Favorite Soundings ATMS 411611 October 2010 Homework 6

Favorite Soundings ATMS 411/611 October 2010 Homework 6 Part 2

Dianna’s Skew-T: Oakland, CA on Sunday at 5 PM

Skew-T: RENO, NV on Monday at 4 AM 180 knots = 207 mph

Zach Tolby

Josh Walston

Mark Hausner: ATMS 611 Sounding

Atlanta, GA Mar 15, 2010 Bryan Rae

Tasiilaq: Sue Konkol

Dan Mc. Evoy

-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. Mc. Alpine 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. Mc. Alpine 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 h. Pa)… – Lake Charles is not a particularly dry place… • Followed by a small isothermal spell (from about 850 h. Pa to, say, 775 h. Pa). • Then it goes crazy, not particularly following either the dry or moist adiabat.

Pressure (h. Pa): 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. 040816 Height in one square meter (mm): 981. 4 11. 45 3949. 081633 27. 81 947. 6 11. 25 3753. 826531 Published 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 17 th, 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