NW - North West Wind Which goes towards South East NNW - North By North West Wind which goes towards South by South East. When the wind direction is more closer to the North than West it is called NNW.
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
2.5 miles (4.0 km) WNW of North Cape May
No. A wind vane is an instrument that can tell wind speed but not wind direction.
An anemometer is used to measure velocity and is the spinning part on a weather station. A weather vane is an instrument for showing the direction of the wind. They are typically used as an architectural ornament on the highest point of a building. On a sailboat, the vane at the top of the mast is called a windex.
Clockwise, form WNW, is NNE.
NW - North West Wind Which goes towards South East NNW - North By North West Wind which goes towards South by South East. When the wind direction is more closer to the North than West it is called NNW.
WNW is halfway between West and Northwest. Northwest is halfway between West and North.
Think about it. The opposite of west is? East. The opposite of north is? South. So the opposite of WNW is ESE.
Tenerife
It is NNE.
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Clockwise is ESE; anticlockwise is WNW
292.5 degrees
It was in a small town in Poland, about 45 miles WNW of Lodz.
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
There are 4 cardinal directions - north, south, east, and west. The intermediate directions are: WSW, WNW, ESE, ENE