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An anemometer is an instrument for measuring wind force and velocity. A weather vane tells you what direction the wind is coming from and it also tells you if you are going in the right direction

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What is a device used to tell wind direction?

The anemometer measures wind speed. A weather vane tells wind direction.


What tool tells the direction of the wind?

Weather vane is for direction and anemometer is for speed


What instrument used in wind?

To measure the direction of wind, a wind vane can be an ideal tool. A windsock can also be used to measure the direction and strength of the wind.


What are five weather instruments?

barometer, anemometer, thermometer, hygrometer, and a wind vane.


Why is the wind vane used in weather forecasting?

Cause it does the same thing an anemometer does?


What instruments tell you in which direction the wind is blowing an anemometer barometer a wind vane a therometer?

a wind vane


Which instrument is used to detect how air is moving?

Weather Vane Wind socks Anemometer Beaufort Scale


What is the difference between an anemometer and a wind vane?

Anemometers measure wind speed, wind vanes tell the direction from which the wind is coming.A wind vane measures the direction of the wind.An anemometer measures the speed of the wind.A wind vane tells you which direction the wind is blowing, the anemometer tells you the speed.


What is another name for Wind Meter?

Anemometer measures the speed or velocity of the wind. a weather vane or wind vane more properly mererly gives the direction and this has to be corrected-Out of the South, so to speak.


What measurement measures weather vane?

Wind Direction.A weather vane tells the direction of the wind. If paired with an anemometer it tells the speed of the wind as well as the direction the wind is blowing.


What does a wind vine measure?

A wind vane measures wind direction, however if you are seeking speed of the wind, you would also use an anemometer. The weather stations today would normally have both the wind vane and the anemometer.


What do an anemometer and wind vane measure?

An Anemometer measures the wind speed and the Wind Vane measures the direction of the wind.