Bulging Radar RHI Echoes of Convective Cells--A Possible Severe Weather Indicator

Fisher, Robert E.; Harris, Peter L.

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Bulging Radar RHI Echoes of Convective Cells--A Possible Severe Weather Indicator

1975
By Fisher, Robert E. ; Harris, Peter L.
Series: Eastern Region technical attachment (National Weather Service (U.S.)) 75-9-2

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Fisher, Robert E. ; Harris, Peter L.
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United States. National Weather Service. Eastern Region
NOAA Program & Office:

NWS (National Weather Service) ; ER (Eastern Region)
Description:

Studies by Musil, Sand and Schleusener (1973), Marwitz (1973), and others suggest that the radar echo of severe thunderstorms with hail can have a slight curvature, bulge, or widening aloft, when seen on the range height indicator (RHI) of a WSR-57 radar. This may be due to strong updrafts causing precipitation to be held up in an overhang.
Keywords:

Hail Radar Meteorology Severe Storms Thunderstorms Weather Forecasting Radar Meteorology Severe Storms Weather Forecasting
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Eastern Region technical attachment (National Weather Service (U.S.)) 75-9-2
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pdf
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Technical Attachment
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East (U.S.)
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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Submitted
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