Sentence examples for moisture picked from inspiring English sources

This pattern may be interrupted where local precipitation is increased, especially on the east sides of continents where winds blow onshore, carrying moisture picked up over the ocean.

Songkhla, at the southern end of peninsular Thailand, has its rainy period during the cool season, the result of moisture picked up by the northeast monsoon winds while passing over the Gulf of Thailand.

It was hot, bringing temperatures in excess of a hundred degrees, and, because the preceding two months had been very wet in the Midwest and the ground was damp, the air steadily picked up moisture as it moved across the farmlands east of the Rockies.

It was a classic northeaster -- a confluence of moisture from the south and cold air from the north, colliding over the Carolinas and swirling up the coast in a counterclockwise whorl 200 miles wide that picked up moisture from the ocean and hurled it onto the land.

That process begins when a satellite receiver on the roof above Mr. Treinish's office receives forecast information from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction based on observations of temperature, wind speed, moisture and other variables picked up by satellites, radio balloons and other instruments.

Arctic air descended, picked up moisture or interacted with warm fronts, and dropped snow.

Once it reached desired moisture, it would be picked up out of the rows and harvested much like we do today.

If you have a slow leak that is not visible but may be causing a moisture problem behind the wall, the moisture reader might pick it up.

Experts said the fuse may have picked up enough moisture to hamper its ignition.

At low moisture levels the products are quite hygroscopic, readily picking up moisture from the air to become sticky and difficulty to manipulate.

Freshly picked hops have a high moisture content and must be dried in kilns before they can be used in brewing.