On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 20:50:23 GMT, Nathan Young wrote:

On this same subject. Midwest tstorms are frequently 45k+ feet. Is
this common in other areas? From my aviation readings, I was lead to
believe that the Florida/Louisiana storms tend to top in the 30s, and
hence are less intense.

Having lived in Ohio and now in central Mississippi, the intensity of the
storms down here are more extreme then what I have seen in Ohio.

2 to 3 inch per hour rainfall rates are not unusual, and I am really
surprised how often hail does fall down here considering it's much warmer
down here.

I have seen / read observed tops in the mid 40's on a regular basis with
popcorn variety storms and they exceed 50K in squall lines.

Allen