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Sentence Examples The squall of lake effect snow gave us alpine-like conditions at 20 ft above sea level. The squall that had blown in just as we left the mainland was now peeling spray off the whitecaps, and I was drenched. The squall line was rapidly moving east and I had to come up with another plan quickly. High winds and sheets of rain lashed the Keys all morning today, as squall lines from Hurricane Rita moved through. It would also be a thrill to hear that squall of feedback at every public occasion where a national anthem is required. Storm-swiped vessels with broken masts and tattered sails beached alongside the dock, frail and weather-beaten, but home from the squall. Hence its 80 years of more or less continual crisis, in which the current palaver is a relatively minor squall. It is the sound of an overdriven guitar squall tamed by an expert musician into stunning walls of noise. The sounds are good, with plenty of Pixies-ish guitar squall, Bono-ish vocals and catchily infantile riffs. As soon as we opened the head-land to the westward of us, a sudden squall took the boat. It's a squall line associated with the cold front that's working its way across the country right now. A squall of rain rushed through last night, leaving water running in the streets briefly. Seas are 10 to 15 feet above normal, with higher swells and the squall line is pretty intense. Half an hour later I looked up to find the house was being bashed by another squall of wind, and it was pouring with rain. Next afternoon a squall out of the southeast is kicking up and our tent shudders against the strong gusts. The squall of a baby using its lungs for the first time rang out over the Bedouin encampment. Finally, it did, and though the orders that followed were to return to ship, a squall blew up and the boats could not push off. A small rain squall has just passed over two dozen yachts anchored there, and sunlight is beginning to sweep in behind it. With a squall bearing down, the captain and crew abandon ship, leaving 800 religious pilgrims to their deaths. It begins with a squall of synthesisers and segues into a terrific new wave guitar line and a terrific drumbeat. Show More Sentences Most of the protestors scuttled inside their narrowboats and waited for the wintry squall to pass. There have been many tornado warnings in inland areas as the squall lines have made their way inland. The pilot, who was highly experienced in these operations, had earlier dealt successfully with a snow squall in Mortier Bay. On that kind of squall line you can get very lively conditions for a few minutes. As shown in Figure 9, the thunderstorm had already developed into a squall line of more than 100 km in length by 1600 hours. There is also a bow echo on the squall line, extending in the direction of the mean upper wind, and behind which severe weather is observed. Also seen on the radar was a crest in the precipitation wave over central Quebec, north of the squall line. At the same time, a squall line developed over Lower Michigan and travelled across Ontario. Also, derechos are so rare in Quebec that meteorologists are tempted to think they are just dealing with a squall line. The result is more vigorous convective-type weather and the potential for the development of squall lines and severe weather. Figure 18 also shows low-level convergence between the gust front and t he storm-relative flow downwind from the squall line. We had to drive over rice to get here, laid out on the road to dry or cure or some other food processing I could not make out in the squall of information they gave me. You could say that things are going well, other than a big squall yesterday evening that sent the boat over on its ear? A snow squall is a sudden, moderately heavy snowfall characterized by blowing snow and strong, gusty winds that reduce visibility. Whether this is the storm before the calm or a squall before an even bigger storm will become clearer in the coming months. The wind there is virtually non-existent and then rises steeply to over 40 knots in the space of a few seconds as a squall passes through. That makes a nice change as yesterday it was one rain squall after another! It was night time, just after a tropical squall that the SAFRAN monohull tied up to the pontoon of the Pointe-à-Pitre marina. The flight was uneventful until about 4 nm east of Marystown, where the helicopter encountered a heavy snow squall. The accident flight destination was changed because a snow squall obscured visibility at the original drop-off site. Show More Sentences Many sailors would have faced such a violent squall with dread. They look great under jammies when I'm taking out the garbage in a squall. For those born and bred on the coast, rushing seas are de rigueur, and they think nothing of a squall that puts their ketch over to port 45 degrees. We sat outside for a few minutes, facing into the sun with squinty eyes, and then a chill wind blew in, covered the entire sky, and chucked a squall of rain our way. Play was due to resume again at 6pm but a squall put paid to that. A search of the TSB database has revealed 18 occurrences between 1990 and 1999 where whiteout or snow squall conditions were identified as having been a factor. And every time a squall threatened to overturn their flimsy craft, as it did during several outbreaks of political violence, both sides leant to their oars and pulled as one for the far shore. A rain squall blew up about 2000 hours and the weather looks bad. During the month of September, the wood overflows with dampened undergrowth favorable for the crop of the boletuses and for the ballads while listening to the squall of the deer. There is quite a squall in north London at the moment, for example, over burials, and whether the system can cope with the religious requirements of specific communities. In each squall, I go out on deck and ease the sheets. The snow squall activity that results is usually worse in the daytime and can give extended periods of IFR ceilings and visibility at the airport. This obviously meant that I had too much sail up and I was forced to ease the sheets and helm for three quarters of an hour, whilst the squall passed over, by driving a course at 40° to the route. However, shortly after take-off, the area was covered by an extensive snow squall, preventing an aerial search, and the aircraft returned to Armstrong. The MCS changed into a squall line after 0500 LT on the 14th. With nine Portuguese crew and nine Indonesians, the ship foundered in a squall and broke up on a reef off a small island. Cold fronts may feature narrow bands of thunderstorms and severe weather, and may on occasion be preceded by squall lines or dry lines. Also called plough winds, these strong, sudden downdrafts bring cool, dense air from aloft, rapidly spreading it outward ahead of the thunderstorm or squall line. In the middle of the night, at around 1h or 2h in the morning, I was reaching under staysail and one reef in a squall, when the solent came unfurled from the top,» he said. The taste of the ocean announces itself as a zephyr, not a squall. Show More Sentences In Mississippi, tornado warnings were posted as a squall line moved west to east and more than 6,800 power customers lacked electricity early on Monday. Bright and early this morning, they were already haring along at over 25 knots with mainsail and gennaker up, whereas Groupama had got caught in a very violent squall. The lightning was part of a fast-moving squall line typical of unsettled spring weather, said National Weather Service forecaster Tiffani Brown. The pilot reported that, when attempting to retune both sets during the heavy rain squall, he adjusted the rain and sea clutter controls only to find that the screens became flooded with sea clutter. At all times, the radar structure held steady: a squall line perpendicular to the WNW direction of the mean winds between 5000 feet and the tropopause, its strength indicated by numerous overhangs on the radar. The radar structure remained unchanged along the entire length of the trajectory: a squall line perpendicular to the WNW direction of the mean winds aloft, with an echo ridge at its northern tip. From Sorel to the US border, the squall line had a number of bow echoes pointing in the direction of the mean winds aloft, which indicates downbursts. Individual thunderstorm cells may exist along cold fronts or squall lines. Unlike the concentric wave features seen in the first case study, the extended squall line generated TIDs, which exhibited almost plane-parallel phase fronts. The clocks lining the dream hallway in her mind taunted her with their twisting hands, their broken faces, and some of them, with a cringe-worthy coo-coo, coo-coo squall. As it turned out, two squall lines had converged on the carrier. On 15 December, after having sailed 1170 leagues, the Espiritu Santo and the Santiago swept on ahead, after a sudden squall, never to be heard of again. The squall over Mr Cheney's behaviour in Quailgate will probably die down, providing Mr Whittington survives. But the debate over hunting will go on growing. This situation can quickly see a development called a squall line form. Examples from Classical Literature The first explosion over, the squall, still pursuing the hooker, began to roar in thorough bass. Sail was made, but at the moment when she was rounding the point a squall struck her and carried away her main-topmast. The last commands were roars at the horse, for, at that moment, the squall struck. Then silence, save for a subdued sound of scrubbing here and there, and the puny squall of croupy infants. And then he and Fred, as well as the twins, settled down to the task of trying to outrace the oncoming squall. Whitecaps and a roiling sea told him there was plenty of wind in the squall. But when I got round to the other side of the island the squall broke in rain and wind. I sprang on deck, and found that a squall had thrown the vessel on her beam-ends. The brig may get a lot of sternway on her should this squall not strike her fairly. If I cut adrift in a squall, I stand a pretty fair chance not to see you again. He does nothin' but squall so that my head air a bustin' the hours through. A squall on the sea is a stress of weather, and a squaller on land is a songstress. I suppose then, that going plump on a flying whale with your sail set in a foggy squall is the height of a whaleman's discretion? It's a double-header, I saw a big squall like that off Savaii once. The instant I was aware there was a squall, I sprang for the jib-sheet. So the swoop of the squall took them completely by surprise. In fact, the squall struck before I was abreast the Colton place. A sort of tempest arose on the 3rd of November, the squall knocking the vessel about with fury, and the waves running high. The undulations of the human surge reached the steps, while all the heads floundered on the surface like a sea agitated by a squall. Came on board to-night when we close-reefed topsails durin a squall. Show More Sentences Like a sailor shinning up the ratlins during a squall Jerry mounted to his professional seat. The whole crew were half suffocated as they were tossed helter-skelter into the white curdling cream of the squall. Perhaps from the Anglo-Saxon scur, a heavy shower, a sudden squall. Adam opened his mouth to squall and it spouted meal like a whale. By this time the squall had passed, and it lightened up a little. Every rope and shroud was thrumming and screeching in resistance to the fierce weight of the squall. All that night, while squall after squall smote Berande, uprooting trees, overthrowing copra-sheds, and rocking the house on its tall piles, Sheldon slept. A raging squall knocked him off his feet time and again, but Lennon persisted at the wheel, singing old Liverpool sea chanteys and shouting at the gods. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of squall? Words that rhyme with squall What is the past tense of squall? What is the plural of squall? What is the adjective for squall? What is the noun for squall? Translations for squall Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words squalid squalene squalane squads squadrons squadron squalled squalling squalls squally squalor squama 6-letter Words Starting With s sq squ squa squal