surface winds
Low-altitude air currents
Surface winds are air currents moving across the earth at ground level, as distinct from winds at higher altitudes.
Meteorologists track surface winds to forecast local weather conditions: Surface winds shifted from the southwest overnight.
The term appears in weather reports, aviation briefings, and climate discussions where altitude matters.
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- sea breezeWind from ocean to land
- land breezeWind blowing seaward from shore
- gustsSudden bursts of air
- galesVery powerful winds
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