Feeder Bands - Lines or bands of low-level clouds that move (feed) into the updraft region of a thunderstorm, usually from the east through south (i.e., parallel to the inflow). Same as inflow bands.
FEEDER BANDS
In tropical parlance, the lines or bands of thunderstorms that spiral into and around the center of a tropical system. Also known as outer convective bands, a typical hurricane may have three or more of these bands.
(or Feeder Bands) Bands of low clouds, arranged parallel to the low-level winds and moving into or toward a thunderstorm. They may indicate the strength of the inflow of moist air into the storm and hence its potential severity.
Inflow bands (or feeder bands ) - Bands of low clouds, arranged parallel to the low-level winds and moving into or toward a thunderstorm.
An intense tropical cyclone with one main dominant eyewall around a relatively large eye, and with limited convection (such as feeder bands) outside that main eyewall.
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Browse Related Terms: Beaver('s) Tail, Billow Cloud, Feeder Bands, Inflow Bands, Inflow Stinger, Morning Glory, Stratocumulus, T Rolls, Transverse Bands, Transverse Rolls ...
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