[ChicagoConservative27]

The hell is a microburst???

[butlerweave]

and they never get thunderstorms ,LOL

[DIRTYSECRET]

The perfect storm would happen on Election Day-or would it?

[P.O.E.]

Severe
WILDfire
Damaging
etc.

Weather torture porn

[Jemian]

That is not a tornadic situation,” said FOX Weather meteorologist Jordan Overton. “It doesn’t mean there was a tornado. It just means you get kind of spinning, some shear in the atmosphere that are usually kind of really skinny, and they’ll be kind of dark in color. They look really scary, but they’re not actually tornadic.”

Just because it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, doesn't mean it actually is a duck.

[Robert DeLong]

A microburst is a sudden, powerful burst of air within a thunderstorm that sinks rapidly in a column of air known as a downdraft, then as it hits the ground, air is forced outward in a burst of strong winds.

[EEGator]

A smaller macroburst…

[Syncopated]

Imagine a thunderstorm with a huge updraft in the center. You are keeping a literal ton of moisture hanging in the air, turning into hail and ice. Suddenly, a whole storm just dumps over you when the updraft ends.

It’s extremely damaging. It’s like you get a whole monster storm dumped on top of a 5 mile diameter area, all at once. 5-8 inches of rain just drops in 2 minutes.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

After the tornado crushed the Pfizer plant in North Carolina, perhaps some “events” outside the control of little men, us and them alike, might be evidencing themselves? It's a thought....

[Robert DeLong]

There are actually three different types of microbursts - wet, dry, and hybrid. Microbursts concentrate intense winds dropped from the sky, straight down, covering an area about 2.5 miles or less in diameter. They can produce wind speeds up to 150 miles per hour and can cause significant damage.

[rktman]

WOW! Lucky there were no ‘straight line winds’ on top of the microburst with all that climageddonish WEATHER.

[Sirius Lee]

Maybe God is sending a message to NYC and DC.
Is there even a Lot amongst them?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Well, like they say, “if you don’t like the weather, wait 15 minutes.”

[Robert DeLong]

Pictures of damage sustained fro mmicrobursts:

[Texas Fossil]

“Funnel spotted in DC”

Must be from that great sucking sound by the Deep State.

[COBOL2Java]

[Have Ruck - Will Travel]

How long until we see the “Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass histeria” type stuff? I’m waiting, although not really patiently. The sooner, the better.

[AppyPappy]

“Scattered severe thunderstorms are pummeling parts of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Wednesday afternoon,”

Today is Wednesday and it is not afternoon yet. ??

[Madam Theophilus]

There seems to be several different aspects to the recent uptick in weather horror stories - one, is what Greg Gutfield has been saying, namely, it’s summer and lots of reporters are on vacation. Reporting on the weather is the easiest thing to do when short staffed.

Secondly, there does seem to be an effort to create a panic about weather to maintain various experts’ TV profile the same as in the pandemic.

Thirdly, there is a legitimate change in weather due to a under-reported major event, the Tonga marine volcano explosion. See the story here as to how this is having significant impact on the global weather, even after a year:

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/07/23/ryan-maue-on-hunga-tonga-hunga-haapai-submarine-volcano/

[Hatteras]

"Scattered severe thunderstorms are pummeling parts of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Wednesday afternoon, including much of the major I-95 corridor cities of New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., bringing heavy rains, strong winds, frequent lighting and even a sighting of a funnel over the Washington Capitol."

In what dimension is this happening? Today is Wednesday, right? DC and Philly forecasts call for clear and 0 precip today.

Where?

btw, a microburst is a sudden strong downdraft typically within a thunderstorm.

[mabarker1]

SERIOUSLY ?!?!?! You've never heard of a Microburst ?!?! Delta Flight 191

The remains of a Lockheed L-1011 that was Delta Flight 191 slammed into the ground at DFW International Airport in 1985 by a Microburst from a thunderstorm in Texas.