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    • Gkikas LGPZ
      Gkikas LGPZ Moderator last edited by

      @TZ
      I think you must consider providing wind in the form:
      130 (SE) 15 km/h, 090 (E) 12 km/h, 330 (NW) 25 km/h ...

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      • TZ
        TZ Administrator @Gkikas LGPZ last edited by TZ

        @meteo-gr Thank you for suggestion, but I am afraid that it will not help. It seems that some people are not familiar with wind direction at all. I have another idea: what about to switch the order of two numbers and write 5m/s, 300° ? @ivo
        When people are used to read numbers with units at the end, and I am sure they are, everybody should understand that the wind speed is 5m/s.

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        • Gkikas LGPZ
          Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @TZ last edited by

          @tz
          No !!! in this case most people will interpret 300° as 300 degrees Celsius (or Farenheit) and the situation will worsen!
          In general the wind direction is provided here with numbers (and not as N, NE, E, SE ...) for aviation use.
          See Ivo's comment in
          https://community.windy.com/topic/4713/when-wind-is-selected-what-does-the-figure-100-mean-100-14km-hr

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          • TZ
            TZ Administrator @Gkikas LGPZ last edited by

            @meteo-gr Degree mark is not important in my suggestion, but the order of the two numbers. It could be "8m/s, 300 (arrow)" or as you suggest "8m/s, 300 (NW)" or even "8m/s, NW (300)". Important part of my idea is that it would be clear what the wind speed is when it is the first number.

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