THICKNESS RIDGE CLOUDINESS - WEATHER EVENTS

by ZAMG

The Thickness Ridge cloudband is multi-layered and normally without significant precipitation except in cases with embedded convection.

Parameter Description

Precipitation

Usually no surface reports of precipitation.
Rain, rain showers or even thunderstorms are possible during the summer season in connection with an unstable stratification during the daytime

Temperature Rising temperatures in warm sector

Wind Mostly weak winds with a southerly component

Other relevant information Multi layered middle and high cloudiness



20 June 2000/06.00 UTC - Meteosat IR image; weather events (green: rain and showers, blue: drizzle, cyan: snow, red: thunderstorm, yellow: fog, black: no precipitation)	20 June 2000/12.00 UTC - Meteosat IR image; weather events (green: rain and showers, blue: drizzle, cyan: snow, red: thunderstorm, yellow: fog, black: no precipitation)

SUB-MENU OF THICKNESS RIDGE CLOUDINESS

TYPICAL APPEARANCE IN VERTICAL CROSS SECTIONS

REFERENCES

Parameter	Description
Precipitation	Usually no surface reports of precipitation. Rain, rain showers or even thunderstorms are possible during the summer season in connection with an unstable stratification during the daytime
Temperature	Rising temperatures in warm sector
Wind	Mostly weak winds with a southerly component
Other relevant information	Multi layered middle and high cloudiness