How to Use temperature inversion in a Sentence

temperature inversion

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• But if there is a layer of warm air between higher levels of the atmosphere and the surface (what is called a temperature inversion), that snow melts into rain.
  — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 26 Jan. 2026
• The radar blips were caused by a temperature inversion, the officials said – a hot, humid layer in the cool atmosphere that can bend radar waves and produce false returns.
  — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
• Hazardous air gets trapped near the ground due to a phenomenon called temperature inversion, where a layer of cold, dense air acts like a lid and prevents pollution from rising.
  — Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
• During temperature inversions — when cool air is trapped close to the ground and held stagnant — pollutants are not able to disperse, according to IQAir.
  — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Jan. 2026
• Holcomb and Fournet considered the possibility of a temperature inversion, observing targets for hours in the tower and speaking with controllers.
  — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
• In December, in the midst of the extended temperature inversion with thick tule fog, air quality was regularly poor throughout California.
  — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Jan. 2026
• The eventual investigation found temperature inversions happened almost every night in DC during the summer of 1952.
  — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025