Session: Severe Weather and its Environments (17th Conference on Mesoscale Processes)

Wednesday, 26 July 2017: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Coral Reef Harbor (Crowne Plaza San Diego)

Host: 17th Conference on Mesoscale Processes

Cochairs:

Yvette P. Richardson, Pennsylvania State Univ., Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Univ. Park, PA and Jason C. Knievel, NCAR, RAL, Boulder, CO

Papers:

4:30 PM

12.1

An Investigation of the Formation, Structure, and Evolution of a Rare EF4 tornado in East China using a High-Resolution Numerical Simulation

Dan Yao, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and H. Xue, J. Yin, P. Markowski, J. Sun, X. Liang, and J. Guo

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

12.2

Formation Environment of the Deadliest Tornado (EF4) in the Past 40 Years in China on 23 June 2016

Zhiyong Meng, Peking University, Beijing, China; and M. Zhang, L. Bai, Z. Wu, M. Pu, Z. Li, Y. Zheng, X. Wang, S. Peng, D. Yao, M. Xue, Z. Li, K. Zhao, and L. Li

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

12.3

Environmental Controls on Tornadogenesis

Sean W. Freeman, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. C. van den Heever

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

12.4

Volatility of Tornadogenesis: An Ensemble of Nontornadic and Tornadic Supercells in VORTEX2 Environments

Brice E. Coffer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. D. Parker

Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM