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Category[edit]

Shouldn't this article come under Winds category?

Upgrade from Stub[edit]

I think it now has enough information and references to become a Start. Thegreatdr 21:14, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism?[edit]

Can anyone confirm whether the latest edit (01:30, 15th July 2007 by 72.153.239.158) is vandalism or not? Looks to me like it could be - a lot of terms have been changed to their opposite. Not sure though.

Note that this article seems particularly vulnerable to vandalism. Bumper12 23:33, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's blatantly obvious vandalism, and I'm shocked that it stayed for ten months. I was clued in by the "rarely" part, and the "non-sustained winds" also makes it obvious ... that's usually called a gust. Graham87 09:25, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chronology[edit]

Online Etymology Dictionary sais: "squall (n.) "sudden, violent gust of wind," 1719, originally nautical"... So the words "The first known use of the term on surface weather analyses was in the United States in the late Nineteenth Century on U. S. Signal Corp Maps, begun in 1871" seem to be incorrect. Also in the Wikisource one can easily find examples that date back much earlier (at least XVIII Century, eg James Cook, 1775). --Al Silonov 08:58, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Good work. Since you know what the source is, make the change in the article, and source it appropriately with an inline reference. Thegreatdr (talk) 09:05, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alleged regional names for squalls[edit]

Unless it is VERY obscure local dialect somewhere, a squall is NOT known as " a blunk in England". (Try finding it anywhere online.)Neilhow (talk) 19:22, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DITTO "bluffarts" for snow squalls in Scotland Neilhow (talk) 19:24, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Blunk" is a legitimate term. See this citation, which I found from a Google search for "blunk+squall": Partridge, Eric (1973). The Routledge dictionary of historical slang. Routledge and Kegan Paul. pp. 90–. ISBN 9780710077615. Retrieved 28 December 2010. However, it doesn't seem to be a commonly-used term, so I've removed it. Graham87 03:17, 28 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And so is "bluffart": see this tidbit from the Chicago Tribune, which pre-dates the "squall" Wikipedia article. However, I've also removed it because it is too obscure. Graham87 03:23, 28 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Wrong language link, how do I change it?[edit]

The "Squall" page links to the Swedish page "Vindby" which is not correct. Instead, the English "Wind gust" page should link to the Swedish "Vindby" page. I tried to correct this but I lack the skills. Could someone help me out? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.165.21.4 (talk) 13:38, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note. I've fixed it with Wikidata. Graham87 14:28, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]