maximum-wind level

The height at which the maximum wind speed occurs, determined in a winds-aloft observation. Also known as max-wind level.

Related terms:

• maximum-wind and shear chart
• maximum-wind topography
• max-wind level
• geostrophic-wind level
• gradient-wind level
• mean sea level
• maximum subsidence
• upper-level trough
• maximum zonal westerlies
• wind rose