what is cloud brust?

Answer 1

A cloudburst is extreme rainfall, sometimes mixed with hail and thunder, which normally lasts no longer than a few minutes but is capable of creating minor flood conditions. Cloudbursts descend from very high clouds, sometimes with tops above 15 kilometers. The monsoon rains during July and August put a lot of water into the Himalayan soil; when there are instances of cloudbursts, the results can be disastrous.

Scientists, and metereologists in particular, are beginning to pay attention to this little understood phenomenon and its potential to cause massive destruction to life and property. However, no one is clear about the scientific cause behind this unpredictable phenomenon.

In the Indian subcontinent, a cloudburst usually occurs when a pregnant monsoon cloud drifts northwards, from the Bay of Bengal or Arabian Sea across the plains, then onto the Himalaya and bursts, bringing rainfall as high as 75 millimeters per hour. An example was the sudden cloud burst over the Indian city of Mumbai and other regions of western India, which occurred on the 26th of July, 2005. Approximately 950mm of rainfall was recorded in Mumbai over a span of eight to ten hours; the deluge completely paralysed India's largest city and financial centre.

Answer 2

A cloudburst is extreme rainfall, sometimes mixed with hail and thunder, which normally lasts no longer than a few minutes but is capable of creating minor flood conditions. Cloudbursts descend from very high clouds, sometimes with tops above 15 kilometers. The monsoon rains during July and August put a lot of water into the Himalayan soil; when there are instances of cloudbursts, the results can be disastrous.

Scientists, and metereologists in particular, are beginning to pay attention to this little understood phenomenon and its potential to cause massive destruction to life and property. However, no one is clear about the scientific cause behind this unpredictable phenomenon.

In the Indian subcontinent, a cloudburst usually occurs when a pregnant monsoon cloud drifts northwards, from the Bay of Bengal or Arabian Sea across the plains, then onto the Himalaya and bursts, bringing rainfall as high as 75 millimeters per hour. An example was the sudden cloud burst over the Indian city of Mumbai and other regions of western India, which occurred on the 26th of July, 2005. Approximately 950mm of rainfall was recorded in Mumbai over a span of eight to ten hours; the deluge completely paralysed India's largest city and financial centre.

Answer 3

When a rain drop falls through the atmosphere it drags along some air. When millions and millions of rain drops fall together they can drag an enormous amount of air. When the rushing air reaches the ground it spreads out forming strong gusts (especially in the direction of the storm) that can break weak limbs and even fell trees. The strongest gusts are usually at the leading edge of a storm because a body of warm moist air wedges above a body of relatively cool air. As the warm air is forced aloft it cools and the excess moisture condenses to form rain (and even snow that melts on the way down). The rising thermal column of buoyant air may be so strong that snow and sleet trying to fall are forced back up continuing to grow and freeze into hail. Strong enough updrafts can recycle the hail until it grows to the size of golf balls (even oranges!) that exhibit layers of new ice each cycle. What goes up must come down and that often occurs as a cloud burst.

Answer 4

cloud burst is a sudden violent rainstorm falling for a short period of time limited to a small geographical area. The rain is of the shower type with a fall rate equal to or greater than 100 mm (4.94 inches) per hour.

Cloud bursts are usually associated with thunderstorms. The air currents rushing upwards in a rainstorm hold up a large amount of water.

If these currents suddenly cease, the entire amount of water descends on to a small area with catastrophic force all of a sudden and causes mass destruction. This is due to a rapid condensation of the clouds.

They occur most often in desert and mountain regions, and in interior regions of continental landmasses.

During a cloudburst, more than 2 cm of rain may fall in a few minutes. They are called `bursts' probably because it was believed earlier than clouds were solid masses full of water. So, these violent storms were attributed to their bursting.

Answer 5

You might be talking about a Downburst or Microburst:
A strong down draft, initiated by a thunderstorm, that induces an outburst of damaging straight line winds on or near the ground. Downburst winds can produce damage similar to a strong tornado. The damage from aloft often looks like a star with debris spreading out from the center in straight lines. Although usually associated with thunderstorms, downbursts can occur with showers too weak to produce thunder. Downbursts come in the following to 2 categories: microburst and macroburst.

Answer 6

A cloud burst is a sudden downpour
with rainfall rates of up to 4.00'' an hour

Answer 7

A cloud burst is a sudden heavy rain downpour.