prevailing wind
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The immense umbrella cloud that forms does not behave like a normal ash plume that simply drifts with the prevailing wind.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
"If you're out here and there is a south-westerly wind - which is the prevailing wind in this area - we get the smell," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025
Do you have a prevailing wind direction in your yard?
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
Maui’s terrain and prevailing wind patterns also had a powerful effect on the fire’s movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
The prevailing wind was westerly, as at Efrafa.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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