wind shear
noun
: a radical shift in wind speed and direction that occurs over a very short distance
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However, the sea surface temperatures, wind shear patterns, and moisture have been optimal for Erick’s intensification.
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Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Climate change is anticipated to decrease the amount of wind shear available to severe thunderstorms, which could deprive them of a key ingredient for tornado formation.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
The cockpit’s Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics suite includes synthetic vision guidance that overlays 3-D terrain data, a head-up Display for flight data, predictive wind shear detection, and vertical weather radar.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 19 May 2025
This kind of wind feature helps create vertical wind shear and lift, two ingredients that support severe thunderstorm development and tornadoes.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
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Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Climate change is anticipated to decrease the amount of wind shear available to severe thunderstorms, which could deprive them of a key ingredient for tornado formation.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
The cockpit’s Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics suite includes synthetic vision guidance that overlays 3-D terrain data, a head-up Display for flight data, predictive wind shear detection, and vertical weather radar.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 19 May 2025
This kind of wind feature helps create vertical wind shear and lift, two ingredients that support severe thunderstorm development and tornadoes.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Wind shear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20shear. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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