Winds and currents
Why is it that a northerly wind is a wind that comes from the north, and a southerly wind comes from the south, but a southerly current is a current going south and a northerly current is going north?
Also, I can never remember which way an onshore wind blows.
9 years ago by kxh
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Wind blows from someplace. Currents are driven someplace. Shore winds, though, are described like currents, so onshore winds blow onto the shore from the sea.