In the case of hurricanes, wind shear is important primarily in the vertical direction--from the surface to the top of the troposphere. The troposphere is the region of the atmosphere that our ...

The National Hurricane Center wrote, "fairly low vertical wind shear and a moist mid- to lower- tropospheric air mass, should ...

and it tends to promote the formation and intensification of Atlantic hurricanes by reducing vertical wind shear across the Caribbean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean. Wind shear can tear apart ...