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The Use and Misuse of Conditional Symmetric Instability
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Mesocyclone Evolution Associated with Varying Shear Profiles during the 24 June 2003 Tornado Outbreak
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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, ...
Distribution of Single-Banded Snowfall in Central U.S. Cyclones
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Frontal Interaction with the Appalachian Mountains. Part I: A Climatology
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
The Intricacies of Instabilities
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Overview of the 12–14 March 1993 Superstorm
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Precipitation Regimes during Cold-Season Central U.S. Inverted Trough Cases. Part II: A Comparative Case Study
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Discriminating Environmental Conditions for Significant Warm Sector and Boundary Tornadoes in Parts of the Great Plains
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Precipitation Regimes during Cold-Season Central U.S. Inverted Trough Cases. Part I: Synoptic Climatology and Composite Study
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper is the first of two papers that examines the organization of the precipitation field in central U.S. cold-season cyclones involving inverted troughs. The first portion of the study examines the varying precipitation ...