SAS 112 – Direction Finding & Weather

Weather is much more localised than climate and there can be marked variations between one small area and the next. A regular pattern of day-night change in wind direction suggests a large body of water – whether an ocean, inland sea or a lake – in the direction from which the day wind blows.

SAS 112 - Direction Finding & Weather

SAS 112 – Direction Finding & Weather

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