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 ...

Elderly man dies in southwest Houston house fire on Willow Lake Drive; HFD contained the blaze in about 20 minutes, and arson investigators are probing the cause. Read full article: Driver hits fire ...

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 ...

MIKE MOSS SAYS: Sarah, The general protocol for wind direction in weather observations and forecasts is for the wind direction to indicate where the wind id blowing from. So a northeasterly wind blows ...

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 ...