Thus, a south wind blows south to north. The movement of soil or rock from one point to another by the action of wind. It is a very important factor in the continued redistribution of Earth surface material. A cone-shaped, tapered fabric sleeve mounted at its larger end on a vertical pivot, for the purpose of indicating wind direction. A weather instrument that measures wind direction.
Anemometers measure the speed of the wind.
A wave resulting from the action of wind on a water surface. The coldest season of the year. Meteorological winter consists of December, January and February. It's Illinois Winter Preparedness Week. This winter season, a group of agencies, including the National Weather Service, Triple A Chicago Motor Club, Red Cross and the Illinois and Indiana State Police introduce Project Icepack, an effort to disseminate pertinent real-time road and weather information over the Internet.