A microburst is a "downburst" on a smaller scale. A downburst is a concentrated downdraft — typically lasting five to 15 minutes — of unusually high speed. According to the BOM, there are two types of ...

A wet microburst can occur during thunderstorms and is accompanied by "significant precipitation at the surface". But Thursday's storm in Brisbane's south-east was considered a dry microburst ...

Extreme damage to a structure caused by a microburst. As the air rises within a thunderstorm, so do water droplets and hailstones. Sometimes the thunderstorm can support this in large amounts ...

Once enough cooling takes place, the rain and hailstones being held high in the thunderstorm cloud drop to the ground - as a microburst. Once the microburst hits the ground, it spreads out in all ...

The Bureau of Meteorology’s Dean Narramore explained that the area had experienced a dry “microburst” of intense wind gusts. “Yesterday, we know it was very hot and humid but just above ...

A short but powerful storm has lashed Brisbane's south-eastern suburbs with a "microburst" bringing wind gusts of up to 80 kilometres per hour. The storm swept through the Carina Heights area ...