Word: downdrafter
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...Some scientists think the rapid sinking of colder, dryer air near the rear flank of the storm may be key. If this rush of air encounters wind shear on its way down, then it too will start to rotate. In this scenario, a tornado occurs as air from the downdraft nears the ground, swoops out horizontally and--attracted by the zone of low pressure created by the mesocyclone--spirals back into the storm like smoke curling up a chimney...
There have also been problems with a downdraft from the chimney, Bradstreet said...
Inside the downdraft, or microburst, a wall of rain was falling at a rate of about 4 to 5 inches an hour, Proctor said Monday from his Washington, D.C., office. Winds peaked at 70 mph and shifted from head wind to tail wind in a few seconds...
...Tenneco, a Houston-based auto-parts, shipbuilding and natural-gas conglomerate. Outsider Stanley Gault left retirement to take charge of laggard Goodyear. And Lawrence Bossidy, a General Electric veteran was recruited for the top job at Allied Signal, whose business supplying components to the aerospace industry was in a downdraft...
...second time in seven years, a financial downdraft swept Continental Airlines into bankruptcy court last week. Faced with rising fuel costs and $2.2 billion of debt incurred under Frank Lorenzo, the airline's expansion- minded former boss, Continental filed for protection while it prepares a repayment plan. "We were just running out of cash," said chairman Hollis Harris, who vowed to maintain the airline's full schedule of flights...