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  • adjective flowing downward

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  • The first of these is a light up-flowing east wind on or near the equator -- it shifts a little to the north or south with the change of the seasons; a belt of heavy rains and calm, the rains being due to the warm, moist, uprising air cooling by expansion so that the moisture is condensed -- this region is known to sailors as the 'doldrums' and many a sailing-vessel has been held for weeks there, without enough wind to carry her the few miles necessary to get into the next belt of winds; outside this, come the downflowing easterly currents, known as the trade winds, which form a belt between the tropics and the temperate zones.

    The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

  • "They do, Mr. Tighe," the Forecaster interrupted, endorsing Anton's statements; "the trade winds are the downflowing currents of cold air that Anton spoke of, which come down at either side of the equatorial belt to replace the warm air which is rising.

    The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

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