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Storm Motion as Related to Boundary-Layer Convergence
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Data presented indicate that severe thunderstorm areas may become anchored to intense, boundary- layer convergence zones. In such cases. the mean cloud-layer wind vector has little relation to the movement of regions of ...
Some Frequently Overlooked Severe Thunderstorm Characteristics Observed on GOES Imagery: A Topic for Future Research
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Several examples of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) visible satellite images depicting cloud features often associated with the transition to, or intensification of, supercell thunderstorms are ...
Multiscale Aspects of Thunderstorm Gust Fronts and Their Effects on Subsequent Storm Development
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An investigation of severe storms that occurred on 23 May 1974 in central Oklahoma reveals interesting information on the multifaceted role of thunderstorm-produced gust fronts. The data reveal that the interaction of ...
The Role of GOES Satellite Imagery in Tracking Low-Level Moisture
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This note provides examples of how geostationary satellite data can be applied to augment other data sources in tracking warm, moist air masses as they move northward from the Gulf of Mexico. These so-called returning air ...
An Interesting Mesoscale Storm-Environment Interaction Observed Just Prior to Changes in Severe Storm Behavior
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Satellite images are presented to illustrate an interesting interaction that occurred between a severe thunderstorm and a mesoscale feature that originated in its nearby environment. Immediately following that interaction, ...
High Plains Severe Weather—Ten Years After
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: More than a decade ago, a study was published that identified a short list of precursor conditions for severe thunderstorms on the High Plains of the United States. The present study utilizes data from the summer months ...
A Satellite Perspective of the 3 May 1999 Great Plains Tornado Outbreak within Oklahoma
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imagery from 3 May 1999 is examined. Synoptic-scale water vapor imagery shows a deepening low-amplitude upper-level trough over the western United States on 3 May, ...
The Moberly, Missouri, Tornado of 4 July 1995
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Tornadic storms that occurred over northeastern Kansas and northern Missouri on 4 July 1995 are examined by combining the latest in National Weather Service technology with more routine datasets. The analysis provides an ...
A Mesoscale Low-Level Thunderstorm Outflow Boundary Associated with Hurricane Luis
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A large, low-level thunderstorm outflow boundary was observed as it exited from beneath the cirrus canopy of Hurricane Luis following a period of intense convection in the storm?s eyewall. A description of the feature and ...
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