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we were downwind of the deer, so it couldn't smell us
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However, meteorologists did warn of isolated patches of lake-effect snow that could drop up to a foot of snow downwind of Lake Erie.
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Air monitors have measured elevated levels of heavy metals miles downwind of the wildfires.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Lake-effect snow cranks up Yet another round of significant lake-effect snow is expected downwind of the Great Lakes Wednesday through Thursday.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Residents of many fire-prone areas—as well as those far downwind—have grown familiar with the orange, apocalyptic haze of wildfire smoke as these blazes have become more common because of climate change.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2025
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Air monitors have measured elevated levels of heavy metals miles downwind of the wildfires.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Lake-effect snow cranks up Yet another round of significant lake-effect snow is expected downwind of the Great Lakes Wednesday through Thursday.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Residents of many fire-prone areas—as well as those far downwind—have grown familiar with the orange, apocalyptic haze of wildfire smoke as these blazes have become more common because of climate change.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Downwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downwind. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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downwind
adverb or adjective
down·wind
ˈdau̇n-ˈwind 
: in the direction that the wind is blowing
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