The meaning of Whirlwind

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A system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.

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Visitors were told how weather data which flow in continuously from around 500 weather stations all…

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A violent and often destructive storm in which the wind moves very fast in a circular direction

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A storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the caribbean.

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A powerful hurricane hit the florida coast

proper noun

A single-seat, single-engined british fighter aircraft of the second world war, produced by the hawker company and remembered in particular for its role in the battle of britain along with the spitfire.

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A violent storm with strong circular winds of at least 72 miles (or 118 kilometers) per hour, esp. in the western atlantic ocean

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A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.

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These clouds often bring thunder and lightning, and can also bring funnel clouds or even tornadoes.

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A dangerous storm which is a spinning cone of wind that destroys anything in its path as it moves across the ground

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A tropical storm in the region of the indian or western pacific oceans.

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There has been an observed and recorded link between the sea surface temperature and the frequency …

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A type of violent storm with strong circular winds that happens esp. in the pacific ocean

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A rotating column of water and spray formed by a whirlwind occurring over the sea or other body of water.

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Tornadic thunderstorms can also produce waterspouts and downbursts.

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A willie