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WEATHER WEBSITES
SUPERCELLS
- Richardson, et al., 2007: The
Influence of Horizontal Environmental Variability on Numerically Simulated
Convective Storms. Part I: Variations in Vertical Shear
- Rasmussen, E. N., J. M. Straka, M. S. Gilmore, and R. Davies-Jones, 2006: A
Preliminary Survey of Rear-Flank Descending Reflectivity Cores in Supercell
Storms.
- Bunkers, M. J., M. R. Hjelmfelt, and P. L. Smith, 2006: An
Observational Examination of Long-Lived Supercells. Part I: Characteristics,
Evolution, and Demise.
- Bunkers, M. J., J. S. Johnson, L. J. Czepyha, J. M. Grzywacz, B. A.
Klimowski, and M. R. Hjelmfelt, 2006: An
Observational Examination of Long-Lived Supercells. Part II: Environmental
Conditions and Forecasting.
- Edwin J. Adlerman and Kelvin K. Droegemeier. 2005: The
Dependence of Numerically Simulated Cyclic Mesocyclogenesis upon
Environmental Vertical Wind Shear.
- Mathew R. Kramar, H. B. Bluestein, A. L. Pazmany, and J. D. Tuttle, 2005: The
"Owl Horn" Radar Signature in Developing Southern Plains
Supercells.
- R. Rotunno and M. L. Weisman. 2003: Comment
on “Linear and Nonlinear Propagation of Supercell Storms”.
- Richard L. Thompson, Roger Edwards, John A. Hart, Kimberly
L. Elmore and Paul Markowski. 2003: Close
Proximity Soundings within Supercell Environments Obtained from the Rapid
Update Cycle.
- Robert Davies-Jones. 2002: Linear
and Nonlinear Propagation of Supercell Storms.
- Catherine A. Finley, W. R. Cotton and R. A. Pielke Sr..
2001: Numerical
Simulation of Tornadogenesis in a High-Precipitation Supercell. Part I:
Storm Evolution and Transition into a Bow Echo.
- Eugene W. McCaul Jr. and Morris L. Weisman. 2001: The
Sensitivity of Simulated Supercell Structure and Intensity to Variations in
the Shapes of Environmental Buoyancy and Shear Profiles.
- Matthew J. Bunkers, Brian A. Klimowski, Jon W. Zeitler,
Richard L. Thompson and Morris L. Weisman. 2000: Predicting
Supercell Motion Using a New Hodograph Technique.
- Morris L. Weisman and Richard Rotunno. 2000: The
Use of Vertical Wind Shear versus Helicity in Interpreting Supercell
Dynamics.
- Howard B. Bluestein and Morris L. Weisman, 2000: The
Interaction of Numerically Simulated Supercells Initiated along Lines.
- Edwin J. Adlerman, Kelvin K. Droegemeier and Robert Davies-Jones.
1999: A
Numerical Simulation of Cyclic Mesocyclogenesis.
- Nolan T. Atkins, Morris L. Weisman and Louis J. Wicker.
1999: The
Influence of Preexisting Boundaries on Supercell Evolution.
- Erik N. Rasmussen and David O. Blanchard. 1998: A
Baseline Climatology of Sounding-Derived Supercell andTornado Forecast
Parameters.
- Erik N. Rasmussen and Jerry M. Straka. 1998: Variations
in Supercell Morphology. Part I: Observations of the Role of Upper-Level
Storm-Relative Flow.
- Mark S. Kulie and Yuh-Lang Lin. 1998: The
Structure and Evolution of a Numerically Simulated High-Precipitation
Supercell Thunderstorm.
- Matthew S. Gilmore and Louis J. Wicker. 1998: The
Influence of Midtropospheric Dryness on Supercell Morphology and Evolution.
- Eugene W. McCaul Jr. and Morris L. Weisman. 1996: Simulations
of Shallow Supercell Storms in Landfalling Hurricane Environments.
- Louis J. Wicker and Robert B. Wilhelmson. 1995: Simulation
and Analysis of Tornado Development and Decay within a Three-Dimensional
Supercell Thunderstorm.
- Alan R. Moller, Charles A. Doswell III, Michael P. Foster
and Gary R. Woodall. 1994: The
Operational Recognition of Supercell Thunderstorm Environments and Storm
Structures.
- Kelvin K. Droegemeier, Steven M. Lazarus and Robert Davies-Jones.
1993: The
Influence of Helicity on Numerically Simulated Convective Storms.
- Richard Rotunno and Joseph Klemp. 1985: On
the Rotation and Propagation of Simulated Supercell Thunderstorms.
- Robert Davies-Jones. 1984: Streamwise
Vorticity: The Origin of Updraft Rotation in Supercell Storms.
- Joseph B. Klemp and Richard Rotunno. 1983: A
Study of the Tornadic Region within a Supercell Thunderstorm.
- M.L. Weisman and J.B. Klemp. 1982: The
Dependence of Numerically Simulated Convective Storms on Vertical Wind Shear
and Buoyancy.
- Robert B. Wilhelmson and Joseph B. Klemp. 1981: A
Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Splitting Severe Storms on 3 April
1964.
- Robert B. Wilhelmson and Joseph B. Klemp. 1978: A
Numerical Study of Storm Splitting that Leads to Long-Lived Storms.
TORNADOES
- Davies, J. M., 2006: Tornadoes
with Cold Core 500-mb Lows
- Davies, J. M., 2006: Tornadoes
in Environments with Small Helicity and/or High LCL Heights
- Thomas M. Hamill, Russell S. Schneider, Harold E. Brooks,
Gregory S. Forbes, Howard B. Bluestein, Michael Steinberg,
Daniel Meléndez and Randall M. Dole. 2005: The
May 2003 Extended Tornado Outbreak.
- Paul M. Markowski, Jerry M. Straka and Erik N. Rasmussen.
2003: Tornadogenesis
Resulting from the Transport of Circulation by a Downdraft: Idealized
Numerical Simulations.
- Robert J. Trapp and Morris L. Weisman. 2003: Low-Level
Mesovortices within Squall Lines and Bow Echoes. Part II: Their Genesis and
Implications.
- Morris L. Weisman and Robert J. Trapp. 2003: Low-Level
Mesovortices within Squall Lines and Bow Echoes. Part I: Overview and
Dependence on Environmental Shear.
- Paul M. Markowski, Jerry M. Straka and Erik N. Rasmussen.
2002: Direct
Surface Thermodynamic Observations within the Rear-Flank Downdrafts of
Nontornadic and Tornadic Supercells.
- Paul M. Markowski. 2002: Hook
Echoes and Rear-Flank Downdrafts: A Review.
- Roger Edwards, Stephen F. Corfidi, Richard L. Thompson,
Jeffry S. Evans, Jeffrey P. Craven, Jonathan P. Racy, Daniel
W. McCarthy and Michael D. Vescio. 2002: Storm
Prediction Center Forecasting Issues Related to the 3 May 1999 Tornado
Outbreak.
- Erik N. Rasmussen, Scott Richardson, Jerry M. Straka, Paul
M. Markowski and David O. Blanchard. 2000: The
Association of Significant Tornadoes with a Baroclinic Boundary on 2 June
1995.
- Bruce D. Lee and Robert B. Wilhelmson. 2000: The
Numerical Simulation of Nonsupercell Tornadogenesis. Part III: Parameter
Tests Investigating the Role of CAPE, Vortex Sheet Strength, and Boundary
Layer Vertical Shear.
- Richard L. Thompson and Roger Edwards. 2000: An
Overview of Environmental Conditions and Forecast Implications of the 3 May
1999 Tornado Outbreak.
- Paul M. Markowski, Erik N. Rasmussen and Jerry M. Straka.
1998: The
Occurrence of Tornadoes in Supercells Interacting with Boundaries during
VORTEX-95.
- Paul M. Markowski, Jerry M. Straka, Erik N. Rasmussen and
David O. Blanchard. 1998: Variability
of Storm-Relative Helicity during VORTEX.
- R. Jeffrey Trapp and Robert Davies-Jones. 1997: Tornadogenesis
with and without a Dynamic Pipe Effect.
- Bruce D. Lee and Robert B. Wilhelmson. 1997: The
Numerical Simulation of Nonsupercell Tornadogenesis. Part II: Evolution of a
Family of Tornadoes along a Weak Outflow Boundary.
- Bruce D. Lee and Robert B. Wilhelmson. 1997: The
Numerical Simulation of Non-Supercell Tornadogenesis. Part I: Initiation and
Evolution of Pretornadic Misocyclone Circulations along a Dry Outflow
Boundary.
- Harold E. Brooks, Charles A. Doswell III and Robert B. Wilhelmson.
1994: The
Role of Midtropospheric Winds in the Evolution and Maintenance of Low-Level
Mesocyclones.
- Robert.A. Maddox, L. Ray Hoxit and Charles F. Chappell.
1980: A
Study of Tornadic Thunderstorm Interactions with Thermal Boundaries.
- Leslie R. Lemon and Charles A. Doswell III. 1979: Severe
Thunderstorm Evolution and Mesocyclone Structure as Related to
Tornadogenesis.
MCS'S/QLCS'S/BOW ECHOES
- Cohen, et al., 2007: Discrimination
of Mesoscale Convective System Environments Using Sounding Observations
- Coniglio, et al., 2007: Forecasting
the Maintenance of Quasi-Linear Mesoscale Convective Systems
- Wakimoto, R. M., H. V. Murphey, C. A. Davis, and N. T. Atkins, 2006: High
Winds Generated by Bow Echoes. Part II: The Relationship between the
Mesovortices and Damaging Straight-Line Winds.
- Corfidi, S. F., S. J. Corfidi, D. A. Imy, and A. L. Logan, 2006: A
Preliminary Study of Severe Wind-Producing MCSs in Environments of Limited
Moisture
- Kuchera, E. L., and M. D. Parker, 2006: Severe
Convective Wind Environments
- Bukovsky, M. S., J. S. Kain, and M. E. Baldwin, 2006: Bowing
Convective Systems in a Popular Operational Model: Are They for Real?
- Matthew S. van den Broeke, David M. Schultz, Robert H. Johns, Jeffry S.
Evans, and John E. Hales, 2005: Cloud-to-Ground
Lightning Production in Strongly Forced, Low-Instability Convective Lines
Associated with Damaging Wind
- Atkins, N. T., C. S. Bouchard, R. W. Przybylinski, R. J. Trapp, and G.
Schmocker, 2005: Damaging
Surface Wind Mechanisms within the 10 June 2003 Saint Louis Bow Echo during
BAMEX.
- Morris L. Weisman and Richard Rotunno. 2004: “A
Theory for Strong Long-Lived Squall Lines” Revisited.
- Weisman, M. L. and R. J. Trapp, 2003: Low-Level
Mesovortices within Squall Lines and Bow Echoes. Part I: Overview and
Dependence on Environmental Shear
- Trapp, R. J. and M. L. Wesiman, 2003: Low-Level
Mesovortices within Squall Lines and Bow Echoes. Part II: Their
Genesis and Implications
- Stephen F. Corfidi. 2003: Cold
Pools and MCS Propagation: Forecasting the Motion of Downwind-Developing
MCSs.
- Jeffry S. Evans and Charles A. Doswell III. 2001: Examination
of Derecho Environments Using Proximity Soundings.
- Przybylinski, R. W., 1995: The
Bow Echo: Observations, Numerical Simulations, and Severe Weather Detection
Methods.
- Morris L. Weisman. 1993: The
Genesis of Severe, Long-Lived Bow Echoes.
- Robert H. Johns. 1993: Meteorological
Conditions Associated with Bow Echo Development in Convective Storms.
- Morris L. Weisman. 1992: The
Role of Convectively Generated Rear-Inflow Jets in the Evolution of
Long-Lived Mesoconvective Systems.
- Morris L. Weisman, Joseph B. Klemp and Richard Rotunno.
1988: Structure
and Evolution of Numerically Simulated Squall Lines.
- Richard Rotunno, Joseph B. Klemp and Morris L. Weisman.
1988: A
Theory for Strong, Long-Lived Squall Lines.
- Robert A. Maddox. 1983: Large-Scale
Meteorological Conditions Associated with Midlatitude, Mesoscale Convective
Complexes.
SYNOPTIC/MESOSCALE PROCESSES
- Houston and Niyogi, 2007: The
Sensitivity of Convective Initiation to the Lapse Rate of the Active
Cloud-Bearing Layer
- Ziegler, et al., 2007: The
“Triple Point” on 24 May 2002 during IHOP. Part II: Ground-Radar and In
Situ Boundary Layer Analysis of Cumulus Development and Convection
Initiation
- Steven E. Peckham, Robert B. Wilhelmson, Louis J. Wicker
and Conrad L. Ziegler. 2004: Numerical
Simulation of the Interaction between the Dryline and Horizontal Convective
Rolls.
- Doswell, C.A. III, and L.F. Bosart, 2001: Extratropical
Synoptic-Scale Processes and Severe Convection.
- Doswell, C.A. III, 2001: Severe
Convective Storms -- An Overview.
- Conrad L. Ziegler and Erik N. Rasmussen. 1998: The
Initiation of Moist Convection at the Dryline: Forecasting Issues from aCase
Study Perspective.
- Richard C. Igau and John W. Nielsen-Gammon. 1998: Low-Level
Jet Development during a Numerically Simulated Return Flow Event.
- Charles A. Doswell III, Harold E. Brooks and Robert A. Maddox.
1996: Flash
Flood Forecasting: An Ingredients-Based Methodology.
- Robert H. Johns and Charles A. Doswell III. 1992: Severe
Local Storms Forecasting.
- Charles A. Doswell III. 1987: The
Distinction between Large-Scale and Mesoscale Contribution to Severe
Convection: A Case Study Example.
- Howard B. Bluestein and Kevin W. Thomas. 1984: Diagnosis
of a Jet Streak in the Vicinity of a Severe Weather Outbreak in the Texas
Panhandle.
- Robert A. Maddox and Charles A. Doswell III. 1982: An
Examination of Jet Stream Configurations, 500 mb Vorticity Advection and
Low-Level Thermal Advection Patterns During Extended Periods of Intense
Convection.
- Charles A. Doswell. 1980: Synoptic-Scale
Environments Associated with High Plains Severe Thunderstorms.
- Beebe, R. G. and F. C. Bates, 1955: A
Mechanism for Assisting in the Release of Convective Instability.
SEVERE STORMS "PRIMERS"
COMET/METED: CONVECTIVE WEATHER
WINTER WEATHER FORECASTING
- David J. Nicosia and Richard H. Grumm, 1999: Mesoscale
Band Formation in Three Major Northeastern United States Snowstorms
- James L. Wiesmueller and Steven M. Zubrick, 1998: Evaluation
and Application of Conditional Symmetric Instability, Equivalent Potential
Vorticity, and Frontogenetic Forcing in an Operational Forecast Environment
- Louis W. Uccellini and
Coauthors, 1995: Forecasting
the 12–14 March 1993 Superstorm
- Stanley L. Barnes and Bradley R. Colman, 1993: Quasigeostrophic
Diagnosis of Cyclogenesis Associated with a Cutoff Extratropical Cyclone-The
Christmas 1987 Storm
- James T. Moore and Pamela D. Blakley, 1988: The
Role of Frontogenetical Forcing and Conditional Symmetric Instability in the
Midwest Snowstorm of 30–31 January 1982
- Lawrence B. Dunn, 1988: Vertical
Motion Evaluation of a Colorado Snowstorm from a Synoptician's Perspective
- Louis W. Uccellini and Paul J. Kocin, 1987: The
Interaction of Jet Streak Circulations during Heavy Snow Events along the
East Coast of the United States
- Frederick Sanders, 1986: Frontogenesis
and Symmetric Stability in a Major New England Snowstorm
- Looking
for a TROWAL: The January 29-30 Snowstorm (Schumacher)
- Structure
of TROWALS (WDTB)
- Understanding
Frontogenesis and its Application to Winter Weather Forecasting
- Methods
for Diagnosing Regions of Conditional Symmetric Instability
- Determining
Winter Precipitation Type: Basic Cloud Ice Microphysics; An Analysis of
Sounding, Thickness, and Radar Data
- Significant
Winter Meteorological Processes in the Atmosphere (Part I)
- Significant
Winter Meteorological Processes in the Atmosphere (Part II)
- Day
1 Diagnosis and Forecast Methodology
- Prediction
of Frontogenetically Forced Precipitation Bands
DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY
Last Updated: May 09, 2008