While taking weather observations, you...

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While taking weather observations, you determine that the wind is blowing from the northeast. You would record the wind direction in the weather log as __________.

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While taking weather observations, you determine that the wind is blowing from the northeast. You would record the wind direction in the weather log as __________.

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🔍 Key Concepts

• True vs. relative wind direction and how it is expressed in navigation and meteorology • The convention that wind direction is labeled by the direction it is coming from, not the direction it is going to • How compass directions like northeast are expressed in degrees on a 0°–360° compass rose

💭 Think About

• On a standard compass rose, what are the degree values for north, east, south, and west? Where does northeast fall between those values? • Is wind direction reported as the direction toward which the wind is blowing or the direction from which it is blowing? How does that affect your choice? • Look at the four options and think about which one lies between north and east, closer to the middle of that quadrant.

✅ Before You Answer

• Confirm that you are using 0°–360° true bearings, with 0°/360° = north, 90° = east, 180° = south, 270° = west • Verify that the wind direction in a log is always written as the direction from which the wind blows • Check which option represents a bearing located in the northeast quadrant of the compass rose (between 0° and 90°).