Recently added articles from Weather and Forecasting:
EDITORIAL
Aug 01, 2009; ... To encourage shorter, more focused, and timely publication in its scholarly journals (excepting the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and Earth Interactions), the American Meteorological Society (AMS) will introduce an expedited editorial/production process for shorter articles ...
The Formation and Early Evolution of the Greensburg, Kansas, Tornadic Supercell on 4 May 2007
Aug 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT During the evening of 4 May 2007, a large, powerful tornado devastated Greensburg, Kansas. The synoptic and mesoscale environments of the parent supercell that spawned this and other tornadoes are described from operational data. The formation and early evolution of this ...
A Preliminary Statistical Study of Correlations between Inflow Feeder Clouds, Supercell or Multicell Thunderstorms, and Severe Weather
Aug 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between severe weather and organized lines of cumulus towers, called feeder clouds, which form in the inflow region of supercell and multicell thunderstorms. Using Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imagery, correlations ...
Explicit Forecasts of Hail Occurrence and Expected Hail Size Using the GEM-HAILCAST System with a Rainfall Filter
Aug 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT HAILCAST is a numerical model developed specifically to predict the size of the largest hail reaching the ground. It consists of a steady-state cloud model combined with a time-dependent hailstone growth model. The regional version of the Canadian Global Environmental Multiscale ...
Evolution and Structure of Two Severe Cyclonic Bora Events: Contrast between the Northern and Southern Adriatic
Aug 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT While statistical analyses and observations show that severe bora with maximum gusts exceeding 40 m s^sup -1^ can occur in all parts of the Adriatic, the bora research to date has been mainly focused on the dynamics and structure of severe bora in the northern Adriatic. Examined ...