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Record 1 2002-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

A shower accompanied by lightning and thunder.

Key term(s)
  • thunder shower
  • thunder-shower

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
CONT

[...] il faut un temps sec, ensoleillé et venteux pour favoriser la saunaison. La récolte peut être entravée par la manifestation de deux phénomènes naturels. La pluie et les averses d'orage arrêtent la cristallisation; des années très pluvieuses sont des années de production presque nulle.

CONT

Sous les averses orageuses on peut observer des intensités [de pluie] de plusieurs dizaines de millimètres par heure pendant quelques dizaines de minutes.

OBS

averse : pluie soudaine et abondante. [...[ averse orageuse [...]

Spanish

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