A hurricane's category only measures wind speed, not how far those winds extend from the center. The size of a storm's wind ...

Tropical waves, a type of tropical disturbance, are troughs of low pressure without a closed surface wind circulation that move generally from east to west within the tropical easterlies.

Too much vertical wind shear, however, can offset the top of the storm. This weakens the wind circulation, as well as the transport of heat and moisture needed to fuel the storm.

Wind blowing snow off the peaks of snow-covered mountains© Jérôme Prax/Unsplash Wind blowing snow off the peaks of snow-covered mountains Diagram of wind circulation by latitude and altitude ...

Hurricane Erin made headlines along the east coast of the U.S. this week, bringing high surf, rip currents, and coastal ...

Too much vertical wind shear, however, can offset the top of the storm. This weakens the wind circulation, as well as the transport of heat and moisture needed to fuel the storm.

Britain’s biggest power generator has said that declining wind power is driving up energy bills as speeds across Europe hit record lows.