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cloudburst
- Sinônimos - Inglês
- rain gush; rain gust
- Definição1
- In popular terminology, any sudden and heavy fall of rain, almost always of the shower type. An unofficial criterion sometimes used specifies a rate of fall equal to or greater than 100 mm (3.94 inches) per hour.
- Fonte1
- AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 11 dez. 2019.
- Fonte2
- Handbook of Meteorology: A Manual for Cooperative Observers and Students. By Jacques Wardlaw Redway. Page 107. https://books.google.com.br/books?id=KM8lAAAAMAAJ&q=cloudburst+meteorology&dq=cloudburst+meteorology&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjTrObLqJnmAhVEI7kGHbwoDvIQ6AEIOTAC#v=snippet&q=cloudburst%20meteorology&f=false
- Contexto
- It has been pointed out that the cloudburst may be derived from the contents of a waterspout carried inland for a long way and dumped upon the nearest mountain crest which has a temperature low enough to chill it.
- Subárea
- Aeronautical Meteorology
- Français
- averse torrentielle