#wind  air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"
  supertype:  weather_condition__weathercondition__weather__atmospheric_condition__atmosphericcondition  the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception"
  substance:  air
  subtype:  airstream  a relatively well-defined prevailing wind
     subtype:  jet_stream__jetstream  a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere; has important effects of the formation of weather fronts
  subtype:  calm_air  wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
  subtype:  zephyr__breeze__gentle_wind__air  a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
     subtype:  sea_breeze__seabreeze  a cooling breeze from the sea (during the daytime)
     subtype:  breath.zephyr  a slight movement of the air; "there wasn't a breath of air in the room"
     subtype:  light_air__lightair  wind moving 1-3 knots; 1 on the Beaufort scale
     subtype:  light_breeze__lightbreeze  wind moving 4-7 knots; 2 on the Beaufort scale
     subtype:  gentle_breeze  wind moving 8-12 knots; 3 on the Beaufort scale
     subtype:  moderate_breeze  wind moving 13-18 knots; 4 on the Beaufort scale
     subtype:  fresh_breeze__freshbreeze  wind moving 19-24 knots; 5 on the Beaufort scale
     subtype:  strong_breeze  wind moving 25-31 knots; 6 on the Beaufort scale
  subtype:  chinook_wind__chinookwind__chinook__snoweater  a warm dry wind blowing down the E slopes of the Rockies
  subtype:  harmattan  a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the W coast of Africa during the winter
  subtype:  crosswind  wind blowing across the path or a ship or aircraft
  subtype:  fohn__foehn  a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps
  subtype:  Santa_Ana.wind__santaana  a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast
  subtype:  high_wind  a very strong wind; "rain and high winds covered the region"
  subtype:  headwind  wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft
  subtype:  tailwind  wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft
  subtype:  the_doldrums__doldrums  a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
  subtype:  east_wind__easter__easterly  a wind from the east
     subtype:  levanter  an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area
  subtype:  northwest_wind__northwestwind__northwester  a wind from the northwest
  subtype:  southwester__sou'wester  a strong wind from the southwest
  subtype:  southeaster__sou'easter  a strong wind from the southeast
  subtype:  gale  a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
     subtype:  moderate_gale__near_gale  wind moving 32-38 knots; 7 on the Beaufort scale
     subtype:  fresh_gale__freshgale  wind moving 39-46 knots; 8 on the Beaufort scale
     subtype:  strong_gale  wind moving 47-54 knots; 9 on the Beaufort scale
     subtype:  whole_gale__wholegale  wind moving 55-63 knots; 10 on the Beaufort scale
  subtype:  gust__blast__blow  a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"
     subtype:  bluster.gust  a violent gusty wind
     subtype:  sandblast  a blast of wind laden with sand
     subtype:  puff_of_air__puff__whiff  a short light gust of air
  subtype:  monsoon  a seasonal wind in S Asia; blows from the SW (bringing rain) in summer and from the NE in winter
  subtype:  monsoon.wind  any wind that changes direction with the seasons
  subtype:  north_wind__northwind__norther__boreas  a wind from the north
     subtype:  bise__bize  a dry cold north wind in SE France
     subtype:  mistral  a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter
     subtype:  tramontane__tramontana  a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean
  subtype:  prevailing_wind  the predominant wind direction; "the prevailing wind is from the southwest"
     subtype:  antitrades  wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds
     subtype:  trade_wind__tradewind__trade  steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator; "they rode the trade winds going west"
     subtype:  antitrade_wind__antitradewind__antitrade  winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics
  subtype:  simoom__simoon__samiel  a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
  subtype:  south_wind__southwind__souther__southerly  a wind from the south
  subtype:  squall  sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
     subtype:  line_squall  a squall advancing along a front that forms a definite line
  subtype:  air_current__aircurrent__draft__draught  a current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle)
     subtype:  thermal  rising current of warm air
     subtype:  updraft  an strong upward air current
     subtype:  downdraft  a strong downward air current
  subtype:  west_wind__wester  wind that blows from west to east
     subtype:  prevailing_westerly__westerly  the west-to-east winds that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth

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