thunderstorm
雷雨,雷暴,雷雨天气,雷雨天
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- : a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
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We’d seen her shivering in a muddy construction site, in the middle of a thunderstorm, scared stupid.
Scientists have known for decades that thunderstorms are often stronger where there are high concentrations of aerosols—airborne particles too small to see with the naked eye.
Thursday’s forecast calls for thunderstorms and heavy rain, with more consistent precipitation in the morning and scattered storms in the afternoon.
According to the National Severe Storms Laboratory, a creek that’s only six inches deep in the mountains can swell to a ten-foot-deep raging river in less than an hour if a thunderstorm lingers over an area for an extended period of time.
You’re likely to encounter a thunderstorm at least once during your outdoor adventuring.
Strong gusts from a passing thunderstorm had stripped nearly all the flowers from their branches.
It was a mashup of two Spanish words: tronada, which means thunderstorm, and tornar, to turn, to twist, to return.
That afternoon, a thunderstorm moved into Manhattan right before I left the salon, umbrella-less.
Average thunderstorm losses have increased five-fold since 1980.
We know that Flight 447 encountered heavy turbulence associated with a thunderstorm before losing signal.
A fearsome thunderstorm or howling tornado of dust might reveal her fickleness of mood at any moment.