Sentences with phrase «rapidly descending air»

When the downdrafts - made up of rapidly descending air - smashed down on the desert ground, they stirred up large amounts of sand and dust, subsequently carried forth by the storm outflow.

According to The Washington Post, the sandstorm is actually a haboob, «caused by the downdrafts of a collapsing thunderstorm complex generated by the Southwest monsoon... When the downdrafts — made up of rapidly descending air — smashed down on the desert ground, they stirred up large amounts of sand and dust subsequently carried forth by the storm outflow.»

Not exact matches

Heated by condensation on the rise, the descending dry air would adiabatically heat up at 9.8 deg C per 1000 meters and so that it would rapidly become warmer than surrounding atmosphere having a standard lapse rate of 6.5 deg C per 1000 meters.