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Looks like a microburst to me, but same family as windshear
by briandear 2y ago
Looks like a microburst to me, but same family as windshear
- sitkack 2y agoThis is a pretty infamous video catching a microburst event on camera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_WmjWAGkLI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_WmjWAGkLI (no injuries),
- bredren 2y ago/r/aviation conversation on this video: https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/295ape/a_not_so_microburst/ https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/295ape/a_not_so_m...
- ominous_prime 2y agoI doubt there was a thunderstorm in the area in the middle of the winter
- Scoundreller 2y agoWe’ve had thunderstorms in winter during snowfall Toronto. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundersnow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundersnow But the snow rates were slow enough yesterday that I don’t think that was happening.
- ominous_prime 2y agoyeah, "middle of winter" wasn't quite right, but the chances of a microburst during what is an otherwise already windy/gusty winter day are basically none