Sentences with microburst
mi·cro·burst
M m - This distinguishes tornadoes from microbursts, which often do tornado-like damage and are often mistaken for tornadoes.
- At the time, I was looking for software to visualize my 3 - D model data of microbursts, severe downdrafts that sometimes descend from thunderstorm clouds.
- In addition to damaging buildings and blowing down trees, microbursts blasting down to the ground are a major aviation hazard and have caused several crashes.
- The most dangerous kind, a microburst, is caused by air descending from a thunderstorm.
- From cold and frosty, through inches and inches of rain, to big and little heat waves, with a microburst or two thrown in, it's been a challenging rose season.
- In microburst -induced low-level wind shear, the downdraft spreads out horizontally as it hits the ground.