bull-eye squall

bull-eye squall

[′bəlz ‚ī ‚skwȯl]

(meteorology)

A squall forming in fair weather, characteristic of the ocean off the coast of South Africa; it is named for the peculiar appearance of the small, isolated cloud marking the top of the invisible vortex of the storm.

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