high-altitude wind

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But Miocene-style hydrological or water cycles favor high altitude wind events, like cyclones and hurricanes, that transport heat and moisture evaporating from the tropics to higher latitudes, or California’s intense seasonal rainstorms.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025

The Hawthorne-based company’s most recent delay came Tuesday when it chose to push the launch to Friday because of “extreme high altitude wind shear,” according to a tweet from Musk.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2016

Ione's sudden flight across the Atlantic was caused by a southerly veering of the "jet stream," the great, high altitude wind that blows around the earth.

From Time Magazine Archive