Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A powerful downward air current from a cumulonimbus cloud, typically associated with thunderstorm activity.
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- noun meteorology A
powerful downward air current , especially one during athunderstorm .
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Though not an official finding, Environment Canada said they are fairly confident a downburst was the trigger for the collapse of the main stage 20 minutes into a performance by Cheap Trick.
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Though not an official finding, Environment Canada said they are fairly confident a downburst was the trigger for the collapse of the main stage 20 minutes into a performance by Cheap Trick.
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Though not an official finding, Environment Canada said they are fairly confident a downburst was the trigger for the collapse of the main stage 20 minutes into a performance by Cheap Trick.
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Though not an official finding, Environment Canada said they are fairly confident a downburst was the trigger for the collapse of the main stage 20 minutes into a performance by Cheap Trick.
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A downburst is the outflow from a thunderstorm that is characterized by a massive downward airflow creating immense hazards for aircraft - a severe downburst can swat even the most powerful aircraft from the sky and create a tragedy.
Soaring on Ridgelift 2008
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Authorities said a strong downburst of wind apparently overturned a mobile home, killing a 64-year-old woman in St. Francis County, in eastern Arkansas.
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This intensification may have been aided by the rear-flank downburst.
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Something just shy of anger erupted, and we soon knew what was in store for us when the plane got tossed from the sky by a sudden downburst from a supercell thunderstorm that appeared in just minutes out of a clear, blue autumn sky.
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This intensification may have been aided by the rear-flank downburst.
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Another thing that could have happened, as the plane came down and was landing and doing a very nice roll down the runway, rather than wind coming in here, if there was a downburst of a thunderstorm, and that blew the plane this way, you get an 45 - or 50-mile-per-hour wind blowing you down the runway, you don't get to stop in time.
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