CASE STUDY OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN RELATION TO THE LOW-LEVEL JET

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  • WBWilliam D. Bonner
    William D. Bonner
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Abstract
The relationship between the low-level jet and thunderstorm activity in the south-central United States is examined through mesoanalysis of surface data from Weather Bureau and NSSP stations. Separate squall systems moved through Kansas and Oklahoma during the night; the systems in Kansas persisted while those in Oklahoma died out. The most likely explanation for this is the synoptic-scale vertical velocities in the vicinity of the low-level jet. Abstract The relationship between the low-level jet and thunderstorm activity in the south-central United States is examined through mesoanalysis of surface data from Weather Bureau and NSSP stations. Separate squall systems moved through Kansas and Oklahoma during the night; the systems in Kansas persisted while those in Oklahoma died out. The most likely explanation for this is the synoptic-scale vertical velocities in the vicinity of the low-level jet.