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<br />. <br /> <br />" <br />" <br />. <br /> <br />... <br />" <br />., <br />., <br />", <br />"' <br />" <br />" <br /> <br />,0 -au 70 ;,0 -SO 'to 110 <br />~1(j ..10 / I <br />" LEGEND <br />\ JO..CASE <br />, . . - CASE <br />, . . CASE <br />/ 1-1 ' . -CASE <br />/ / ~ <br />o I If 2t 20 <br />\: 77 -- <br />.!: ~'l\ \ I, X 10 <br />'50 \ <br /> <br />411 / !4{1' _ <br />I /: 1\'1}t\ / 10 <br />1<:/;7tfi]/~ l~ <br />;:; I'! t ~'l;'4L ~~ \ 'L <br /> <br />6 '- -\/- /-,~'I- r,t-../"_./\ I' 'j.... <br /> <br />]1) <br /> <br /> <br />LU <br /> <br />)(l <br /> <br />6U <br /> <br /> <br />]00 <br /> <br />T[Mf[RATuR[ Ie! <br /> <br />Figure 5.1 Thel'1llOdynallltc Chlln1]eS due to lifting <br />and cloud-environment interaction for 5 hours of <br />s1nJ1ated lifting fl"1)lll 1100 to 1500 lSr on <br />June 3D, 1971, at GOOdland, Kansas. The telllper- <br />IIture proftles are solid curves and correspond- <br />ing dew point prattles are shown by dashed <br />curves on II SKEw.r the~dynllM1c diagram. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> .. <br />, <br />. <br />! .. <br />j .. <br /> .. <br /> .. <br /> .. <br /> .. <br /> <br />CLOuD DEPTH AND PRECIP VERSUS TIME <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br /> .. <br /> ". <br /> .. <br />, .. <br />. , <br />, ! .. <br />, <br />j , <br /> .. <br /> .. <br /> .. <br /> .. <br /> .. <br /> <br />"0 <br /> <br />-so -10 <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />! <br />, <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />--~ <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />SO <br /> <br />60 <br /> <br />.0 <br /> <br />Ig <br /> <br />]00 <br /> <br />TEMPERATURE leI <br /> <br />Figure 5.2. Sa.e liS figure 5.1 for the August 24, <br />1917. Goodland,Kllnsas case of t ntense mesosclIl e <br />triggering. Note the relatively high instability <br />from the surface to SO kPa. <br /> <br />CLOUD DEPTH AND PRECIP VERSUS TIME <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br /> <br />""" <br />g.lII". <br />::~~~::1I'" <br />""'I:,,,,,...c...TtO <br /> <br />----- <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />. <br />!pOi '.~" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />----- --:> <br />-- r-:---' <br />. <br /> <br />./ <br />./ <br /> <br />Figure 5.3. Cloud depth and preCipitation for <br />each cloud stllJlated in the IIlOdel from 1100 to <br />1500 LST on June JO, 1977 ,at GOOdla.nd. Kllnsas. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.. <br />"" ...~1' <br /> <br />Figure 5.4. SIlIllt' as figure 5.3 for intense <br />IIlesoscale trigqer1ng case of August 24. 1917, lit <br />Goodland, Kansas. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Figure 5. A c~arison between typical thennodynalllfc cond1t1ons Ilnd IIll)del dhgnosis of convective devel- <br />opment for suppressed convectfon (figures 5.,1 and 5.3) and intense IIlt'soscale triggering case (figures 5.2 <br />and 5.4).Note the large fncrease In convective development diagnosed in the intense mesoscale triggerfng <br />case (figure 5.4) and slll411 weak convection of the suppressed case in (fiqure 5.3). These diagnosis <br />agree well with the clouds observed in the satellite imagery. In both cases mesoscale lifting of <br />20 c~ s., was applied from 1200 to 1400 LST. <br />