Archives: February, 2009

admin — February 23, 2009, 7:59 pm

Squall lines: What are they and how do they form?

Have you seen this graphic on any radar image for a region you were occupying before?

If so, there was a very good chance it was accompanied by extreme winds, extensive lightning, and generous amounts of precipitation.

A squall line is an organized line of thunderstorms. It is classified as a multi-cell cluster, meaning a thunderstorm complex [...]