Vertical wind shear—the difference in the speed and direction of winds at different altitudes—is a much more useful variable for the researchers. “When we look in the same three re-analysis ...

It doesn't mean a tornado is occurring, but it signals that the necessary ingredients — such as strong wind shear, atmospheric instability and lift — are present. When a tornado watch is ...

This process creates the classic shelf cloud—broad, arching, and often layered like a stack of waves in the sky. One of the reasons shelf clouds are so visually stunning is beca ...

Nil current Wind Shear Warning. Nil current Wind Shear Warning.

Pulse storms tend to form where there is weak vertical wind shear – that is, the direction and strength of the wind does not change much with height above the ground. When the conditions are right for ...

Spanish air traffic controllers explained the approach was aborted due to a "wind shear-related glitch". No serious incidents or injuries were reported during the dramatic event. Wind shear refers to ...

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sirjan University of Technology, Sirjan 78137-33385, Iran ...