downrush

In the lowest few thousand feet of atmosphere, the difference was very pronounced Monday evening, allowing the downrush of air to accelerate to high speed as it impacted the ground.

The avalanche occurred after a similar incident at the resort of Tignes earlier this week, where emergency staff managed to rescue skiers caught up by the sudden downrush of snow.

And the tunnel must house turbines attached to electrical devices that can do double duty—as motors to turn the turbine blades when they are pushing water from the lower reservoir to the upper one, and as generators when the blades are rotated in the opposite direction by an aqueous downrush after the upper sluices are opened.

A downrush of air was probably created by some evaporative cooling, which sent the winds to the ground, he added.

She backed away and shook free of the ruined shield, then backed away some more and danced left and right and left again to avoid the downrush- ing axe.