wind gusts
Bursts of air
Wind gusts are sudden, brief increases in wind speed, typically lasting only a few seconds before subsiding.
Weather reports distinguish between sustained winds and gusts: Winds 15 mph with gusts to 30.
Gusts make conditions feel more severe than steady winds of the same average speed, and they're what knock down trees and scatter loose objects.
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- galeSevere sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- draftPreliminary version of text
howling · roar · billowing · turbulence · whipping · swirling · blustery · stormy · kite · leaves · trees · bending · whistling · chill · sudden · fierce · strong · flapping
- weather datatemperature, humidity, rainfall, snowfall, air pressure
- wintersnow, ice, cold, frozen, frost
- blizzardwhiteout, snowstorm, snow, ice, cold
- driving weathericy roads, wet roads, slippery roads, hydroplaning, black ice
- storm effectsstorm damage, lightning strikes, hail damage, flooding, heavy rain
- wind engineeringflutter, buffeting, galloping, crosswind, drag force
air movement consistency
wind gustssteady breeze
sustained winds · laminar flow · prevailing wind · trade winds
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