Sentences with phrase «strong upper level winds»

Tornadoes require strong upper level winds, up to three miles above the ground, to contrast with slower currents near ground level in what's called wind shear.

Not exact matches

Updated February 21: Due to strong upper - level winds, SpaceX has postponed the launch to the same time on Thursday, 6:17 a.m. PST, 9:17 EST..

Winds will be stronger at the upper stories of high - rise buildings, up to a full category above surface - level speeds.

Let's say your wind speed is strong, and the wind direction is opposite between the upper levels and the [ocean's] surface — then you get a strong shearing environment.

Like Joby, these companies are exploiting new strong, cheap materials, advanced control electronics, and an improved understanding of upper - level wind patterns.

Over the Atlantic basin, the amplified trough is associated with stronger upper - level westerly winds and stronger lower - level easterly trade winds, both of which increase the vertical wind shear and suppress hurricane activity.

I made the connection, because some months ago, don't remember where, I read that strong «upper level winds» can actually, in some cases, intensify a thunderstorm, by increasing the strength of the updrafts within the cell.

Decreased wind shear — upper - level winds that can disrupt hurricane formation — would lead to more and stronger hurricanes.

back to the horizontal gradient, if the upper tropospheric thermal wind shear increase is greater than the decrease of the lower layer, then maybe the overall baroclinic instability would be stronger — but currently the upper level eddy circulations do not transport much heat poleward, so would the structure of cyclones change so that a deeper layer of air is involved in the thermal advection, compensating for a weaker temperature gradient?

El Niño events can lead to stronger upper - level winds over the tropical North Atlantic, which can tear nascent storms apart before they have a chance to strengthen.