Definition of wind shear
: a radical shift in wind speed and direction that occurs over a very short distance
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With ocean temperatures warm and hostile winds shear, conditions are prime for hurricane development.
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With ocean temperatures warm and hostile winds shear, conditions are prime for hurricane development.
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Those warm waters along the equatorcan cause more wind shear to develop in the Atlantic that can tear apart storms.
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If an El Niño blossoms in the Pacific on the heels of the fizzling La Niña, hurricane-smothering wind shear could increase in the Atlantic.
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One of the elements is increased wind shear across the tropical Atlantic, which creates hostile conditions for hurricane development.
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Those warm waters along the equator in the Pacific can cause more wind shear to develop in the Atlantic that can tear apart storms.
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The team forms their forecasts by using 60 years of data, referencing sea surface temperatures, vertical wind shear levels, sea level pressures, El Niño conditions and other factors.
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The cooling of Pacific water called a La Niña should mean normal wind shear, the change in wind speed or direction that is a factor in hurricane formation.
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First Known Use of wind shear
1941
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