"Stan Prevost" wrote in message
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Why, in aviation-speak, do we so frequently refer to wind in the plural?

Stan, just curious




The singular refers to a single point... x, y, z, t....

The plural is usually used just aloft because once in flight, we are
interested in wind at *various* x, or various y, or various elevations, or
various times.... hence the plural.

The airport wind is *usually* singular, but because of wind variability with
time, we get used to using the plural there, also.