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The chase begins... Cloud formations
over Lake Ontario (St. Catharines):
Mesocyclone builds up as we enter
rural Niagara-on-the-Lake:
Lower bands under the meso:
In the middle of the microburst
(Lakeshore Rd., NOTL, ~8:30pm). Judging by how fast the debris and
'packets' of rain were travelling and comparing them to the speed of a
car, I estimated wind speeds here at over 100km/hr (anemometer is next
:^) We could see leaves and branches in the air everywhere... Newspaper
reported that around the same time of this microburst a tornado cut a 50m
swath through grape vineyards about 1 mile away from us, pulling the grape
wires clean from their supports).
For a movie file (with sound) of
this, CLICK
HERE! (RealVideo format)
Tree (measured the next day at 11"
trunk diameter) snapped at base (St. Catharines) knocked power line down
across the street. We actually got there the same time the Fire Dept.
arrived!
