On 2008-08-13, Pete L wrote:
Last night on a quiz show (Eggheads) the question was asked, 'What
is
an anvil crawler?

During my 30 years plus working for the Met Office, I have never
heard
'Anvil Crawler' before. Just reading about it now and it's an
American
term to describe lightning forks travelling across the underside of
the thundercloud. Has anybody in UK ever heard this term mentioned?


.... caught me out too. Because of the 'anvil' reference, I thought
vaguely
about thunderstorms, but couldn't place the exact definition (before
the
answer was given!)

Mind you, there are a lot of terms that the severe convective
community use
in the US that aren't well know over here.

Martin.


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Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
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