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Squall

A squall is a sudden, sharp increase in wind speed lasting minutes, as opposed to a wind gust, which lasts for only seconds. They are usually associated with active weather, such as rain showers, thunderstorms, or heavy snow. Squalls refer to the increase of the sustained winds over that time interval, as there may be higher gusts during a squall event.…

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Etymology

Character of the wind

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Severe weather

Tropical cyclones

Winter weather

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Squall

Nodes73
Edges72
Triples50
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027397
Components1

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Squall

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related to South-East Asia · 9
Squall → Barat, Gusts, Malacca, Manado Bay, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Straits, Sulawesi, Sumatra
related to Character of the wind · 6
Squall → In, In Australia, The, Usually, WMO, World Meteorological Organization
related to Severe weather · 6
Squall → It, Most, Significant, Squalls, The, They
related to Australia · 4
Squall → Australia, In, New South Wales, Victoria
is a · 3
Squall → short but furious rainstorm with strong winds, sudden, term used offshore South Africa for a squall forming in fair weather
related to Pacific Northwest (North America) · 3
Squall → In, Katabatic, Pacific Northwest
related to South Africa · 3
Squall → Bull's Eye Squall, It, South Africa
related to Squall line life cycle · 3
Squall → MCC, MCS, There
related to Central America · 2
Squall → Offshore Central America, Pacific Ocean
related to Cuba · 2
Squall → Bayamo, Bight

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line wind thunderstorms winds low strong usually squalls leading weather updrafts shear associated heavy may air wake increase thunderstorm area

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Squallis asudden0.90text
Squallis ashort but furious rainstorm with strong winds0.90text
Squallis aterm used offshore South Africa for a squall forming in fair weather0.90text
Squallrelated to AustraliaIn0.60section
Squallrelated to AustraliaAustralia0.60section
Squallrelated to AustraliaNew South Wales0.60section
Squallrelated to AustraliaVictoria0.60section
Squallrelated to Central AmericaOffshore Central America0.60section
Squallrelated to Central AmericaPacific Ocean0.60section
Squallrelated to Character of the windThe0.60section
Squallrelated to Character of the windIn0.60section
Squallrelated to Character of the windWorld Meteorological Organization0.60section

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