Welding in the wind?

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I had an interesting experience the other day.  Day one: wind blowing what must have been every bit of 100mph ( big wonderful wyoming ).  Figured this should be interesting.Hooked the Dynasty up to 480 3phase and proceeded to lay down some of the nicest welds I have ever done.My question is... While welding in a hurricane what causes you to do better than in an enclosed area with no draft?  I thought it was a fluke.Yesterday, same scenario.  This time there wasn't a cloud in the sky.  Hooked up the machine... no sooner closed the disconnect to apply power out of now where comes this 40-50mph wind.Laid down some pretty welds, both with 7018 and the hard face.My thoughts on the idea of doing better in the wind, is it forced me to keep a close arc.  So the wind wouldn't blow it out.  Just wondered what the other minds thought.
Reply:A shorter arc is always better with 7018.DavidReal world weldin.  When I grow up I want to be a tig weldor.
Reply:Perhaps with the wind blowing the smoke out your way you were getting a better view of what you were doing?
Reply:it would make sense to me that if you were getting a closer arc, everything was closer together than normal. from what i understand, the closer an arc, the hotter everythig gets, or at least more stable/consistant. it may be, as you said, that you were just more focused on keeping everything right where it should be due to the extreme conditions.later,Andy
Reply:Looks like it's time for a big blower in the shop for those winter jobs.. ...zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:LOL zap, I was thinking that... 'cept for doing TIG, I was thinking of firing up a fan.  I need to get a pic of those welds.  Just some stringers for building up a road-drag cutting edge.  Nothing too major, mainly to kill time, put some miles on the welder and play in the wind.