this is called an east wind? (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) This is the Anthony’s Weather Lab newsletter which is ...

When looking at a surf forecast, there are several key factors to take into consideration, including swell direction, swell height, tide times, wind speed and wind direction. If you can understand ...

Wind direction is defined as the direction the wind is coming from. If you stand so that the wind is blowing directly into your face, the direction you are facing names the wind. That’s why a north ...

Wind direction is often stated in a contradictory manner in popular usage. Terms like “south” and “southerly” are unfortunately applied to winds blowing from the south and also blowing to the south.

FARGO — Our year-long prevailing wind is northwesterly but in the summer our dominant wind is southerly. A prevailing wind is a wind direction that is predominant in a climate. For our region, our ...

Mike Moss: The term "wind direction" is defined as the compass heading FROM which the wind is blowing. This is in contrast to the term "bearing," which indicates the direction toward which an object ...