Wind shear can make or break a single tropical storm and can have long-term impacts on a tropical season. But, what exactly is wind shear and why is it so important in forecasting hurricanes and other ...

In "Episode 47: Fast-Moving Front," which aired November 15, 2022, U.S. Air Force Captain Aimee Fiedler describes what happened when she took a student up for a training mission and got caught by ...

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 ...

Wind shear is often the most critical factor controlling hurricane formation and destruction. In general, wind shear refers to any change in wind speed or direction along a straight line. In the case ...

Whenever thunderstorms are in the forecast, meteorologists are always looking to see if there will be any wind shear present, and if so, just how much. Wind shear is the measurement of the difference ...

Good for us, bad for tropical systems (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) We’ve gotten so used to seeing storms quickly spin up in the ...

To use a fairy tale comparison, the potentially catastrophic Hurricane Milton could face the weather equivalent of the big, bad wolf as it approaches Florida — wind shear. That interaction could bring ...

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 ...

Zachary Handlos receives funding from the National Science Foundation. He is affiliated with the American Meteorological Society. I teach meteorology at Georgia Tech, in a part of the country that ...

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 ...