derecho

Line of clouds along a derecho.

Meaning

Noun

A windstorm with strong straight-line winds.

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish derecho ("straight"), this term seems to have been coined by Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs in 1888 to contrast derechos from tornadoes, which twist; compare the etymology of tornado. direct.

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