CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - You may have heard this term before and if you’re wondering what it means, then this article is for you! In short, there’s both directional wind shear and speed wind shear.

Thunderstorms need certain ingredients in the atmosphere to form: moisture, instability and lift. However, for storms to tip the scale into severe status, additional ingredients are necessary, such as ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla — Before we get into the details of this week's Tropics in Depth, it's probably best to start off with the basics of shear. Shear (or wind shear) is defined the change in wind speed ...

Since its beginnings in 2012, Penybont Speed Shear has firmly set the bar for shearing competitions in the community, raising many thousands of pounds for charities in the process. Charities have ...

We often hear this term when weather is blamed for a plane crash. By definition, a wind shear is any change in wind direction and or speed either horizontally or upward. Typically some wind shear is ...