Reported wind arrows in wrong direction
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Currently New Zealand is experiencing cyclone Gabriel and while watching this system approach I noticed the reported wind arrows are showing the incorrect wind direction.
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@hilfordboat
No, the direction of reported wind arrows is correct. It displays the clockwise movement of air around cyclones in Southern Hemisphere.
On a weather map the wind arrows show the direction toward the wind is blowing. They don’t point to the direction from where the wind is coming like weather vanes do.See this old post concerning the wind direction symbol in Northern Hemisphere :
https://community.windy.com/topic/15802/simboli-del-vento?_=1676145779879And wind direction in this article from BoM:
http://www.bom.gov.au/watl/about/about-forecast-wind.shtml
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