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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. Garúa - Wikipedia

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    Garúa is a Spanish word meaning drizzle or mist.Although used in other contexts in the Spanish-speaking world, garúa most importantly refers to the moist cold fog that blankets the coasts of Peru, southern Ecuador, and northern Chile, especially during the southern hemisphere winter.

  4. Sunshower - Wikipedia

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    A sunshower, or sun shower, is a meteorological phenomenon in which rain falls while the Sun is seen shining. [1] A sunshower is usually a result of winds associated with a rain storm sometimes miles away, blowing the airborne raindrops into an area where there are no clouds.

  5. Raining cats and dogs - Wikipedia

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    (the rain) is hitting us like they hit an octopus: llueven sapos y culebras: raining toads and snakes Spanish (Argentina) caen soretes de punta: pointing down turds are falling Spanish (Colombia) estan lloviendo maridos: raining husbands Spanish (Venezuela) está cayendo un palo de agua: a stick of water is falling Swedish: det regnar smådjävlar

  6. Arroyo (watercourse) - Wikipedia

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    An arroyo (/ ə ˈ r ɔɪ oʊ / (from Spanish arroyo (Spanish:, "brook"))) or wash is a dry watercourse that temporarily or seasonally fills and flows after sufficient rain. [1] Flash floods are common in arroyos following thunderstorms. It's akin to the Catalan rambla, which stems from the Arabic rámla, "dry river".

  7. Diccionario de la lengua española - Wikipedia

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    The Diccionario de la lengua española [a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited, and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language.

  8. Glossary of meteorology - Wikipedia

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    Also actiniform. Describing a collection of low-lying, radially structured clouds with distinct shapes (resembling leaves or wheels in satellite imagery), and typically organized in extensive mesoscale fields over marine environments. They are closely related to and sometimes considered a variant of stratocumulus clouds. actinometer A scientific instrument used to measure the heating power of ...

  9. Precipitation types - Wikipedia

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    Precipitation is measured using a rain gauge, and more recently remote sensing techniques such as a weather radar. When classified according to the rate of precipitation, rain can be divided into categories. Light rain describes rainfall which falls at a rate of between a trace and 2.5 millimetres (0.098 in) per hour. Moderate rain describes ...