Cloud Stalker: Its a beautiful day in the neigborhood

Monday, January 21, 2008

Its a beautiful day in the neigborhood

Check out the barometric pressure at the time of the storm, these measurements were taken at Brasher park where they have a weather station. The winds were not as strong there as they were here and other locations. I have heard all sorts of storeys.

Gasprella parade was canceled
Bay news 9 had a story. There was little to report and If tornadoes did touch down they were weak and brief.

For today there is a high pressure centered over the mid Atlantic states and is covering most of the eastern third of are country. A ridge is forecasted to move across our state Tuesday. Wednesday it looks like a week frontal boundary will move in, not nearly as strong as the last keeping our temps moderate. They show light pops with it but it focuses mainly on the south west.
Oh well It doesn't look good for anymore severe weather this week, I will just have to re watch my video to help with any wx blues.
That's for me now have a good Monday!
Jess.. :-)
Cloud Stalker

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HAIL (3/4 inch or greater)

Hail can cause significant damage to your vehicle, break windows and damage roofs of homes and businesses.
Hail can cause significant bodily injuries such as broken bones and even blindness if wind blown.
Softball (4.5 inches) sized hail was reported in Lake Wales, Florida on March 30, 1996.
Haildrifts, up to four feet deep of dime to nickel sized hail, occurred in low-lying areas near Zephyrhills, Florida on January 29, 1997.
Hailstones the size of softballs can fall at speeds faster than 100 mph

supercell

Supercells derive their rotation through tilting of horizontal vorticity (an invisible horizontal vortex) caused by wind shear. Strong updrafts lift the air turning about a horizontal axis and cause this air to turn about a vertical axis. This forms the deep rotating updraft, the mesocyclone.
A cap or capping inversion is usually required to form a downdraft of sufficient strength. The cap puts an inverted (warm-above-cold) layer above a normal (cold-above-warm) boundary layer, and by preventing warm surface air from sinking too far, allows one or both of the following:
Air below the cap warms and/or becomes more moist
Air above the cap cools
This creates a warmer, moister layer below a cooler layer, which is increasingly unstable (because warm air is less dense and tends to rise). When the cap weakens or moves, explosive development follows.
In North America, supercells usually show up on Doppler radar as starting at a point or hook shape on the southwestern side, fanning out to the northeast. The heaviest precipitation is usually on the southwest side, ending abruptly short of the rain-free updraft base or main updraft (not visible to radar). The rear flank downdraft, or RFD, carries precipitation counterclockwise around the north and northwest side of the updraft base, producing a "hook echo" that indicates the presence of a mesocyclone.