Abstract: Infrared satellite photographs of the tropical oceanic regions within and around the GATE A/B array point to the existence of large, rapidly growing, cumulonimbus clouds. The region along 10°N experiences the greatest ...

Abstract: It has been frequently observed that thunderstorms which interact with a warm front, or an old thunder-storm outflow boundary, are likely to increase in severity and become tornadic. The physical mechanisms responsible for ...

Abstract: Meteorological characteristics of flash floods and heavy precipitation events over the western United States are often considerably different than those associated with flash floods in the east. Data were compiled and ...

Abstract: Mesoscale analyses and descriptions of meteorological conditions that produced the devastating dash flood in the Big Thompson Canyon on 31 July 1976 are presented. The storm developed when strong low-level easterly winds ...