Storm path (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or storm center, travels.

Storm petrel. (Zo["o]l.) See Stormy petrel, under Petrel.

Storm sail (Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy sails that are bent and set in stormy weather.

Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud.

Syn: Tempest; violence; agitation; calamity.

Usage: Storm, Tempest. Storm is violent agitation, a commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not necessarily implying the fall of anything from the clouds. Hence, to call a mere fall or rain without wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the word. A tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as those common on the coast of Italy, where the term originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain, with lightning and thunder.

Storms beat, and rolls the main; O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in vain. --Pope.

What at first was called a gust, the same Hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name. --Donne.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)