Tempest right on time (4)
I believe the answer is:
rage
'tempest' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'right on time' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'r'+'age'='RAGE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rage that I've seen before include "Latest fashion; high emotion" , "Craze, fad" , "Intense anger" , "spread rapidly" , "Fad or anger" .)