The regularity of the tradewind is interfered with by the neighbourhood of large land masses. From Wordnik.com. [Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced] Reference
Uncommonly tall, she was as black of skin as many of her colleagues were of heart, and there was a trace of tradewind in her accent. From Wordnik.com. [Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates]
Remember that the Mauna Loa observatory is measuring predominantly tradewind-delivered mixed atmosphere, which is some 2500 miles or more downwind of urban/industrial areas. From Wordnik.com. [Unthreaded #7 « Climate Audit] Reference
At the same time we were also farther from the shore than we had presumed was necessary for falling in with the tradewind; but in this particular we were most grievously disappointed, for the wind still continued to the westward, or at best variable. From Wordnik.com. [Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced] Reference
A strong tradewind at east-south-east with fair weather. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship] Reference
The weather was considerably altered for the better and the tradewind appeared settled. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship] Reference
Players had a third day of low-scoring conditions with just a gentle tradewind to contend with. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Activity Summary for past 24 hours: The big news is that dry, sunny, tradewind weather has finally returned. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The next day the wind came round to the north and north-west so that we could no longer consider ourselves in the tradewind. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship] Reference
A steady breeze; the light tradewind clouds over our heads; the incomparable temperature of the Pacific, -- neither hot nor cold. From Wordnik.com. [Two Years Before the Mast] Reference
Even in sailing vessels voyages from south to north can be conveniently performed in consequence of the regularity of the tradewind. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests] Reference
We had one violent storm and were under a necessity of steering westward to get into the tradewind, which holds for above sixty leagues. From Wordnik.com. [Gulliver's Travels] Reference
On the 23rd of March we saw the land of Brazil; having had thither, from the time when we came into the true tradewind again after crossing the. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to New Holland] Reference
Tenerife, though considerably without the tropic, is so nearly within the limits of the tradewind that navigators generally steer to it from the eastward. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship] Reference
The tradewind generally sets in about ten o'clock in the morning, and thus the sloth may set off after breakfast, and get a considerable way before dinner. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in South America] Reference
And the Marquesas were two hundred miles distant full-hauled on the tradewind which had ceased but which was as sure to live again as the morning sun in the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 15] Reference
The weather became fine and the south-east tradewind was fresh and steady, with which we kept a point free from the wind and got to the southward at a good rate. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship] Reference
Both mastered the winds that began hard from the north when Palmer was on the course, but had switched to the normal tradewind flow by the time Merrick teed it up. From Wordnik.com. [Starbulletin Headlines] Reference
From this time to our meeting with the south-east tradewind we had much wet weather, the air close and sultry with calms, and light variable winds generally from the southward. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship] Reference
We had the true general tradewind blowing fresh at north-east till in the latitude of 4 degrees 40 minutes north when the wind varied, and we had small gales with some tornados. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to New Holland] Reference
Sailing with yachting 'rockstars' around an island frequented by rockstars, aboard the largest boat in the regatta in pulsating tradewind conditions ... yesterday was a good day!. From Wordnik.com. [YBW News] Reference
Line we should again have a true brisk general tradewind from the north-east, that would carry us to what part of Brazil we pleased, yet they would not believe it till they found it so. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to New Holland] Reference
The winds were light and variable with calms from this time to the 19th, when a breeze sprang up from the north-east, which gradually came round to the eastward and proved to be the tradewind. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship] Reference
We were now in the true trade, and therefore made good way to the southward to get without the verge of the general tradewind into a westerly wind's way that might carry us towards the Cape of Good Hope. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to New Holland] Reference
With this weather and light unsteady winds we advanced but 2 1/2 degrees in twelve days; at the end of which time we were relieved by the south-east tradewind which we fell in with on the 6th at noon in latitude. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship] Reference
As we walked down the beach, the day was opening with the "morning bank," the masses of white clouds that gather upon the horizon before the tradewind begins its diurnal sweep, to shift and mold them all the hours till sunset. From Wordnik.com. [Mystic Isles of the South Seas.] Reference
This tradewind configuration is very different from the conditions Groupama 3 experienced in 2007 during the previous attempt with numerous remnants from recent storms originating from a low between the Canaries and the Azores. From Wordnik.com. [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference
A window-sill, and 'e used to talk about enjoyin' the full sweep o 'the tradewind. From Wordnik.com. [Mystic Isles of the South Seas.] Reference
Posted 04/29/2008 by tradewind. From Wordnik.com. [Tween Angel: Behind-the-Scenes Photos of Miley Cyrus: Vanity Fair] Reference
"Usually you play here, almost 95 percent of the time it's a tradewind. From Wordnik.com. [Starbulletin Headlines] Reference
German word for tradewind - and the period in its history when VW named vehicles after prominent winds, including also Golf (after Gulf stream, Jetta (after Jet stream), Bora (after. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Auto cos take pre-owned route to drive sales] Reference
The nameplate Passat derives from the German word for tradewind - and the period in its history when VW named vehicles after prominent winds, including also Golf (after Gulf stream, Jetta. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Auto cos take pre-owned route to drive sales] Reference
There is a steady tradewind kicking out. From Wordnik.com. [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference
Your feel and experience with your oven, as modified by the tropical heat, factoring in a cool tradewind, with allowance for the humidity, is more than a match for a machine ............ especially one that hasn't yet been calibrated for your area. From Wordnik.com. [Oven Thermometer] Reference
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