prevailing wind
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Yana Valachovic, a fire scientist at the University of California, said some of the spared houses were tucked away from prevailing wind currents so that embers didn’t hit them.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025
Agguttinni means "where the prevailing wind occurs" in the Inuktitut local dialect.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024
Do you have a prevailing wind direction in your yard?
From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023
No. 9, 171 yards, par 3: This hole is about 15 to 20 feet higher than the tee box and into the prevailing wind.
From Washington Times • Jun. 10, 2023
The prevailing wind was westerly, as at Efrafa.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
