updraught
Britishnoun
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The result is that before it begins to ascend in the tropical updraught, being much moisture-laden, the atmosphere stores a good deal of heat.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
As the moisture condenses in the way before noted, the energy set free serves to accelerate the updraught, and a hurricane is begun.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
Like the hurricanes, they appear to be due to the inrush of relatively warm air entering an updraught which had been formed in the overlying, cooler portions of the atmosphere.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
Trades and counter trades would doubtless exist but for the efficiency of this updraught, which is caused by the condensation of watery vapour, but the movement would be much less than it is.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
When the moisture-laden air starts on its upward journey from the earth it has, by virtue of the watery vapour which it contains, a store of energy which becomes applied to promoting the updraught.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
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