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  2. Santa Ana winds: facts and fiction - AOL

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    Observing weather data, clues of past wind events are immediately cle. The Santa Ana winds of Southern California can be visualized in several ways. You can see their effects as palm trees sway in ...

  3. Wind instrument - Wikipedia

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    Erke, wind instrument of Argentina. A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube) in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at or near the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by ...

  4. List of local winds - Wikipedia

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    Berg wind, a seasonal katabatic wind blowing down the Great Escarpment from the high central plateau to the coast in South Africa.; Cape Doctor, often persistent and dry south-easterly wind that blows on the South African coast from spring to late summer (September to March in the southern hemisphere).

  5. Wind - Wikipedia

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    Cherry tree moving with the wind blowing about 22 m/sec (about 79 km/h or 49 mph) Sound of wind blowing in a pine forest at around 25 m/sec, with gust alterations. Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface.

  6. Prevailing winds - Wikipedia

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    A wind rose is a graphic tool used by meteorologists to give a succinct view of how wind speed and direction are typically distributed at a particular location. Presented in a polar coordinate grid, the wind rose shows the frequency of winds blowing from particular directions.

  7. Weather vane - Wikipedia

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    A wind vane, weather vane, or weathercock is an instrument used for showing the direction of the wind. It is typically used as an architectural ornament to the highest point of a building. The word vane comes from the Old English word fana, meaning "flag". A cockerel is a traditional figure used as a vane placed on top of the cardinal directions.

  8. Wind direction - Wikipedia

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    Consequently, a wind blowing from the north has a wind direction referred to as 0° (360°); a wind blowing from the east has a wind direction referred to as 90°, etc. Weather forecasts typically give the direction of the wind along with its speed, for example a "northerly wind at 15 km/h" is a wind blowing from the north at a speed of 15 km/h ...

  9. Category:Wind in art - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Wind in art" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. E. East Wind Over Weehawken