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Fire Wind

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-000972

A thermally driven wind blowing radially inward toward a fire, produced by horizontal temperature differences between the heated air above the fire and the surrounding cooler free atmosphere.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-000972
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
ReferencesNWS Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-000972",
  "term": "Fire Wind",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A thermally driven wind blowing radially inward toward a fire, produced by horizontal temperature differences between the heated air above the fire and the surrounding cooler free atmosphere.",
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/fire-wind/"
}

Record 973 of 3,164 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.