Derechos: The Wind That Goes Straight Ahead
In short: How a derecho, a fast-moving line of thunderstorms, drives damaging straight-line winds across hundreds of miles with rain-cooled sinking air instead of rotation.
A 2:00 short film in the series “Invisible Atmosphere”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: NOAA / National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center, “Derechos FAQ page”; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service JetStream, “Derechos”; National Weather Service (NOAA), Weather Forecast Office Louisville, KY, “Derecho”; NOAA Storm Prediction Center / National Severe Storms Laboratory (Evans and Doswell, Weather and Forecasting, June 2001), “Untitled”; NOAA Institutional Repository (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration); article published by the American Meteorological Society in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2023,…, “NOAA Institutional Repository”; NOAA Storm Prediction Center and National Severe Storms Laboratory (Evans and Doswell), “Derecho Environments”; American Meteorological Society (Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences), paper by Morris L. Weisman of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, hosted by NOAA Storm Prediction Center, “Weisman_1993.pdf”; American Meteorological Society (Monthly Weather Review), hosted by NOAA Storm Prediction Center, “Wakimoto1_2006.pdf”; NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), “Damaging Winds Types”; NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), “Severe Weather 101: Thunderstorm Types”; National Weather Service (NOAA), Weather Forecast Office Quad Cities, IA/IL, “Midwest Derecho - August 10, 2020”; National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Des Moines, IA (NOAA, US Department of Commerce), “August 10, 2020 Derecho”; U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service, “The Historic Derecho of June 29, 2012”; NOAA / National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center, “Climatology of Derecho Events in the United States”.
Sources used in this film
- NOAA / National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center — Derechos FAQ page · View →
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service JetStream — Derechos · View →
- National Weather Service (NOAA), Weather Forecast Office Louisville, KY — Derecho · View →
- NOAA Storm Prediction Center / National Severe Storms Laboratory (Evans and Doswell, Weather and Forecasting, June 2001) — Untitled · View →
- NOAA Institutional Repository (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration); article published by the American Meteorological Society in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2023,… — NOAA Institutional Repository · View →
- NOAA Storm Prediction Center and National Severe Storms Laboratory (Evans and Doswell) — Derecho Environments · View →
- American Meteorological Society (Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences), paper by Morris L. Weisman of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, hosted by NOAA Storm Prediction Center — Weisman_1993.pdf · View →
- American Meteorological Society (Monthly Weather Review), hosted by NOAA Storm Prediction Center — Wakimoto1_2006.pdf · View →
- NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) — Damaging Winds Types · View →
- NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) — Severe Weather 101: Thunderstorm Types · View →
- National Weather Service (NOAA), Weather Forecast Office Quad Cities, IA/IL — Midwest Derecho - August 10, 2020 · View →
- National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Des Moines, IA (NOAA, US Department of Commerce) — August 10, 2020 Derecho · View →
- U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service — The Historic Derecho of June 29, 2012 · View →
- NOAA / National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center — Climatology of Derecho Events in the United States · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: NOAA / National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center: Derechos FAQ page
- Also: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service JetStream: Derechos
- Also: National Weather Service (NOAA), Weather Forecast Office Louisville, KY: Derecho
- Also: NOAA Storm Prediction Center / National Severe Storms Laboratory (Evans and Doswell, Weather and Forecasting, June 2001): Untitled
- Also: NOAA Institutional Repository (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration); article published by the American Meteo: NOAA Institutional Repository
- Also: NOAA Storm Prediction Center and National Severe Storms Laboratory (Evans and Doswell): Derecho Environments
- Also: American Meteorological Society (Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences), paper by Morris L. Weisman of the National Center: Weisman_1993.pdf
- Also: American Meteorological Society (Monthly Weather Review), hosted by NOAA Storm Prediction Center: Wakimoto1_2006.pdf
- Also: NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL): Damaging Winds Types
- Also: Thunderstorm Types
- Also: National Weather Service (NOAA), Weather Forecast Office Quad Cities, IA/IL: Midwest Derecho - August 10, 2020
- Also: National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Des Moines, IA (NOAA, US Department of Commerce): August 10, 2020 Derecho
- Also: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service: The Historic Derecho of June 29, 2012
- Also: NOAA / National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center: Climatology of Derecho Events in the United States
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