Explanation: Wind vanes are used to measure wind direction. The vane points into the wind. For a more accurate reading, make arrow smaller than video shows (wanted it to be easily seen)!

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our second grade class is checking the weather each day. We would like to know when the wind speed is 0 mph how can there be a wind direction? Thank you, Mrs Masteller's 2nd Grade Class MIKE MOSS SAYS ...

One of the most important things in a weather forecast for London - in a country that gets its weather from all directions - is which way the wind is blowing. A northerly in winter most often brings ...

IF one examines the autographic records of wind velocity and direction obtained at any inland observatory on a summer's day, it will be found that both traces are markedly different during the ...

Weather vanes, used for centuries to indicate wind direction, now serve primarily as ornamental and symbolic decorations. Weather vane designs, often crafted from copper or gold-gilded steel, range ...