| WIND DIRECTION | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| GROSS ERROR LIMIT | SELECTION CRITERIA | MONITORED LEVELS | OBSERVATION TIMES | 
| Defined in appendix  | NOBS >= 5 (wind speed >= 3 m/s) AND AVERAGED |BIAS| >= 10° or MAX SD > 80°  | All vertical coordinate levels between 5 km and 14 km  | 00,06,12 and 18 UTC | 
| IDENTIFIER | OBS_TIME | ELEMENT | LEVEL | LAT | LON | NOBS | BIAS | DISPERSION | SD MAX | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01018 | 0 | DD | 5000-14000 | 69.2 | 16.0 | 79 | 6.2 | 111.0 | |
| 01018 | 6 | DD | 5000-14000 | 69.2 | 16.0 | 34 | 18.9 | 93.2 | |
| 01018 | 12 | DD | 5000-14000 | 69.2 | 16.0 | 27 | 20.3 | 121.3 | |
| 01018 | 18 | DD | 5000-14000 | 69.2 | 16.0 | 35 | 14.3 | 104.1 | |
| 11038 | 12 | DD | 5000-14000 | 48.1 | 16.5 | 180 | -4.9 | 120.2 | |
| 11164 | 0 | DD | 5000-14000 | 47.1 | 14.6 | 117 | -5.6 | 109.5 | |
| 11164 | 6 | DD | 5000-14000 | 47.1 | 14.6 | 107 | 1.2 | 96.2 | |
| 11164 | 12 | DD | 5000-14000 | 47.1 | 14.6 | 101 | -10.4 | 109.6 | |
| 11164 | 18 | DD | 5000-14000 | 47.1 | 14.6 | 165 | 4.8 | 92.9 | |
| 41506 | 6 | DD | 5000-14000 | 35.9 | 71.8 | 17 | 13.5 | 64.1 | |
| 41515 | 6 | DD | 5000-14000 | 35.6 | 71.8 | 13 | -96.5 | 35.8 | |
| 42189 | 0 | DD | 5000-14000 | 28.4 | 79.4 | 6 | 17.0 | 85.0 | |
| 48551 | 0 | DD | 5000-14000 | 9.1 | 99.2 | 53 | -12.6 | 40.0 | |
| 48551 | 6 | DD | 5000-14000 | 9.1 | 99.2 | 14 | -17.9 | 30.8 | |
| 48870 | 0 | DD | 5000-14000 | 13.8 | 109.2 | 7 | 69.6 | 101.8 | |
| 48877 | 0 | DD | 5000-14000 | 12.2 | 109.2 | 7 | -38.4 | 89.7 | |
| 48887 | 0 | DD | 5000-14000 | 10.9 | 108.1 | 11 | 23.9 | 67.6 | |
| 64810 | 12 | DD | 5000-14000 | 3.8 | 8.8 | 14 | -5.2 | 89.1 | |
| 89009 | 0 | DD | 5000-14000 | -90.0 | 0.0 | 31 | 14.1 | 171.2 | |
| 89009 | 12 | DD | 5000-14000 | -90.0 | 0.0 | 45 | 31.6 | 170.8 | |
| 89009 | 18 | DD | 5000-14000 | -90.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 87.9 | 160.3 | |
| 97502 | 6 | DD | 5000-14000 | -0.9 | 131.3 | 6 | 51.9 | 85.4 | |