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What Is A Gust Front?
SEATTLE - While fairly rare around here, gust fronts are like miniature windstorms that can be a side effect of a strong thunderstorm nearby, and can also be a sign that you're about to get very wet. During a very heavy rainstorm, the downw... Read More »
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What is the difference between an outflow boundary and a gust fro...
Outflow Boundary A storm-scale or mesoscale boundary separating thunderstorm-cooled air (outflow) from the surrounding air; similar in effect to a cold front, with passage marked by a wind shift and usually a drop in temperature. Outflow bo... Read More »
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What exactly is a gust front and what causes it?
As defined by the National Weather Service, A Gust Front is the leading edge of gusty surface winds from thunderstorm downdrafts; sometimes associated with a shelf cloud or roll cloud. Gust fronts are caused by strong downdraft of a thunder... Read More »
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A front in weather is the divide between air masses with different properties. So, a gust front is the line between the downdraft pouring out of a thunderstorm after it hits the ground and proceeds outward and the relatively still air it is...
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When rain begins falling from a shower or thunderstorm it drags down cool air from aloft. When this cool air hits the ground it spreads out and blows along the ground. This wind is the gust front. Often, when a thunderstorm is a few miles a...
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The south winds were likely the inflow winds toward the storm system. The air gets close to the line of storms, then gets lifted upward and into the storms which is how they are fueled. The other part of the storms wind circulation includes...
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Your terminology is not standard; so I'm not clear what you are asking. But here's my best guess. Stratus clouds, widespread laminar clouds, are associated with warm fronts and high pressure. High pressure forces the prevailing winds outwar...
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Not every storm has a 'calm' before it. Some storms are formed by mechanisms other than instability from heating. Some storms form via mechanisms whereby lift is created due to the interaction of opposing flows (i.e. think of two trains spe...
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The primary reason is the presence of relatively dry air in the lower atmosphere. This dry air causes some of the rain falling through it to evaporate, which cools the air. Since cool air sinks (just as warm air rises), this causes a down-r...
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