Meanings
nounEuropean windstorm (plural European windstorms)
plural European windstorms
- climatologyThe strongest kind of extratropical cyclone occurring across the continent of Europe, associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure.
From January 15–19, 2007, a cyclone over the Netherlands generated a “European windstorm” with high sustained winds and gusts up to 202 km/h.
2016, Kristi L. Koenig, Koenig and Schultz's Disaster Medicine
Translations
French tempête hivernale européenne
- tempête hivernale européenneTranslations
Polish orkan
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