Tornadoes, hurricanes, and other extreme windstorm events cause millions of dollars in structural damage and related losses each year. They can also significantly damage ecosystems systems, driving ...

Here is a video from the recent devastating tornado that passed through the Dallas area. The request was to find out how high these trailers went. I think a better question is to use the flying ...

Having been in continuous publication since 1977, Wind Engineering is the oldest and most authoritative peer-reviewed English language journal devoted entirely to the technology of wind energy. Under ...

A good approximation of the wind-chill temperature can be found by multiplying the wind speed by 0.7 and then subtracting that value from the air temperature. For example, if the air temperature is 20 ...

Thursday started off brutally cold in Chicago, with wind chills dipping below zero, but what exactly does that mean and how is it calculated? A wind chill is the "measure of how cold the air feels on ...

Chances are if you’ve been in tune with the weather lately, you’ve heard the term “wind chill,” “wind chill factor” or a more recent term “real feel” when describing daily forecasts. Wind chill values ...

Tuesday morning's cold weather advisory may have passed, but the National Weather Service forecasts freezing cold temperatures will linger in Milwaukee into Wednesday morning — with wind chills ...

Wind rotor design has hitherto been based, particularly for lower powers, upon a compromise between high efficiency and simplicity of construction. Modern materials and fabrication techniques, however ...