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MIKE MOSS SAYS: Mike, Wind shear comes into play in a number of different contexts in meteorology, and you don't say what prompted your question. In a general sense, wind shear is simply the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weather forecasters talk about wind shear a lot during hurricane season, but what exactly is it? I teach meteorology at Georgia ...

Imagine trying to build a tower of cards in a wind tunnel. No matter how strong the foundation, the upper layers won’t stand a chance. That’s what wind shear does to a developing storm. Wind shear ...

Wind shear, a sudden change in wind speed or direction, is a major cause of aviation incidents; it was responsible for 18% of ...

Wind shear is defined as the change in wind speed, wind direction, or both, over some distance. You may have heard airplane pilots talk about turbulence and warn passengers that they’re in for a bumpy ...

Aviation's understanding of dangerous wind shear evolved from initial ignorance to recognizing its role in crashes, particularly after the 1975 Eastern Flight 66 accident. Dr. Ted Fujita's research ...

Weather forecasters talk about wind shear a lot during hurricane season, but what exactly is it? I teach meteorology at Georgia Tech, in a part of the country that pays close attention to the Atlantic ...

An accident involving an experienced IFR pilot under seemingly benign weather conditions highlights the dangers of underestimating low-level wind shear and turbulence, which led to spatial ...