Hook echo

Arabic translation: مؤشرات الإعصار الرادارية

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English term or phrase:Hook echo
Arabic translation:مؤشرات الإعصار الرادارية
Entered by: Iman Khaireddine

09:51 Oct 13, 2006
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Environment & Ecology / Tornadoes
English term or phrase: Hook echo
The tornado appeared to reach its maximum intensity at about 318 miles an hour. Usually, a hook echo on radar indicates a tornado is filled with precipitation. This hook echo was filled full of houses and debris and cars in the air.
Iman Khaireddine
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:15
مؤشر أو علامة تحدد موقع الإعصار
Explanation:

hook echo is not an alarming sound but a sign showed up on radar screens which indicates that a tornado might form.

http://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/238/
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/earth/Atmospher...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-10-13 15:07:22 GMT)
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مؤشر أو علامة تحدد موقع أو احتمالية حدوث اعصار
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duraid
Australia
Local time: 23:15
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Summary of answers provided
5 -1صدى هوك
Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
4صدى اندار قبل وقوع الاعصار
Eliana Bunn
2مؤشر أو علامة تحدد موقع الإعصار
duraid


  

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hook echo
صدى هوك


Explanation:
The hook echo is one of the classical hallmarks of tornado-producing supercell thunderstorms as seen on weather radar. The echo is produced by rain, hail, or even debris being wrapped around the supercell. The National Weather Service considers the presence of a hook echo as sufficient to justify issuing a tornado warning.




    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_echo
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Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
Egypt
Local time: 16:15
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disagree  Fayez Roumieh: Hook insn't a proper name.
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hook echo
صدى اندار قبل وقوع الاعصار


Explanation:
presence of a hook echo as sufficient to justify issuing a tornado warning.

The hook echo has been recognized as a sign of tornado development for most of weather radar's existence. The first documented tracking of a hook echo was on April 9, 1953 by the Illinois State Water Survey, during preparations for an early test of radar's ability to measure rainfall rates.




Eliana Bunn
United States
Local time: 09:15
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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hook echo
مؤشر أو علامة تحدد موقع الإعصار


Explanation:

hook echo is not an alarming sound but a sign showed up on radar screens which indicates that a tornado might form.

http://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/238/
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/earth/Atmospher...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-10-13 15:07:22 GMT)
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مؤشر أو علامة تحدد موقع أو احتمالية حدوث اعصار

duraid
Australia
Local time: 23:15
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