wind shear
noun
: a radical shift in wind speed and direction that occurs over a very short distance
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Some nearby dry air and wind shear ahead of the tropical wave -- ingredients which hinder tropical development -- will keep it from developing into a tropical system over the weekend into next week.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2025
Forecasters say the lull in storm activity was caused by wind shear as well as dry and dusty air.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
As of Thursday morning, the hurricane center said Gabrielle had 50 mph winds and was getting beaten up by dry air and storm-shredding wind shear.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Storm-killing winds in different levels of the atmosphere known as wind shear have also been stronger than usual for this time of year in western and central parts of the Atlantic.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2025
Forecasters say the lull in storm activity was caused by wind shear as well as dry and dusty air.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
As of Thursday morning, the hurricane center said Gabrielle had 50 mph winds and was getting beaten up by dry air and storm-shredding wind shear.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Storm-killing winds in different levels of the atmosphere known as wind shear have also been stronger than usual for this time of year in western and central parts of the Atlantic.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Wind shear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20shear. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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