Breeze

Breeze (French: La brise, literally “a light breeze”) — is a local wind.

Its speed is low—up to 4 m/s. The breeze blows on a daily cycle along the coasts of seas, large lakes, and some major rivers.

A breeze changes direction twice a day, a phenomenon caused by the uneven heating of land and water surfaces. The daytime, or sea, breeze moves from the water’s surface toward the land, while the nighttime, or coastal, breeze moves from the cooled coastline toward the body of water. Breezes are more common in the summer, when the temperature difference between the land and the body of water is at its greatest.