downsloping

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1. Sloping downward.

   With seats folded or erect, the downsloping roof impinges on cargo capacity; a Kia Spectra ’s hatch seems as big as an S.U.V.’s in comparison.

   2007 October 14, Lawrence Ulrich, “A Hatchback Plot Is Hatched”, in New York Times

1. uncountableclimatologyAir descending a slope, resulting in adiabatic warming and reduction in relative humidity.

   Downsloping creates an environment that is far less conducive to thunderstorms[…]

   2005, Matthew Miller, Weird, Wild & Unpredictable: An Illustrated History of East Tennessee Weather, page 42

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   While dewpoints are still fairly elevated, due to west downsloping dewpoints are about 2-4 degrees lower than yesterday in the mid to upper 60s.

   2020 NWS Boston 1103 AM EDT forecast discussion