IT’S ALL ABOUT THE UPLIFT
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Convectional uplift
Fair-weather cumulous Cumulous
Cumulonimbus Anvil head
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Doppler radar
Downburst
Doppler image of downburst
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Doppler image of tornadic event
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Uplift & PrecipitationLa Plata, MD – April 28, 2002
Force 5 tornadic event
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Uplift & PrecipitationConvectional uplift“Bolt from the blue”
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Uplift & PrecipitationOrographic uplift
Chinookwind
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Uplift & PrecipitationOrographic uplift
WEATHERFarmville, VA
44” rain27.4% days clear/43.8% cloudy
Forks119” rain
14% days clear/65.5% cloudy58.1% days with some rain
Seattle37” rain
15.9% days clear/61.9% cloudy Yakima8” rain
29.9% days clear/44.9% cloudy
Pullman21” rain
Spokane17” rain
23.6% days clear/52.3% cloudy
IMPORTANT TOREMEMBER!
Palouse biome
Uplift & PrecipitationOrographic uplift
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Palouse biome
IMPORTANT TOREMEMBER!
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Uplift & PrecipitationOrographic uplift
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MarineWestCoast
Salt Lakeor
WasatchOasis
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Uplift & PrecipitationOrographic uplift
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NortheastTrade Winds
Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift
Air masses over Virginia
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Continental Arctic
MaritimePolar
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ContinentalPolar
JetStream
Maritime Tropical
Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift
Jet Stream and transient disturbances
COLD & DRY
WARM & MOISTWARM & MOIST
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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift
Transient disturbances
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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift
Jet Stream and transient disturbances
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WARM & MOIST
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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift
Transient disturbances & weather fronts
COLD & DRY
WARM & MOIST
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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift
Cold front
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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift
Warm front
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Nimbostratus Altostratus Cirrostratus Cirrus
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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift
Stationary front
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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift
Occluded front
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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift
Weather mapJune 27, 2011
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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift
Weather mapJune 28, 2011
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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift
Weather mapJune 29, 2011
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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift
Weather mapJune 30, 2011
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