Explicitly Resolving Lightning and Electrification Processes From the 10–12 April 2019 Thundersnow Outbreak

Harkema, Sebastian S.; Mansell, Edward R.; Fierro, Alexandre O.; Carey, Lawrence D.; Schultz, Christopher J.; Matsui, Toshi; Berndt, Emily B.

doi:10.1029/2023jd039987

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Explicitly Resolving Lightning and Electrification Processes From the 10–12 April 2019 Thundersnow Outbreak

2024
By Harkema, Sebastian S. ; Mansell, Edward R. ; Fierro, Alexandre O. ; ...
Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(13)

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The 10–12 April 2019 thundersnow (i.e., lightning within snowfall) outbreak was examined via ground‐ and space‐based lightning observations and was simulated using a numerical weather prediction model with an explicit electrification parameterization. When compared to observations, the simulation propagated the synoptic snowband two to six hours faster while also exaggerating the 3‐D reflectivity structure. Throughout the event, the simulation produced 1,733 thundersnow flashes which was less than what was observed by ground‐ and space‐based lightning sensors. In general, simulated thundersnow flashes were spatially offset from the largest reflectivities within the synoptic snowband and tended to occur within elevated convection that traversed isentropically along the top of mid‐level frontogenesis. These simulated thundersnow flashes were associated with a tripole charge structure with ice/snow hydrometeors contributing most to the main negative charge region. Both simulated and observed thundersnow flashes initiated in conditionally unstable environments. Lastly, a conceptual model was developed to explain the spatial separation between the largest reflectivities in the snowband and the occurrence of thundersnow. It is hypothesized that the spatial offset of thundersnow initiation from the reflectivity cores within the synoptic snowband arose from a thermal circulation—induced by mid‐level frontogenesis—that advects positively charged ice/snow hydrometeors toward the surface and creates a nearly homogeneous vertical charge structure.
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(13)
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