Colorado low

English

Etymology

Colorado +‎ low From being a low pressure system originating in the uploads of Colorado.

Noun

Colorado low (plural Colorado lows)

(meteorology) A fast moving high precipitation winter storm system originating out of Colorado, and traveling east across the United States, dumping much snow on the Great Plains and the Midwest.

Synonyms

Colorado clipper (Canadian English for "Colorado low")

Coordinate terms

Alberta clipper (a similar class of storm systems in Canada)

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