MICROBURST WIND GUST CALCULATOR
Environmental and storm-structure-based wind potential estimator
J/kg
J/kg
°C/km
°C/km
Inches
Knots
Low-End Potential
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MPH
Expected Potential
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MPH
High-End Potential
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MPH
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Environmental Contribution
SBCAPE / Updraft Strength
0%
DCAPE / Downdraft Potential
0%
Low-Level Lapse Rates
0%
Mid-Level Lapse Rates
0%
PWAT / Precipitation Loading
0%
0–6 km Shear / Momentum Transport
0%
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This calculator is an experimental environmental guidance tool and
does not predict an exact observed wind gust. Actual downburst
intensity depends heavily on storm-scale processes, precipitation
loading, entrainment, momentum transfer, cold-pool evolution,
radar signatures, and storm structure.