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Weather Discussion. 7-5-2011. Tropical Storm Arlene at Landfall. Microwave Imagery of Tropical Storm Arlene at Landfall. Brownsville, TX Radar. 500-mb Analysis (12Z on 6/30 – Thursday Morning). U.S. Surface Analysis (12Z on 6/30 – Thursday Morning).
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Weather Discussion 7-5-2011
A little bit about transverse cirrus bands… • “The ideal case for band production appeared to be a strong, isolated convective system that developed, matured, and dissipated without interacting with any other convective storm” (Lenz et al. [2009], 1365). • “Transverse bands were more commonly observed to emerge near the end of the mature stage of the [convective] system and persist through the decay stage of the system” (Lenz et al. [2009], 1365). • “Transverse bands were observed at all hours of the day, though they were most common during the nighttime hours of this study” (Lenz et al. [2009], 1368). • “The average time lag between convection initiation and the first observation of transverse bands was 7 hours, and the average duration of the bands was about 9 hours” (Lenz et al. [2009], 1369, 1372). • Most commonly develop in regions of upper-level divergence and a strong relative vorticity gradient
Geographic Distribution (May – August 2006) Lenz et al. (2009) pg. 1368
Transverse Bands and Aviation Turbulence Lenz et al. (2009) pg. 1364