- 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. July 13, 1890 – A
microburst capsized the
vessel Sea Wing on Lake
Pepin between Wisconsin and Minnesota, killing...
-
scale of
tornado intensity and damage, he also
discovered downbursts and
microbursts and was an
instrumental figure in
advancing modern understanding of many...
- or
training to
avoid or
escape microbursts and the lack of
hazard information on wind shear.
Forecasts of
microbursts improved in the
following years...
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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...
- 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...
- (gradient
pressure induced)
Severe thunderstorm (hailstorm, downburst:
microbursts and macrobursts) Air
pollution Extreme weather List of weather-related...
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downbursts are ****ociated with
visible precipitation shafts, however, dry
microbursts are
generally invisible to the
naked eye. At
least one
fatal commercial...
- : 1 On July 2, 1994, the
flight encountered heavy thunderstorms and
microburst-induced
windshear while attempting to land, and
crashed into
heavy trees...