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      whiteclam
      last edited by

      I'm new to using this site and confused The direction on the wind indicator looks like the wind is coming from the ease, yet when you tap on the direction it says true wind is from the North. Please clarify,,, thanks

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      • idefix37I
        idefix37 Sailor Moderator @whiteclam
        last edited by idefix37

        @whiteclam
        You said : « The direction on the wind indicator looks like the wind is coming from the ease » ....You probably mean « from the East ».
        Here is an example of a wind blowing from the East. It is shown by the picker as an East wind or blowing from 90° direction.

        5DC13122-D3D8-4C9E-8BF8-59F80ECD53A4.jpeg

        If you have different indications, please post a screenshot.

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        • Gabou971G
          Gabou971 Moderator
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          I see only one explaination to this...

          He considers the entire greyflag picker as a wind vector... ???

          You have to read what's inside the picker. For exemple on the pictures above : Wind is blowing FROM the east (E / 90° from north) and windspeed is 36 knots.

          Can you see this info in the picker, or it is empty ? If it's empy, it doesn't work properly.

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          • vicbV
            vicb Paraglider | Premium
            last edited by

            ... or

            alt text

            https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/product/analytics/displaying-speed-and-direction-symbology-from-u-and-v-vectors/

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            • idefix37I
              idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Gabou971
              last edited by

              @Gabou971 said in WIND DIRECTION:

              I see only one explaination to this...

              He considers the entire greyflag picker as a wind vector... ???

              I had the same though as you because « wind indicator » seems a strange word for what is called here « animated particles ». But this greyflag picker has always the same direction, so....

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              • idefix37I
                idefix37 Sailor Moderator @vicb
                last edited by idefix37

                @vicb
                Personally I don’t like this table from Esri ! It’s absolutely confusing. Better to forget it.
                They are not a meteorology organisation, just a private company selling all kind of maps and mapping software.
                Meteorologists will confirm that the symbol on a map of a wind blowing from a direction is NEVER an arrow pointing in that direction (for a south wind blowing from south, we must use an arrow pointing to the north). This has been already hardly discussed on this forum.
                However this is different when you build wind rose to show the wind direction frequency at a location.

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                  gerryf1 @whiteclam
                  last edited by idefix37

                  @whiteclam

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                  • idefix37I
                    idefix37 Sailor Moderator @gerryf1
                    last edited by

                    @gerryf1
                    What do you want to show with this map ?

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