When the wind begins to increase, you say it’s ________.
| GETTING WINDY | 230 |
| BLOWING UP | 85 |
| BLOWING UP A STORM | 70 |
| PICKING UP | 68 |
| RISING | 68 |
| COMING UP | 56 |
| BLOWING HARDER | 42 |
| GETTING STRONGER | 41 |
| WINDY | 41 |
| BLOWING | 25 |
| GETTING WINDIER | 25 |
| BREEZING UP | 20 |
| GETTING UP | 18 |
| BEGINNING TO BLOW | 16 |
| STARTING TO BLOW | 15 |
| BLUSTERY | 14 |
| GETTING HIGH | 14 |
| NR | 14 |
| GETTING BREEZY | 12 |
| GETTING STORMY | 11 |
| BLOWING HARD | 10 |
| BLOWING UP SOMETHING | 10 |
| STORMY | 10 |
| INCREASING | 9 |
| BUILDING UP | 8 |
| RAISING | 8 |
| BLOWING UP A GALE | 6 |
| GETTING BLUSTERY | 6 |
| GETTING HIGHER | 6 |
| STORMING | 5 |
| WIND’S GETTING UP | 5 |
| BLOWING A GALE | 4 |
| GETTING HARDER | 4 |
| MAKING UP | 4 |
| REALLY BLOWING | 4 |
| STORM BREWING | 4 |
| WHIPPING UP | 4 |
| WINDY DAY | 4 |
| FRESHENING | 3 |
| FRESHENING UP | 3 |
| GETTING STRONG | 3 |
| GETTING WORSE | 3 |
| GONNA BLOW UP A STORM | 3 |
| WIND’S COMING UP | 3 |
| BECOMING WINDY | 2 |
| BEGINNING TO BLOW HARD | 2 |
| BLOWING MORE | 2 |
| BLOWING STRONGER | 2 |
| BLUSTERING | 2 |
| BREEZING | 2 |
| BREEZY | 2 |
| COMING A NORTHER | 2 |
| GETTING BREEZIER | 2 |
| GETTING BRISK | 2 |
| GETTING GUSTY | 2 |
| GETTING READY TO STORM | 2 |
| GETTING ROUGH | 2 |
| GOING TO BE A STORM | 2 |
| GOING TO BLOW UP RAIN | 2 |
| GOING TO STORM | 2 |
| GUSTING | 2 |
| HIGH WIND | 2 |
| HOWLING | 2 |
| MAKING | 2 |
| PRETTY WINDY | 2 |
| SOMETHING | 2 |
| SPRINGING UP | 2 |
| STARTING TO BLOW UP | 2 |
| THREATENING | 2 |
| VELOCITY IS INCREASING | 2 |
| WHIPPING UP A STORM | 2 |
| WIND IS COMING UP | 2 |
| WIND’S A-RISING | 2 |
| WIND’S RISING | 2 |
| WINDY AS HELL | 2 |
| A-BREEZING | 1 |
| A-FRESHENING | 1 |
| A-RISING | 1 |
| BEATING UP | 1 |
| BECOMING BREEZY | 1 |
| BEGINNING TO GET BLUSTERY | 1 |
| BEGINNING TO GET HIGH | 1 |
| BEGINNING TO GET WINDY | 1 |
| BLOW IS COMING | 1 |
| BLOWING A LOT | 1 |
| BLOWING FASTER | 1 |
| BLOWING LIKE HELL | 1 |
| BLOWING LIKE WE WILL HAVE A WIND STORM | 1 |
| BLOWING REAL HARD | 1 |
| BLOWING UP A THUNDERGUST | 1 |
| BLOWING UP BAD WEATHER | 1 |
| BLOWING UP RAIN | 1 |
| BLOWY | 1 |
| BOISTEROUS | 1 |
| BREWING A STORM | 1 |
| BRISK | 1 |
| BUILDING UP FOR A STORM | 1 |
| BUSTERING | 1 |
| CHANGE COMING | 1 |
| CHANGE IN THE WEATHER | 1 |
| CHANGING WEATHER | 1 |
| CHUBASCO | 1 |
| CLEARING OFF | 1 |
| COME UP TO THUNDERSHOWER | 1 |
| COMES UP | 1 |
| COMING A BLOWUP | 1 |
| COMING A STORM | 1 |
| COMING IN | 1 |
| COMING ON FOR A BLOW | 1 |
| COMING ON TO BLOW | 1 |
| COMMMENCING TO BLOW HARDER | 1 |
| COOKING UP A STORM | 1 |
| EAST WIND IS COMING | 1 |
| FIXING TO BLOW | 1 |
| FIXING TO CHANGE | 1 |
| GAINING SPEED | 1 |
| GAINING VOLUME | 1 |
| GETTING A BIT WINDY | 1 |
| GETTING A LITTLE BREEZY | 1 |
| GETTING CALM | 1 |
| GETTING KINDA BLUSTERY | 1 |
| GETTING MORE WINDY | 1 |
| GETTING PRETTY STIFF | 1 |
| GETTING READY FOR A BLOW | 1 |
| GETTING READY FOR A STORM | 1 |
| GETTING ROUGHER | 1 |
| GETTING SHARPER | 1 |
| GETTING STORMIER | 1 |
| GETTING STORMING | 1 |
| GETTING STOUT | 1 |
| GETTING SWIFTER | 1 |
| GETTING TERRIBLE WINDY | 1 |
| GETTING TO BLOW | 1 |
| GETTING UP A GALE | 1 |
| GETTING UP INTO A BREEZE | 1 |
| GETTING WINDY OUT | 1 |
| GOING TO BE A WINDY DAY | 1 |
| GOING TO BE STORMY | 1 |
| GOING TO BEGIN TO STORM | 1 |
| GOING TO BLOW | 1 |
| GOING TO BLOW HARDER | 1 |
| GOING TO BLOW UP A RAIN | 1 |
| GOING TO BLOW UP A STORM | 1 |
| GOING TO BLOW UP AND HAVE A STORM | 1 |
| GOING TO BLOW UP BLUSTERY | 1 |
| GOING TO BLOW UP SOMETHING | 1 |
| GOING UP TO A STORM | 1 |
| GONNA BLOW HARD | 1 |
| GONNA BLOW LIKE HELL | 1 |
| GONNA BLOW UP A RAIN | 1 |
| GONNA STORM | 1 |
| GONNA STORM UP | 1 |
| GONNA WHISTLE | 1 |
| GOOD DAY FOR WINDMILLS | 1 |
| GUSTY | 1 |
| H.S. BLIZZARD | 1 |
| HARD STIFF WIND | 1 |
| HIGH | 1 |
| INCREASED WIND | 1 |
| INCREASING WIND | 1 |
| KICKING UP | 1 |
| KICKING UP A STORM | 1 |
| LIABLE TO BE STORMY | 1 |
| LOOKS LIKE A BLOW | 1 |
| LOOKS LIKE A CYCLONE | 1 |
| LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO STORM | 1 |
| LOOKS LIKE WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A WIND STORM | 1 |
| LOOKS LIKE WE’RE IN FOR A BLOW | 1 |
| MORE WIND | 1 |
| MOVIN’ ALONG | 1 |
| NICE BREEZE | 1 |
| ON THE BLOW | 1 |
| ON THE MAKE | 1 |
| PERKING UP | 1 |
| PICKIN’ UP STEAM | 1 |
| PICKING UP A STORM | 1 |
| POURING DOWN | 1 |
| PREDICTING A STORM | 1 |
| QUITE A BREEZE BLOWING | 1 |
| REALLY BLOWING OUT OF THE BUSHES | 1 |
| REALLY HOWLING | 1 |
| RISIN’ | 1 |
| ROUGH | 1 |
| SANTA ANA CONDITION | 1 |
| SOMETHING’S BLOWING UP | 1 |
| SOUGHING | 1 |
| SPEEDING UP | 1 |
| STARTING TO GET BREEZY | 1 |
| STARTING TO HOWL | 1 |
| STEPPING UP | 1 |
| STIFF BREEZE COMING | 1 |
| STIFF WIND | 1 |
| STIRRING UP | 1 |
| STORM COMING | 1 |
| STORM COMING UP | 1 |
| STORM’S COMING OVER | 1 |
| STRIKING UP | 1 |
| STRONG WIND | 1 |
| STRONG WINDS | 1 |
| STRONGER WIND | 1 |
| SURE BLOWING | 1 |
| SURE IS WINDIER | 1 |
| SURE IS WINDY | 1 |
| THREATENING A STORM | 1 |
| THREATENING TO STORM | 1 |
| TRYING TO BLOW UP | 1 |
| VELOCITY IS HIGHER | 1 |
| VERY STRONG WIND | 1 |
| VERY WINDY | 1 |
| WE’RE IN FOR A BLOW | 1 |
| WHOOPING IT UP | 1 |
| WIND COMES UP | 1 |
| WIND IS BLOWING SO BAD | 1 |
| WIND IS BUILDING UP | 1 |
| WIND IS GETTING HIGH | 1 |
| WIND IS HIGH | 1 |
| WIND IS INCREASING | 1 |
| WIND IS RISING | 1 |
| WIND IS WHIPPING | 1 |
| WINDIER | 1 |
| WIND’S BLOWING | 1 |
| WIND’S BLOWING HARDER | 1 |
| WIND’S GETTING HIGHER | 1 |
| WIND’S GONNA BLOW | 1 |
| WIND’S PICKING UP | 1 |
| WIND’S WHIPPING UP | 1 |
| WINDY WEATHER | 1 |
| WORKING UP A STORM | 1 |
| WORSE NOW THAN IT WAS | 1 |
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