Winds

From 28 August to 31 August, a handful of locations in Alabama were mentioned in charts that listed percentage chance of tropical storm force winds or hurricane winds, maxing out at about an 11% chance that Montgomery would get tropical storm force winds.

Winds play a major role in influencing Paraguay's weather: between October and March, warm winds blow from the Amazon Basin in the North, while the period between May and August brings cold winds from the Andes.

An upper low over the Hawaiian Islands will continue to weaken the surface winds by producing a broad trough over the region, keeping trade winds in the moderate to locally fresh range through Tuesday.

The close proximity of all of these features is maintaining light to moderate south to southeast winds across the smaller islands, with moderate southeast winds in the vicinity of the Big Island.

The Met office added: "Lighter winds than yesterday but still quite gusty winds around the showers.

Winds at Inverbervie, on the Aberdeenshire cost, reached 86mph during Storm Gerrit, he said – adding this was higher than the 78mph winds that hit the town during Storm Arwen in November 2021.

Winds could gusts to 65-75 mph, with the strongest winds possible Sunday into Monday.

Winds generally increase in speed over higher terrain and exposed coasts, which puts these locations at risk of damaging winds more often.

Wind shear occurs when winds at low altitudes are not blowing in the same speed or direction as winds at higher elevations.

Environment and Climate Change Canada had issued warnings of strong winds and sudden temperature drops for almost all regions of Quebec, including violent westerly winds blowing up to 90 kilometres per hour.

Gale-force winds are hitting Hong Kong and the Pearl River Estuary, with occasional storm winds offshore and on high ground, the Hong Kong Observatory said.

In fact, bow echo-induced winds/downbursts account for a large majority of the structural damage resulting from convective non-tornadic winds.

It came as Southampton was battered by gale-force winds, with the Met Office issuing a yellow warning for strong winds.

On the way back, heavy winds, the winds picked up, the seas got rough, the kayak overturned.

Prevailing winds can have a significant effect on plants, especially in areas prone to strong or frequent winds, such as Idaho.

Several parts of Britain had recorded winds in excess of 60 m.p.h. on Sunday and the strong winds were expected to continue overnight, he said.

These winds, known locally as the “Chergui,” are⁢ hot, dry winds ⁣that⁤ originate in the Sahara Desert and can significantly impact temperatures and air quality.

The strongest winds are likely as the system clears away on Saturday and overnight into early Sunday, when northerly winds may gust to 65 to 70mph.

The strong winds were greatly hampering the work of the firefighting aircraft participating in the operation, with the fight against the fire expected to last through the night as the winds were expected to continue to be very strong.

Weather warning due to strong winds - Corsica has been placed on an orange weather alert by Meteo France this Wednesday due to exceptionally strong winds.