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 ...

Wind shear is defined as the change in wind speed, wind direction, or both, over some distance. You may have heard airplane pilots talk about turbulence and warn passengers that they’re in for a ...

Forecasters say the main reason involves wind direction. Broadly speaking, the mountain passes and canyons flanking Los Angeles are oriented north to south. This week, the Santa Anas have been ...

FARGO — Our year-long prevailing wind is northwesterly but in the summer our dominant wind is southerly. A prevailing wind is a wind direction that is predominant in a climate.

The direction of the wind could save the North Yorkshire coast from suffering the effects of an oil spill following a collision between two ships, an expert has said. The tanker Stena Immaculate ...