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TYPE TEMPS PERTURBE [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
OBS

Low pressure or depression. Usually associated with disturbed weather -- strong winds and rain belts, with perhaps snow in winter. Winds blow anticlockwise around a depression in the northern hemisphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
CONT

Le type de temps perturbé correspond à un champ de pression dépressionnaire à fort gradient horizontal associé à un flux généralement rapide, à composante dominante de secteur ouest. Les épisodes pluvieux séparés par des séquences d'éclaircies et d'averses sont souvent accompagnés de vents forts et irréguliers.

CONT

[...] le secteur des vents secondaires concerne le type de temps perturbé «Est» à «Sud-Est», il se situe entre les azimuts 100° et 160°.

Spanish

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