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Initiation of an Elevated Mesoscale Convective System Associated with Heavy Rainfall
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A mesoscale convective system (MCS) developed during the morning hours of 6 June 1993 and moved across northern and central Missouri, resulting in a narrow swath of excessive rainfall (>150 mm). The MCS developed well north ...
The Role of Sublimational Cooling in a Late-Season Midwestern Snow Event
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Analysis is provided of a surprise late-season snow event over eastern Missouri and western Illinois. While snow totals failed to exceed 15 cm (6 in.) at any single location, the system was noteworthy because of the poor ...
The Environment of Warm-Season Elevated Thunderstorms Associated with Heavy Rainfall over the Central United States
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Twenty-one warm-season heavy-rainfall events in the central United States produced by mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) that developed above and north of a surface boundary are examined to define the environmental ...