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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A weather vane is an instrument used to show the direction the wind is blowing from. It is one of the simplest weather instruments created and it has been used since ancient times. The ...

We don't really need weather vanes the way our forebears did in the days before round-the-clock weather forecasts. Yet, while meteorology may be more reliable now, technology can't replace the subtle ...