downburst
downburst · downbursts
A powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm, often creating…A powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm, often creating powerful divergent horizontal winds and strong wind shear upon impacting the surface.
Meaning
1 sensesA powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm, often creating powerful divergent horizontal winds and strong wind shear upon impacting the surface.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From down- + burst, coined by American meteorologist Horace R. Byers and Japanese and AmerFrom down- + burst, coined by American meteorologist Horace R. Byers and Japanese and American meteorologist Tetsuya T. Fujita in November 1975.
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