An interesting phenomena called a heat burst appeared to happen to folks just to our south in Springfield, Missouri. The featured chart presents the one minute interval observations from the airport sensor showing the typical rise in temperature and increase in wind speeds associated with these events. They are caused by rapidly descending air often from decaying thunderstorms that warms thanks to the ideal gas law. Some of the more extreme events have caused plant damage and other damage related to high winds.

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