stormwise

stormwise

English

Etymology 1

storm +‎ -wise

Adjective

stormwise (not comparable)

1. (meteorology) Relating to, or taking place during, a storm.
   • 1981, International Conference on Radar Meteorology (page 180)

     If daily or stormwise total rainfall amounts are concerned these results are not directly applicable because in this case it is not possible to convert the time variation of daily rainfall to space variation.

   • 2001, Indian Journal of Soil Conservation (volume 29, page 124)

     The Williams model may have given better results because it is a stormwise model and in the laboratory model, experiment is conducted for a short span of time, which may be simulating a storm.

Etymology 2

storm +‎ wise

Adjective

stormwise (comparative more stormwise, superlative most stormwise)

1. (rare) Having knowledge and experience of storms.
   • 2010, David Longshore, Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones, New Edition (page 312)

     Almost a footnote really, the inscription nonetheless implies a historical standard, a reference to an earlier, and perhaps even more intense, hurricane that stormwise New Englanders still tell tales about.