Sentence examples for strong ridge from inspiring English sources

Instead, a strong ridge of high pressure has settled over much of the Pacific Northwest, heating the air and blocking storms from entering the area.

In this instance of this month's extreme melting, Mote said there was evidence of a heat dome over Greenland: or an unusually strong ridge of warm air.

In the anis the bill is heavy, with a strong ridge along the culmen (top), and in the channel-billed cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) of Australasia it is extremely large, almost like that of toucans.

"This is an exceptionally strong ridge of high pressure that really has an exceptional scope and duration," Eli Jacks, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told the BBC.

Eli Jacks, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told the BBC: "This is an exceptionally strong ridge of high pressure that really has an exceptional scope and duration". The combination of high heat and humidity make it hard for the human body to cool itself - because sweat does not evaporate efficiently, he added.

A strong ridge of high pressure continued to push the system west, towards the Caribbean Sea.

The metric encodes the continuity of the ridge spectrum along the orientation of strong ridges in the image.

The horns have strong ridges and the tips are far apart.

The large, horizontally oval eyes are equipped with rudimentary nictitating membranes (protective third eyelids), and have strong ridges beneath.

A westerly trough that had been guiding Alberto outran the storm, and strong ridging developed to the north and west.

Each denticle is thorn-like, with strong ridges running down the central spine and radiating out over the star-shaped base.