Barber Pole - [Slang], a thunderstorm updraft with a visual appearance including cloud striations that are curved in a manner similar to the stripes of a barber pole.
Barber A strong wind carrying damp snow or sleet and spray that freezes upon contact with objects, especially the beard and hair.
Bayamo A violent wind blowing from the land on the south coast of Cuba, especially near the Bight of Bayamo.
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At sea, a severe storm, carrying sleet, snow or spray, when the temperature is close to feezing.
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In England, cold dry winds in the Thames Valley during March and April.
BARBER POLE - A corkscrew pattern on a rotating supercell updraft tower. Sometimes this is called a CORKSCREW.
(Sometimes called barber.) A rare type of fog formed in the same manner as a steam fog, but at colder temperatures so that it is composed of ice particles instead of water droplets. Thus, it is a type of ice fog. 2. Same as steam fog.
Grooves or channels in cloud formations, arranged parallel to the flow of air and therefore depicting the airflow relative to the parent cloud. Striations often reveal the presence of rotation, as in the barber pole or "corkscrew" effect often ...
Often used to describe cloud formations which appear to be shaped by a smooth flow of air traveling in parallel layers or sheets.
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classic supercell as it has a fairly large and intense radar echo (VIP 5), including a pendant. In this westward view, we note that the wall cloud was on the north side of the rain-free base, with spectacular rotating bands arranged much like barber ...
^ Langdon, PG; Barber KE, Lomas-Clarke SH (August 2004). "Reconstructing climate and environmental change in northern England through chironomid and pollen analyses: evidence from Talkin Tarn, Cumbria". Journal of Paleolimnology 32 (2): 197-213.
Striations often reveal the presence of rotation, as in the barber pole or "corkscrew" effect often observed with the rotating updraft of a Low Precipitation (LP) storm.
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