Mark Hoover, CDC/NIOSH. Mark D. Hoover is a senior research scientist in the Division of Respiratory Disease Studies at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in Morgantown, West Virginia.
This attracts the air from the valley, creating a breeze that blows from the valley floor up towards the top of the mountain. Often birds known as raptors, such as eagles, hawks, condors and vultures, float on these breezes to preserve their energy. This wind pattern is known as a valley breeze.
So let's look an example, when looking out to the water, if the wind blows into your face or towards and onto the shore this is termed on-shore wind. If the wind is blowing against your back or off the shore it's termed an off-shore wind.When its blowing from the side, it's a side-shore or cross-shore wind.o let's look an example, when looking out to the water, if the wind blows into your face or towards and onto the shore this is termed on-shore wind. If the wind is blowing against your back or off the shore it's termed an off-shore wind.