(idiomatic) A period of peace before a disturbance or crisis; an unnatural or false calm before a storm.

(idiomatic) One should accept any passable option when time is of the essence in an adverse situation.

plural of Wilson's storm petrel

A storm of such force that it occurs only once every one hundred years approximately.

(idiomatic) To begin rapidly.

Gulf War syndrome

Alternative form of fart in a windstorm

(informal) To do a large amount of cooking at once; to prepare a great deal of cooked food. / To cause a storm (weather phenomenon). / To create a stormy situation; agitate or enrage.

An extinct species of storm petrel, Oceanodroma macrodactyla.

present participle of storm cats and dogs