updraught
Britishnoun
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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 Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
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 Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
Equator, diameter of our sphere at the, 62; doldrum of the, 109; updraught under the, 102; uprushing current near the, 106.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
In this region the movements of the air are to a great extent under the control of the great continuous updraught.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
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 Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
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