Re: Wind Directions?
Dirk Van de moortel wrote:
"W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5vFlf.507$Tg2.468@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The offical wind directions around the compass clockwise are:
North - North North East - North East - East North East - East
East - East South East - South East - South South East - South
South South West - South West - West South West - West
West North West - North West - North North West - North
Is there actually some order to this nomeclature?
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Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews>
Yes.
Start with one letter N, E, S, W.
Half way between any of them is denoted with two letters,
but N or S are always taken first. So you get NE, NW, SE, SW
Halfway between a one letter X and a two letter YZ, you always
start twith the one letter.
So you get (making sure you don't write he impossible ones):
N-NE, N-NW,
E-NE, E-SE,
S-SE, S-SW
W-NW, W-SE
You can go on if you like now. Always write the shortest
before the longest. Examples: SEESEESESEESE.
See if you can find what it means ;-)
Dirk Vdm
It seems like a weird rule in that N and S take precedence. I wonder if
there are other ways of designating these directions. Perhaps in S. America
or Asia, they do it differently? Probably not. I find it odd that very
seldom, as in close to never, does anyone bother to state the rule. I have a
book titled Compass by Aczel and he doesn't give a clue. I guess someone
decided on the rule millennia ago, and everyone has just gone with it.
Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
"He who laughs, lasts." -- Mary Pettibone Poole
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