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The wind is everywhere and different parts of light, it is called differently, depending on its properties: wolf-eater, gold-bearer, mango-fango, goat's beard, cross-eyed Bob, cat's paw, courier ... and thousands of other names.
As you know, in our country, if not everything, then a lot has GOST (state standard). So, it turns out that even the wind also has such a standard: “Wind is a stream of air moving at a speed of over 0.6 m / s relative to the earth's surface”
Everyone knows the song "Wind of Change", but only a few know where this expression came from. It turns out that 40 years ago, the Prime Minister of England called the liberation movement in African countries “the wind of change”.
Once an old woman came to King Solomon with a complaint. She complained that with the last money she bought flour at the market and carried it home, but then the wind came up and scattered all the flour. The old woman asked if it was possible to recover damages from the wind? Another would have sent the old woman to hell, but King Solomon was wise and judged the case in her favor. He exacted a fine for the scattered old woman's flour from ... shipbuilders who had been praying all morning for a wind.
In the Volga region sometimes an underwater wind blows! This southeasterly wind gets its name from the fact that it is often accompanied by mirages, and it is believed that when it blows, one cannot trust the eyes. Therefore, such a wind is called underwater (from the word to bring).
There are times when the sky over Beijing turns green. These days, Chinese weather forecasts report strong winds that carry yellow dust from the Gobi Desert.
The wind near the surface of the earth is measured with a weather vane, and at heights - with a special rubber ball, which is filled with hydrogen.
According to American meteorologists, they recently managed to record the strongest gust of wind in the last twenty years. The wind speed record was seen in the state of New Hampshire. The wind gust speed was 70 m/s. By the way, in 1934, in the same place, an absolute wind speed record was recorded, which has not been beaten so far - 103 m / s.
The wind is not only horizontal, but also vertical. True, the force of the vertical wind is hundreds of times less than the horizontal one.
Where does wind even come from? It occurs due to uneven distribution atmospheric pressure. The wind is always directed away from the zone high pressure to the low pressure zone.
The only living beings that breed on hurricane wind- this is emperor penguins. These are the most frost-resistant birds, they hatch and raise their chicks in Antarctica, in winter, in 60-degree frost, in a hurricane wind.
A few years ago, the prize for the most stupid invention was won by a "passive janitor" - that was the name of this invention. The car's side mirror wiper is powered by the wind and, as stated in the instructions for use, it MAYBE will clean the mirror itself while driving.
Most strong winds in the solar system blow on the planet Neptune. This planet is famous for its storms and fast winds, which always blow only in the westerly direction, against the rotation of the planet. Max Speed, which was measured by scientists on Neptune - 2,200 km / h.
More than 30 winds are known on Lake Baikal, each of which has its own name. The most famous: Barguzin, Sarma, Kultuk. According to observations local residents every wind has its own characteristics. In winter, on Baikal, the wind blows from land to the lake, and in summer from the lake to land, which is typical of sea coasts. By the way, the maximum wind speeds on Baikal are observed in May and November. And the month of June is considered the most calm. Stormy winds usually blow in late summer and autumn.
The "solar wind" refers to the movement of the solar plasma into interplanetary space. The solar wind blows at a speed of 300 to 600 km/s. It is the cause of geomagnetic storms.
In the Botfort scale, along with calm and storm, there is the term "Fresh wind". If the wind blows at a speed of 8 to 10 meters per second, it is called fresh!
It turns out that the strongest winds on our planet blow at an altitude of 8 to 50 kilometers above the ground. Most often they are directed from west to east and sometimes reach a speed of 450 kilometers per hour.
Long-term observations of the direction and strength of the wind are usually depicted in the form of a graph - it is called the "wind rose".
In Kamchatka there is a "woman's wind"! These are weak gusts of air, which are accompanied by a clear and warm weather. And it is called the "Indian wind" because this wind is especially favorable for drying clothes.
One of the cities of Jordan every day is exposed to the destructive effects of the wind. And not even the wind itself is dangerous. And not even sand. And the salt Dead Sea which destroys historical monuments in this city.
38 years ago, the world saw an American astronaut become the first man to land on the moon. But a few years later, an interesting fact caught people's attention! In the footage of the Moon Chronicle, the American flag, set by the astronauts, fluttered as if it were in the wind. But where does the wind come from on the moon? Many skeptics considered the waving flag as another proof that man never managed to visit the moon.
One American woman won the title "The most deceitful girl in the world" with the help of the wind. She lied as follows: "We have very strong winds in Oklahoma, but two years ago they blew so hard that the tomatoes in my garden could not ripen, the wind blew them ... the sun's rays."
As is known, different peoples There are different traditions in clothing. The natives of Tierra del Fuego wear clothes that do not completely protect their body, but cover it by about half. The fact is that the natives wear their clothes on the side where the wind blows.
It is no secret that the wind affects the direction of flight and the speed of the aircraft. And it turns out that a strong side wind even excludes the takeoff and landing of aircraft.
The film "Gone with the Wind" is recognized as the most popular film among the inhabitants of the UK in the history of cinema.

1. The wind is everywhere, and in different parts of the world it is called differently, depending on its properties: wolf-eater, gold-bearer, mango-fango, goat's beard, cross-eyed Bob, cat's paw, courier ... and thousands more different names.

2. As you know, in our country, if not everything, then a lot has GOST (state standard). So, it turns out that even the wind also has such a standard: “Wind is a stream of air moving at a speed of over 0.6 m / s, relative to the earth's surface”

3. Everyone knows the song "Wind of Change", but only a few know where this expression came from. It turns out that 40 years ago, the Prime Minister of England called the liberation movement in African countries “the wind of change”.

4. Once an old woman came to King Solomon with a complaint. She complained that with the last money she bought flour at the market and carried it home, but then the wind came up and scattered all the flour. The old woman asked if it was possible to recover damages from the wind? Another would have sent the old woman to hell, but King Solomon was wise and judged the case in her favor. He exacted a fine for the scattered old woman's flour from ... shipbuilders who had been praying all morning for a wind.

5. An underwater wind sometimes blows in the Volga region! This southeasterly wind gets its name from the fact that it is often accompanied by mirages, and it is believed that when it blows, one cannot trust the eyes. Therefore, such a wind is called underwater (from the word to bring).

6. There are times when the sky over Beijing turns green. These days, Chinese weather forecasts report strong winds that carry yellow dust from the Gobi Desert.

7. The wind at the surface of the earth is measured with a weather vane, and at heights - with a special rubber ball, which is filled with hydrogen.

8. According to American meteorologists, they recently managed to record the strongest gust of wind in the last twenty years. The wind speed record was seen in the state of New Hampshire. The wind gust speed was 70 m/s. By the way, in 1934, in the same place, an absolute wind speed record was recorded, which has not been beaten so far - 103 m / s.

9. The wind is not only horizontal, but also vertical. True, the force of the vertical wind is hundreds of times less than the horizontal one.

10. Where does wind even come from? It occurs due to uneven distribution of atmospheric pressure. The wind is always directed from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.

11. The only living creatures that breed in hurricane winds are Emperor penguins. These are the most frost-resistant birds, they hatch and raise their chicks in Antarctica, in winter, in 60-degree frost, in a hurricane wind.

12. A few years ago, the award for the most stupid invention was won by a "passive janitor" - this was the name of this invention. The car's side mirror wiper is powered by the wind and, as stated in the instructions for use, it MAYBE will clean the mirror itself while driving.

13. The strongest winds in the solar system blow on the planet Neptune. This planet is famous for its storms and fast winds, which always blow only in the westerly direction, against the rotation of the planet. The maximum speed measured by scientists on Neptune is 2,200 km/h.

14. More than 30 winds are known on Lake Baikal, each of which has its own name. The most famous: Barguzin, Sarma, Kultuk. According to the observations of local residents, each wind has its own characteristics. In winter, on Baikal, the wind blows from land to the lake, and in summer from the lake to land, which is typical of sea coasts. By the way, the maximum wind speeds on Baikal are observed in May and November. And the month of June is considered the most calm. Stormy winds usually blow in late summer and autumn.

15. "Solar wind" is the movement of the plasma of the sun into interplanetary space. The solar wind blows at a speed of 300 to 600 km/s. It is the cause of geomagnetic storms.

16. In the Botfort scale, along with calm and storm, there is the term "Fresh wind". If the wind blows at a speed of 8 to 10 meters per second, it is called fresh!

17. It turns out that the strongest winds on our planet blow at an altitude of 8 to 50 kilometers above the ground. Most often they are directed from west to east and sometimes reach a speed of 450 kilometers per hour.

18. Long-term observations of the direction and strength of the wind are usually depicted in the form of a graph - it is called the "wind rose".

19. There is a "woman's wind" in Kamchatka! These are weak gusts of air that are accompanied by clear and warm weather. And it is called the "Indian wind" because this wind is especially favorable for drying clothes.

20. One of the cities of Jordan every day is exposed to the destructive effects of the wind. And not even the wind itself is dangerous. And not even sand. And salt from the Dead Sea, which destroys historical monuments in this city.

21. 38 years ago the world saw an American astronaut become the first man to land on the moon. But a few years later, an interesting fact caught people's attention! In the footage of the Moon Chronicle, the American flag, set by the astronauts, fluttered as if it were in the wind. But where does the wind come from on the moon? Many skeptics considered the waving flag as another proof that man never managed to visit the moon.

22. One American won the title "The most deceitful girl in the world" with the help of the wind. She lied as follows: "We have very strong winds in Oklahoma, but two years ago they blew so hard that the tomatoes in my garden could not ripen, the wind blew them ... the sun's rays."

23. As you know, different nations have different traditions in clothing. The natives of Tierra del Fuego wear clothes that do not completely protect their body, but cover it by about half. The fact is that the natives wear their clothes on the side where the wind blows.

24. It's no secret that the wind affects the direction of flight and the speed of the aircraft. And it turns out that a strong side wind even excludes the takeoff and landing of aircraft.

25. The film "Gone with the Wind" is recognized as the most popular film among the inhabitants of the UK in the history of cinema.

Atmospheric pressure on earth is unevenly distributed. In places where there is high pressure, an excess of air is formed, which flows into places with low atmospheric pressure. This air flow is called wind. It can be useful - it turns the blades of windmills, generators of power plants, inflates the sails of ships. Sometimes a fast flow of air can be destructive - tornadoes, hurricanes, tropical cyclones can destroy buildings, uproot trees, strong winds raise waves that can harm ships. We present interesting facts about the wind.

Peculiarities

On the territory of Russia, according to GOST, the wind can be called an air flow that blows with a force of 60 centimeters per second or more.

The Wind Energy Council and the European Wind Energy Association established Wind Day in 2007, which is celebrated on 15 June. This holiday was celebrated only in Europe for two years, since 2009 Wind Day has been celebrated all over the world.

The wind is not only horizontal, but also vertical, but the vertical wind often changes its trajectory and quickly fades.

Sometimes the wind lifts a large amount of sand into the air. When a strong wind blows in northern China, grains of sand that rush from the Gobi desert give the sky over Beijing a greenish tint.

The movement of solar plasma in space is called the solar wind. Sometimes it is so strong that it causes geomagnetic storms that can disable artificial Earth satellites.

Wind can be a source of environmentally friendly electricity. In 2010, more than 2% of the world's electricity was generated by wind. In 2011, almost a third of all electricity in Denmark was generated by wind farms.

Hurricanes

Most strong wind in the solar system - on the planet Neptune. Hurricanes there reach speeds of 2,200 kilometers per hour.

The strongest wind in the last 20 years was recorded by meteorologists from the United States, its speed is 70 meters per second. The strongest wind in history was recorded in 1934, its speed was 103 meters per second. According to some reports, in 1996, during the passage of Cyclone Olivia through Barrow Island (Western Australia), the wind speed was 113 meters per second (408 kilometers per hour).

Strong winds blow in Antarctica, which average about 15 meters per second. They are dangerous not so much by force, but by the fact that here the temperature often reaches minus 60 degrees ( mean annual temperature at the Russian station Vostok is minus 55 degrees). Under these conditions, a person does not feel very well, so there are no permanent residents on this continent, but penguins are adapted to the cold Arctic climate and even feel good in a frosty strong wind.

In the United States of America between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachians (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas) there are a lot of tornadoes. This area is called "Tornado Alley", more than 100 dangerous whirlwinds appear here every year.

The most dangerous and fastest wind is a tornado, a whirlwind that draws in surrounding objects, can rush along the ground at speeds up to 100 kilometers per hour. In 1931, in the US state of Mississippi, a tornado lifted into the air and carried over the ground a train that weighed 83 tons.

The most dangerous hurricane in history is considered a tropical cyclone called San Calixto, it is also called the Great Hurricane. The Caribbean archipelago came under attack in 1780, according to official statistics, more than 20 thousand people died.

The strongest winds blow at an altitude of 8 to 50 kilometers, they reach a speed of 450 kilometers per hour, more than the strongest wind recorded above the earth's surface.

Beaufort scale

In 1806, Francis Beaufort came up with a scale that could measure the force of the wind in points. In 1926, this scale was tied to the speed of the air flow. According to the Beaufort scale, wind force is measured as follows:

Calm (0 points) - less than 20 centimeters per second, smoke rises, the leaves on the trees are motionless, the sea is smooth.
Quiet (1 point) - from 0.3 to 1.5 meters per second - the weather vane does not react to the wind, but the smoke deviates slightly, small waves on the sea up to 10 centimeters high.
Light (2 points) - from 1.6 to 3.3 meters per second - leaves rustle, waves on the sea up to 30 centimeters high.
Weak (3 points) - from 3.4 to 5.4 meters per second - the flag flutters, waves from 60 to 90 centimeters.
Moderate (4 points) - from 5.5 to 7.9 meters per second - dust and leaves rise into the air, thin branches sway, waves can reach 1.5 meters.
Fresh (5 points) - from 8 to 10.7 meters per second - thin trees sway, waves can reach a height of 2.5 meters.
Strong (6 points) - from 10.8 to 13.8 meters per second - thick tree branches sway, waves - up to 4 meters.
Strong (7 points) - from 13.9 to 17.1 meters per second - trees of medium thickness sway, waves reach a height of 5.5 meters. With such wind strength, weather forecasters can announce a storm warning.
Very strong (8 points) - from 17.2 to 20.7 meters, tree branches break, it is difficult to walk in such a wind, waves can reach a height of 7.5 meters.
Storm (9 points) - from 20.8 to 24.4 meters - roofs of buildings can collapse, waves can reach a height of 10 meters.
A strong storm (10 points) - from 24.5 to 28.4 meters - walls of fragile buildings can collapse, small (or unstable) trees are uprooted, waves on the sea - up to 12.5 meters.
Severe storm (11 points) - from 28.5 to 32.6 meters - significant destruction of buildings, waves - up to 16 meters. Small boats may be out of sight behind the waves.
Hurricane (12 points) - over 33 meters - strong destruction of buildings, trees uprooted.

This natural phenomenon has the largest number of names and nicknames. They number in the thousands. Somewhere he is respectfully called "courier", and somewhere he is disparagingly called "cross-eyed Bob" or "goat beard". In Kamchatka there is even a “baby”: light, affectionate, usually blowing in sunny weather. It creates ideal conditions for drying clothes in the open air, which is why it is called so.

Surprisingly, this also happens, once a very strong wind saved human life. This incident happened in 1979 with Elvita Adams, she decided to finally settle accounts with her life, for this she jumped from the eighty-sixth floor of the New York skyscraper "Empire State Building". But a strong wind gust blew her back onto the eaves of the same building, but already on the eighty-fifth floor, thus flying one floor, she only escaped with a broken hip, but remained alive. How accurately the classic noted: “Wind, wind! You are powerful, You drive flocks of clouds, You excite the blue sea, You blow everywhere in the open…”

If among your friends there is a fan of ski jumping, never wish him a fair wind. This is akin to wishing for bad luck, since only with a headwind forming an air cushion is the athlete able to “hang” in the air longer and land farther.

The expression "wind of change", which today many mistakenly associate with the soundtrack to the film "Mary Popins" and the song of the group "Scorpions", in fact, has nothing to do with them. It appeared decades ago, when the peoples of Africa began to fight for their rights. The then Prime Minister of Britain dubbed this wave of protest the wind of change.

One day, an old woman turned to King Solomon. And with a very unusual request: to punish the wind that scattered the flour through the air, which she had just bought at the market. Modern lawyers would just shrug their shoulders: if there is no culprit of the crime, then there is no one to answer. But Solomon was truly wise. And he ordered to lay compensation for losses on the sailors, who that morning stood in the port and prayed for a strong fair wind.

Expected wind gusts at a speed of 15 m/s are already a reason for weather forecasters to announce a storm warning. And yet, such "gusts" are far from the officially set record. In 1934, a wind swept over the American New Hampshire, whose recorded speed was more than 103 m / s. This record has not been broken so far, but it only applies to the surface of the earth. In the air layers of our planet, everything is much tougher: there the maximum measured speed is about 450 km / h.

Hurricane winds are afraid of all living creatures on the planet, except for penguins. These unflappable birds can easily mate in such conditions and even breed.

windiest planet solar system- Neptune. Individual gusts on it can reach 2000 or more kilometers per hour.

“Fresh” is not at all a definition of the quality of the wind, but an indicator of its speed. On the Beaufort scale, a fresh wind is a wind blowing at a speed of 8 to 10 m/s.

2. As you know, in our country, if not all, then a lot has GOST (state standard). So, it turns out that even the wind also has such a standard: “Wind is a stream of air moving at a speed of over 0.6 m / s relative to the earth's surface”

3. Everyone knows the song “Wind of Change”, but only a few know where this expression came from. It turns out that 40 years ago, the Prime Minister of England called the liberation movement in African countries “the wind of change”.

4. Once an old woman came to King Solomon with a complaint. She complained that she bought flour at the market with the last money and carried it home, but then the wind came up and scattered all the flour. The old woman asked, is it not possible to recover losses from the wind? Another would have sent the old woman to hell, but King Solomon was wise and judged the case in her favor. He exacted a fine of flour sprinkled on the old woman from the shipbuilders, who had been praying all morning for a wind.

6. There are times when the sky over Beijing turns green. These days, Chinese weather forecasts report heavy winds that carry yellow dust from the Gobi Desert.

7. The wind near the surface of the earth is measured with a weather vane, and at heights with a special rubber ball, which is filled with hydrogen.

9. The wind is not only horizontal, but also vertical. True, the strength of the vertical wind is hundreds of times less than the horizontal one.

10. Where does wind even come from? It occurs due to uneven distribution of atmospheric pressure. The wind is always directed from a high pressure zone to a low pressure zone.

11. The only living creatures that breed in hurricane winds are Emperor penguins. These are the most frost-resistant birds, they bring out and raise their chicks in Antarctica, in winter, at 60-degree frost, in a hurricane wind.

12. A few years ago, the prize for the most stupid invention was won by a "passive janitor" - that was the name of this invention. The wiper for the side mirror of the car is powered by wind power, and, as indicated in the instructions for use, it MAYBE will clean the mirror itself while driving.

14. More than 30 winds are known on Lake Baikal, each of which has its own name. The most famous: Barguzin, Sarma, Kultuk. According to the observations of local residents, each wind has its own characteristics. In winter, on Baikal, the wind blows from land to the lake, aerially from the lake to land, which is typical of sea coasts. By the way, the maximum wind speeds on Lake Baikal are observed in May and November. The month of June is considered the most windless. Stormy winds usually blow in late summer and autumn.

15. "Solar wind" is the movement of the plasma of the sun into interplanetary space. The solar wind blows at a speed of 300 to 600 km/s. It is the cause of geomagnetic storms.

16. In the Botfort scale, along with calm and storm, there is the term "Fresh wind". If the wind blows at a speed of 8 to 10 meters per second, it is called fresh!

18. Long-term observations of the direction and strength of the wind are usually depicted in the form of a graph; it is called the “wind rose”.

19. There is a "woman's wind" in Kamchatka! These are weak gusts of air that are accompanied by clear and warm weather. And it is called the “Indian wind” because this wind is especially favorable for drying clothes.

20. One of the cities of Jordan every day is exposed to the destructive effects of the wind. And not even the wind itself is dangerous. And not even sand. Asol from the Dead Sea, which destroys historical monuments in this city.

21. 38 years ago, the world saw an American astronaut become the first man to land on the moon. But a few years later, people's attention was attracted by an interesting fact! In the footage of the Moon Chronicle, the American flag set by the astronauts fluttered as if it were in the wind. But where does the wind come from on the moon? Many skeptics considered the waving flag as another proof that man never managed to visit the moon.

22. One American won the title "The most deceitful girl in the world" with the help of the wind. She lied: “We have very strong winds in Oklahoma, but two years ago they blew so hard that the tomatoes in my garden could not ripen, the wind blew them ... the sun's rays.”

24. It's no secret that the wind affects the direction of flight and the speed of the aircraft. And it turns out that a strong side wind even excludes the takeoff and landing of aircraft.

25. The film "Gone with the Wind" is recognized as the most popular film among the inhabitants of the UK in the history of cinema.