2007-07-05 16:16:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
An outflow is "air that flows outward from a thunderstorm."
I think gust fronts are a type of outflow boundary. Its like a boundary between cold air from the thunderstorm and warm, humid air.
2007-07-05 16:30:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A gust front is defined because of the fact the vanguard of a mesoscale stress dome isolating the outflow air in a convective hurricane from the environmental air mutually as an outflow boundary is a floor boundary formed via the horizontal spreading of thunderstorm-cooled air. The gust front is extra course based.
2016-12-10 03:25:42 · answer #2 · answered by ballow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An outflow boundary moves away from the storm, while the gust front stays at the front of the storm and can be indicated by a shelf cloud.
2007-07-06 02:49:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
An outflow is a pretty much steady downdraft of cold air from a storm cell. A gust front is more like a "microburst" in whch a relatively high-velocity burst of wind comes from a storm or storm front that is significantly higher than the normal outflow from such a storm or front.
2007-07-05 17:29:09 · answer #4 · answered by Foxfire 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think the outflow comes directly from a thunderstorm while a gust front is from a squall cloud that sometimes preceeds the onset of a strong thunderstorm.
2007-07-05 16:30:50 · answer #5 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋