SANDSTORM Antonyms

• (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the southern

• a violent rotating windstorm

• a storm during which hail falls

• a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

• a storm with rain

• a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds

• a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

• a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground

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• a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth