{"id":61629,"date":"2017-01-18T21:48:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T21:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/?p=61629"},"modified":"2023-11-23T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:28:00","slug":"glossarymicroburst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/glossary\/microburst\/","title":{"rendered":"Microburst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microbursts occur during powerful thunderstorms and present themselves as a small downdraft that moves in a way similar to a tornado, just in reverse. When microbursts are present, air charter safety becomes top priority. This means the safety and wellbeing of the passengers and crew come first.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Finding Safety During a Microburst<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Since microbursts create strong wind gusts on the surface of the Earth, landing when a microburst is present becomes a challenge. To adhere to air charter safety guidelines, pilots receive extensive training on how to recover from a microburst.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Big Power of Microbursts<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There are two types of microbursts that occur during a thunderstorm: <strong>Wet<\/strong> \u2013 Wet microbursts are just how they sound \u2013 wet. When a downburst occurs with significant precipitation at the surface, a wet microburst occurs. Melting hail appears to play a big role in the formation of these wet weather wonders. <strong>Dry<\/strong> \u2013 When rain mixes with dry air and evaporates, cool air forms. The cool air quickly descends, forming a dry microburst. These are created when a high based thunderstorm generates little to no surface rainfall. These two types go through three stages during a cycle: <strong>Downburst<\/strong> \u2013 The wind moves at its highest rate of speed during this cycle. A column of air descends from the cloud base and touches down within minutes. <strong>Outburst <\/strong>\u2013 The air that comes into contact with the ground curls outwards and starts moving away from the original site of impact. <strong>Cushion<\/strong> \u2013 Once the wind hits the ground, it slows down due to friction. However, the curling wind increases in speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microbursts occur during powerful thunderstorms and present themselves as a small downdraft that moves in a way similar to a tornado, just in reverse.","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1402],"tags":[978],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88970,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61629\/revisions\/88970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}