Topic: Mesoscale Convective Systems (105th AMS Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, 15 January 2025: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

203 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes

Chair:

Erik R. Nielsen

Papers:

8:30 AM

9.1

Impacts of Cold Pool Strength on Tornado Production in Quasi-Linear Convective Systems

Garrett Travis Statum, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and J. W. Frame

Handout (4.1 MB)

8:45 AM

9.2

Controls of Discrete Convective Updrafts in Quasi-Linear Convective Systems and their Impact on Tornadogenesis

Edward C. Wolff IV, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and R. J. Trapp and S. W. Nesbitt

9:00 AM

9.3

Convection-Permitting Simulations in Northwestern South America: Parameterization Sensitivity and Representation of Mesoscale Convective Systems

K. Santiago Santiago Hernandez, Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Ingeniería, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia; Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Ingeniería, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia; and J. J. Henao, S. Gomez, V. Robledo, A. M. Rendon, and J. F. Mejia

9:15 AM

9.4

A Preliminary Analysis of the Contributions of Line End Vortices, Gravity Waves, and Environmental Flow to Mesoscale Convective System Rear Inflow and Stratiform Region Structure in Numerical Simulations

Dillon V Blount, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; and C. Evans, R. D. Adams-Selin, and H. Vagasky

9:30 AM

9.5

Low-Frequency Gravity Waves within Mesoscale Convective System Stratiform Regions

Rebecca D. Adams-Selin, AER, Lexington, MA; and H. Vagasky, D. V. Blount, and C. Evans

9:45 AM

9.6

Assessing the Impact of Future Warming on Idealized Quasi-Linear Convective System Characteristics

Megan E. Franke, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and K. L. Rasmussen and J. W. Hurrell