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Because evaporation is a cooling process this creates a pocket of colder air in the atmosphere.Physics will bring that colder pocket of air to the ground because it has a higher density than the warmer air surrounding it. In doing so, the system loses all of its updraft related fuel.The first step of forecasting and preparing for heat bursts is recognizing the events that come before heat bursts occur. 3 0 obj
Second, the midlevel atmospheric environment must be hot and dry, combined with a shallow surface inversion.
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In this case the air is warming because it is being compressed on its descent, not because of the warmer air it is passing through on the way down.
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It’s not as though dry air is unusual in Colorado — I should think that decaying thunderstorms would frequently interact with pockets of dry air; why are heat bursts rare?By viewing our video content, you are accepting the terms of our A dramatic heat burst struck Oklahoma City, Oklahoma overnight with a sudden increase in temperature and severe winds that spread damage across the city. Oklahoma has seen plenty of heat bursts including several recently. International Journal of Climatology. Volume 31. I’m interested in the pockets of dry air. %����
(Kenneth Crawford, Justin Lane, Renee McPherson, William McPherson Jr. "A Climatological Analysis Of Heat Bursts In Oklahoma (1994-2009)."
A heat burst occurs when a decaying thunderstorm interacts with a pocket of very dry air aloft. The cluster shoots a burst of unsaturated air down towards the ground. This phenomenon is often referred to as a heat burst. A dramatic heat burst struck Oklahoma City, Oklahoma overnight with a sudden increase in temperature and severe winds that spread damage across the city.A heat burst is a very rare event that occurs only occasionally as a thunderstorm decays. When thunderstorms are growing, they draw warm, moist air up and into the cloud where moisture condenses and falls out on the other side. But when a thunderstorm surpasses maturity and a lot of moist air is held high in the cloud, it begins to drop as the thunderstorm loses its updraft. As this heavy, rain-cooled air begins to fall, it compresses due to higher pressure at the surface. As the air compresses, it heats up (think of pumping air into a tire and the tire heats up). This heating can be substantial and is reflected in surface temperature readings when a heat burst impacts the ground.The other headline result of a heat burst is the strong wind. As the air plummets from beneath the thunderstorm and hits the ground, it has no where to go except outward. In much of the same dynamic principle as a thunderstorm microburst, the air crashes into the ground and spreads out in all directions, frequently reaching winds that exceed hurricane strength.Since heat bursts are closely associated with decaying thunderstorms. Thunderstorms are fed by warm, moist air that rises in response to solar heating. When the sun sets and the surface heating ceases, many thunderstorms lose their primary energy source. Once this source is absent, many thunderstorms begin to decay. Since heat bursts are closely related to this decay process, it follows that most heat bursts occur at nighttime.The recent heat burst in Oklahoma City occurred at 1am on May 13th. The temperature soared to over 90 degrees as wind speeds topped 55 mph. Damage was widespread with small trees and limbs reported down throughout the city.Dramatic heat bursts have occurred throughout the plains states. Kearney, Nebraska was impacted by a heat burst in on June 20, 2006 when the temperature went from 70 to 93 in minutes overnight and wind speeds topped 60 miles per hour.More recently, on August 3rd, 2008, a heat burst in Sioux Falls, SD forced air downward in such a dramatic fasion that the wind speeds over 50 miles per hour and the temperature jumped from 70 to 101 in less than 20 minutes.I question your reasoning for “heat bursts” and challenge you to present atmospheric soundings for each case stated. endobj
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It is a phenomenon that causes extreme winds, a dramatic rise in temperature and a rapid drop in humidity. As it plunges toward Earth it will warm at a rate of 10°C for every 1,000 meters of descent, something we call adiabatic warming in Meteorology.Adiabatic means a process with no exchange of heat. Heat bursts typically occur during night-time and are associated with decaying thunderstorms. Pages 531-544.
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