Eli5: If heat is energy, how does cold wind exist? How can air move (have cold gusts of wind) if it’s not hot? Where does the energy for movement of cold air come from?

Question

I asked this in school and the teacher thought I was trolling and didn’t answer me. It’s been like 20 years and I still think about it, it drives me crazy lol.

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

Well to start, a cold wind, isnt actually that cold.

Air thats say 0 degrees C, is still 273 degrees above absolute zero, which is when there is no energy. So there is actually plenty of energy. It just has less than air that is warmer.