While wind is essentially a mass of moving air, it's the wind direction, speed, and/or the location it's coming from or going to that often decides the name for a certain type of wind. Many local ...

Damaging straight-line winds in excess of 58 mph and large hail, 1 inch in diameter or greater, are the primary types of severe weather that are observed. In the video above, ...

On balance, more think wind or solar development would help rather than hurt their local economy. But large shares think it would make no difference or are not sure. Respondents were asked to consider ...

Home / Local Winds Play Key Role in Some Megafires. ... These observations let us better identify the type of fuel — grass, shrubs, or trees. That improved the model simulations, ...

What to know about this type of damaging wind. One of the most destructive kinds of wind is not from a tornado, but what is known as a ‘microburst.’ So, what is a microburst anyway?

There are different types of wind names based on their location in the world, speed, as well as the general wind direction. Meteorologists, scientists, and other observers of weather have given ...