Many may have heard the word “squall” in a weather forecast — the term itself describes a sudden strong wind that lasts only a few minutes. Squalls can happen in any season. And due to their abrupt ...

Thunderstorms can be triggered by a variety of factors: first, fronts; then an outflow boundary, which is a push of wind out ahead of a main line of storms; and lastly, popcorn or pulse thunderstorms ...