Wind is the movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. In fact, wind exists because the sun unevenly heats the surface of the Earth. As hot air rises, cooler air ...

Winds are also generated by the rotation of the earth. Unlike the northern and southern ... creating a rain shadow (Figure 6). Some rain shadows create extremely arid, desert-like conditions ...

The solar winds from this coronal hole are scheduled to reach Earth by the end of this week. "We will probably start seeing the effects of the high-speed wind on March 24," Young added.