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a microburst is a very localized column of sinking air, producing damaging divergent and straight line winds at the surface that are similar to but distinguishable from tornadoes which generally have convergent damage
I'd find the dates of those flights out and include them in the article. Airlines recycle the use of airline numbers. For all we know, those flight numbers are used daily/weekly. I'd hate to think we're predicting a weekly airline crash on the main page! Thegreatdr 23:00, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
I would prefer this one: 172.180.244.116 09:57, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
This article assumes the reader is in the US. The section on dry microbursts mentions the High Plains and the table that contrasts dry and wet microbursts lists the most likely locations as the Midwest/West and Southeast respectively. Given that Wikipedia is an international collaboration with an international readership, locations should be qualified, e.g. "High Plains of the western United States".
If I was to update an article on orographic rainfall to say that the phenomenon was most common in the South-West, this would most likely leave American readers scratching their heads, not realising that I was referring to the South-West of Ireland!
-- Davidmccormack 16:28, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I wouldn't call this a neutrality problem as such. Evercat ( talk) 01:58, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Looking back over the article, hasn't this been solved? I do see that the locations are qualified in the table as "in the United States." Is there another "neutrality" issue here or can the tag now be removed? Nicodemus79 ( talk) 23:01, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Since there haven't been any issues raised other than the the resolved geo-centrism issue I will remove the tag unless someone pipes up. On a different note, the referencing could use some sprucing up though. qwertol ( talk) 06:15, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
This article will be very long indeed if all known microbursts are listed. Split it off into its own article or list, and fit wikipedia standards regarding inline references using ref or cite, and this article could be C or B class overnight. Thegreatdr ( talk) 18:41, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
I'm in the process of converting our references to inline references, and have noticed discrepancies. We have articles in the reference section that aren't references within the article AND references within the article that aren't listed below. Whoever added the references within the article that don't lie within the reference section below, please provide a more full citation. Thanks for any help you can provide. Thegreatdr ( talk) 15:16, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
My understanding is that if the entire mass of air of the storm is moving, then the ground level velocity of the microburst air flow will be different in different directions. The surface velocity will be the vector sum of the burst velocity and the storm velocity. Therefore, for instance, winds seen in front of an approaching storm will be higher than winds seen behind a departing storm. If this is true, it might be worth mentioning.
-- AJim ( talk) 17:10, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
I suppose that this counts as original research, but having been in some, I am sure that searching for and including a section on the effects of microbursts on boats would be fruitful. Boats can be capsized and or dismasted if they are caught in one unprepared. -- AJim ( talk) 17:15, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
Appreciate the reference to impact on boats, and the limitations of geography discussed in the article. A student study-at-sea vessel was capsized off the Brazilian coast this last week, initial news attributes the sinking to a Microburst. I have been following the story because my daughter is a recent alumni of the program - an international sailing ship classroom. I'm struggling with the image of the weather conditions that would have led to very experienced captain and crew caught at the mercy of the wind. Apparently it was a matter of minutes from the wind burst that knocked the ship sideways to capsizing and sinking. In a happy ending tribute to the study program, all souls onboard evacuated and rescued. It would be a great addition to this article to expand on the maritime impact and history of microbursts.
Bsjtbluff ( talk) 19:11, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
It seems like a lot of information is overlapped with downburst. I noticed macroburst redirects to downburst, but microburst gets its own article, in fact, it seems superior to the downburst one. Should they be brought together somehow?
-- Joren ( talk) 15:30, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
Is there a difference in damage (one is more damaging than the other) done when comparing dry microbursts to wet ones? 204.184.80.26 ( talk) 18:19, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't most of the damage from the September 16th event due to the two weak tornadoes that accompanied the storm? I believe the woman who was killed was killed by a tree knocked down by the EF1 tornado. 20:24, 6 November 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.79.170.215 ( talk)
An OTRS submitter has contributed 5 new images of a scene in Utah where trees were felled by a microburst, below. Please feel free to use if useful. Dcoetzee 11:46, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
Suggested file to add to this article. — Cirt ( talk) 17:03, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Shouldn't a wet microburst be colder or at about the same temperature as its environment, since it is a downdraft, and since it is laden with precipitation? If it were warmer, wouldn't the air generally have a tendency to rise instead of fall? ZFT ( talk) 04:31, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
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I've added merge suggestion templates to push this content to Downburst because most of the content is duplication, and the latter article is where Macroburst redirects (even though Microburst might describe them better as of this writing). While "microburst" might be the most well known term, "downburst" is more generic and the phenomena are all part of a single family of weather conditions. Todd Vierling ( talk) 22:55, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
Microbursts, heat bursts, and downbursts are three separate but similar weather events. To say that merely because a microburst is smaller than a downburst, therefore, the two events must be one and the same is like saying because a child is smaller than their parent that they too must be one and the same. While it is true both parent and child are human, they are ultimately two separate individuals each with their own attributes and personalities. It should also be noted that this analogy is backed by Wikipedia itself as there are two separate articles for “Child” and “Adult,” unless of course we now will discuss the merging of those two as well? I digress, however, I will state that I do agree on the basis that information overlap should be removed, I just don't see the merging of two articles to be the best option. ACollegeThinker ( talk) 03:46, 25 January 2019 (UTC)