Alberta clipper

noun

1. meteorol (in Canada) an area of low pressure that forms in winter near the Rocky Mountains

Example Sentences

When a similar system starts farther west in the province of Alberta, it’s known as an Alberta clipper.

From Scientific American

We’re watching three Alberta Clipper systems that will impact the Great Lakes and Northeast this week.

From Fox News

Clipper is short for Alberta Clipper, referring to their Alberta, Canada origin.

From Fox News

We see it play out every winter, often in the form of an Alberta clipper, which gets its name from the Canadian province where the storm tends to originate.

From Washington Post

He included among them pipeline leaks, the expansion of another pipeline called the Alberta Clipper and shifts in oil markets.

From Washington Post