Favorite Soundings
ATMS 411/611
October 2010
Homework 6 Part 2
Dianna’s Skew-T: Oakland, CA on Sunday at 5PM
Skew-T: RENO, NV on Monday at 4AM
180 knots = 207 mph
Zach Tolby
Josh Walston
Mark Hausner: ATMS 611 Sounding
Atlanta, GA Mar 15, 2010 Bryan Rae
Tasiilaq: Sue Konkol
Dan McEvoy
Dan McEvoy
-Near sat. up
to 650 mb
-Whoa jet!
- Mid-level inversion
And dry:
Subsidence!
-Low level
Inversion
-Dry overall
Part 1: Beginning of Blizzard and Ice Storm
J.D. McAlpine
HMWK 6 part 2
Slick Soundings
-Severely
saturated up
to 500 mb
-Balloon disappears
In crazy 200 knot
Jet!
-Severe low level
shear!
-High PWAT!!
-Ice storm and
Blizzard conditions:
Strong precip even
With deep inversion
Part 2: Middle of Blizzard and Ice Storm
J.D. McAlpine
HMWK 6 part 2
Slick Soundings
Brownsville, TX
Josh Molzan
Lake Charles, LA, September 26, 1988: Michael
Gallaspy
Some Observations…
• Follows dry adiabat at high pressures
(up to about 850 hPa)…
– Lake Charles is not a particularly dry
place…
• Followed by a small isothermal spell
(from about 850 hPa to, say, 775 hPa).
• Then it goes crazy, not particularly
following either the dry or moist adiabat.
Pressure (hPa): Mixing Ratio (g/kg): Prec. Water in column (g/m^2):
Total (g/m^2):
1015
12.96
1983.673469
27814.37755
1000
11.56
2194.040816Height in one square meter (mm):
981.4
11.45
3949.081633
27.81
947.6
11.25
3753.826531Published value (mm):
914.9
11.04
3559.836735
26.05
883.3
10.83
3679.989796
850
10.61
2944.816327
822.8
6.35
1892.040816
793.6
3.46
374.244898
783
2.73
473.5714286
766
1.49
9.12244898
765.4
1.49
416.5918367
738
1.33
358.2857143
711.6
1.18
139.6734694
700
1.12
443.4285714
661.2
1.03
44.14285714
657
1.02
459
612.9
0.77
352
568.1
0.55
382.1938776
500
0.31
40.48979592
487.2
0.27
199.4693878
414.8
0.11
16.6122449
400
0.09
1.469387755
398.4
0.09
14.87755102
382.2
0.08
5.06122449
376
0.08
43.75510204
322.4
0.12
27.42857143
300
0.14
51.42857143
264
0.09
4.224489796
Nick Hobart
Tornado Outbreak:
th
June 17 2010 in the
State of Minnesota
Dan Sauceda
ATMS 411
Homework 6 Problem 2
10/25/2010
•39 tornadoes on June 17th, 2010 in Minnesota alone. (A new state record)
•3 deaths were reported in 3 different cities.
•So far in 2010, Minnesota leads the US with the most reported tornadoes.
References
www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2010/06/tornadoes_in_minnesota_kill_tw.html
http://stormdamagerepairmn.wordpress.com/2010/06/
http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html
https://biodork.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/minnesota-tornado-outbreak/
Ben Hatchett
Thermal Wind Imbalance
Stephen Bone