squall line
Thunderstorm front edge
A squall line is a long, narrow band of intense thunderstorms that forms along or ahead of a cold front.
These storm systems can stretch for hundreds of miles and bring sudden, violent weather—high winds, heavy rain, and sometimes tornadoes.
The squall line moved through overnight, knocking out power across the county.
- shelf cloudWedge-shaped storm formation
- outflow boundaryCold air surge boundary
- thunderstormViolent weather with lightning
- cold frontIncoming cooler air mass
- derechoLong-lived straight-line windstorm
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- tropical weatherhurricane, tropical storm, tropical cyclone, hurricanes, tropical depression
- storm systemscyclone, cyclones, supercell, hurricane, hurricanes
- weather frontscold front, warm front, stationary front, arctic front, outflow boundary
- Aviation Weathervisibility, ceiling, cloud ceiling, ceiling height, turbulence
squall lineclear skies
Absence of cloud cover
temperature inversion · subsidence · anticyclone · stagnant air
squall linefair weather
Pleasant, dry climate
calm · clear skies · still air · anticyclone · doldrums
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