wind shift
Example Sentences
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It said a wind shift had pushed the plume back over East Palestine, and the atmosphere had kept material closer to the ground, with possible local health effects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
According to @NWS a wind shift has caused smoke from the NC wildfires to migrate widely.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023
Its most traditional use is to describe the large-scale wind shift into the Indian subcontinent from the ocean that coincides with intense summer rains there.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2021
The hope is to get the blaze under control before any possible wind shift occurs, said Rob Roseen, public information officer with the Riverside County Fire Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2021
She can watch the wind shift the drifts of snow trapped in the courtyard behind me.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
