A west wind blows FROM the west.
East
west to east
Per weather.com:"WIND DIRECTION: The direction from which the wind is blowing. For example, an easterly wind is blowing from the east, not toward the east. It is reported with reference to true north, or 360 degrees on the compass, and expressed to the nearest 10 degrees, or to one of the 16 points of the compass (N, NE, WNW, etc.). " (emphasis added)http://www.weather.com/glossary/w.html
A wind that comes from the southwest blows toward the northeast.
Ignoring the coriolis effect, winds blow form high to low, therefore the wind would blow from west to east, it would be a westerly wind.
A NW wind blows from the Northwest towards the South Eas
East To West.
west to east
A southeast wind is from the southeast toward the northwest.
It drifts in the southeast direction and is a warm water current
Per weather.com:"WIND DIRECTION: The direction from which the wind is blowing. For example, an easterly wind is blowing from the east, not toward the east. It is reported with reference to true north, or 360 degrees on the compass, and expressed to the nearest 10 degrees, or to one of the 16 points of the compass (N, NE, WNW, etc.). " (emphasis added)http://www.weather.com/glossary/w.html
A wind that comes from the southwest blows toward the northeast.
Oh my..... They blow from north east to south west. A wind direction is the way it is coming from.
Ignoring the coriolis effect, winds blow form high to low, therefore the wind would blow from west to east, it would be a westerly wind.
From a generally westerly direction to a generally easterly one.
A NW wind blows from the Northwest towards the South Eas
When a wind is easterly, it blows from the east towards the west. However, when the wind is eastward, it blows from the west towards the east. The suffix is what determines the direction. "Ly" means from and "ward" means towards. From your example, I would say that the wind is coming FROM the north and blowing TOWARD the south.
usually west to east because in the global wind currents, we are located in the westerlies. but the wind can blow in any direction