skyfallsliknande

Compound of skyfall (“cloudburst”) +‎ -s- +‎ liknande (“-esque”). First attested in 1878.

skyfallsliknande (not comparable)

1. (formal) Intense precipitation that may be perceived by the general public as a skyfall (“cloudburst”), or close thereto, but does not necessarily meet the threshold set by SMHI for classification as such.
   • 1878 August 15, “Cypern och dess betydelse för England [Cyprus and its Importance to England]”, in Stockholms Dagblad, page 2:

     När på Cypern under oktober månad den allt dittills azurblå himmeln mulnar, så inträder snart en regntid, hvilken aldrig går förbi utan stark, ofta skyfallsliknande nederbörd.

     When, in the month of October, the hitherto cloudless sky of Cyprus becomes overcast, the rainy season begins, and it never passes without heavy, and often torrential, rainfall.

   • 2007 September 2, “Augusti 2007 - Höstlik avslutning med storm och snöfall [August 2007 – Autumnal end with storm and snowfall]”, in SMHI:

     De flesta dagar förekom måttliga till kraftiga regnskurar på åtminstone någon plats i landet. Med några få undantag var det dock inte fråga om några skyfallsliknande regn likt dem som förekom under juli.

     Most days saw moderate to heavy rain showers in at least some part of the country. With a few exceptions, however, there were no cloudburst-like downpours such as those that occurred in July.

   • 2025 July 13, Magnus Liljesköld, “SMHI varnar gult för skyfallsliknande regn [SMHI issues yellow warning for cloudburst-like rain]”, in Sveriges Radio:

     SMHI har utfärdat en gul varning för skyfallsliknande regn i norra Svealand och södra Norrland, som gäller fram till måndag kväll.

     SMHI has issued a yellow warning for cloudburst-like rain in northern Svealand and southern Norrland, in effect until Monday evening.

• SMHI, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, define skyfall (“cloudburst”) as either at least 50 mm (c. 2 in.) rain per hour, or, at least 1 mm (c. ¹⁄₂₅ in.) rain per minute.^[1]