wind velocity
How fast gusts
Wind velocity is the speed and direction at which air moves, typically measured in miles per hour, kilometers per hour, or knots.
Meteorologists and pilots rely on wind velocity for forecasts and flight planning.
Wind velocity increased as the storm approached.
Unlike wind speed alone, velocity includes directional information—a crucial distinction in navigation and weather science.
- gustsSudden bursts of air
- sustained windsUninterrupted air movement
- high windsFast-moving air masses
- anemometerInstrument measuring air velocity
- aviation safetyAccident prevention for aircraft
knots · squalls · Coriolis effect · breeze · Doppler radar · tornadoes · gale · gale force · hurricanes · jet streams · blustery · Bernoulli's principle · weather forecasting · trade winds · prevailing winds · windchill · kite · mph
- weather datatemperature, humidity, rainfall, snowfall, air pressure
- velocitiesspeed, light speed, airspeed, groundspeed, rotational speed
- wind systemstrade winds, westerlies, jet stream, easterlies, surface winds
speed magnitude
wind velocitycalm
Free from agitation
stillness · dead calm · windlessness · still air · gentle breeze