A bow-shaped radar signature associated with fast-moving storm systems accompanied by damaging winds.
Example sentencesExamples
Several reports of downed trees and power lines near Altha, and structural damage at Blountstown, Florida were received as the bow echo tracked across Calhoun County.
They are associated with regions of very heavy rains and often spawn squall lines, bow echos and derechos.
I have seen them move 60 to 70 mph before… especially bow echos that produce extreme wind damage.
Derechos are typically associated with a long lived bow echo or a series of bow echoes.
This Doppler radar image collected by the National Weather Service on the evening of June 11, 2001, shows a strong bow echo moving southeast across Wisconsin.
Definition of bow echo in US English:
bow echo
nounˈbō ˌekō
Meteorology
A bow-shaped radar signature associated with fast-moving storm systems accompanied by damaging winds.
Example sentencesExamples
Derechos are typically associated with a long lived bow echo or a series of bow echoes.
Several reports of downed trees and power lines near Altha, and structural damage at Blountstown, Florida were received as the bow echo tracked across Calhoun County.
This Doppler radar image collected by the National Weather Service on the evening of June 11, 2001, shows a strong bow echo moving southeast across Wisconsin.
I have seen them move 60 to 70 mph before… especially bow echos that produce extreme wind damage.
They are associated with regions of very heavy rains and often spawn squall lines, bow echos and derechos.