MTEOR 411/511 WEEK 12 SUPPORTING MATERIAL

Week 12 - Organization of cloud and precipitation systems

Example of an unusually small, intense precipitation system over Iowa (CIMMS)

• Feb 15 1996 mesoscale snow event in Iowa

More typical midlatitude storm organization. Can you infer where the conveyor belts are?

• Plains cyclone (CIMMS)
• 1993 Storm of the Century (Paul Sirvatka, College of DuPage)

Other aspects of midlatitude storm organization:

• Inverted Troughs and their impact on precipitation (COMET)
• 00Z map
• 12Z map