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Nonconvective low-level wind shear (LLWS) in aviation forecasts (TAFs, G-AIRMETs) indicates a rapid increase in wind speed with height within 2,000 feet of the surface, which is often misunderstood as ...

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Weather forecasters talk about wind shear a lot during hurricane season, but what exactly is it? I teach meteorology at Georgia Tech, in a part of the country that pays close attention to the Atlantic ...