IEM Daily Feature
Saturday, 29 June 2019
Saturday, 29 June 2019
Monticello Heat Burst
Posted: 29 Jun 2019 06:28 AM
'Tis the season for compact and powerful Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCS) to
frequent the state. Sometimes these systems can force air rapidly to the ground surface,
which then heats the air thanks to compression. The result is a burst of hot and dry air
known as a 'Heat Burst'. Such an event happened on Thursday behind a departing MCS
over Monticello, IA (NE of Cedar Rapids). The featured chart presents the available
observations and you can see the classic heat burst signature of a rapid warming of
temperature and drop in dew point. These events can sometimes be damaging with
extreme winds and blast furnace air damaging plants.
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