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squall line [′skwȯl ‚līn] (meteorology) A line of thunderstorms near whose advancing edge squalls occur along an extensive front; the region of thunderstorms is typically 12 to 30 miles (20 to 50 kilometers) wide and a few hundred to 1200 miles (2000 kilometers) long. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| And while both captains specialize in sight fishing with fly rods for these species, an early morning squall line has churned up the seagrasses and made sight fishing difficult. Because squall line thunderstorms are often triggered by weather fronts (boundary along which cold and warm air masses collide) rather than by the sun heating air at the earth's surface, the storms can happen any season, day or night. After 0200 UTC, the initially discrete supercell thunderstorms evolved into a northeast-southwest oriented squall line with embedded supercell thunderstorms. |
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