Gotta Fria phenomenon (cold drop) caused the deadly floods in Spain – What is the “cold lake” and “cold pool”

The region of Valencia and the Spanish Mediterranean coast often experience the “gotta fria” (cold drop) weather phenomenon in autumn, which causes sudden and extremely heavy flooding, sometimes for several days. Today it became known that at least 51 people died after the torrential rains on Tuesday. In Greece, most of us have heard the term “Cold Lake”, which is a translation of the English term “Cold pool”, i.e. a more accurate translation would be “Cold Pool”. For the same term there is another name as “Cold drop” or “Cold Drop”. But what exactly is this natural phenomenon and how is it different from “Cold Lakes or Pools” near the ground? Cold Lake According to meteo, a “Cold Lake” in meteorology is a cold region of the atmosphere surrounded by warm air masses. The vertical extent of these cold gas masses occupies almost the entire Troposphere and the air movement is cyclonic (as opposed to […]
Source: News Beast

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