Characteristics of a thunderstorm downburst measured ina suburban area

This paper analyses a thunderstorm downburst record measured by a monitoring system installed on a 50 m high telecommunication lattice tower.The structure is located in the suburbs of Afumai, Ilfov County, approximately 15 km from Bucharest, the capital city of Romania.The monitoring system was developed under the SEVAST research project which aims at identifying the full-scale behaviour of a telecommunication lattice tower subjected to synoptic and non-synoptic winds.Since its implementation, the system has captured more than 10 thunderstorms.In this paper, the statistical parameters of the wind velocity measured during a thunderstorm downburst measured on May 7 th 2024 are evaluated.