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WATER-SPOUT [2 records]

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Record 1 2024-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

[A] funnel-shaped or tubular column of rotating, cloud-filled wind usually extending from the underside of a Cumulus or Cumulonimbus cloud down to a cloud of spray torn up by the whirling winds from the surface of an ocean or lake.

CONT

[A] waterspout is not filled with water from [an] ocean or lake. ... The water inside a waterspout is formed by condensation in the cloud [from which it descends].

OBS

Waterspouts fall into two categories: fair weather waterspouts and tornadic waterspouts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
OBS

[Une trombe marine] est généralement constituée d'une colonne d'air [...] animée d'un mouvement de rotation [...] au-dessus d'une masse d'eau libre, et sous un cumulonimbus ou un cumulus congestus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Tornado que se forma por encima de la superficie del agua; se caracteriza por su tendencia a disiparse al llegar a la orilla.

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Record 2 2005-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

A heavy downpour or pelt (of rain).

Key term(s)
  • water spout

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Averse particulièrement brutale, pouvant provoquer crue et débordement des rivières.

CONT

La terre dure et sèche absorbe très peu la pluie : c'est pourquoi une trombe d'eau isolée peut transformer en un court laps de temps le lit d'une rivière à sec en un torrent tumultueux.

Spanish

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