Abstract: This paper is one of a series of papers dealing with operational weather forecasting within the Central Region of the National Weather Service. It focuses on the primary Central Region warm season weather producer, the ...

Abstract: Upper tropospheric wind maxima and their associated divergence fields are examined in terms of severe weather occurrence. A two-part project is described. Part I involves examination of severe weather occurrences and ...

Abstract: Diagnostic calculations of the vertical flux of geopotential are presented. An expression for the vertical flux is derived from the work of Eliassen and Palm for stationary and traveling components. Calculations cover 23 ...

Abstract: A multiple discriminant analysis program is used to obtain prediction functions for general and severe thunderstorm activity during April and July. Four predictors, lifted index, mean low-level mixing ratio, K index and ...

Abstract: A microburst occurred at Goodland, Kansas, on 4 March 1990. This event was unique in the sense that it occurred at 0348 AM MST (1048 UTC) and produced 14°F (7.8°C) of warming. The environment along the High Plains exhibited ...