Perched atop churches, barns, businesses, homes and seats of government, weather vanes have over hundreds of years taken the form of everything from farm animals to pets, storybook figures to race ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - In today’s Weather Workshop, Meteorologists Andrew Dockery and Jessica Dobson show you a simple way to create a weather instrument called a wind vane. A wind vane is a ...

Weather vanes, used for centuries to indicate wind direction, now serve primarily as ornamental and symbolic decorations. Weather vane designs, often crafted from copper or gold-gilded steel, range ...

One of the most important things in a weather forecast for London - in a country that gets its weather from all directions - is which way the wind is blowing. A northerly in winter most often brings ...

Have you ever wondered how an electronic wind vane translates a direction into a unique signal? It seems as though it might be very complicated, and indeed some of them are. [martinm] over at ...

Weather stations are a popular project for experimenting with various environmental sensors, and for wind speed and direction the choice is usually a simple cup anemometer and wind vane. For [Jianjia ...