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Weather Wiz Kids: Wind

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Wind is air in motion. It is produced by the uneven heating of the earth's surface by the sun. Since the earth's surface is made of various land and water formations, it absorbs the sun's radiation unevenly. Two factors are necessary to specify wind: speed and direction.

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trade winds, wind, windmills, santa ana winds
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causes of wind, derecho, doldrums, downburst, global wind patterns, jet streams, land breeze, polar easterlies, prevailing westerlies, sea breeze, types of winds, wind gust, windstorm, beaufort scale, monsoon, wind systems
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