Abstract: A commonly employed explanation for single- and multiple-banded clouds and precipitation in the extratropics is slantwise convection due to the release of moist symmetric instability (MSI), of which one type is conditional ...

Abstract: he morphology of mesocyclones associated with the regional tornado outbreak on 24 June 2003 is examined to illustrate the effects of changing vertical wind profiles. The large-scale environment supported deep moist convection, ...

Abstract: climatology of single-banded snowfall in the central United States and the variability of processes at work in its formation are presented. Ninety-eight snowbands are identified in association with 66 cyclones over 5 yr ...

Abstract: A comparison between the climatological structure of retarded and unretarded fronts aligned parallel to the Appalachian Mountains is investigated. With the average height of the Appalachians being 1 km, retarded and ...

Abstract: In response to Sherwood?s comments and in an attempt to restore proper usage of terminology associated with moist instability, the early history of moist instability is reviewed. This review shows that many of Sherwood?s ...

Abstract: everal storms produced extensive hail damage over Iowa on 9 August 2009. The hail associated with these supercells was observed with radar data, reported by surface observers, and the resulting hail swaths were identified ...

Abstract: ABSTRACTSevere storm events that include hail and wind often cause widespread contiguous swaths of damage; however, their occurrence is typically documented at individual and disjointed locations. Satellite-derived products, ...

Abstract: An extratropical cyclone of unusual intensity and areal extent affected much of the Gulf and East Coasts of the United States on 12?14 March 1993. In this paper, the many effects of the storm will be highlighted, including ...

Abstract: This is the second of two papers that examine the organization of the precipitation field during central U.S. cold-season cyclones involving inverted troughs (ITs). The first paper (Part I) used a climatology and composites ...

Abstract: sing system-relative composites, based on a dataset of significant tornadoes and null supercell events, environmental conditions associated with occurrences of significant tornadoes near discernible surface boundaries were ...