Table of Contents
209 relations: ADC Airlines Flight 053, Aeroflot Flight 4225, Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431, Air current, Air traffic controller, Airbus A320 family, Aircrew, Albemarle County, Virginia, Allegheny Airlines, Almaty International Airport, American Airlines Flight 63 (Flagship Ohio), ARMOR Doppler Weather Radar, Aviation, Aviation accidents and incidents, Bahrain International Airport, Bara District, Bhoja Air Flight 213, Bilbao Airport, Bladensburg, Maryland, Boeing 707, Boeing 727, Boeing 737, Bombardier CRJ100/200, Bow echo, Brunswick, Ohio, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Buoyancy, Canadair North Star, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Charlottesville, Virginia, Chicago, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Cloud base, Cold front, Connecticut, Continental Airlines, Convective available potential energy, Convective storm detection, Copenhagen Airport, Cranston, Rhode Island, Cumulonimbus cloud, Cumulus congestus cloud, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, Delta Air Lines Flight 318, Derecho, ... Expand index (159 more) »
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- Weather hazards to aircraft
ADC Airlines Flight 053
ADC Airlines Flight 053 (ADK053) was a scheduled passenger flight operated by ADC Airlines from Nigeria's capital of Abuja to Sokoto.
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Aeroflot Flight 4225
Aeroflot Flight 4225 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Alma-Ata Airport (now Almaty) to Simferopol Airport on 8 July 1980.
See Downburst and Aeroflot Flight 4225
Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431
Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 (SLI2431/5D2431) was a Mexican domestic scheduled passenger flight bound for Mexico City that crashed on takeoff from Durango International Airport on July 31, 2018.
See Downburst and Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431
Air current
In meteorology, air currents are concentrated areas of winds.
Air traffic controller
Air traffic control specialists, abbreviated ATCs, are personnel responsible for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic in the global air traffic control system.
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Airbus A320 family
The Airbus A320 family is a series of narrow-body airliners developed and produced by Airbus.
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Aircrew
Aircrew, also called flight crew, are personnel who operate an aircraft while in flight.
Albemarle County, Virginia
Albemarle County is a county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Allegheny Airlines
Allegheny Airlines was a local service carrier that operated out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1952 to 1979, with routes primarily located in the eastern U.S. It was the forerunner of USAir that was subsequently renamed US Airways, which itself merged with American Airlines.
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Almaty International Airport
Almaty International Airport, is the largest international airport of Kazakhstan, surpassing Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) in Astana and the principal hub of Air Astana.
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American Airlines Flight 63 (Flagship Ohio)
On July 28, 1943 American Airlines Flight 63 was flown by a Douglas DC-3, named Flagship Ohio, routing Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati-Louisville-Nashville-Memphis, that crashed on the Louisville-Nashville sector about west of Trammel, Kentucky.
See Downburst and American Airlines Flight 63 (Flagship Ohio)
ARMOR Doppler Weather Radar
ARMOR (Advanced Radar for Meteorological and Operational Research) Doppler weather radar is a C-Band, Dual-Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar, located at the Huntsville International Airport in Huntsville, Alabama.
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Aviation
Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry.
Aviation accidents and incidents
An aviation accident is an event during aircraft operation that causes serious injury, death, or destruction.
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Bahrain International Airport
Bahrain International Airport (مطار البحرين الدولي, romanized: Maṭār al-Baḥrayn al-dwalī) is the international airport of Bahrain.
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Bara District
Bara District (बारा जिल्ला) is one of the seventy–seven districts of Nepal, located in the western part of the Madhesh Province.
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Bhoja Air Flight 213
Bhoja Air Flight 213 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight operated by Pakistani airline Bhoja Air from Karachi to Islamabad.
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Bilbao Airport
Bilbao Airport is a minor international airport located north of Bilbao, in the municipality of Loiu, in Biscay.
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Bladensburg, Maryland
Bladensburg is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
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Boeing 707
The Boeing 707 is an early American long-range narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Boeing 727
The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing at its Renton factory in Washington.
Bombardier CRJ100/200
The Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 (previously Canadair CRJ100 and CRJ200) is a regional jet designed and manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace between 1991 and 2006, the first of the Bombardier CRJ family.
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Bow echo
A bow echo is the characteristic radar return from a mesoscale convective system that is shaped like an archer's bow. Downburst and bow echo are severe weather and convection and storm.
Brunswick, Ohio
Brunswick is the largest city in Medina County, Ohio, United States, approximately southwest of Cleveland.
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) is a scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society.
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Buoyancy
Buoyancy, or upthrust, is a gravitational force, a net upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of a partially or fully immersed object.
Canadair North Star
The Canadair North Star is a 1940s Canadian development, for Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), of the Douglas DC-4.
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Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Charlotte Douglas International Airport is an international airport serving Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, located roughly west of the city's central business district.
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Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in Virginia, United States.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Cleveland
Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Cleveland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.
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Cloud base
A cloud base (or the base of the cloud) is the lowest altitude of the visible portion of a cloud.
Cold front
A cold front is the leading edge of a cooler mass of air at ground level that replaces a warmer mass of air and lies within a pronounced surface trough of low pressure.
Connecticut
Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines (simply known as Continental) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1934 until it merged with United Airlines in 2012.
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Convective available potential energy
In meteorology, convective available potential energy (commonly abbreviated as CAPE), is a measure of the capacity of the atmosphere to support upward air movement that can lead to cloud formation and storms. Downburst and convective available potential energy are severe weather and convection.
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Convective storm detection
Convective storm detection is the meteorological observation, and short-term prediction, of deep moist convection (DMC). Downburst and Convective storm detection are severe weather and convection and storm.
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Copenhagen Airport
Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup (Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup) is an international airport serving Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, as well as Zealand, the Øresund Region, and southern Sweden including Scania.
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Cranston, Rhode Island
Cranston, formerly known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.
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Cumulonimbus cloud
Cumulonimbus is a dense, towering, vertical cloud, typically forming from water vapor condensing in the lower troposphere that builds upward carried by powerful buoyant air currents. Downburst and Cumulonimbus cloud are severe weather and convection.
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Cumulus congestus cloud
Cumulus congestus or towering cumulus clouds are a species of cumulus that can be based in the low- to middle-height ranges.
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Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Cuyahoga County is a large urban county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio.
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Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
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Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is the primary international airport serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and the North Texas region, in the U.S. state of Texas.
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David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport
David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport is a public-use airport located near the city of Tomball in unincorporated Harris County, Texas.
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Delta Air Lines Flight 191
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled Delta Air Lines domestic service from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Los Angeles with an intermediate stop at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).
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Delta Air Lines Flight 318
The crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 318 was an accident involving a Douglas DC-3 of the American airline Delta Air Lines east of Marshall, Texas, United States on May 17, 1953, killing all but one of the 20 people on board.
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Derecho
A derecho (from derecho, 'straight') is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system. Downburst and derecho are severe weather and convection, storm and wind.
Detroit Metropolitan Airport
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is the primary international airport serving Detroit and its surrounding metropolitan area in Michigan, United States.
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Douglas DC-4
The Douglas DC-4 is an American four-engined (piston), propeller-driven airliner developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
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Downburst
In meteorology, a downburst is a strong downward and outward gushing wind system that emanates from a point source above and blows radially, that is, in straight lines in all directions from the area of impact at surface level. Downburst and downburst are severe weather and convection, storm, weather hazards to aircraft and wind.
Drop (liquid)
A drop or droplet is a small column of liquid, bounded completely or almost completely by free surfaces.
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Durango International Airport
Durango International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Durango); officially Aeropuerto Internacional General Guadalupe Victoria (General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport) is an international airport situated in the city of Durango, Mexico.
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Eastern Air Lines Flight 66
Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 was a regularly scheduled flight from New Orleans to New York City that crashed on June 24, 1975 while on approach to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing 113 of the 124 people on board.
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Embraer E-Jet family
The Embraer E-Jet family is a series of four-abreast, narrow-body, short- to medium-range, twin-engined jet airliners designed and produced by Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer.
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Evaporation
Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase.
Fairchild F-27
The Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 were versions of the Fokker F27 Friendship twin-engined, turboprop, passenger aircraft manufactured under license by Fairchild Hiller in the United States.
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Faro Airport
Faro International Airport (Aeroporto de Faro), officially Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (Aeroporto Internacional de Faro - Gago Coutinho), is located westAIP of the city of Faro in Portugal.
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Flight simulator
A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and the environment in which it flies, for pilot training, design, or other purposes.
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Fluid parcel
In fluid dynamics, a fluid parcel, also known as a fluid element or material element, is an infinitesimal volume of fluid, identifiable throughout its dynamic history while moving with the fluid flow.
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Forecast Systems Laboratory
The Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) was a meteorological research and development laboratory in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR).
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Fredericksburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States.
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George Bush Intercontinental Airport
George Bush Intercontinental Airport is an international airport in Houston, Texas, United States, serving the Greater Houston metropolitan area.
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Georgian Airways Flight 834
On 4 April 2011, Georgian Airways Flight 834, a Bombardier CRJ100 passenger jet of Georgian Airways operating a domestic flight from Kisangani to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) crashed while attempting to land at Kinshasa Airport.
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Goodyear GZ-20
The Goodyear GZ-20/20A was a class of non-rigid airship or blimp introduced in 1969 by The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in the United States as its signature promotional aircraft, the Goodyear Blimp.
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Gram
The gram (originally gramme; SI unit symbol g) is a unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
Grand Central Parkway
The Grand Central Parkway (GCP) is a 14.61-mile (23.51 km) controlled-access parkway that stretches from the Triborough Bridge in New York City to Nassau County on Long Island.
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Greater Houston
Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States, encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas.
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Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines, Inc. (Greyhound) is a company that operates the largest intercity bus service in North America.
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Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Haboob
A haboob (translit) is a type of intense dust storm carried by the wind of a weather front. Downburst and haboob are storm.
Hail
Hail is a form of solid precipitation. Downburst and Hail are storm.
Hankow Airfield
Wuhan Wangjiadun Airport, also known as Hankow Airfield, was an airfield in Wangjiadun, Hankou (Hankow), Hubei, China that closed in 2007.
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Harris County, Texas
Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas; as of the 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, making it the most populous county in Texas and the third-most populous county in the United States.
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Hasselt
Hasselt is a Belgian city and municipality.
Headwind and tailwind
A tailwind is a wind that blows in the direction of travel of an object, while a headwind blows against the direction of travel.
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Heat burst
In meteorology, a heat burst is a rare atmospheric phenomenon characterized by a sudden, localized increase in air temperature near the Earth's surface. Downburst and heat burst are severe weather and convection and wind.
Hegewisch, Chicago
Hegewisch (pronounced "heg-wish" by the locals) is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's far south side.
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Height above mean sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level.
See Downburst and Height above mean sea level
High Plains (United States)
The High Plains are a subregion of the Great Plains, mainly in the Western United States, but also partly in the Midwest states of Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota, generally encompassing the western part of the Great Plains before the region reaches the Rocky Mountains.
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Humidity
Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air.
Hurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the Greater Antilles and Northern America in September 2008, wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture, particularly in Cuba and Texas.
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Iberia Flight 1456
Iberia Flight 1456 was a domestic scheduled flight from Barcelona-El Prat Airport to Bilbao Airport, Spain.
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Ideal gas law
The ideal gas law, also called the general gas equation, is the equation of state of a hypothetical ideal gas.
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Ilyushin Il-18
The Ilyushin Il-18 (Илью́шин Ил-18; NATO reporting name: Coot) is a large turboprop airliner that first flew in 1957 and became one of the best known Soviet aircraft of its era.
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Independence Day Derecho of 1977
The Independence Day Derecho of 1977 was a derecho, or long-lived windstorm associated with a fast-moving band of thunderstorms, that swept across the Great Lakes region of the U.S. on July 4, 1977.
See Downburst and Independence Day Derecho of 1977
Integral
In mathematics, an integral is the continuous analog of a sum, which is used to calculate areas, volumes, and their generalizations.
Irving, Texas
Irving is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States.
See Downburst and Irving, Texas
Islamabad International Airport
Islamabad International Airport (اسلامآباد بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا) (also known as Gandhara International Airport) is an international airport serving Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan and Rawalpindi.
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John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport is a major international airport serving New York City and its metropolitan area, in the United States.
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Joint Base Andrews
Joint Base Andrews (JBA) is a United States military facility located in Prince George's County, Maryland.
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Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
The Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (until 1962 titled Journal of Meteorology) is a scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society.
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Kelvin
The kelvin, symbol K, is the base unit of measurement for temperature in the International System of Units (SI).
Kilogram
The kilogram (also kilogramme) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), having the unit symbol kg.
Landing
Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal, aircraft, or spacecraft returns to the ground.
Latent heat
Latent heat (also known as latent energy or heat of transformation) is energy released or absorbed, by a body or a thermodynamic system, during a constant-temperature process—usually a first-order phase transition, like melting or condensation.
Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state.
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Lightning
Lightning is a natural phenomenon formed by electrostatic discharges through the atmosphere between two electrically charged regions, either both in the atmosphere or one in the atmosphere and one on the ground, temporarily neutralizing these in a near-instantaneous release of an average of between 200 megajoules and 7 gigajoules of energy, depending on the type. Downburst and Lightning are storm.
Line echo wave pattern
A line echo wave pattern (LEWP) is a weather radar formation in which a single line of thunderstorms presenting multiple bow echoes forms south (or equatorward) of a mesoscale low-pressure area with a rotating "head". Downburst and line echo wave pattern are severe weather and convection.
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List of derecho events
The following is a list of derecho events.
See Downburst and List of derecho events
List of microbursts
This is a list of notable microbursts. Downburst and list of microbursts are severe weather and convection.
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Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (pronounced "El-ten-eleven") is an American medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner built by the Lockheed Corporation.
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Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is an international airport under Class B airspace in Kenner city, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.
See Downburst and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Low-level windshear alert system
A low-level windshear alert system (LLWAS) measures average surface wind speed and direction using a network of remote sensor stations, situated near runways and along approach or departure corridors at an airport.
See Downburst and Low-level windshear alert system
Malév Flight 731
Malév Hungarian Airlines Flight 731 was a scheduled passenger flight between Oslo-Fornebu Airport and Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, via Copenhagen Airport and Berlin-Schönefeld Airport.
See Downburst and Malév Flight 731
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport is an international airport serving Kano, the capital city of Kano State of Nigeria.
See Downburst and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport
Mandala Airlines Flight 660
Mandala Airlines Flight 660 was a scheduled passenger flight on 24 July 1992 which crashed in Indonesia into a mountain on Ambon Island as it attempted to land at Pattimura Airport in poor weather conditions.
See Downburst and Mandala Airlines Flight 660
Martinair Flight 495
Martinair Flight 495 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operated by Dutch airline Martinair, that crash-landed in severe weather conditions at Faro Airport, Portugal on 21 December 1992.
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is an American trijet wide-body aircraft manufactured by McDonnell Douglas.
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McDonnell Douglas DC-9
The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
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Melting
Melting, or fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid.
Mesa, Arizona
Mesa is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.
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Mesoscale meteorology
Mesoscale meteorology is the study of weather systems and processes at scales smaller than synoptic-scale systems but larger than microscale and storm-scale.
See Downburst and Mesoscale meteorology
Mesovortex
A mesovortex is a small-scale rotational feature found in a convective storm, such as a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS, i.e. squall line), a supercell, or the eyewall of a tropical cyclone. Downburst and mesovortex are severe weather and convection.
Meteorology
Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences (which include atmospheric chemistry and physics) with a major focus on weather forecasting.
Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau.
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Minnesota
Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.
Mixing ratio
In chemistry and physics, the dimensionless mixing ratio is the abundance of one component of a mixture relative to that of all other components.
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MV Summit Venture
The MV Summit Venture was a bulk carrier which collided with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in 1980, causing a partial collapse of the bridge which killed 35 people.
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N'djili Airport
N'djili Airport (Aéroport de N'djili), also known as N'Djili International Airport and Kinshasa International Airport, serves the city of Kinshasa and is the largest of the four international airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
See Downburst and N'djili Airport
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.
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National Weather Service
The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information.
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Nellis Air Force Base
Nellis Air Force Base ("Nellis" colloq.) is a United States Air Force installation in southern Nevada.
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Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
Nevada
Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States.
New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport is an international airport serving Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.
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Nowcasting (meteorology)
Nowcasting is weather forecasting on a very short term mesoscale period of up to 2 hours, according to the World Meteorological Organization, and up to six hours, according to other authors in the field.
See Downburst and Nowcasting (meteorology)
Ohio
Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.
Ottawa
Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.
Outflow boundary
An outflow boundary, also known as a gust front, is a storm-scale or mesoscale boundary separating thunderstorm-cooled air (outflow) from the surrounding air; similar in effect to a cold front, with passage marked by a wind shift and usually a drop in temperature and a related pressure jump. Downburst and outflow boundary are wind.
See Downburst and Outflow boundary
Ozark Air Lines Flight 809
Ozark Air Lines Flight 809 was a regularly scheduled flight from Nashville, Tennessee, to St. Louis, Missouri, with four intermediate stops.
See Downburst and Ozark Air Lines Flight 809
Pago Pago International Airport
Pago Pago International Airport, also known as Tafuna Airport, is a public airport located 7 miles (11.3 km) southwest of the central business district of Pago Pago, in the village and plains of Tafuna on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
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Pan Am Flight 759
Pan Am Flight 759 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from Miami to San Diego, with en route stops in New Orleans and Las Vegas.
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Pan Am Flight 806
Pan Am Flight 806 was an international scheduled flight from Auckland, New Zealand, to Los Angeles, California, with intermediate stops at Pago Pago, American Samoa and Honolulu, Hawaii.
See Downburst and Pan Am Flight 806
Parametrization (climate modeling)
Parameterization in a weather or climate model is a method of replacing processes that are too small-scale or complex to be physically represented in the model by a simplified process.
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Parsa District
Parsa District (पर्सा जिल्ला), a part of Madhesh Province in Terai plain, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal.
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Pattimura International Airport
Pattimura Airport is located in Ambon, Maluku province, Indonesia.
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Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State and sometimes by the acronym PSU, is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.
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Perturbation theory
In mathematics and applied mathematics, perturbation theory comprises methods for finding an approximate solution to a problem, by starting from the exact solution of a related, simpler problem.
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Phase transition
In physics, chemistry, and other related fields like biology, a phase transition (or phase change) is the physical process of transition between one state of a medium and another.
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Philadelphia International Airport
Philadelphia International Airport is the primary airport serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Planetary boundary layer
In meteorology, the planetary boundary layer (PBL), also known as the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) or peplosphere, is the lowest part of the atmosphere and its behaviour is directly influenced by its contact with a planetary surface.
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Pompano Beach Airpark
The Pompano Beach Airpark is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) northeast of the central business district of Pompano Beach, in Broward County, Florida, United States.
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Port Harcourt International Airport
Port Harcourt International Airport is an international airport located in Omagwa, a suburb of Port Harcourt, the capital city of the Rivers State in Nigeria.
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Precipitation
In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull.
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Precipitation shaft
A precipitation shaft is a weather phenomenon, visible from the ground at large distances from the storm system, as a dark vertical shaft of heavy rain, hail, or snow, generally localized over a relatively small area.
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Primitive equations
The primitive equations are a set of nonlinear partial differential equations that are used to approximate global atmospheric flow and are used in most atmospheric models.
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Pukkelpop
Pukkelpop is an annual music festival that takes place near the city of Hasselt, Belgium in mid- to late August.
Queens
Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.
Rain
Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity.
Rear flank downdraft
The rear flank downdraft (RFD) is a region of dry air wrapping around the back of a mesocyclone in a supercell thunderstorm. Downburst and rear flank downdraft are wind.
See Downburst and Rear flank downdraft
Rear-inflow jet
The rear-inflow jet is a component of bow echoes in a mesoscale convective system that aids in creating a stronger cold pool and downdraft. Downburst and rear-inflow jet are severe weather and convection.
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Roger Wakimoto
Roger M. Wakimoto (born December 11, 1953) is an atmospheric scientist specializing in research on mesoscale meteorology, particularly severe convective storms and radar meteorology.
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Rotational symmetry
Rotational symmetry, also known as radial symmetry in geometry, is the property a shape has when it looks the same after some rotation by a partial turn.
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Sealy, Texas
Sealy is a city in Austin County in southeastern Texas, United States.
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sioux Falls is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 121st-most populous city in the United States.
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Skew-T log-P diagram
A skew-T log-P diagram is one of four thermodynamic diagrams commonly used in weather analysis and forecasting.
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Sochi International Airport
Sochi International Airport (Международный Аэропорт Сочи) is an international airport located in the Adler District of the resort city of Sochi, on the coast of the Black Sea in the federal subject of Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
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Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145
Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 (SO1145/OSL1145) was a scheduled Nigerian domestic passenger flight from Nigeria's capital of Abuja (ABV) to Port Harcourt (PHC).
See Downburst and Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145
Southeastern United States
The Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast, the Southeast, or the South, is a geographical region of the United States located in the eastern portion of the Southern United States and the southern portion of the Eastern United States.
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Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Spotsylvania County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Squall
A squall is a sudden, sharp increase in wind speed lasting minutes, as opposed to a wind gust, which lasts for only seconds. Downburst and squall are storm and wind.
Squall line
A squall line, or more accurately a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS), is a line of thunderstorms, often forming along or ahead of a cold front. Downburst and squall line are severe weather and convection.
St. Louis Lambert International Airport
St.
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Stall (fluid dynamics)
In fluid dynamics, a stall is a reduction in the lift coefficient generated by a foil as angle of attack increases.
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Stapleton International Airport
Stapleton International Airport was a major airport in the western United States, and the primary airport of Denver, Colorado.
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Sublimation (phase transition)
Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, without passing through the liquid state.
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Subsidence (atmosphere)
In the study of Earth's atmosphere, subsidence is the downward movement of an air parcel as it cools and becomes denser.
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Sunshine Skyway Bridge
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, sometimes referred to as the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, the Sunshine Skyway, or simply "the Skyway", is a pair of long beam bridges with a central tall cable-stayed bridge that spans Lower Tampa Bay to connect Pinellas County (St. Petersburg, Florida) to Manatee County (Terra Ceia, Florida).
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Takeoff
Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle leaves the ground and becomes airborne.
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and shallow estuary connected to the Gulf of Mexico on the west-central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay.
Ted Fujita
was a Japanese-American meteorologist whose research primarily focused on severe weather.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Thunderstorm
A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder. Downburst and thunderstorm are severe weather and convection, storm and weather hazards to aircraft.
See Downburst and Thunderstorm
Tornado
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. Downburst and tornado are severe weather and convection, storm and wind.
Tornado outbreak sequence of June 20–26, 2023
On June 20, a sequence of multiple severe weather events and tornado outbreaks began across large portions of the Great Plains, Midwestern, and Eastern United States as well as Manitoba and Ontario in Canada.
See Downburst and Tornado outbreak sequence of June 20–26, 2023
Tucson International Airport
Tucson International Airport is a civil-military airport owned by the City of Tucson south of downtown Tucson, in Pima County, Arizona, United States.
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Tupolev Tu-154
The Tupolev Tu-154 (Tyполев Ту-154; NATO reporting name: "Careless") is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev.
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United Airlines
United Airlines, Inc. is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United States.
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University of Kansas
The University of Kansas (KU) is a public and research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States.
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University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming (UW) is a public land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming.
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US Airways
US Airways was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1937 until it merged with American Airlines in 2015.
USAir Flight 1016
USAir Flight 1016 was a regularly scheduled flight in the southeastern United States, between Columbia, South Carolina, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
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UTair Flight 579
On September 1, 2018, UTair Flight 579, a Boeing 737-800 on a scheduled domestic flight from Moscow to Sochi, Russia, with 164 passengers and 6 crew, overran the runway and caught fire while landing at Sochi, injuring 18 occupants.
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Vertical draft
In meteorology, an updraft (British English: up-draught) is a small-scale current of rising air, often within a cloud. Downburst and Vertical draft are severe weather and convection.
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Vickers Viscount
The Vickers Viscount is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs.
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Virga
A virga, also called a dry storm, is an observable streak or shaft of precipitation that evaporates or sublimates before reaching the ground.
Virtual temperature
In atmospheric thermodynamics, the virtual temperature (T_v) of a moist air parcel is the temperature at which a theoretical dry air parcel would have a total pressure and density equal to the moist parcel of air.
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Weather forecasting
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the conditions of the atmosphere for a given location and time.
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Weather front
A weather front is a boundary separating air masses for which several characteristics differ, such as air density, wind, temperature, and humidity.
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Weather radar
Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.). Modern weather radars are mostly pulse-Doppler radars, capable of detecting the motion of rain droplets in addition to the intensity of the precipitation.
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West Warwick, Rhode Island
West Warwick is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States.
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Western United States
The Western United States, also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, and the West, is the region comprising the westernmost U.S. states.
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William P. Hobby Airport
William P. Hobby Airport — colloquially referred to as Houston Hobby or other short names — is an international airport in Houston, Texas, located from downtown Houston.
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Wind
Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface.
Wind shear
Wind shear /ʃɪr/ (or windshear), sometimes referred to as wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed and/or direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere. Downburst and wind shear are weather hazards to aircraft and wind.
Windthrow
In forestry, windthrow refers to trees uprooted by wind. Downburst and windthrow are wind.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States.
Wuhan Airlines Flight 343
Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight between Enshi Airport and Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, both in Hubei province, Central China.
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Xi'an Y-7
The Xi'an Y-7 is a twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft built in China.
1950 Air France multiple Douglas DC-4 accidents
Two Air France Douglas DC-4 aircraft crashed two days apart in June 1950 within a few miles of each other and under similar circumstances.
See Downburst and 1950 Air France multiple Douglas DC-4 accidents
1956 Kano Airport BOAC Argonaut crash
On 24 June 1956, a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) four-engined Canadair C-4 Argonaut airliner crashed into a tree on departure from Kano Airport in Nigeria, three crew and 29 passengers were killed.
See Downburst and 1956 Kano Airport BOAC Argonaut crash
See also
Storm
- ARkStorm
- Air-mass thunderstorm
- Anticyclonic storm
- Blizzard
- Bow echo
- Calming the storm
- Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
- Cloudburst
- Convective storm detection
- Cyclone Gombe
- Derecho
- Downburst
- Dry punch
- Dry thunderstorm
- Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships
- European Severe Storms Laboratory
- Haboob
- Hail
- Kona storm
- Lightning
- Lightning activity level
- National Severe Storms Laboratory
- Perfect storm
- Rainband
- Space hurricane
- Squall
- Sting jet
- Storm
- Storm Data
- Storm cell
- Storm chasing
- Storms
- Supercell
- Thundersnow
- Thunderstorm
- Tornado
- Tropical cyclone
- Typhoon Tapah (2019)
- Upper tropospheric cyclonic vortex
- Winter storm
Weather hazards to aircraft
- Air-mass thunderstorm
- Carburetor icing
- Clear-air turbulence
- Cloud suck
- Cumulonimbus and aviation
- Downburst
- Fog
- Ground deicing of aircraft
- Icing conditions
- Thunderstorm
- Whiteout (weather)
- Wind gradient
- Wind shear
References
Also known as Downbursts, Dry Microburst, Macroburst, Micro burst, Microburst, Microbursts, Plough Wind, Rain bomb, Straight-line wind, Straight-line winds, Thundergusts, Wet Microburst.
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