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Windstorm was likely a derecho. What is that?

A long line of quick-moving thunderstorms that produced a swath of damaging wind gusts across northern Texas and Oklahoma late Sunday likely qualified the event as a derecho, although that's not an official designation, said Nolan Meister, a meteorol.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgFeb 27th, 2023

Bridging the gap: New terrain smoothing method refines downslope windstorm modeling

Researchers from the UK Met Office, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, have developed an advanced terrain-smoothing technique that significantly improves the modeling of downslope windstorms. This innovative approac.....»»

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120-year-old storm"s secrets could be key to judging weather risks

A severe windstorm that battered the U.K. more than a century ago produced some of the strongest winds that Britain has ever seen, a team of scientists have found after recovering old weather records......»»

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Windstorm was likely a derecho. What is that?

A long line of quick-moving thunderstorms that produced a swath of damaging wind gusts across northern Texas and Oklahoma late Sunday likely qualified the event as a derecho, although that's not an official designation, said Nolan Meister, a meteorol.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsFeb 27th, 2023

EXPLAINER: What is a derecho?

Multiple tornadoes and thunderstorms that struck the Great Plains and upper Midwest on Dec. 15 were the result of a rare event called a derecho, according to the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. It was the first on record in Decem.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 20th, 2021