Types of Severe Convective Wind Events in Eastern Australia

Abstract

Severe winds associated with thunderstorms and convection are a hazard affecting key aspects of society, including emergency management and infrastructure design. Several studies around the world have shown that severe convective winds (SCWs) can occur due to several different processes, in a range of atmospheric environments, with significant regional and temporal variations. However, in eastern Australia, the types of SCWs and their variability have not been assessed outside of individual case studies. Here, a combination of reanalysis, lightning, radar and station data are used to characterise a set of 36 SCW events in four locations in eastern Australia. These events are objectively chos..