Research Article
Predicting Microbursts in the Northeastern U.S. Using Lightning Flash Rates and Simple Radar Parameters
Table 4
Time of 2σ maxima of each parameter with respect to the severe wind report.
| Date | Total ltng. (minutes) | CC (minutes) | CG (minutes) | VIL (minutes) | Cloud top (minutes) | Echo top (minutes) |
| 20120724 | +6 | +3 | +6 | +1 | N/A | N/A | 20130624 | −34 | −12 | −34 | +13 | +13 | N/A | 20140703 | +7 | +1 | +3 | +1 | N/A | 0 | 20150612 | +2 | +2 | −6 | +6 | N/A | N/A | 20150623 | +4 | +4 | −9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20150630 | −21 | −22 | −2 | +5 | +6 | N/A | 20150803 | −33 | −33 | −32 | −31 | +15 | −5 | 20160701 | −11 | −23 | −23 | +15 | −31 | −3 | Mean/SD | −8.4/18.1 | −10.0/14.5 | −10.6/14.9 | 1.4/15.3 | −3.3/24.4 | −2.7/2.5 |
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Negative numbers indicate before the report, and positive numbers indicate after the report. N/A indicates maximum value was less than 2σ.
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