wind shear
noun
: a radical shift in wind speed and direction that occurs over a very short distance
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Better setup for more widespread storms, with increasing instability and wind shear.
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Nelly Carreno, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
This causes wind shear to increase, and this can tear apart nascent tropical storms and hurricanes — putting a damper on the Atlantic hurricane season.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
The team used supercomputer simulations of the atmosphere and found that the rise is driven by stronger wind shear in the jet stream.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
That’s when ocean surface temperatures re warmer in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which in turn increase high altitude wind shear over the Atlantic in the summer and fall.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
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Nelly Carreno, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
This causes wind shear to increase, and this can tear apart nascent tropical storms and hurricanes — putting a damper on the Atlantic hurricane season.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
The team used supercomputer simulations of the atmosphere and found that the rise is driven by stronger wind shear in the jet stream.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
That’s when ocean surface temperatures re warmer in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which in turn increase high altitude wind shear over the Atlantic in the summer and fall.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Wind shear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20shear. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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