Meteorological Events

noun a place where a road or railway has been washed away by flooding

• The heavy rain caused a washout of the roads, leading to traffic delays.
• I forgot to bring my umbrella and got caught in a complete washout on my way home.
• The party was a total washout, nobody showed up.
• The team's performance was a washout, they lost every game of the season.

noun a made-up word combining 'twin' and 'tornado', referring to a pair of tornadoes occurring simultaneously or in close proximity

• The meteorologists warned residents about the potential threat of a twinado forming in the area.
• I heard there was a twinado spotted near the beach yesterday!
• Dude, did you see that crazy twinado video on social media?
• The twinado of emotions swirling within her made it difficult to make a decision.

noun A short way of saying 'thunderstorm', a type of storm that is characterized by lightning and thunder

• The weather forecast predicts a chance of scattered T-storms in the afternoon.
• I heard there might be some T-storms rolling through later.
• Looks like we're in for a bit of a T-storm this evening.
• The heated argument between the two politicians was like a T-storm brewing on the horizon.

noun a type of cloud formation that appears as a shelf-like structure

• The shelf cloud is a low, horizontal, wedge-shaped cloud that is often associated with severe thunderstorms.
• Wow, did you see that shelf cloud rolling in before the storm hit?
• The shelf cloud looked totally gnarly as it moved across the sky.
• The shelf cloud loomed ominously like a dark curtain before the storm unleashed its fury.

noun A rare astronomical event in which a lunar eclipse and a sunrise or sunset can be seen simultaneously

• A selenelion occurs when both the sun and the eclipsed moon can be seen at the same time.
• Did you see the selenelion last night? It was so cool!
• I heard there was a selenelion happening, but I missed it.
• Experiencing a selenelion is like witnessing a rare celestial event that only happens once in a blue moon.