Session: New insights regarding mesoscale structure based on recent field experiments and new observing platforms—with Coffee Break (18th Conference on Weather and Forecasting, 14th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, and Ninth Conference on Mesoscale Processes)

P5.1

Lake Michigan Surface Temperature Variations and Impacts on Convective Intensity

David A. R. Kristovich, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and M. R. Hjelmfelt, M. C. Peters, and M. S. Timlin

Poster PDF (113.2 kB)

P5.2

Tropopause fold and cyclogenesis: a case study from FASTEX

P5.3

Vertical structure and characteristics of two leading stratiform mesoscale convective systems

Crystalyne R. Pettet, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. H. Johnson

Poster PDF (3.8 MB)

P5.4

Precipitation efficiency of Midwestern mesoscale convective systems deduced from GOES soundings

Stacy N. Allen, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and P. S. Market and R. Scofield

P5.5

Profiler Observations of Boundary Layer Convergence Zones

Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Walters

P5.6

Scale-discriminating vorticity budget for a mesoscale convective vortex

Jason C. Knievel, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. H. Johnson

Poster PDF (189.7 kB)

P5.7

Observational analyses of the fine-scale wind and moisture characteristics in MAP IOP-2B and IOP-8

P5.8

The death of a mid-level cloud

Vincent E. Larson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and R. P. Fleishauer, J. A. Kankiewicz, D. L. Reinke, and T. H. Vonder Haar

Poster PDF (164.4 kB)

P5.9

Paper has been moved to session 13, new paper number 13.11

P5.10

Use of Lower Atmospheric Profilers and Automated Surface Measurements to Investigate Mesoscale Structure and Predictability

E. G. Astling, West Desert Test Center, Dugway, UT

Poster PDF (129.1 kB)

P5.11

Topographic distortion of a cold front over the Snake River Plain and Central Idaho Mountains

W. James Steenburgh, NOAA/CIRP and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. R. Blazek

Poster PDF (166.8 kB)

P5.12

Kinematics of a mesoscale convective system and its mesoscale convective vortex

Jason C. Knievel, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. H. Johnson

Poster PDF (207.5 kB)

P5.13

The value of realtime upper tropospheric inertial stability measurements on tropical convection forecasts

John R. Mecikalski, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

P5.14

The use of GPS integrated precipitable water measurements to supplement WSR-88D parameters in determining the potential for flash flood producing rainfall

Stephen J. Keighton, NOAA/NWS, Blacksburg, VA; and M. Gillen, G. V. Loganathan, S. Gorugantula, and T. Eisenberger

Poster PDF (68.9 kB)

P5.15

Lee Waves over Complex Topography during MAP

James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. B. Smith and G. S. Poulos

Poster PDF (3.1 MB)

P5.16

A case study of a severe Midwestern pulse thunderstorm event

Patrick S. Market, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and A. R. Lupo and R. W. Przybylinski

P5.17

Paper has been moved to session 13, new paper number 13.7A

P5.18

Comparison of 9-km wind forecasts versus 27-km wind forecasts during the Northern Gulf of Mexico Littoral Initiative

Gueorgui V. Mostovoi, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and P. J. Fitzpatrick and Y. Li

Poster PDF (17.8 kB)

P5.19

Analysis of warm-season morning convection across the southern Great Plains

John A. Haynes, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. E. Hane, D. L. Andra, E. Berry, F. H. Carr, and R. M. Rabin

Poster PDF (49.6 kB)

P5.20

AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS FOR FORMATION OF CLOSED CONVECTION CELLS

Yuichi Miura, Science University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

P5.21

Paper has been moved to session 14, new paper number 14.5

P5.22

Mesoscale processes and impact of FASTEX cyclones through momentum, heat, and water budgets (IOPs 11, 12, 16, 17)

A. Protat, CETP, Velizy, France; and D. Bouniol and Y. Lemaître

Poster PDF (264.3 kB)

P5.23

Observations of the Great Plains Dryline Utilizing Mobile Mesonet Data

Albert E. Pietrycha, NOAA/NSSL, Boulder, CO and Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and E. N. Rasmussen

http://mrd3.nssl.ucar.edu/~pietrych/www/vortex/990610/990610.html

Poster PDF (346.7 kB)

P5.24

Observations of the DCVZ Using Mobile Mesonets Data

Albert E. Pietrycha, NOAA/NSSL, Boulder, CO and Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and E. N. Rasmussen

http://mrd3.nssl.ucar.edu/~pietrych/www/vortex/dcvz/980716dcvz.html

Poster PDF (264.3 kB)

P5.25

Numerical simulations of heavy rainfall during the Mesoscale Alpine Program (MAP)

James A. Thurman, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y. -. L. Lin and J. J. Charney

Poster PDF (408.4 kB)

Poster Session 5: New insights regarding mesoscale structure based on recent field experiments and new observing platforms—with Coffee Break