Wind Shear and the Strength of Severe Convective Phenomena—Preliminary Results from Poland in 2011–2015
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
- time criterion: maximum three hours after the report and six hours before the report
- space criterion: a distance from the sounding station to the report location of 200 km or less
- air mass criterion: the report and the sounding must be located in the same air mass (no front between)
- CAPE criterion: CAPE > 0
3. Results
3.1. Wind Shear Characteristics within Different Severe Weather Events and Their Intensity
0–1 km Bulk Wind Shear (LLS)
0–2 km Bulk Wind Shear
0–3 km Bulk Wind Shear
0–6 km Wind Shear (DLS)
0–8 km Wind Shear
1–8 km Wind Shear
3–6 km Wind Shear
3.2. Probability for the Phenomena Related to LLS and DLS
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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0–6 km | 0–1 km | 0–2 km | 0–3 km | 3–6 km | 0–8 km | 1–8 km | |
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LH/VLH | 0.006 | 0.441 | 0.019 | 0.042 | 0.913 | 0.042 | 0.0496 |
URV/SV | 0.775 | 0.587 | 0.403 | 0.312 | 0.788 | 0.073 | 0.061 |
URV/ExtSV | 0.074 | 0.244 | 0.257 | 0.102 | 0.985 | 0.176 | 0.084 |
SV/ExtSV | 0.210 | 0.112 | 0.980 | 0.857 | 0.854 | 0.022 | 0.010 |
T/TF1+ | 0.0002 | 0.067 | 0.0002 | 0.00001 | 0.316 | 0.225 | 0.752 |
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Pilorz, W.; Laskowski, I.; Łupikasza, E.; Taszarek, M. Wind Shear and the Strength of Severe Convective Phenomena—Preliminary Results from Poland in 2011–2015. Climate 2016, 4, 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli4040051
Pilorz W, Laskowski I, Łupikasza E, Taszarek M. Wind Shear and the Strength of Severe Convective Phenomena—Preliminary Results from Poland in 2011–2015. Climate. 2016; 4(4):51. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli4040051
Chicago/Turabian StylePilorz, Wojciech, Igor Laskowski, Ewa Łupikasza, and Mateusz Taszarek. 2016. "Wind Shear and the Strength of Severe Convective Phenomena—Preliminary Results from Poland in 2011–2015" Climate 4, no. 4: 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli4040051