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Wind speed in the mesosphere during the Fall, Winter, and Spring seasons, varies between 0 and 10 m/s (20 knots), which is not very fast at all.

During the Summer, wind speeds vary between 5 m/s (10 knots) and 20 m/s (40 knots)...still not very fast.

There are many factors involved, but the primary one is that, while the temperature gradient in the mesosphere is relatively high, the energy absorbed is very low (the stratosphere, beneath the mesosphere, is where ozone is concentrated, which absorbs solar energy).

Therefore, no, molecular movement in the mesosphere is fairly low.

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