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POPCORN CONVECTION [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Showers and thunderstorms that form on a scattered basis with little or no apparent organization, usually during the afternoon in response to diurnal heating. Individual thunderstorms typically are of the type sometimes referred to as air-mass thunderstorms: they are small, short-lived, very rarely severe, and they almost always dissipate near or just after sunset.

OBS

popcorn convection : Slang.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
CONT

Les causes de la sécheresse. [...] L'effet stabilisateur de la mer, empêchant la convection orageuse de se développer sur la plaine littorale en été alors qu'elle se développe dans l'arrière-pays.

Spanish

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