wind gust
Brief strong breeze
A wind gust is a sudden, brief increase in wind speed, typically lasting only seconds before subsiding.
Gusts occur when turbulent air reaches the surface in bursts rather than steady flow: Wind gusts of up to 60 mph knocked down power lines.
Weather reports distinguish sustained winds from gusts to indicate peak intensity.
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- blastSudden forceful burst
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- galeSevere sustained wind
- blowMove air forcefully
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- weather datatemperature, humidity, rainfall, snowfall, air pressure
- Fleeting Phenomenalightning, flash, rainbow, meteor, shooting star
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temporal consistency of air movement
wind guststeady breeze
sustained wind · prevailing wind · trade winds · laminar flow · gentle breeze
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