wind direction

cougarmagic · wind direction

Sometimes wind direction is listed as coming FROM somewhere, and other times going TO somewhere. How do you know the difference? For example, on my Suby's weather radio, they will say "winds out of the southwest"..which means they are blowing northeast...and sometimes on a forecast they'll say "southwest winds" which means just that.

Still other times I just see "Winds 5-10mph SSE"

Can't tell which way the wind is blowing...literally.

kgw

CM, in my experience, "Winds 5-10mph SSE," is like your "southwest winds" example. Southxsoutheast winds, in other words.

tarol

I agree, from the SSE

Here's another one, more puzzling - when wind is listed as degrees, as on RAWS station sites. Anyone know how to figure out wind direction from degrees? Here's an example:

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF?CNS