Orographic Microbursts in a Severe Winter Windstorm

• Main Author: Tucker, Zena A.
• Other Authors: AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: Meteorology; Geography; *WIND; *GUSTS; *STORMS; *OROGRAPHY; COASTAL REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY; PACIFIC OCEAN; AIR WATER INTERACTIONS; CONVECTION(ATMOSPHERIC); WASHINGTON(STATE); DEW POINT; ISLANDS; MARINE CLIMATOLOGY; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; MOUNTAINS; WINTER; THESES; DAMAGE; SAN JUAN ISLANDS; MICROBURSTS; GUEMES ISLAND; DOWN BURSTS; Arctic; Fraser River; Guemes; Pacific; Point Islands; San Juan
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA267651; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA267651

Orographic microbursts in a remarkable winter wind storm caused severe damage to the San Juan Islands and coastal regions of Washington State on December 28, 1990. The microbursts, associated with trapped lee mountain waves, produced winds in excess of 50 m/s on Guemes Island. The damage patterns of...