GRAND RAPIDS — Recently we have had some very windy days, but do we always know which direction the wind is blowing? In today's weather experiment we are going to build a wind vane or weather vane to ...

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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A weather vane is an instrument used to show the direction the wind is blowing from. It is one of the simplest weather instruments created and it has been used since ancient times. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Wind direction plays a crucial role in determining daily temperatures—especially in regions like Western New York. A northerly breeze coming off Lake Ontario often brings cooler air ...

Over the last couple of days there’s been one question I’ve been asked many times, “If the snow storm is coming from the west, why is the wind blowing from the east?” That is an excellent question, ...

Weather vanes may have different appearances, but they generally have one thing in common, and that is the direction the arrow points with respect to wind direction. That part of the vane opposite, or ...

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 ...

Windyty is a gorgeous weather map that’s overlaid with current temperature conditions, wind patterns, and can be customized to show as much or as little weather information as you deem necessary. You ...