Nocturnal Convection Initiation during PECAN 2015

Weckwerth, Tammy M., 1966-; Hanesiak, John; Wilson, James W.; Trier, Stanley B.; Degelia, Samuel K.; Gallus, William A.; Roberts, Rita D.; Wang, Xuguang

doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0299.1

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Nocturnal Convection Initiation during PECAN 2015

2019
By Weckwerth, Tammy M., 1966- ; Hanesiak, John ; Wilson, James W. ; ...
Source: Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. (2019) 100 (11): 2223–2239.

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Nocturnal convection initiation (NCI) is more difficult to anticipate and forecast than daytime convection initiation (CI). A major component of the Plains Elevated Convection at Night (PECAN) field campaign in the U.S. Great Plains was to intensively sample NCI and its near environment. In this article, we summarize NCI types observed during PECAN: 1 June–16 July 2015. These NCI types, classified using PECAN radar composites, are associated with 1) frontal overrunning, 2) the low-level jet (LLJ), 3) a preexisting mesoscale convective system (MCS), 4) a bore or density current, and 5) a nocturnal atmosphere lacking a clearly observed forcing mechanism (pristine). An example and description of each of these different types of PECAN NCI events are presented. The University of Oklahoma real-time 4-km Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model ensemble forecast runs illustrate that the above categories having larger-scale organization (e.g., NCI associated with frontal overrunning and NCI near a preexisting MCS) were better forecasted than pristine. Based on current knowledge and data from PECAN, conceptual models summarizing key environmental features are presented and physical processes underlying the development of each of these different types of NCI events are discussed.
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