Microbursts: What Are They, and How do They Happen?

KSJD | By Austin Cope

Published October 4, 2017 at 10:59 AM MDT

Wind from a microburst fell on a house earlier in September, and damaged trees throughout the town

Microbursts are a rare weather phenomenon that occur in summer or early fall. A microburst occured in Cortez in September, and knocked a tree onto a house. KSJD's Austin Cope spoke with local weather observer and meterologist Jim Andrus to learn more about these phenomena and how they occur.

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Austin Cope

Austin Cope is a former Morning Edition host for KSJD and now produces work on a freelance basis for the station. He grew up in Cortez and hosted a show on KSJD when he was 10 years old. After graduating from Montezuma-Cortez High School in 2010, he lived in Belgium, Ohio, Spain, northern Wyoming, and Himachal Pradesh, India before returning to the Cortez area. He has a degree in Politics from Oberlin College in Ohio.

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