Definition of Microbursts. Meaning of Microbursts. Synonyms of Microbursts

- Semi-official Microburst Handbook Homepage (NOAA) Taming the Microburst Windshear (NASA) Microbursts (University of Wyoming) Forecasting Microbursts & Downbursts...
- This is a list of notable microbursts. August 1, 1674 - An extraordinarily extreme downburst from a bow-echo storm caused the partial collapse of a well-built...
- August 13, 1982, with a particular focus on the "dry microburst" – Fujita's term for microbursts with low reflectivity returns when seen on weather radar...
- or training to avoid or escape microbursts and the lack of hazard information on wind shear. Forecasts of microbursts improved in the following years...
- 93 km/h). Microbursts are classified as being 'a swath of damaging winds not exceeding 2.5 miles (4.0 km) in diameter'. Thus, wet microbursts have been...
- features such as squall lines and cold fronts. It is commonly observed near microbursts and downbursts caused by thunderstorms, fronts, areas of locally higher...
- than 4 kilometres (2.5 mi). Wet microbursts occur in atmospheres where the low levels are saturated, while dry microbursts occur in drier atmospheres from...
- alerts or microburst alerts and reset countdown timers of elapsed time since the last alert. By airline rules, pilots must avoid microbursts if warnings...
- (gradient pressure induced) Severe thunderstorm (hailstorm, downburst: microbursts and macrobursts) Sprite (lightning) Air pollution Extreme weather List...
- mesocyclones, downbursts and gust fronts. NIMROD was the first time that microbursts, very localized strong downdrafts under thunderstorms, were detected;...