Sudden, violent tropical or subtropical windstorms, especially those occurring in the western coasts of Mexico and the American Southwest.
From Spanish chubasco, likely from Nahuatl origin through Mexican Spanish. The term gained English usage through Southwestern American English.
Chubascos appear in old Southwestern literature and Native American accounts as terrifying weather phenomena—they can come with almost no warning and are sometimes called 'haboobs' in modern meteorology, showing how indigenous and colonial languages blend in American weather terminology.
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