الرياح الربعية الستة عشر هي شرق الشمال (NbE) وشمال الشمال الشرقي (NEbN) وشرق الشمال الشرقي (NEbE) وشمال الشرق (EbN) في الربع الأول، وجنوب الشرق (EbS) وشرق الجنوب الشرقي (SEbE) وجنوب الجنوب الشرقي (SEbS) وشرق الجنوب (SbE) في الربع الثاني، وغرب الجنوب (SbW) وجنوب الجنوب الغربي (SWbS) وغرب الجنوب الغربي (SWbW) وجنوب الغرب (WbS) في الربع الثالث، وأخيرًا شمال الغرب (WbN) وغرب الشمال الغربي (NWbW) وشمال الشمال الغربي (NWbN) وغرب الشمال (NbW) في الربع الرابع.
The sixteen quarter-winds are North by east (NbE), Northeast by north (NEbN), Northeast by east (NEbE), East by north (EbN) in the first quadrant, East by south (EbS), Southeast by east (SEbE), Southeast by south (SEbS), South by east (SbE) in the second quadrant, South by west (SbW), Southwest by south (SWbS), Southwest by west (SWbW), West by south (WbS) in the third quadrant, and finally West by north (WbN), Northwest by west (NWbW), Northwest by north (NWbN) and North by west (NbW) in the fourth quadrant.