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Don MacGorman 1,2, Ted Mansell 1, Kristin Kuhlman 2, Alex Fierro 2, Conrad Ziegler 1, Stephanie...
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Transcript of Don MacGorman 1,2, Ted Mansell 1, Kristin Kuhlman 2, Alex Fierro 2, Conrad Ziegler 1, Stephanie...
Don MacGorman1,2, Ted Mansell1, Kristin Kuhlman2, Alex Fierro2, Conrad Ziegler1, Stephanie Weiss2, Dave Rust2
1NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory 2CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma & NOAA
Lightning Research at the National Severe Storms Laboratory
NSSL/CIMMS Storm Electrification Research
• Storm electrification observations– Studies of OK-LMA data– Balloon-borne electric field & microphysics
• Applications for NWS operations– Storm tracking & trends by storm type– Lightning data assimilation– Lightning forecasts
• Lightning physics (initiation & attachment)• Lightning climatology
OK-LMA + WT-LMA COVERAGE
DC3 OK-TX Ballooning & LMA Summary
Environmental soundings:
39 on 13 days
In-storm soundings:
Good soundings on 7 days, 2 with Parsival
LMA data processed for central OK cluster, working on incorporating all stations with Texas stations
30 May 2012
Tornadic Supercell0000 – 0010 UTC
VHF Source Distribution vs Range
0-25 km
75-100 km
125-150 km
175-200 km
2009
May
March
July
September
MCSs: Evolution of Flash Rates
Total Flash Rates
CG Flash Rates
Peak in Total Flash Rate Relative to Peak in Brightness Temperature Area
-52°C: 11 MCSs
-60°C: 12 MCSs
-66°C: 11 MCSs
Time-Height Plot of VHF
Sources & MaxReflectivity
Height
Maximum Estimated Hail
Diameter
Correlation: Max VHF Source Height vs Max Reflectivity Height
Evolution of Flash Size