Hailstorms in Switzerland: Left Movers, Right Movers, and False Hooks

Houze, Robert A.; Schmid, Willy A.; Fovell, Robert G.; Schiesser, Hans-Heinrich

doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1993)121<3345:hislmr>2.0.co;2

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“…7c), hence forbidding a high low-level moisture loading and transport to central Europe. It is likely that the European Alps also play a decisive role by blocking and laterally deflecting the southerly, warmer flow from the Mediterranean (Houze et al, 1993). If the southerly air streams are able to surmount the Alpine ridge, they are dried out on the northern side because of Alpine south side precipitation (Frei and Schär, 1998) and foehn effects.…”

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Central European tornado environments as viewed from a potential vorticity and Lagrangian perspective

Graf

Sprenger

Moore

2011

Atmospheric Research

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Section: Moisture Sourcementioning

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Central European tornado environments as viewed from a potential vorticity and Lagrangian perspective

Graf

Sprenger

Moore

2011

Atmospheric Research

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“…As a result, they move with the wind of the steering level early in their life, to the right (or left) during their supercell phase, and with the wind when they decay. Houze et al (1994) examined 42 severe hailstorms in Switzerland. The departure between the midlevel winds and the motion of these storms was roughly 20 • to 30 • .…”

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Lightning in the eastern Alps 1993-1999, part I: Thunderstorm tracks

Bertram

Mayr²

2004

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Thunderstorm tracks in the eastern Alps for the summers of 1993-1999 are investigated based on lightning data. The tracking method consists of three steps.Step one filters weak storms.Step two fixes the positions of the single cells, which are then connected. The wind at 700 hPa, which approximates the steering level of the thunderstorms, is used to distinguish between six weather patterns. Maps including all discovered tracks are discussed for each flow type. While locations from which thunderstorms originate are almost similar, the track patterns are distinct for each flow type. Main initiation areas are mountain ranges of moderate altitude (≈2.5 km MSL) from where most of the tracks lead into flat areas.

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“…and , Houze et al (1993), Ramis et al (1997), Fraile et al (2001. Several points are worth making about these studies.…”

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