• Question: How are sudden gusts of air created?

    Asked by higglebiggle to David, Luna, Probash on 25 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Probash Chowdhury

      Probash Chowdhury answered on 25 Mar 2011:

      High above our heads the wind is constantly blowing, but occasionally the edges of the wind swirl lower and to us feel like a sudden gust of wind.

    • Photo: David Pyle

      David Pyle answered on 25 Mar 2011:

      Turbulent eddies – all driven by a mixture of wind flow round complicated objects, and thermal convection from hotspots on the ground. All part of the complex cycle of energy dissipation in the atmosphere.

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