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 ...

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 ...

Wind shear becomes a hot topic during El Niño years, when wind shear tends to be stronger over the Atlantic during hurricane season. Wind shear is defined as the change in wind speed, wind direction, ...

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 ...