Session 8B Convective Initiation

Tuesday, 4 November 2014: 4:15 PM-5:45 PM
University (Madison Concourse Hotel)
Host: 27th Conference on Severe Local Storms
Chair:
Jared L. Guyer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK

Papers:
4:15 PM
8B.1
Examination of Convection Initiation using MPEX Soundings and Convection-Permitting Simulations
Stanley B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Ahijevych and G. Romine
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
8B.2
On the Scale and Magnitude of Precursors to Simulated Isolated Convective Initiation
Luke E. Madaus, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. J. Hakim and C. F. Mass
Recorded Presentation

Handout (8.0 MB)

4:45 PM
8B.3
The sensitivity of convection initiation to wind shear, lapse rate, and relative humidity in the active cloud-bearing layer
Adam Houston, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM
8B.4
Mesoscale Ensemble Sensitivity of Dryline Convective Initiation
Aaron J. Hill, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss and B. C. Ancell
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (8.0 MB)

8B.5
An Expanded Conceptual Model for Dryline Convective Initiation

5:15 PM
8B.5A
A Climatology of Elevated Convection Initiation at Night: Severe and non-severe storms
Dylan W. Reif, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein
Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM
8B.6
Recent Improvements in Rapid Refresh and High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Forecasts of Severe Convective Storm Initiation
Jaymes S. Kenyon, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory, and CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. B. Olson, J. Brown, C. R. Alexander, S. Benjamin, D. C. Dowell, M. Hu, E. P. James, T. G. Smirnova, and S. S. Weygandt
Recorded Presentation

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