How to Use temperature inversion in a Sentence
temperature inversion
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The Air Force said that a temperature inversion — a layer of cold air trapped under a layer of warm air — had tricked the radar.
—Washington Post, 6 June 2021
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The warmer layer acts like a lid or cover trapping the cold air at the surface, in what is called a temperature inversion.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
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But, true to its name, a temperature inversion flips this.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 5 May 2021
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There was also a temperature inversion, where warm air was sitting on top of very shallow cold air.
—Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021
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Under these conditions, a temperature inversion forms above the ground, and the volcanic emissions are trapped near the surface and travel down our side of the mountain slope.
—Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
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The gusts break up the temperature inversions that usually trap colder air at the surface, Zingone said.
—Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2018
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When a temperature inversion occurs, the air prevented from rising helps bend the radar beam.
—Fox News, 14 May 2020
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Ice has kept its grip on the Arctic with the help of an unusual temperature inversion in the underlying waters.
—Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 25 Aug. 2020
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Winter also brings an offshore flow that pushes fog up from the Central Valley, as well as a temperature inversion, with cold air near the ground and high air far above, forming a lid.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2021
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The Pentagon later said the unknown radar blips were false images caused by temperature inversion.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2022
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There’s a bizarre temperature inversion during the winter, in that the cold air settles in the valley surrounding the Rio Grande, and warmer air occupies the higher-elevation Chisos Basin.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2020
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There’s a bizarre temperature inversion here during the winter, in that the cold air settles in the valley surrounding the Rio Grande, and warmer air occupies the higher-elevation Chisos Basin.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 4 Jan. 2021
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During the cooler months, a weather condition known as a temperature inversion can trap polluted air close to the ground, causing the condition often referred to as the brown cloud.
—Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 16 Oct. 2019
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For example, high pressure aloft can squeeze the temperature inversion closer to the ground — below 1,000 feet above sea level — creating dense fog.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
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The risk of a temperature inversion, which would trap smoke from the burns under a layer of cooler air and thus affect locals with asthma or other breathing problems, slowed the department down Tuesday.
—Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, sacbee, 19 June 2018
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But these dry times have created more temperature inversions (and more dust in the atmosphere); a layer of warmer air traps cooler air below, forcing the particulates and pollution to the ground.
—Mike Sager, Esquire, 25 Feb. 2015
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Pollution levels have climbed over the past few days due to a temperature inversion, air-monitoring specialist Adam Petrusky said.
—Hannah Rodriguez, The Seattle Times, 23 Oct. 2018
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The weather service noted that gravity waves had been trapped below a strong temperature inversion -- an increase of the air temperature with height -- just above the surface, roughly the lowest 1,500 feet of the atmosphere.
—Allison Chinchar, CNN, 17 Apr. 2021
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But during a temperature inversion, the air warms as the elevation increases.
—Robin Goist, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2019
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These conditions create a temperature inversion, trapping particulates underneath a layer of warm air -- meaning there's nowhere for the smog to go.
—Eliza MacKintosh, CNN, 14 Nov. 2019
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The fine particulate matter in the air is expected to exceed the standard due to light winds, high humidity, and a metrological effect known as a temperature inversion in Northeast Ohio.
—Robin Goist, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2019
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The cell signals above Melbourne were interacting with an atmospheric quirk known as a temperature inversion.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 5 May 2021
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But a temperature inversion creates a kind of atmospheric cap, dramatically bending the signal toward the ground.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 5 May 2021
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Air quality may lower Tuesday due to temperature inversions.
—oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2020
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In December of 1952, a temperature inversion, a relatively common wintertime meteorological event, developed in the skies above London, trapping cold air under a layer of warmer air.
—Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021
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During a temperature inversion, Kimball said, showers don’t normally produce enough instability to cause thunder.
—Lavendrick Smith, charlotteobserver, 30 Jan. 2018
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An overnight temperature inversion is normal, according to weather service meteorologist Andrew Kimball.
—Lavendrick Smith, charlotteobserver, 30 Jan. 2018
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