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Originally Posted by nikimcbee
That's where there is a sudden, powerful downflow of air?
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I believe so.
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A microburst is a very localized column of sinking air, producing damaging divergent and straight-line winds at the surface that are similar to but distinguishable from tornadoes which generally have convergent damage. There are two types of microbursts: wet microbursts and dry microbursts. They go through three stages in their life cycle: the downburst, outburst, and cushion stages. The scale and suddenness of a microburst makes it a great danger to aircraft due to the low-level wind shear caused by its gust front, with several fatal crashes having been attributed to the phenomenon over the past several decades. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microburst
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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring
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Might be. Looked around Wiki for it and didn't find anything. I'll have a look around the web searches later on.