Microburst / downburst: Stock photos of the visible features and structure of wet and dry microbursts, downbursts, and the rain foot and straight-line winds at the edge of a thunderstorm rain curtain.

  • Downburst winds with rain foot and lightning inside rain shafts
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  • A large desert sandstorm (haboob), the result of downburst winds
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  • Severe downburst winds produce a very steeply curved rain foot
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  • A dry microburst sends a plume of dust skyward
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  • Heavy rain curtain shows wet microburst features and causes
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  • Wet microburst creates a rain foot under a storm
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  • These rain shafts will likely produce a wet microburst
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  • Wet microburst: evaporative cooling accelerates downdrafts
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  • A wet microburst has spread along the ground as a narrow rain foot
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  • A small storm releases a cloudburst, leading to microburst evolution
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  • Heavy rain curtain with a rain foot, which indicates strong winds
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  • An odd piece of scud has formed at the edge of a heavy rain curtain
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  • Dry microbursts are stirring up dust under high-based storm
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  • A storm with heavy rain showers which splatter outward
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  • Downburst winds emanate from the back of a thunderstorm
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  • Close view of a rain curtain showing a microburst about to arrive
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  • Strong wind gusts from dry microbursts under a storm
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  • Close view of a dust foot on the forward edge of a downburst
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  • A haboob caused by downburst winds and gravity current
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  • A close view of a dust foot on the forward edge of downburst
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