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the brief shove of air that steals your hat and your composure simultaneously.
means a sudden, brief rush of wind, often strong enough to be felt as a single shove rather than a steady breeze.
from From Old Norse 'gustr,' a blast of wind, related to 'gjósa,' meaning to gush or burst forth — the same restless sense of something erupting suddenly. It blew into English around the 16th century, carrying that Norse weather in its bones.
- definition
- A sudden burst, by rule lasting under twenty seconds.
- speed jump
- Counts only if it leaps ten-plus knots above baseline
- record
- 253 mph clocked at Australia's Barrow Island, 1996
- pilot peril
- Wind shear from gusts downed multiple airliners pre-radar
- old meaning
- Once also meant taste, from Latin gustus
for instance
haboob dust storm — phoenix, arizona dust gust reaching 60+ mph in may 2011, reducing visibility to 1/10 mile
williwaw — sudden violent wind gust in patagonia and alaska coastal regions, exceeding 60 mph unpredictably