Abstract: The diurnal occurrence of warm-season rainfall over the U.S. mainland is examined, particularly in light of forcings at multiple scales. The analysis is based on a radar dataset of 12-seasons duration covering the U.S. ...

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Abstract: In this part II paper we focus on hail detection using the NCAR CP-2 radar measurements from which ZH, ZDR, LDR, and dual-frequency ratio can be derived. A major feature of this paper relates to rigorous computations of ...

Abstract: Observations from the modernized United States National Weather Service (NWS) data network are used to assess the frequency and general characteristics of midtropospheric cyclonic vortices (MCVs) generated by mesoscale ...

Abstract: The western and central United States experience a pronounced diurnal cycle in rainfall during the warm season. Over the higher terrain west of 105°W, most precipitation occurs in the afternoon, whereas the central United ...

Abstract: A dynamically based mesoscale climatology of rainfall and other data are examined for typical trade wind conditions near Hawaii. Relative distributions of rainfall are deduced from radar reflectivity data for a 4000 km2 ...

Abstract: This paper examines influences on the short-range prediction of organized convection under conditions of strong diurnal forcing. The analyses are based on data provided by the Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment, ...

Abstract: The initiation of deep convection through forcing along boundary layer convergence lines is examined using observations from the Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment conducted in east-central Florida ...

Abstract: Excellent agreement was found between multiparameter radar signatures of hail, raindrops, and mixed-phase precipitation and in situ precipitation particle measurements made by aircraft in a northeastern Colorado hail-storm. ...

Abstract: Herein preliminary findings are reported from a radar-based climatology of warm season precipitation ?episodes.? Episodes are defined as time?space clusters of heavy precipitation that often result from sequences of organized ...