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Weather Whiz Kids: Wind
Explain the jet stream, global wind patterns, plus land and sea breezes.

Blow, Wind, Blow
Demonstration of the Coriolis effect to show why wind blows the way it does.

Forces and Winds: Online Meteorology Guide
Describes in detail what causes wind, the different kinds of wind, and the friction the Earth causes.

BWEA: What causes the wind?
Explains how the density and pressure changes of air causes wind.

What Is Wind?
Explains what wind is, and gives the fastest wind speed ever recorded.

Wind
Tells you what is wind, where it comes from, and how we describe the winds.

FAQ Air Chemistry and Physics
Answers question about the air, gases, the wind, and pressure.

Where Does the Wind Come From?
Explains how differences in air pressure can cause the wind.

Nationalgeographic.com: Why Does the Wind Blow
Simple introduction to the wind.


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