RAPID CYCLOGENESIS - WEATHER EVENTS

by KNMI and ZAMG


Parameter Description
Precipitation
  • Intense precipitation associated with the Warm Conveyor Belt.
  • Thunderstorms within the inner edge of the cloud head at the western side of the surface low.
Temperature
  • Strong rise in surface temperature within the area of Warm Conveyor Belt.
Wind (incl. gusts)
  • Strong winds within the area of the cloud head. In extreme cases winds reaching hurricane force.
  • Very strong gusts in the transition zone between dark and white in the WV channels near the cold front and the cloud head
Other relevant information
  • Very strong pressure falls and rises. In the initial stage, falls ahead exceed the rises behind.

26 February 2002/06.00 UTC - Meteosat WV image; blue: weather symbols and wind flags, violet: wind gusts in knots

SUB-MENU OF RAPID CYCLOGENESIS
TYPICAL APPEARANCE IN VERTICAL CROSS SECTIONS
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