# The Atoz Game (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 303
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6043 "2021-06-04T21:01:09Z")
**Weather and Climate** Adiabatic cooling Beaufort Scale Cumulus cloud Disturbance Environment Fogbound Gulf Stream Hurricane Ice storm Jet stream Katrina La Nina Mercury rising Nitrogen Cycle Ozone layer Polar vortex ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6044 "2021-06-05T00:14:10Z")
**Weather and Climate** Adiabatic cooling Beaufort Scale Cumulus cloud Disturbance Environment Fogbound Gulf Stream Hurricane Ice storm Jet stream Katrina La Nina Mercury rising Nitrogen Cycle Ozone layer Polar vortex Quasi-linear convective system > **[Squall line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squall_line)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > A squall line, or more accurately a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS), is a line of thunderstorms, often forming along or ahead of a cold front. In the early 20th century, the term was used as a synonym for cold front (which often are accompanied by abrupt and gusty wind shifts). Linear thunderstorm structures often contain heavy precipitation, hail, frequent lightning, strong straight-line winds, and occasionally tornadoes or waterspouts. Par... ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6045 "2021-06-05T00:51:59Z")
**Weather and Climate** Adiabatic cooling Beaufort Scale Cumulus cloud Disturbance Environment Fogbound Gulf Stream Hurricane Ice storm Jet stream Katrina La Nina Mercury rising Nitrogen Cycle Ozone layer Polar vortex Quasi-linear convective system Rain ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6046 "2021-06-05T01:19:44Z")
**Weather and Climate** Adiabatic cooling Beaufort Scale Cumulus cloud Disturbance Environment Fogbound Gulf Stream Hurricane Ice storm Jet stream Katrina La Nina Mercury rising Nitrogen Cycle Ozone layer Polar vortex Quasi-linear convective system Rain Sea Surface Temperature ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6047 "2021-06-05T01:53:14Z")
**Weather and Climate** Adiabatic cooling Beaufort Scale Cumulus cloud Disturbance Environment Fogbound Gulf Stream Hurricane Ice storm Jet stream Katrina La Nina Mercury rising Nitrogen Cycle Ozone layer Polar vortex Quasi-linear convective system Rain Sea Surface Temperature Tornado ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6048 "2021-06-05T03:31:45Z")
**Weather and Climate** Adiabatic cooling Beaufort Scale Cumulus cloud Disturbance Environment Fogbound Gulf Stream Hurricane Ice storm Jet stream Katrina La Nina Mercury rising Nitrogen Cycle Ozone layer Polar vortex Quasi-linear convective system Rain Sea Surface Temperature Tornado Updraft ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6049 "2021-06-05T03:33:43Z")
**Weather and Climate** Adiabatic cooling Beaufort Scale Cumulus cloud Disturbance Environment Fogbound Gulf Stream Hurricane Ice storm Jet stream Katrina La Nina Mercury rising Nitrogen Cycle Ozone layer Polar vortex Quasi-linear convective system Rain Sea Surface Temperature Tornado Updraft Virga ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6050 "2021-06-05T03:54:45Z")
**Weather and Climate** Adiabatic cooling Beaufort Scale Cumulus cloud Disturbance Environment Fogbound Gulf Stream Hurricane Ice storm Jet stream Katrina La Nina Mercury rising Nitrogen Cycle Ozone layer Polar vortex Quasi-linear convective system Rain Sea Surface Temperature Tornado Updraft Virga Worsening conditions ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6051 "2021-06-05T17:48:26Z")
**Weather and Climate** Adiabatic cooling Beaufort Scale Cumulus cloud Disturbance Environment Fogbound Gulf Stream Hurricane Ice storm Jet stream Katrina La Nina Mercury rising Nitrogen Cycle Ozone layer Polar vortex Quasi-linear convective system Rain Sea Surface Temperature Tornado Updraft Virga Worsening conditions Xeric climate ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6052 "2021-06-05T18:32:32Z")
**Weather and Climate** Adiabatic cooling Beaufort Scale Cumulus cloud Disturbance Environment Fogbound Gulf Stream Hurricane Ice storm Jet stream Katrina La Nina Mercury rising Nitrogen Cycle Ozone layer Polar vortex Quasi-linear convective system Rain Sea Surface Temperature Tornado Updraft Virga Worsening conditions Xeric climate Yellow snow ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6053 "2021-06-05T20:50:04Z")
**Weather and Climate** Adiabatic cooling Beaufort Scale Cumulus cloud Disturbance Environment Fogbound Gulf Stream Hurricane Ice storm Jet stream Katrina La Nina Mercury rising Nitrogen Cycle Ozone layer Polar vortex Quasi-linear convective system Rain Sea Surface Temperature Tornado Updraft Virga Worsening conditions Xeric climate Yellow snow Zig-zag lightning **Law and Disorder** Arson ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6054 "2021-06-05T20:59:06Z")
**Law and Disorder** Arson Battery ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6055 "2021-06-05T21:39:15Z")
**Law and Disorder** Arson Battery Collusion ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6056 "2021-06-05T21:41:00Z")
**Law and Disorder** Arson Battery Collusion District attorney ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6057 "2021-06-05T23:39:25Z")
**Law and Disorder** Arson Battery Collusion District attorney Estoppel ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6058 "2021-06-06T04:28:51Z")
**Law and Disorder** Arson Battery Collusion District attorney Estoppel Felony ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6059 "2021-06-06T04:54:40Z")
**Law and Disorder** Arson Battery Collusion District attorney Estoppel Felony Grand theft auto ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6060 "2021-06-06T07:08:32Z")
**Law and Disorder** Arson Battery Collusion District attorney Estoppel Felony Grand theft auto Homicide ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6061 "2021-06-06T07:43:46Z")
**Law and Disorder** Arson Battery Collusion District attorney Estoppel Felony Grand theft auto Homicide Intentional torts ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/6062 "2021-06-06T10:54:39Z")
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