The other reason is that by blowing you increase the amount of hot steam striking your skin.

This forces hot steam and water to the surface through the geyser.

In seconds the hot steam was blown away by an arctic blast.

The geothermal energy is also used to provide hot steam and water for winter heating throughout the area.

A giant like a railroad engine, made of metal and hot steam.

Water is then poured on the stones to create hot steam.

The rain kept drizzling down, and hot steam rose up on the still air.

And Stanley was able to make hotter steam when he tried.

However none of the energy in the hot steam is available to do mechanical work.

Man from Mundania 13 of hot steam at the screen, and that probably would have done the job.