wind-direction shaft

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wind-direction shaft [′win də¦rek·shən ‚shaft]

(meteorology)

A representational mark for wind direction on a synoptic chart, it is a straight line drawn directly upwind from the station circle; the wind arrow is completed by adding the wind-speed barbs and pennants to the outer end of the shaft.

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