Recently I noticed something, that I never paid much attention to, as I do not rely on the weather data on watch (which repeadly show unreliable refresh rate). I mean how people in general understand the wind direction data?
I aways thought of it as direction where the wind is comming from so whenever I tried to display it, I either used wind icon depicting the blowing stream or a pointer to where the wind heads to, which is actually 180° opposite side.
What way would you prefer, or understand better?
Icon
or ponter in direction the wind is heading rather than where it is comming from?
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Pointer. There is no doubt about wind direction with pointer.
Icon… Does it blow from left to right or vice versa? It’s not clear.
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I prefer a pointer.
And yes, weather descriptions state where the wind is from. So should be 180°, but I did not pay much attention to this either.
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That is what I thought when checked modes on your TX-M102 G-F2 PRO and it made me curious about general perception of this topic.
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You said it. Weather on Facer updates only few times a day, every 4-5 hours, so it’s basically useless.
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I use this Wind Icon and set it so the pointy bit is where the wind comes from and the billow where it is going . I am happy that is correct as I use it as my wind direction compass and confirm it is still working very time we go for a walk .
I have always understood that the wind direction is where it emanates from .
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Just to complicate things -
In meteorology, wind direction is always described by the direction it originates from, not the direction it’s going.
So using @petruuccios 's splendid image it shows a North Westeriy wind.
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I used wind direction in one of my faces just recently and was trying to work it out. I took it as being where the wind was blowing from and used a pointer appropriately. IIRC I had to flip the pointer 180 degrees.
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Yes . My pointer is set at 270 so I have to adjust it anyway .
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@russellcresser I like your idea of showing wind 'direction ’ on a rotating compass
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Seconded, well 3rded given the image from petruuccios.
I do also also use simpler arrows for visibility depending on face style.
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Thanks for that - this is one I will never be able to unsee 
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I think it has prior rights as the default ‘From-to’ for images… But, on the expression.
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