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How do you read the wind level and wind level symbol on a wind vane?
Wind direction and level in weather symbols: represented by wind vectors, composed of wind direction stalks and wind plumes.
Wind direction stalk: points out the direction of wind, which has 8 directions.
Wind feathers: 3 or 4 dashes and triangles represent strong wind force, vertically on the right side of the end of the wind direction pole (Northern Hemisphere)
Level 1--2: 1 vertical bar 1 Horizontal
Level 3--4: 1 vertical bar 2 horizontal
Level 5--6: 1 vertical bar 3 horizontal
Level 7--8: 1 vertical bar 4 horizontal
Level 8 and above: 1 vertical bar 1 triangle like a small flag wind level table