Chapter 17 - Thunderstorms

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Chapter 17 - Thunderstorms

Cold front initiation http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/000711_g11_vis_anim.html

Mammatus Clouds

Squall line radar animation http://severewx.atmos.uiuc.edu/17/online.17.1.html

WARM COLD

WARM COLD

Supercell Thunderstorm Photo from www. personal. psu Supercell Thunderstorm Photo from www.personal.psu.edu/l/n/lnm118/FinalLaPlata.htm Overshooting Top Tropopause Main updraft

Overshooting Top Tropopause Main updraft

Capping Inversion

Ft. Cobb Supercell Video http://www.mcgrathimages.com/Videos/

3 May 1999 – Oklahoma City Tornado Outbreak

Reflectivity & Velocity

Supercell Schematic Fig. 11-16, p. 325

Idealized Supercell Main updraft

Wall Cloud Cool Moist

LP Supercells

LP Supercell

CL Supercells

HP Supercells

16 km © H. Bluestein 1947 CDT

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