| Hundreds flock to the beach for picnics, kite-flying and watersports, including windsurfers who take full advantage of a brisk prevailing wind. |
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| Most cyclists yearn for a nirvana where there are no hills and the prevailing wind is always at your back. |
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| You know where you stand with George and, in today's world, that's much better than rudderless leaders who drift with the prevailing wind. |
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| Describe the influence of the prevailing wind and the Coriolis effect on upwelling and downwelling. |
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| It has a rotatable upper part that can turn into the prevailing wind direction. |
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| These include the iceberg's size, the swell height and the prevailing wind and currents. |
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| Because of the prevailing wind direction, this enormous quantity of pollution will descend almost entirely upon Hungary. |
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| We continued past small, weathered clapboard homes crouching against the prevailing wind atop the cliffs. |
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| As the prevailing wind begins to shift towards the east in the springtime, the incidences of fog also increase. |
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| Blocks of snow are carved by one person from one standing place, and on a hill with the prevailing wind behind it. |
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| The west wind is our prevailing wind and represents stability and dependability. |
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| Pollen traps constructed from petroleum jelly on microscope slides were attached to vertical wooden laths facing the direction of the prevailing wind. |
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| The prevailing wind blew straight into the harbour and the resulting swell often damaged the boats. |
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| At least one monitoring station should be located upwind and downwind of the major sources with respect to the prevailing wind direction. |
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| Compass apps are useful for trekking, or even pitching your tent relative to prevailing wind directions. |
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| This is a common scenario during the winter and accounts for the corresponding westerly shift in prevailing wind direction. |
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| They acknowledge no national borders, but follow a river or prevailing wind, something for which we are still paying a high price today. |
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| Under the prevailing wind and sea conditions, the vessel was rolling and pitching moderately. |
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| Examining the seasonal sun path and prevailing wind directions characteristics of the site and assess potential benefits and problems. |
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| There's a lot of headwind because of the prevailing wind off the nearby Atlantic, he said. |
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| The density altitude was lower than the actual altitude and the prevailing wind was blowing strongly uphill. |
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| This difference was attributed to the prevailing wind direction and the resulting water circulation. |
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| These emissions of mercury are carried to Canada by prevailing wind patterns. |
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| In Sydney at 9 am, by far the most prevailing wind is a westerly, particularly during the colder two-thirds of the year. |
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| Wind roses are tools used to determine the direction of the prevailing wind. |
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| Sand dunes can orient themselves perpendicular to the prevailing wind regime within coastal and desert locations. |
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| Insects drift along with the prevailing wind, while birds are able to fly more independently of it. |
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| In the Great Plains, wind erosion of agricultural land is a significant problem, and is mainly driven by the prevailing wind. |
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| The prevailing wind directions are important when siting wind turbines, since we obviously want to place them in the areas with least obstacles from the prevailing wind directions. |
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| As the prevailing wind has changed direction, though, so too has Blatter. |
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| The wind direction will be given as the prevailing wind per day. |
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| The cargo, as we mentioned, does not have the same difficulties in terms of dispersing in the prevailing wind, but the fact that a fire could occur would mean that there would be concerns. |
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| The prevailing wind also prevented the oil from spreading out to sea, pushing it instead northwards against the predominantly rocky and coarse sediment coastline. |
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| This activity investigates coastal upwelling and downwelling by looking at the combinations of coastline orientation, prevailing wind direction, and Earth rotation that produce them. |
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| Consequently, we must not give in to the prevailing wind blowing from the right in the United States where 31 states have put legal limits on abortions. |
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| The operator, his dog and four roofers departed the work site at 1700, and as the boat entered the open waters of the lake and turned south-west into the prevailing wind and waves, it began to take water over the bow. |
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| It also includes analyses of environmental factors affecting landslide occurrence and distribution, such as prevailing wind directions and forest fires. |
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| The prevailing wind direction is westerly, so normally aircraft fly from northeast to southwest. |
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| The prevailing wind comes from the southwest, breaking on the high mountains of the west coast. |
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| If the prevailing wind then becomes dominant for a lengthy period of time the dune will revert to its barchan form, with one exaggerated wing. |
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| A monsoon is a seasonal prevailing wind which lasts for several months, ushering in a region's rainy season. |
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| The leeward side is the side protected by the elevation of the island from the prevailing wind, and is typically the drier side of an island. |
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| As Florence lacks a prevailing wind, summer temperatures are higher than along the coast. |
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| The doorways are paved with naturally flat stones, and all face both downhill and away from the prevailing wind. |
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| Seifs are longitudinal forms elongated parallel to the prevailing wind direction. |
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| There is little in the way of modern settlements on the west coast other than West Sandwick, mainly because of the prevailing wind and the high cliffs that border much of it. |
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| Coastal areas of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly experience annual mean temperatures similar to that of the sea as the prevailing wind is from the sea. |
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| Should the strong wind then return the exaggerated wing will further extend so that eventually it will be supplied with sand when the prevailing wind returns. |
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| Knowledge of the prevailing wind allows the development of prevention strategies for wind erosion of agricultural land, such as across the Great Plains. |
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| Due to the strong prevailing wind from the English channel to the west, no large trees are able to grow on the down, allowing shrubs and grasses to thrive. |
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| You might want to consider planting a row of trees in the direction of the prevailing wind to protect your yard and eventual garden from desiccating gusts. |
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| The prevailing wind should push them further north along with other birds such as Manx Shearwaters, Sabine's Gulls, four species of Skua and some Petrels. |
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