squall lines
Severe weather fronts
A squall line is a band of severe thunderstorms that forms along a cold front or ahead of it, producing strong winds, heavy rain, and sometimes tornadoes.
These lines can stretch for hundreds of miles and move rapidly across terrain: The squall line swept through overnight, knocking down power lines across three counties.
- thunderStorm's acoustic aftermath
- rolling thunderProlonged atmospheric reverberation
- derechoLong-lived straight-line windstorm
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- shelf cloudWedge-shaped storm formation
rain · cumulonimbus · downdrafts · rainbands · gusty winds · storm · severe weather · severe thunderstorm warning · cold fronts · supercells · wind shear · tornadoes · wind · cloud · outflow · convection · downburst · pressure drop
squall linesclear skies
Absence of cloud cover
fair weather · high pressure · anticyclone · blue skies · settled weather
squall linesgentle breeze
Mild movement of air
light rain · mild weather · calm seas · still air · dead calm
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