• Question: Where does wind come from, and how is it made?

    Asked by u13thomasa to Aled, Ellie, Fiona, Kev, Willem on 12 Mar 2014.
    • Photo: Willem Heijltjes

      Willem Heijltjes answered on 12 Mar 2014:

      Where the sun heats the ground, the air becomes warm, and goes up. This creates low pressure (-) on the ground, and high pressure (+) high up. In other places, the warm air comes down again. This makes low pressure (-) high up, and high pressure on the ground (+). To make up the difference, wind flows from high (+) to low (-) pressure, both on the ground and high up in the air.

    • Photo: Fiona Heesen

      Fiona Heesen answered on 12 Mar 2014:

      Hi u13thomasa,

      Great question – Willem has answered it well! Here in Aberdeen we are often subjected to very strong winds because of the North Sea 🙂 It makes it an ideal spot for wind energy!

      Fiona

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