UPPER WAVE - WEATHER EVENTS

by ZAMG

An Upper Wave is indicative of various processes occuring at upper levels in the troposphere. There are no weather events at the surface associated with the Upper Wave bulge. The example below shows an Upper Wave over Germany and Poland.

Parameter Description
Precipitation No precipitation under the Wave bulge. Precipitation pattern according to a Cold Front
Temperature Changes according to frontal passage
Wind (incl. gusts) Changes according to frontal passage
Other relevant information
  • Multilayered cloudiness
  • High level cloudiness also in form of fibres

20 December 2001/03.00 UTC - Meteosat IR image; weather events (green: rain and showers, blue: drizzle, cyan: snow, red: thunderstorm, yellow: fog, black: no precipitation)
SUB-MENU OF UPPER WAVE
TYPICAL APPEARANCE IN VERTICAL CROSS SECTIONS
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