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  2. List of severe weather phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Blood rain; Cold drop (Spanish: gota fría; archaic as a meteorological term), colloquially, any high impact rainfall event along the Mediterranean coast of Spain; Drought, a prolonged water supply shortage, often caused by persistent lack of, or much reduced, rainfall; Floods. Flash flood; Rainstorm; Red rain in Kerala (for related phenomena ...

  3. Severe weather terminology (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The outlook will include information about any potential hazards to life, property or travel (severe or strong thunderstorms, heavy rain or flooding, winter weather, tropical cyclones, extremes of heat or cold, and/or fire weather conditions) that may take place over the next seven days with an emphasis on the first 24 hours of the forecast.

  4. Severe weather - Wikipedia

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    A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain or squalls.

  5. Virga - Wikipedia

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    Sulfuric acid rain in the atmosphere of Venus evaporates before reaching the ground due to the high heat near the surface. [2] Similarly, virgae happen on gas giant planets such as Jupiter . [ citation needed ] In September 2008, NASA's Phoenix lander discovered a snow variety of virga falling from Martian clouds.

  6. Strong winds, heavy rain in Beaufort County. Here’s when ...

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    Between 1 and 2 inches of rain had fallen before 6 a.m. Thursday, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office alert. Hourly rainfall rates will increase 2 inches per hour until about 9 a.m.

  7. Strong winds and heavy rain approaching UK as Eowyn ... - AOL

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    More strong winds and heavy rain are approaching the UK as Storm Eowyn dies down. The last of Eowyn is pushing across the UK overnight and producing snow and ice warnings in parts of Northern ...

  8. Petrichor - Wikipedia

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    Soil and water being splashed by a raindrop. Petrichor (/ ˈ p ɛ t r ɪ k ɔːr / PET-ri-kor) [1] is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil.The word was coined by Richard Grenfell Thomas from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock' or πέτρος (pétros) 'stone' and ἰχώρ (ikhṓr), the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods in Greek mythology.

  9. Eastern Storm To Bring Possible Flooding Rain, Strong Winds ...

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    Eastern Storm To Bring Possible Flooding Rain, Strong Winds And More Lake-Effect Snow. Chris Dolce. Updated December 12, 2024 at 5:52 AM.