Hook echo

From Glossary of Meteorology



hook echo

A pendant, curve-shaped region of reflectivity caused when precipitation is drawn into the cyclonic spiral of a mesocyclone.

The hook echo is a fairly shallow feature, typically extending only up to 3–4 km in height before becoming part of a bounded weak echo region (BWER).

Fujita, T. 1958. Mesoanalysis of the Illinois tornadoes of 9 April 1953. J. Meteor.. 15. 288–296.


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