The Downburst (continued)

<BODY text="#000066" link="blue" vlink="purple" alink="red" background="index32.gif"> <A NAME="pgtop"></A> <A HREF="indexc.htm"><Img Src="flconts.gif" ALT="Table of Contents" WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24></A> <A HREF="index31.htm"><Img Src="fllarrow.gif" ALT="Previous" WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24></A> <A HREF="index33.htm"><Img Src="flrarrow.gif" ALT="Next" WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24></A> <BR> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="100%"><TR> <TD> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="100%"> <TR><TD COLSPAN=0 HEIGHT=45><br></TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=63 HEIGHT=26><br></td> <TD WIDTH=317 HEIGHT=26 align="center" valign="bottom" > <B><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFF00"><FONT size="+2">The Downburst</B></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFF00"><FONT size="+2"> (continued)</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN=0><SPACER type="horizontal" size=173><br></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="100%"> <TR><TD COLSPAN=0 HEIGHT=19><br></TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=59 HEIGHT=212><br></td> <TD WIDTH=322 HEIGHT=212 align="left" valign="top" > <LI><B><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+0">Downbursts produce most of the outflow of a thunderstorm.<BR> <LI>It is possible to get clear air microbursts if rain is evaporating before it hits the ground.<BR> <LI>Such an effect is called <BR> </B></FONT></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+0">virga</FONT></FONT></FONT><B><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+0"> and can happen in LP storms.<BR> Such downbursts are called <BR> </B></FONT></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+0">dry microbursts</FONT></FONT></FONT><B><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+0">.</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN=0><SPACER type="horizontal" size=172><br></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=0 HEIGHT=40><br></TD></TR> </TABLE> <HR ALIGN="left" size=5 WIDTH="65%"> <A NAME="pgbot"></A> <BR> <FONT SIZE="-2">Published by <A HREF="http://www.lotus.com">Lotus</A>® <A HREF="http://www.lotus.com/freelance">Freelance Graphics</A>®</FONT> </BODY>