In general, wind shear refers to any change in wind speed or direction along a straight line. In the case of hurricanes ... The troposphere is the region of the atmosphere that our active weather ...

Wind shear is the measurement of the difference in wind direction and speed over a short distance in the atmosphere ... can become severe with straight-line, damaging winds as the main threat ...

Within a squall line is often one or more bow echoes ... Since there is often little wind shear in the atmosphere where these storms form, they don't last very long. That's because the lighter ...

Plotted alongside a skew-t is a hodograph, which is a special graph that helps analyze wind shear (how the wind changes with height in the atmosphere). A hodograph shows these wind changes in a ...

MANILA, Philippines — Overcast skies and rains will prevail on Thursday due to the effects of the shear line and the northeast monsoon or amihan, according to the state weather bureau.

State weather bureau PAGASA issued a heavy rainfall outlook due to the shear line affecting parts of Bicol and the Visayas. Weather Advisory No. 6 on the shear line was issued at 11 a.m. on Thursday, ...

Several areas in the country will experience rain due to the Northeast Monsoon (Amihan) and shear line in the next 24 hours, PAGASA said Wednesday afternoon. In its latest weather forecast, the state ...

Wind shear describes the change in wind speeds or the wind direction as you go higher into the atmosphere ... for their large swaths of straight-line wind damage. Derechos are nothing more ...