Microphysical characteristics of a well-developed weak echo region in a High Plains supercell thunderstorm.

D. J. Musil; A. J. Heymsfield; P. L. Smith

doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1986)025<1037:MCOAWD>2.0.CO;2

Microphysical characteristics of a well-developed weak echo region in a High Plains supercell thunderstorm.

D. J. Musil, A. J. Heymsfield, P. L. Smith

Dynamical and Physical Meteorology

South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

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Peak updrafts in the weak echo region exceeded 50 m s^-1, and a continuous region of updraft extending over a horizontal distance of more than 14 cm was observed. The updraft core appeared to be undiluted, but the edges of the updraft were clearly mixed with air from other regions of the storm. Virtually no ice particles were observed in the weak echo region, but the cloud liquid water concentrations exceeded 6 g m^-3. Hail larger than 4 cm was encountered in several locations to the W of the weak echo region.-from Authors

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1037-1051
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology
Volume	25
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1986)025<1037:MCOAWD>2.0.CO;2
State	Published - 1986

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