Avg. days with t'storms

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:17:50 -0400, Dave Butler wrote:

Dan Luke wrote:
http://www.weatherpages.com/variety/thunderstorms.html

Yeah, thanks, Dan. Someone posted something the other day about how they lived
in the worst area for thunderstorms - the midwest. I was thinking of responding,
but you just can't respond to everything.

I don't believe the link Dan sent is adjusted for seasons. It is days
with tstorms per year. So that actually is not a good measure for
tstorm intensity or frequency for that matter. We need it broken down
by months to be of value. The Midwest does not get many T-storms in
the Winter, which is about 6 months of the year in Chicago.

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.

-Nathan

"Nathan Young" wrote:

I don't believe the link Dan sent is adjusted for seasons. It is
days
with tstorms per year. So that actually is not a good measure for
tstorm intensity...

No.

...or frequency for that matter.
We need it broken down
by months to be of value. The Midwest does not get many T-storms in
the Winter, which is about 6 months of the year in Chicago.

Neither does Mobile, except when cold fronts pass.

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.

They vary, but the're almost always 45k'. Truly violent boomers
capable of producing property damage are not common in sunmmer, but
often accompany fronts in spring and fall.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

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

A Lieberman wrote:

and I am really
surprised how often hail does fall down here considering it's much warmer
down here.

As you know, it's not how warm it is at the surface, it's how cold it is
way up near the tops of those monster t-storms that determines whether hail
will fall out of them. And given that they grow 'em much bigger in the
southeastern US, it is no wonder hail is so common.

--
Peter


















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On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:07:00 -0400, "Peter R."
wrote:

A Lieberman wrote:

and I am really
surprised how often hail does fall down here considering it's much warmer
down here.

As you know, it's not how warm it is at the surface, it's how cold it is
way up near the tops of those monster t-storms that determines whether hail
will fall out of them. And given that they grow 'em much bigger in the
southeastern US, it is no wonder hail is so common.

Living here in Colorado Springs, hail is very common during this time
of the year. As a matter of fact, today as I was coming back home on
the motorcycle, I was greeted to about 2 inches of hail on the ground
that ranged from 1inch to pea size in diameter. I probably just
missed it by about 5-10 min. Then about an hour later another line
came through with 1 inch size but we were just on the outer fringe of
the storm so it lasted for maybe 2 minutes but it was enough to cover
the ground. Now its clear skies and we start the whole cycle again
tomorrow afternoon around 2 or 3ish.

Scott D.

As a matter of fact, today as I was coming back home on
the motorcycle, I was greeted to about 2 inches of hail on the ground
that ranged from 1inch to pea size in diameter.

How do you ride with that on the ground?

Jose
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On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 05:58:21 GMT, Jose
wrote:

As a matter of fact, today as I was coming back home on
the motorcycle, I was greeted to about 2 inches of hail on the ground
that ranged from 1inch to pea size in diameter.

How do you ride with that on the ground?

Jose

As a matter of fact, today as I was coming back home on
the motorcycle, I was greeted to about 2 inches of hail on the ground
that ranged from 1inch to pea size in diameter.

How do you ride with that on the ground?

Very carefully! ;-)

I've ridden a fully loaded Goldwing in the snow, in the mountains, when a
June snowstorm suddenly hit.

It sucks, but it's possible.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
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"Your Aviation Destination"