Squall n. A sudden and violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.
The gray skirts of a lifting squall. --Tennyson.
Black squall, a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds.
Thick squall, a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, or snow. --Totten.
White squall, a squall which comes unexpectedly, without being marked in its approach by the clouds.