Session 12 Mesoscale Convective Vortices/Mesoscale Convective Systems

Thursday, 14 September 2000: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Host: 20th Conference on Severe Local Storms
Organizers:
Robert H. Johns, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK and Brian A. Klimowski, NOAA/NWS, Rapid City, SD

Papers:
3:30 PM
12.1
A long-lived convectively generated mesoscale vortex associated with heavy rainfall
Stanley B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis and J. D. Tuttle

3:45 PM
12.2
The Local wind of an MCS and a vorticity budget for the mesoscale convective vortex within it
Jason C. Knievel, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

4:00 PM
12.3
A potential vorticity streamer and its role in the development of a week-long series of mesoscale convective systems. Part I: Severe weather and precipitation
Edward I. Tollerud, NOAA/OAR/FSL, Boulder, CO; and F. Caracena and A. Marroquin

4:15 PM
12.4
MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS IN MEXICO DURING 96–98
Arturo Valdes-Manzanilla, Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua, Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico; and J. J. Pastrana

4:30 PM
12.5
Toward improved prediction of MCS dissipation
Joseph J. Gale, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus Jr. and K. A. Jungbluth

4:45 PM
12.6
An Examination of a Local Mesoscale Model's Performance of a Midwestern Squall Line
James M. O'Sullivan, Saint Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO; and Y. J. Lin and R. W. Przybylinski

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