MTEOR 417/517 WEEK 8 SUPPORTING MATERIAL

Week 8 - Storm-scale analysis ("Single" cells, multicells and supercells)

Learn how to estimate the prevailing type of storm on a given day

• Univ. of IL course pages on storm type
• Satellite image of intense supercells in Plains

  Supercell Motion

• Bunkers et al. NEW SUPERCELL MOTION METHODS

  Relation of sounding parameters to supercell characteristics

• Visual example of LCL and LFC height in a supercell (Roger Edwards/Carson Eads)

Maps for Lab 8 in 2008

• Surface observations - 00 Z
• 850 winds and temps - 00Z
• 700 winds and temps - 00 Z
• 500 winds and temps - 00 Z
• 300 winds and temps - 00 Z
• Purcell, Oklahoma profiler time series