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Definition of Squall line
1. Noun. A cold front along which squalls or thunderstorms are likely.
Definition of Squall line
1. Noun. (meteorology) A line of thunderstorms, hundreds of miles long, with squalls at the advancing edge ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squall Line
Literary usage of Squall line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forecasting Weather by Napier Shaw (1911)
""EURYDICE" SQUALL Line squalls are peculiarly ... It is curious that the advance
of the squall line across the country from north-west to south-east is ..."
2. Meteorology by Rudolf Gustav Karl Lempfert (1920)
"In the south the gradient indicates air flow from west-south-west to east-north-east,
while north of the squall line it shows a ..."
3. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1919)
"This line of convergence is therefore in reality identical with the squall-line,
which has often been observed to accompany cyclones. ..."
4. Year books by Plainfield High School (Plainfield, N.J.) (1919)
"This line of convergence is therefore in reality identical with the squall-line,
which has often been observed to accompany cyclones. ..."
5. Teaching to Read by Nellie Elfa Turner (1915)
"A squall (line 29). —A new character is introduced. Note the contrasting character
of what follows. Mr. Thackeray could have described a squall without ..."
6. Teaching to Read by Nellie Elfa Turner (1915)
"A squall (line 29). — A new character is introduced. Note the contrasting character
of what follows. Mr. Thackeray could have described a squall without ..."
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