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white squall |
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white squall [′wīt ′skwȯl] (meteorology) A sudden squall in tropical or subtropical waters, which lacks the usual squall cloud and whose approach is signaled only by the whiteness of a line of broken water or whitecaps. 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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| The Lakers have gone from listing in uncertain waters, to plunging in a white squall. But as the Albatross headed for its Bahamas home port in 1961, it suddenly encountered a white squall - a localized microburst of intense, hurricane-force wind and water - that capsized the ship and sent it to the bottom in all of 90 seconds. Restaging the long voyage of personal discovery and sudden loss (six died in the hurricane-force microburst, or white squall, including four students and the captain's wife) could easily have been traumatic in a different way. |
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