Extreme Precipitation Events in Northern California during Winter 2016–17: Multiscale Analysis and Climatological Perspective

Moore, Benjamin J.; White, Allen B.; Gottas, Daniel J.; Neiman, Paul J.

doi:10.1175/MWR-D-19-0242.1

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Extreme Precipitation Events in Northern California during Winter 2016–17: Multiscale Analysis and Climatological Perspective

2020
By Moore, Benjamin J. ; White, Allen B. ; Gottas, Daniel J. ; ...
Source: Monthly Weather Review, 148(3), 1049-1074.

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Monthly Weather Review
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Moore, Benjamin J. ; White, Allen B. ; Gottas, Daniel J. ; Neiman, Paul J.

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A multiscale analysis is presented of extreme precipitation events (EPEs) in Northern California during winter 2016–17, which caused flooding and contributed substantially to highly anomalous seasonal precipitation totals. The EPEs were characterized by long durations (≥7 days) and involved persistent large-scale flow patterns. The three largest EPEs involved blocking over the Bering Sea–Alaska region. A detailed investigation of the largest EPE, occurring on 2–10 February 2017, reveals that extreme precipitation was produced as four discrete cyclones moved across the eastern North Pacific equatorward of a high-amplitude blocking ridge and impacted the U.S. West Coast in rapid succession. The latter three cyclones developed and moved in conjunction with elongated negatively tilted troughs or PV streamers resulting from repeated episodes of baroclinic development and cyclonic Rossby wave breaking on the upstream flank of the block. Each of the four cyclones interacted with a PV streamer and an associated baroclinic zone established by anticyclonic wave breaking on the downstream flank of the block and, thereby, tracked into the U.S. West Coast. The serial clustering of the cyclones during the 9-day event resulted in persistent water vapor flux and lifting that supported extreme precipitation totals in Northern California. A climatological analysis for 1979–2017 reveals a significant statistical relationship between blocking over the Bering Sea–Alaska region and EPEs in Northern California, indicating that this type of blocking pattern represents a favorable large-scale scenario for extreme precipitation in Northern California.
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Dynamics Extratropical Cyclones Rossby Waves Synoptic-scale Processes
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Monthly Weather Review, 148(3), 1049-1074.
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