[Miztiki]

They say the direction now is 295/16 (wnw).

Is there a link that shows the direction of those numbers? I don't have a clue what search words to use or I'd google it. Thanks.

[nwctwx]

http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/education/msi/m3/multimedia/m3-145e.jpg

The numbers correspond to the direction on a compass. 295 is a hair N of WNW.

[southernnorthcarolina]

They say the direction now is 295/16 (wnw).

Is there a link that shows the direction of those numbers? I don't have a clue what search words to use or I'd google it. Thanks.

I don't have a link, but 295/16 means that Emily is moving at a heading of 295 degrees at 16 mph.

Headings are compass directions: due north is 0 degrees; due east is 90, due south is 180, due west is 270, and due north is 360, whereupon you reset to 0.

NW would be 270 + 45 = 315. WNW would be halfway between due west and NW, or 292.5. So the direction given, 295, approximates WNW.