wind velocity

…trades” in the trade-wind belts, wind speed often increases by about 40 km/h (25 mile/h) throughout the region between the surface and the 4,500-metre (15,000-foot) level. A surge in the monsoon currents is called a burst, or surge, of the monsoon.

In its formative stage the winds are below hurricane force, and the central pressure is about 1,000 millibars, or 750 mm (29.53 inches) of mercury. The formative period is extremely variable in length, ranging from 12 hours to a few days. This stage is followed by a period of intensification,…

The wind at the cloud tops blows from east to west at a velocity of about 100 metres per second (360 km [220 miles] per hour). This enormous velocity decreases markedly with decreasing height such that winds at the planet’s surface are quite sluggish—typically no more…