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A Trajectory Approach to Analyzing the Ingredients Associated with Heavy Winter Storms in Central North Carolina
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: inter storms, namely snowstorms and ice storms, are a major hazard and forecasting challenge across central North Carolina. This study employed a trajectory approach to analyze the ingredients (i.e., temperature, moisture, ...
Ranking of Tornado Outbreaks across the United States and Their Climatological Characteristics
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he calendar year 2011 was an extraordinary year for tornadoes across the United States, as it marked the second highest annual number of tornadoes since 1950 and was the deadliest tornado year since 1936. Most of the ...
A Climatology of Cold-Season Nonconvective Wind Events in the Great Lakes Region
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A 44-yr climatology of nonconvective wind events (NCWEs) for the Great Lakes region has been created using hourly wind data for 38 first-order weather stations during the months of November through April. The data were ...