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BASIC CONVECTION
By:Ken HardingNWS ABR
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Who am I?• NWS meteorologist – 20 years• Private pilot – 13 years• In Aberdeen since 1996
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What do I talk about?• I know a lot about:
– The NWS– Aviation weather
• TAF/METAR• ARTCC Weather Support
• I know a little about:– ASOS– Aviation Weather Center Products
• I’d like to learn from you:– Weather concerns– ‘War stories’
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Some days, the sky is very inviting…..
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Some days…not
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Subject Overview
• What is Convection• Initiating Convection• Some “Rules of Thumb”
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What is Convection?• The transport of heat (and
moisture) by the movement of a fluid.
• In meteorology, describes vertical transport of heat/moisture...– by updrafts/downdrafts – in an unstable atmosphere
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Convection
• Air in the free atmosphere will continue rising…– until it reaches a level where it is no
longer buoyant.
• The more unstable the atmosphere…– the greater the convection.
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Initiating Convection• Atmospheric stability
– Is determined by the way temperature varies with altitude
• The ‘stability’ of a layer of air…– is the resistance to vertical
displacement.
• “Unstable” air promotes convection• “Stable” air inhibits convection
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Altering StabilityThree ways to decrease stability:
UpperLevelCooling
LowLevel
Warming
Increase inAtmosphericMoisture
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Air Mass Boundaries
• Are ‘Favored’ areas for convection and Thunderstorm growth
• Often subtle differences between air masses…– have large impacts on convection.
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Air Mass Boundaries
• Types– Fronts– Dry lines– Sea-Breeze fronts (Lake Breeze?)– Convergence Zone
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“Triggering” Mechanism
• Starts the convection– Low pressure systems– Fronts– Thunderstorm ‘outflow boundaries’– Orographic lift
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Low Pressure Systems
• An upper low gives cooling aloft– This reduces stability
• Surface lows give low-level convergence– this supplies ‘Lift’ from
below
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Fronts• Provide lift - Convection is likely
– if air is unstable
Cold Air
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Thunderstorm Outflow Boundaries
• Colliding outflow boundaries often provide lift for additional convection.
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Rules of Thumb for Convection - 1
• If cumulus tops are ‘crisp’ and ‘well defined’...– the cloud
will continue to grow.
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Rules of Thumb for Convection - 2
• If cumulus tops are ‘ragged’ and ‘ill-defined’...
– the cloud will not continue to grow.
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Rules of Thumb for Convection - 3
• The taller the cloud..– The stronger the convection, and…– The greater likelihood of turbulence– The greater likelihood of micro/down
bursts
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Supercell Thunderstorms
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Wind Shear
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Convection Vs TurbulenceStrength
of ConvectionCloudType
Type ofTurbulence
Weak Fair Wx Cu Lgt Chop
Moderate ToweringCu (Tcu)
Mod chopMod Turbc
Strong Tcu andCb
Sev ChopSev Turbc
Pilot reports in thunderstorms indicate +/- 4000 fpm UDDF
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Convective Turbulence
• Avoid convective turbulence by flying above cloud tops…When possible.
Smooth Ride
Bumpy Ride
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Weak Convection ?• No problem
– Except sometimesNormal
ApproachAffects of
Convection
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Rules of Thumb forConvective Turbulence
• Expect light turbulence in areas where dust devils are occurring.
• Expect light/Mod turbulence under areas of developing cumulus clouds.
• Thermals rarely exceed 10,000 feet AGL without forming clouds.
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• Expect moderate turbulence…– in areas where extreme heating and
low humidity are expected or..– where exceptionally large dust devils
are occurring.– In areas of Virga
Rules of Thumb forConvective Turbulence
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Convection vs. Icing
• Convective clouds tend towards clear icing
• Moderately growing cumulus can have mod/svr clear/mixed icing
• If the cloud is raining, it has supercooled water – clear icing
• Supercooled water can extend to great heights (>20,000 ft AGL) and temps < -15 C.
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A thunderstorm is never as bad on the inside as it appears from the outside…it’s worse.
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Convective SIGMETS
• For Severe Thunderstorms (50 Kts, ¾” hail, tornadoes)
• Embedded Thunderstorms• Lines of Thunderstorms• Over 40% coverage in an area >
3000 mi2 of VIP level 4 Thunderstoms.
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Convective SIGMETS
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CCFP
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Lightning Facts
• About 100 strikes per second worldwide• Carries approximately 100,000,000 Volts• Bolts over 110 miles long have been
measured• Both negative and positive lightning• 50,000 degrees C.• Approximately 1” in diameter
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Lightning Sequence
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ASOS Thunderstorm
Reporting
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KEFC – 330/1690kts
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National Lightning Detection Network
Near Selby, SD
Near Morris, MN
Near Rapid City, SD
Near Minot, ND
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How it Works
1. Sensors transmit lightning data to satellite; 2. Satellite relays information to earth station; 3. Data is transmitted to NCC via land-lines; 4. NCC processes data; 5. Processed data is relayed back to satellite; 6. Lightning data is displayed within seconds of occurrence 7. Accurate within +/- 1/2 mile
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How it Detects
• Detects ONLY Cloud to Ground (CG) • 30 mile range• Provides info for 30-10 miles, 10-5
miles, and 5-0 miles.• Reports once per minute• Detection Efficiency
– 90% of CG within 10 miles– 100% of thunderstorms after the 3rd CG
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How It’s Reported• Detection 10 - 30 miles:
– LTGDSNT DIR • Detection 5 – 10 miles:
– VCTS• Detection 0 – 5 miles:
– TS reported as present weather• TSNO remark: NLDN down, or no
ALDARS• KMBG 201855Z AUTO 08011KT 10SM
SCT048 28/17 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP122 T02830167 TSNO
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Thunderstorms in TAFs
• 12-24 hours out– VCTS or SCT030CB
• 06-12 hours out– Shorter duration of thunder– PROB30 beyond 9 hours
• 00-06 hours– TEMPO Thunder (less than 4 hours)– Prevailing Thunder (less than 2 hours)
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New Resources
• 24-hour TAF for Mobridge• Pilot resources CD
– Sign up if you want one mailed to you• Web Log (Blog) of aviation links
– http://pilotweather.blogspot.com• Us
– [email protected]– 605-225-0519– We’re always open – Visit us or bring your
students by. Come and hanger fly with us.
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