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VALLEY BREEZE

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An anabatic wind, it is formed during the day by the heating of the valley floor. As the ground becomes warmer than the surrounding atmosphere, the lower levels of air heat and rise, flowing up the mountainsides. It blows in the opposite direction of a mountain breeze.
See also: RIS , WINDWARD , UNCED , WGASF , wind gust

 

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