We often hear apparent wind described using the analogy of a person sitting in a convertible car on a still day. As the car accelerates from zero to 20 mph, the apparent wind felt on their face will ...

Wind is the invisible force we feel on our faces, see rustling through trees, and hear whistling around buildings. But what exactly is wind, and why does it behave the way it does? At its core, wind ...

Ever left your house thinking the wind’s going to be offshore and the waves glassy, but you turn up and it’s blown out? Yeah, us too. Wind strength and direction often makes the difference between a ...

Wind shear is defined as the change in wind speed, wind direction, or both, over some distance. You may have heard airplane pilots talk about turbulence and warn passengers that they’re in for a bumpy ...

FARGO — Our year-long prevailing wind is northwesterly but in the summer our dominant wind is southerly. A prevailing wind is a wind direction that is predominant in a climate. For our region, our ...