gusts
Brief air bursts
Gusts are sudden, brief rushes of wind stronger than the prevailing breeze: Gusts of up to fifty miles per hour knocked down power lines.
The word extends to any sudden outburst: a gust of laughter, a gust of emotion.
As a verb, wind gusts when it blows in bursts rather than steadily.
Light, gentle air movement
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- blastSudden forceful burst
- blowMove air forcefully
- puffBrief burst of air
draft · flurry · waft · billow · airflow · current · breath · whiff
Severe atmospheric disturbance
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
monsoon · squall · nor'easter · windstorm · mistral · sirocco · chinook · williwaw
breeze
Light, gentle air movement
puff · draft · flurry · waft · billow · airflow · current · breath · whiff · rush
storm
Severe atmospheric disturbance
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
cyclone · monsoon · squall · nor'easter · windstorm · mistral · sirocco · chinook · williwaw · blizzard
swirl
Rotating, curving movement
spiral · billow · flutter · rustle · ripple · sweep · churn · buffeting · turbulence
surge
Sudden powerful increase
pressure · power · intensity · strength · velocity · impact · propulsion · energy · vigor · punch
- windbreeze, wind, gale, crosswinds, headwind
- wind effectstornadoes, hurricanes, sand storms, dust storms, blizzards
- windstormstornado, hurricane, cyclone, typhoon, twister
- wind forceswind pressure, wind load, wind speed, crosswind, headwind
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
- bad weatherstorm, thunderstorm, hurricane, blizzard, gale
gustssteady breeze
sustained wind · laminar flow · gentle breeze · zephyr · prevailing wind
- gust of wind
- wind gustsSudden strong air bursts
- gusty windsVariable, forceful air currents
- gusty conditions