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katabatic wind
(redirected from Fall Wind)

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Noun1.katabatic wind - a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air
air current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"


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They were here at Coors Field yesterday, with a chilly fall wind blowing through the empty stands, for an optional off-day workout.
However, before we look for frontrunners in Breeders' Cup dirt races, it is worth considering this: while this speed bias was in full fury during Monmouth's very hot, traditional summer racemeeting, common sense dictates that it should be severely muted on Breeders' Cup weekend in much cooler conditions, when coastal fall winds whip in from the nearby Jersey shore.
When they turn brown and break loose in the fall winds, they roll like giant beach balls, sometimes scattering their seeds for a mile or more.
 
 
 
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