Predicting Microbursts in the Northeastern U.S. Using Lightning Flash Rates and Simple Radar Parameters

Table 3

Time of 2σ maxima of each parameter with respect to the microburst.

Date	Total ltng. (minutes)	CC (minutes)	CG (minutes)	VIL (minutes)	Cloud top (minutes)	Echo top (minutes)
20120724	−42	−42	−20	N/A	N/A	N/A
20130624	+4	+6	+4	+2	+2	N/A
20140703	+4	−41	+5	−14	N/A	N/A
20140708NY	−23	−20	−36	−1	N/A	−17
20140708PA	−3	−3	+9	−5	N/A	N/A
20150612	−8	−8	−37	−42	N/A	N/A
20150623	−6	0	−1	N/A	+15	N/A
20150630	N/A	N/A	−10	0	N/A	N/A
20150803	−8	−21	−8	+12	N/A	N/A
20160616	−14	−18	−14	N/A	N/A	N/A
20160701	+15	+5	+15	+15	N/A	−2
Mean/SD	−8.1/15.9	−15.2/16.8	−14.2/17.4	−4.1/17.8	10.7/7.5	−9.5/10.6

Negative numbers indicate before the microburst, and positive numbers indicate after the microburst. N/A indicates maximum value was less than 2σ.