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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Different wind directions at the surface and ...

FARGO — Our year-long prevailing wind is northwesterly but in the summer our dominant wind is southerly. A prevailing wind is a wind direction that is predominant in a climate. For our region, our ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — What will we need to get rid of the fog and clouds? While temperatures have warmed, sunshine has been hard to come by in central and eastern KELOLAND. Without the sun, ...

Keep tabs on the wind speed and direction any day. These factors can have a huge impact on temperature and weather in general – simply because of our proximity to Lake Michigan.

Lake-effect snow dumps localized areas of very heavy snow. The wind direction makes all the difference between a light shoveling and a big dig out at any on spot. Here is how each wind direction ...