#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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