Word of the Day 03/06/24 Derecho
Derecho (noun)
derecho [ duh-rey-choh ]
noun, plural de·re·chos.
1. a widespread and severe windstorm that moves rapidly along a fairly straight path and is associated with bands of rapidly moving thunderstorms.
ORIGIN: 1885-90; < Spanish: straight < Old Spanish < Latin dīrēctus, dērēctus direct
HOW TO USE DERECHO IN A SENTENCE
The massive storm system, known as a derecho, sent tornadoes into Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska, and left more than 500,000 households without power.
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS BROKE A SINGLE-DAY RECORD WHILE SMASHING THE MIDWEST’S POWER GRID | PHILIP KIEFER | DECEMBER 16, 2021 | POPULAR-SCIENCE
These storms have produced straight-line winds of 85 to 100 mph across a large area and qualify as a derecho that extends into Minnesota and eventually Wisconsin and Illinois.
HISTORIC STORM BRINGS DAMAGING WINDS, TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES TO CENTRAL U.S. | REBECCA FALCONER | DECEMBER 16, 2021 | AXIOS
The fiercest, on the afternoon of the 25th, has been described as a tornado or hurricane, and it might have been a derecho, for it ripped off the roofs of houses and helped squelch the fires in the city.
IN 1814, BRITISH FORCES BURNED THE U.S. CAPITOL | JOEL ACHENBACH | JANUARY 6, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST
The Midwest has had many derechos before, says Alan Czarnetzki, a meteorologist at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.
WHAT’S BEHIND AUGUST 2020’S EXTREME WEATHER? CLIMATE CHANGE AND BAD LUCK | CAROLYN GRAMLING | AUGUST 27, 2020 | SCIENCE NEWS
Some anticipated effects of climate change, such as warming at the planet’s surface, could increase the likelihood of more and stronger derechos by increasing atmospheric instability.
WHAT’S BEHIND AUGUST 2020’S EXTREME WEATHER? CLIMATE CHANGE AND BAD LUCK | CAROLYN GRAMLING | AUGUST 27, 2020 | SCIENCE NEWS
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
derecho [ duh-rey-choh ]
noun, plural de·re·chos.
1. a widespread and severe windstorm that moves rapidly along a fairly straight path and is associated with bands of rapidly moving thunderstorms.
ORIGIN: 1885-90; < Spanish: straight < Old Spanish < Latin dīrēctus, dērēctus direct
HOW TO USE DERECHO IN A SENTENCE
The massive storm system, known as a derecho, sent tornadoes into Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska, and left more than 500,000 households without power.
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS BROKE A SINGLE-DAY RECORD WHILE SMASHING THE MIDWEST’S POWER GRID | PHILIP KIEFER | DECEMBER 16, 2021 | POPULAR-SCIENCE
These storms have produced straight-line winds of 85 to 100 mph across a large area and qualify as a derecho that extends into Minnesota and eventually Wisconsin and Illinois.
HISTORIC STORM BRINGS DAMAGING WINDS, TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES TO CENTRAL U.S. | REBECCA FALCONER | DECEMBER 16, 2021 | AXIOS
The fiercest, on the afternoon of the 25th, has been described as a tornado or hurricane, and it might have been a derecho, for it ripped off the roofs of houses and helped squelch the fires in the city.
IN 1814, BRITISH FORCES BURNED THE U.S. CAPITOL | JOEL ACHENBACH | JANUARY 6, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST
The Midwest has had many derechos before, says Alan Czarnetzki, a meteorologist at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.
WHAT’S BEHIND AUGUST 2020’S EXTREME WEATHER? CLIMATE CHANGE AND BAD LUCK | CAROLYN GRAMLING | AUGUST 27, 2020 | SCIENCE NEWS
Some anticipated effects of climate change, such as warming at the planet’s surface, could increase the likelihood of more and stronger derechos by increasing atmospheric instability.
WHAT’S BEHIND AUGUST 2020’S EXTREME WEATHER? CLIMATE CHANGE AND BAD LUCK | CAROLYN GRAMLING | AUGUST 27, 2020 | SCIENCE NEWS
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.