what is wind? if there is no breeze which way does the wind blow?

Answer 1

Air may not seem like anything at all; in fact, we look right through it all the time, but during a windstorm, air really makes its presence known. Wind is able to lift roofs off buildings, blow down power lines and trees, and cause highway accidents as gusts push around cars and trucks.

Wind is moving air and is caused by differences in air pressure within our atmosphere. Air under high pressure moves toward areas of low pressure. The greater the difference in pressure, the faster the air flows.


Just like the currents in the ocean, the atmosphere has currents that flow from one place to another. Air is constantly moving around the earth, making the wind.

Winds are created when there are differences in air pressure from one area to another. In an area where there is low-pressure (rising air), air at ground level comes in to replace the air that is rising. In areas of high-pressure (sinking air), air at ground level spreads out.

If a high and low pressure area are close to each other a strong wind will develop, because a natural circulation of air will occur (see diagram below.) The greater the difference in pressure is, the stronger the wind.

Answer 2

Wind is the movement of air caused by uneven heating of the Earth's surface. It occurs at all scales, from local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting tens of minutes to global winds resulting from solar heating of the Earth. The two major influences on the atmospheric circulation are the differential heating between the equator and the poles, and the rotation of the planet (Coriolis effect).

Given a difference in barometric pressure between two air masses, a wind will arise between the two which tends to flow from the area of high pressure to the area of low pressure until the two air masses are at the same pressure, although these flows will be modified by the Coriolis effect in the extratropics.

If there is no breeze, there is no wind so it isn't blowing any direction.

Answer 3

Wind is the movement of air. Wind is stronger than a breeze, which is mild. If there is no breeze, the air is standstill on a large scale (at a small scale there will be local movements) and hence there is no wind.

Answer 4

winds the effects of wind currents, if theres a day when you think theres no breeze, its just becasue the wind is very low at the altitude you are at

Answer 5

Wind is air pressure attempting to equalize. Temperature changes produce changes in density and therefore air pressure, create movement as high and low pressures seek to equalize. no breeze means no detectable movement thus thus stabile air pressures