How to Use clear-air turbulence in a Sentence

clear-air turbulence

noun
  • Over the past four decades clear-air turbulence has increased by up to 55 percent in various regions around the world.
    — Katherine Wright, Scientific American, 1 July 2023
  • But just because a plane can survive a fierce run-in with clear-air turbulence, doesn’t mean airlines want to make flying through it a habit.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Yes, at least with clear-air turbulence, some scientists say.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
  • But the most dangerous type is clear-air turbulence, which can be hard to predict and often with no visible warning in the sky ahead.
    — Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • But the most dangerous type is clear-air turbulence, which can be hard to predict and often gives no visible warning in the sky ahead.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Baumgardner added that clear-air turbulence is still rare.
    — Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Wednesday’s Lufthansa flight hit severe clear-air turbulence about 90 minutes after takeoff, the AP noted.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Planes can sail into clear-air turbulence without warning.
    — Audrey McAvoy, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Robert Alexander/Getty Images Williams' research found that by 2050, pilots will likely encounter at least twice as much clear-air turbulence.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The two primary kinds of turbulence are clear-air turbulence and convective turbulence, the turbulence that occurs in, say, thunderstorms or in big clouds, big lines of clouds.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 22 May 2024
  • Although remote weather radar can’t spot clear-air turbulence, that hasn’t stopped engineers from trying to design a solution.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023
  • At high altitudes, planes can run into clear-air turbulence, which is dangerously invisible to the eye and to radars, often striking with no warning.
    — Koh Ewe, TIME, 2 July 2024
  • Williams’ analysis predicted that clear-air turbulence would increase significantly across the world in the coming decades.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
  • As the name suggests, clear-air turbulence can't be seen, but the Weather Photographer of the Year 2022 competition showcases the finest images of phenomena that are visible -- from frozen landscapes to sublime sunsets.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022
  • How clear-air turbulence occurs Pockets created by jet streams traveling at different speeds and directions cause clear-air turbulence.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
  • The main consequence for aviation is an increase in clear-air turbulence, or in-flight bumpiness at high altitudes in regions devoid of significant cloudiness or nearby thunderstorms, as the jet stream becomes more unstable.
    — New York Times, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The rise is most notable in clear-air turbulence, which is difficult to detect.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026

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