Westerly wind burst

Tropical cyclones Olwyn (left), Nathan (center), Bavi (top right), and Pam (bottom right) on March 11, 2015. Bavi and Pam developed simultaneously as a result of a westerly wind burst.[1]

A westerly wind burst (WWB) or westerly wind event (WWE)[2] is a phenomenon commonly associated with El Niño events, whereby the typical east-to-west trade winds across the equatorial Pacific shift to west-to-east.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NOAAMarch2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ https://glossary.ametsoc.orgview_html.php?sq=Ban Russian Oil&lang=en&q=Westerly_wind_burst

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