{"id":1250,"date":"2020-10-11T16:03:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T16:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=1250"},"modified":"2024-01-23T18:05:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T18:05:14","slug":"how-do-winds-form","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/how-do-winds-form\/","title":{"rendered":"How do winds form?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1250\" class=\"elementor elementor-1250\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd9542e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd9542e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6c88eb\" 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data-id=\"0656bd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Winds<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6712313 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"6712313\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-winds-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1285 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/introduction-to-winds\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Introduction to winds<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1284 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/how-do-winds-form\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">How do winds form?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1283 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wind-classification\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Wind classification<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1282 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/types-of-winds\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Types of winds<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1281 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-coriolis-effect\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The Coriolis effect?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1280 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/land-and-sea-breeze\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Land and sea breeze<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1279 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/mountain-and-valley-breeze\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Mountain and valley breeze<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1278 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/how-are-winds-measured\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">How are winds measured?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1277 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wind-terminology\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Wind terminology<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d63e176 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d63e176\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7159dd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"7159dd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     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data-id=\"57a8bcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8216;Wind&#8217; is simply the flow of a huge amount of air, usually from a\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">high-pressure area<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to a\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">low-pressure area.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How are winds formed?<\/span><\/h3><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Typically, this begins with the sun\u2019s radiation, which is absorbed differently on the earth\u2019s surface. The earth&#8217;s surface is heated differently because of scenarios like cloud cover, mountains, valleys, water bodies, vegetation, and desert lands.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a result of this uneven heating, the earth&#8217;s surfaces will vary a lot in temperature. Air on surfaces with higher temperatures will then begin to rise because it is lighter (less dense). As the air rises, it creates low atmospheric pressure. Air on surfaces with cooler temperatures sinks (do not rise). The sinking creates higher atmospheric pressure. This behavior of warm gases or liquids moving upward and replaced by cooler particles is called <b>Convection<\/b>. The energy moving during convection is called\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">convectional current.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><i><b>Important<\/b><\/i>: <br \/><i>Hot air rises, and cool air sinks. That brings about spatial differences in atmospheric pressure, caused by uneven heating.<\/i><\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Let us see this illustration below showing pressure and wind direction:<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_1316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1316\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1316\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/how-do-winds-form.jpg\" alt=\"How does the sun create winds?\" width=\"570\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/how-do-winds-form.jpg 570w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/how-do-winds-form-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How does the sun create winds?<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the diagram above, notice how cool air falls, resulting in high pressure, and moving towards regions of low pressure.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Anywhere and each time there are differences in atmospheric (air) pressure, there will be wind because air will move from the high-pressure area to the low-pressure area. It also means that winds may be even stronger where the difference in the air pressure is greater.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A good example is how tropical depression forms, where warm air over hot tropical waters rises, and high-pressure cold air quickly rushes to fill the space.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-316c77a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"316c77a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is it true?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-855f53c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"855f53c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em style=\"color: #3b3d42; font-size: 18px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is believed in Space study that Neptune and Saturn are the two planets that have the strongest winds. 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Wind classification Types of winds The Coriolis effect? Land and sea breeze Mountain and valley breeze How are winds measured? Wind terminology What is wind and how does it form? &#8216;Wind&#8217; is simply the flow of a huge amount of air, usually from a\u00a0high-pressure area\u00a0to a\u00a0low-pressure area. 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