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Old 06-12-2009, 08:50 PM
Graebarde Graebarde is offline
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Originally Posted by kato13
That might be the case and I have considered it. However the PDF does say
It has always bugged me that wind is sometimes referred to by the source direction not the travel direction. I am 90% confident that this is travel direction however all my preconceptions support your conclusions. I will look at a little more data before I launch with the final wind directions. I can flip the wind direction 180 degrees with 2 commands if I determine that is necessary.
NWS reports winds as direction which they come, hence Westerly comes from the west. At least in all the reports I've dealt with and submitted.
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