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#11
January 5th 06, 05:46 PM
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Why is wind directon expressed as "FROM"?
On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 11:51:58 -0500, "JohnH"
wrote in :: Why is that? The convention is probably a result of the way a weather vane works; the arrowhead points into the wind, so a compass rose placed under it indicates the direction of the wind's origin. 
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