TY - JOUR
T1 - Mobile mesonet observations on 3 May 1999
AU - Markowski, Paul M.
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PY - 2002/6
Y1 - 2002/6
N2 - Two long-lived tornadic supercells were sampled by an automobile-borne observing system on 3 May 1999. The "mobile mesonet" observed relatively warm and moist air, weak baroclinity, and small pressure excess at the surface within the rear-flank downdrafts of the storms. Furthermore, the downdraft air parcels, which have been shown to enter the tornado in past observational and modeling studies, were associated with substantial convective available potential energy and small convective inhibition. The detection of only small equivalent potential temperature deficits (1-4 K) within the downdrafts may imply that the downdrafts were driven primarily by nonhydrostatic pressure gradients and/or precipitation drag, rather than by the entrainment of potentially cold environmental air at midlevels.
AB - Two long-lived tornadic supercells were sampled by an automobile-borne observing system on 3 May 1999. The "mobile mesonet" observed relatively warm and moist air, weak baroclinity, and small pressure excess at the surface within the rear-flank downdrafts of the storms. Furthermore, the downdraft air parcels, which have been shown to enter the tornado in past observational and modeling studies, were associated with substantial convective available potential energy and small convective inhibition. The detection of only small equivalent potential temperature deficits (1-4 K) within the downdrafts may imply that the downdrafts were driven primarily by nonhydrostatic pressure gradients and/or precipitation drag, rather than by the entrainment of potentially cold environmental air at midlevels.
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U2 - 10.1175/1520-0434(2002)017<0430:MMOOM>2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.1175/1520-0434(2002)017<0430:MMOOM>2.0.CO;2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036614320
SN - 0882-8156
VL - 17
SP - 430
EP - 444
JO - Weather and Forecasting
JF - Weather and Forecasting
IS - 3
ER -