crosswinds
Sideways air currents
Crosswinds are winds blowing perpendicular to a direction of travel.
Pilots and drivers must compensate for crosswinds to maintain course: The plane landed safely despite strong crosswinds.
Figuratively, crosswinds are forces that complicate progress toward a goal: The project faced political crosswinds from both parties.
Chaotic flow patterns
- gustsSudden bursts of air
- runwayPaved path for planes
- takeoffDeparture or parody
- landingDescent's final moment
aircraft · pilot · cockpit · rudder · aileron · flight · control · aerodynamics
Controlling direction of movement
- laneDesignated travel strip
- highwayMajor road for travel
- overtakingGetting ahead of another
- trailerPromotional film excerpt
bridge · caravan · gust · swerve · correction · exposed · buffeting · semi-truck
Sudden bursts of air
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- galeSevere sustained wind
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- windshearSudden airspeed change aloft
updraft · downdraft · eddy · vortex · airflow · weather · storm · tempest
Things in the way
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- challengesDifficulties requiring effort
- setbacksReversals of progress
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
resistance · headwinds · struggle · uncertainty · disruption · turbulence · barriers · difficulty
turbulence
Chaotic flow patterns
landing · aircraft · pilot · cockpit · rudder · aileron · flight · control · aerodynamics · airspeed
steering
Controlling direction of movement
- laneDesignated travel strip
- highwayMajor road for travel
- overtakingGetting ahead of another
trailer · bridge · caravan · gust · swerve · correction · exposed · buffeting · semi-truck · overpass
gusts
Sudden bursts of air
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- galeSevere sustained wind
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
windshear · updraft · downdraft · eddy · vortex · airflow · weather · storm · tempest · microclimate
obstacles
Things in the way
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- challengesDifficulties requiring effort
- setbacksReversals of progress
opposition · resistance · headwinds · struggle · uncertainty · disruption · turbulence · barriers · difficulty · unexpected
tacking
Angled sailing maneuver
heading · course · spinnaker · mainsail · rudder · sheet · bearing · keelboat · trimaran · catamaran
- windbreeze, gale, gust, gusts, headwinds
- driving hazardspotholes, black ice, debris, road debris, icy roads
- driving weathericy roads, wet roads, slippery roads, hydroplaning, black ice
- Aviation Weathervisibility, ceiling, cloud ceiling, ceiling height, turbulence
- sea stormshurricane, typhoon, tropical storm, cyclone, squall
- aviation disastersplane crash, air crash, midair collision, crash landing, crash site