A pressure jump is associated with its passage. Outflow boundaries can persist for over 24 hours and travel hundreds of kilometers (miles) from their area of origin. A wrapping gust front is a front that wraps around the mesocyclone, cutting off the inflow of warm moist air and resulting in occlusion. This is sometimes the case during the event of a collapsing storm, in which the wind literally "rips it apart".

Origin

A microburst is a very localized column

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