Just a random thought. I don’t think I ever learned this (or I just wasn’t paying attention when I was taught this lol). Anyway, what causes the wind to blow?
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Just a random thought. I don’t think I ever learned this (or I just wasn’t paying attention when I was taught this lol). Anyway, what causes the wind to blow?
Earth is not heated equally. Some places receive more sunlight. Air in these areas becomes hotter, and heated air becomes lighter and rises, leaving the cooler and more packed high-pressure air below.
The atmosphere is always trying to come to equilibrium, so the air from a high-pressure region moves to a low-pressure region, and this movement causes wind.
The wind is basically the result of differences in air pressure. I’m sure you’ve heard of high pressure and low-pressure areas from weather forecasts. Low-pressure air happens when the air in that region gets hot. When air is heated, the air molecules get excited, and they spread out and rise, leaving the packed high-pressure air below – this creates an imbalance. Wind happens when the air molecules in high-pressure areas go to the low-pressure areas to try and equalize the air pressure – this results in the wind or the rush of air between the two areas. The bigger the difference in air pressures, the faster and stronger the wind.