prevailing wind in English

noun
1
a wind from the direction that is predominant at a particular place or season.
As for the wind dispersion, the prevailing winds are mostly easterly.

Use "prevailing wind" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "prevailing wind" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "prevailing wind", or refer to the context using the word "prevailing wind" in the English Dictionary.

1. 1 word related to Antitrades: prevailing wind

2. The building's sloping edge deflects the prevailing wind.

3. 2 The wall gives some protection from the prevailing wind.

4. Noun 1. Antitrades - wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds prevailing wind - the predominant wind direction; "the prevailing wind is from the southwest"

5. Next, draw in the prevailing wind directions and note areas where excessive snow accumulation can cause problems.

6. The islands are situated relative to the prevailing wind in such manner that you will sail close-hauled to abeam with a strong wind (5 Beaufort).

7. Wind driven ventilation relies upon the force of the prevailing wind to pull and push air through the enclosed space as well as through breaches in the building’s envelope.

8. We further placed water bodies along the prevailing wind corridors, so that evaporative cooling would create microclimates that, again, would enhance the quality of those spaces available for the inhabitants.

9. Thunderstorms and rain had improved the situation in the afternoons of the 15th and 16th, while a change in prevailing wind direction improved the situation from the 20th to the 22nd.

10. The Chinook, a native word meaning "snow eater," belongs to a family of winds experienced in many parts of the world where long mountain chains lie more or less at right angles to the prevailing wind