Definition of wind rose
: a diagram showing for a given place the relative frequency or frequency and strength of winds from different directions
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Kelly Mariani, one of the family members there, recalled the ominous rattle of rattlesnakes in dry grass as the wind rose.
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Jose's winds rose to 125 mph early Friday, making it a Category 3 hurricane.
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Irma’s maximum winds rose as high as 175 miles an hour (280 kilometers an hour), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory on Tuesday.
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The winds rose to 73 miles per hour—hurricane strength—and came across the bay in a straight line, like an invisible tsunami.
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