I think they're designed to cope with extreme changes of direction, such as microbursts. Certainly any manoeuvre that can be initiated by the pilot will be catered for. IIRC the flight control software blocks any manoeuvres that can cause damage.
September 30, 2026 at 10:49 AM
I think they're designed to cope with extreme changes of direction, such as microbursts. Certainly any manoeuvre that can be initiated by the pilot will be catered for. IIRC the flight control software blocks any manoeuvres that can cause damage.
This October, we’re falling into an exciting lineup of Explorer Series events! 🍂 From digging into microbursts to chasing eclipses, each event explores an exciting facet of what we do at NSF NCAR! Check out the events listed below and learn more here: https://bit.ly/4yX6bZJ
September 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM
This October, we’re falling into an exciting lineup of Explorer Series events! 🍂 From digging into microbursts to chasing eclipses, each event explores an exciting facet of what we do at NSF NCAR! Check out the events listed below and learn more here: https://bit.ly/4yX6bZJ
Automated locked down is a minefield.
The troposphere is a very unforgiving environment.
Microbursts, towering cumulus, windshear.
Most important decision a pilot makes is when *not* to fly. Second is how to keep plane from killing you.
Mass transport in Jetsons aircraft?
Gotta check the weather
The troposphere is a very unforgiving environment.
Microbursts, towering cumulus, windshear.
Most important decision a pilot makes is when *not* to fly. Second is how to keep plane from killing you.
Mass transport in Jetsons aircraft?
Gotta check the weather
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September 23, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Automated locked down is a minefield.
The troposphere is a very unforgiving environment.
Microbursts, towering cumulus, windshear.
Most important decision a pilot makes is when *not* to fly. Second is how to keep plane from killing you.
Mass transport in Jetsons aircraft?
Gotta check the weather
The troposphere is a very unforgiving environment.
Microbursts, towering cumulus, windshear.
Most important decision a pilot makes is when *not* to fly. Second is how to keep plane from killing you.
Mass transport in Jetsons aircraft?
Gotta check the weather
Things that scare me about air travel:
- microbursts
- chronic low staffing of ATC
- terrible DOT management
- letting Boeing self-regulate & self-certify
- carbon emissions
- lack of viable alt travel options
- O'Hare
- driving to/from the airport
- microbursts
- chronic low staffing of ATC
- terrible DOT management
- letting Boeing self-regulate & self-certify
- carbon emissions
- lack of viable alt travel options
- O'Hare
- driving to/from the airport
September 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Things that scare me about air travel:
- microbursts
- chronic low staffing of ATC
- terrible DOT management
- letting Boeing self-regulate & self-certify
- carbon emissions
- lack of viable alt travel options
- O'Hare
- driving to/from the airport
- microbursts
- chronic low staffing of ATC
- terrible DOT management
- letting Boeing self-regulate & self-certify
- carbon emissions
- lack of viable alt travel options
- O'Hare
- driving to/from the airport
Only a very small percentage of chorus waves coincided with relativistic microbursts, which rapidly send high-energy electrons out of Earth’s outer radiation belt. The linked waves tended to be stronger. doi.org/gc3988
Earth's chorus waves show limited link to rapid electron loss from radiation belts
The Van Allen radiation belts are huge, doughnut-shaped regions of highly energetic charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetosphere.
phys.org
September 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Only a very small percentage of chorus waves coincided with relativistic microbursts, which rapidly send high-energy electrons out of Earth’s outer radiation belt. The linked waves tended to be stronger. doi.org/gc3988
Much prefer tonight’s view from a distance as opposed to yesterday evening’s microbursts, but only because being a homeowner with century old trees overhead is a nail biter.
September 21, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Much prefer tonight’s view from a distance as opposed to yesterday evening’s microbursts, but only because being a homeowner with century old trees overhead is a nail biter.
What happens when a thunderstorm’s air suddenly drops instead of rising? In Episode 36, Dr. Mac breaks down downbursts, microbursts, and derechos... like the recent August 2026 event. Learn the physics behind these hurricane-force winds. Listen now: theclimatetranslation.com/episodes/whe...
When the Sky Falls | The Climate Translation
Thunderstorm downbursts generate destructive straight-line winds and regional derechos through heavy precipitation and evaporative cooling. As the climate warms, rising temperatures and increasing DCA...
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September 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
What happens when a thunderstorm’s air suddenly drops instead of rising? In Episode 36, Dr. Mac breaks down downbursts, microbursts, and derechos... like the recent August 2026 event. Learn the physics behind these hurricane-force winds. Listen now: theclimatetranslation.com/episodes/whe...
ZAB issues CWA 201 till 15 Sep 0005Z ... AREA TSRA WITH HVY TO EXTRM PCPN. MOV 24015KT TOPS TO FL450. MICROBURSTS POSS. THIS IS ADDN INFO TO CONVECTIVE SIGMET . NM Link
September 14, 2026 at 11:20 PM
ZAB issues CWA 201 till 15 Sep 0005Z ... AREA TSRA WITH HVY TO EXTRM PCPN. MOV 24015KT TOPS TO FL450. MICROBURSTS POSS. THIS IS ADDN INFO TO CONVECTIVE SIGMET . NM Link
It must have been great just a few hundred years ago, no floods, heatwaves, microbursts.
September 14, 2026 at 11:29 AM
It must have been great just a few hundred years ago, no floods, heatwaves, microbursts.
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As much as I hate this admin, this crash looks like pilot error or just freak weather (you can get microbursts at that airport), they came in too fast and could not get the plane down in time and overshot the runway. The pilot should have realized this and did a touch and go and came around again.
September 7, 2026 at 10:21 PM
As much as I hate this admin, this crash looks like pilot error or just freak weather (you can get microbursts at that airport), they came in too fast and could not get the plane down in time and overshot the runway. The pilot should have realized this and did a touch and go and came around again.
Weather is more interesting. May have been thunderstorms at the approach end. Microbursts happen quickly and unpredictably (end result: high ground speed, slow airspeed too close to ground).
Still, lots of on-ground and airborne detection systems and pilot training.
Still, lots of on-ground and airborne detection systems and pilot training.
September 7, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Weather is more interesting. May have been thunderstorms at the approach end. Microbursts happen quickly and unpredictably (end result: high ground speed, slow airspeed too close to ground).
Still, lots of on-ground and airborne detection systems and pilot training.
Still, lots of on-ground and airborne detection systems and pilot training.
Well, it’s not like they have a song about “Microbursts”.
September 4, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Well, it’s not like they have a song about “Microbursts”.
Glimpses, microbursts, and microdoses
September 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Glimpses, microbursts, and microdoses
Seems like evidence for microbursts all around Foxhall, French Embassy /back of Georgetown U, Duke Ellington area in NW?
September 4, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Seems like evidence for microbursts all around Foxhall, French Embassy /back of Georgetown U, Duke Ellington area in NW?
I've been in one of these; they're not fun.
Microbursts and straight-line winds can do a lot of damage too.
Microbursts and straight-line winds can do a lot of damage too.
September 4, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I've been in one of these; they're not fun.
Microbursts and straight-line winds can do a lot of damage too.
Microbursts and straight-line winds can do a lot of damage too.
Energy is lost in microbursts. Don’t give energy and focus to anything or any person that doesn’t earn it.
Everything’s a trade. Don’t spend energy or focus if there's no return.
Withholding energy and focus for only what really matters keeps us centered and ready for what matters.
Everything’s a trade. Don’t spend energy or focus if there's no return.
Withholding energy and focus for only what really matters keeps us centered and ready for what matters.
September 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Energy is lost in microbursts. Don’t give energy and focus to anything or any person that doesn’t earn it.
Everything’s a trade. Don’t spend energy or focus if there's no return.
Withholding energy and focus for only what really matters keeps us centered and ready for what matters.
Everything’s a trade. Don’t spend energy or focus if there's no return.
Withholding energy and focus for only what really matters keeps us centered and ready for what matters.
US Space Force is using a forecasting tool built by a Harvard undergrad, Zachary Kopel, to predict microbursts—sudden, dangerous winds that threaten rocket launches. 🚀 #spaceforce
Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-08-tool-space-dangerous-events.html
Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-08-tool-space-dangerous-events.html
August 31, 2026 at 10:35 PM
US Space Force is using a forecasting tool built by a Harvard undergrad, Zachary Kopel, to predict microbursts—sudden, dangerous winds that threaten rocket launches. 🚀 #spaceforce
Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-08-tool-space-dangerous-events.html
Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-08-tool-space-dangerous-events.html
ZAB issues CWA 111 till 31 Aug 0305Z ... ISOL SEV TSRA DIAM 30NM WITH HVY TO EXTRM PCPN. MOV 20010KT TOPS TO FL490. LARGE HAIL POSS. MICROBURSTS POSS. CONDS CONTG BYD 310305Z. AZ Link
August 31, 2026 at 2:48 AM
ZAB issues CWA 111 till 31 Aug 0305Z ... ISOL SEV TSRA DIAM 30NM WITH HVY TO EXTRM PCPN. MOV 20010KT TOPS TO FL490. LARGE HAIL POSS. MICROBURSTS POSS. CONDS CONTG BYD 310305Z. AZ Link
ZAB issues CWA 104 till 29 Aug 2105Z ... DVLPG ISOL SEV TSRA DIAM 30NM WITH HVY PCPN. MOV LTL TOPS TO FL450. LARGE HAIL POSS. MICROBURSTS POSS. AZ Link
August 29, 2026 at 8:12 PM
ZAB issues CWA 104 till 29 Aug 2105Z ... DVLPG ISOL SEV TSRA DIAM 30NM WITH HVY PCPN. MOV LTL TOPS TO FL450. LARGE HAIL POSS. MICROBURSTS POSS. AZ Link
ZAB issues CWA 101 till 29 Aug 1805Z ... DVLPG AREA SEV TSRA WITH HVY TO EXTRM PCPN. MOV 21010KT TOPS TO FL500. LARGE HAIL POSS. MICROBURSTS POSS. AZ Link
August 29, 2026 at 5:35 PM
ZAB issues CWA 101 till 29 Aug 1805Z ... DVLPG AREA SEV TSRA WITH HVY TO EXTRM PCPN. MOV 21010KT TOPS TO FL500. LARGE HAIL POSS. MICROBURSTS POSS. AZ Link
Dude microbursts are nuts though. They're kind of low-key worse than tornadoes because they show up with zero warning a lot of the time.
August 29, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Dude microbursts are nuts though. They're kind of low-key worse than tornadoes because they show up with zero warning a lot of the time.
I'm so relieved. I know all the critters know how to hunker down, but some of these winds were like microbursts. Yay that you guys were there to supervise and guard. ❤️
August 28, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I'm so relieved. I know all the critters know how to hunker down, but some of these winds were like microbursts. Yay that you guys were there to supervise and guard. ❤️
ZAB issues CWA 204 till 27 Aug 2105Z ... ISOL SEV TSRA DIAM 30NM WITH HVY PCPN. MOV LTL TOPS TO FL450. LARGE HAIL POSS. MICROBURSTS POSS. AZ Link
August 27, 2026 at 8:11 PM
ZAB issues CWA 204 till 27 Aug 2105Z ... ISOL SEV TSRA DIAM 30NM WITH HVY PCPN. MOV LTL TOPS TO FL450. LARGE HAIL POSS. MICROBURSTS POSS. AZ Link