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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An area of strong, often damaging, [[winds]] produced by one or more convective [[downdrafts]]. Downbursts over horizontal spatial scales ≤ 4 km are referred to as [[microbursts]], whereas larger events with horizontal spatial scales > 4 km are termed [[macrobursts]].</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An area of strong, often damaging, [[winds]] produced by one or more convective [[downdrafts]]. Downbursts over horizontal spatial scales ≤ 4 km are referred to as [[microbursts]], whereas larger events with horizontal spatial scales > 4 km are termed [[macroburst|macrobursts]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:58, 6 October 2015
downburst
An area of strong, often damaging, winds produced by one or more convective downdrafts. Downbursts over horizontal spatial scales ≤ 4 km are referred to as microbursts, whereas larger events with horizontal spatial scales > 4 km are termed macrobursts.
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