Ok, i'm a fairly book smart person, but when i look at the wind graphs I swear that an arrow pointing north says 'south' and an arrow pointing west says 'east'.
In fact, almost all wind graphs I've looked at do this.
What am i missing???
Unless I'm missing something you generally want to know where the wind is coming from. ie a sou'wester for here normally means cool conditions off the ocean, an easterly brings hot dry conditions.
I don't give two hoots where the wind goes after here, I'm only interested in where it comes from and what it brings me. 
My friends also care where the wind is coming from, if its south or south westerly, i'm in a good mood, if its easterly I'm cranky waiting/hoping for the sou'westerley.
Mood is also influenced by the colour of the arrows
Yes cos the arrow is pointing along the flow of the wind cos that is easy for everyone to visualise (not everyone using this site is a windsports person)
A southerly wind comes from the south, so on here the arrow points TO the north cos that is where the wind is GOING
(But a southerly current flows TO the south so that is the real confuser lol)
Jordy You are not the first to question this but it seems to be the convention now
