Meanings of microburst in English

A large thunderstorm passed over Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday afternoon and produced a spectacular microburst.

The scouts would maintain silence except for occasional low-power microburst transmissions among their own force.

That microburst will be our signal to attack.

In fact, the microburst happened on the same day South Africa allegedly recorded its hottest ever temperature.

A microburst is a sudden rush of air downward that is sometimes confused with a tornado and can do similar damage.

According to the experts at Saws, a microburst is an intense small-scale downdraft produced by a thunderstorm that can result in very strong winds.

The red cloud guarding the sky above Cricklade manor's steep roof was writhing violently, its gold and crimson underbelly caught by potent microburst vortices.

Flying creatures soared past the windows, tiny microbursts of electricity flashing across their rippling forms.

The BK133 was descending carefully, wings rocking in the thermal microbursts generated by the harpoons' impact.

"A microburst of incoming information will still be entirely too hazardous," Suva replied.

Now we're being hit by "microbursts" -destructive winds which have ripped through villages in the Eastern Cape.

"General, the microburst just came in!" the comm specialist reported.