PPT-Tornadoes and Severe Convective Events:

Insurance Trends and Challenges in an Era of Climate Volatility National Tornado Summit Oklahoma City OK February 11 2014 Robert P Hartwig PhD CPCU President amp Economist Insurance Information Institute 110 William Street New York NY 10038. Ways to Secure your home and Storm Chasers. Michael S. Schlossberg. What is a Tornado?. A tornado is a column of air that is moving with high speeds of that is coming from a thunderstorm . Tornadoes are found in flat plain areas because there is no mountains to restrict the movement of air. Crystal K Williams. Department of Geography-Geology. Illinois State University. Outline. Introduction/Background. Mesoscale Convective Systems. Squall Lines. Precipitation. Conclusions. Introduction. Brian Guyer & Deirdre Kann, National Weather Service, Albuquerque, NM. Project Summary. OBJECTIVE: . Test the growing suite of convective initiation products to determine their potential to improve forecasts and detection of hazardous convective events during the North American monsoon season.. Lee Picard. Student Volunteer, WFO LWX. University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL. Matthew . Kramar. Senior Forecaster, WFO LWX. Definitions. Severe thunderstorm watch. From SPC: “outlines an area where an organized episode of hail 1 inch diameter or larger and/or damaging thunderstorm winds are expected during a three to eight hour period.”. Weather Systems – Fall 2015. Outline:. a. Stability Indices. b. Wind Shear and . Helicity. c. How to relate to predicted / observed convective weather. Convective Parameters. Weather Systems – Fall 2015. By: Maggie Colf. Tornadoes. “There is also disagreement as to whether separate touchdowns of the same funnel constitute separate tornado.”. Tornadoes may not have a visible funnel.. Truth is that we don’t fully understand.. 11/16/15. Winds can exceed 300 mph!!!. Around 1,000 occur on average each year in the U.S.. Kill 80, injure 1,500 people each year on average. Can have a path up to a mile wide!!!. Can occur any time of the year, but . Robert A. Houze, Jr.. With contributions from:. S. Powell, M. . Zuluaga. , H. Barnes, A. Rowe. AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 11 December 2013. The MJO scale. ~30-60 days. TOGA. COARE. West Pacific. Ref Vel. stratiform. Conv(all) rad_ref. Cloud analysis followed by 3dvar. Conv(uv spd) rw. Only 3dvar analysis. Applied DFI to Qv only, other mosit variable like Qs, Qc, Qr, Qg, Qi are remain unchanged and. Tornadoes are . rotating columns of air that extend down from a storm cloud in the shape of a . funnel.. Anything . in the path of a tornado, including houses, cars, forests, and other ecosystems, . are . A tornado is a rotating column of air attached to a thunderstorm that comes in contact with the . ground.. The most violent of all atmospheric events is the tornado.. On average, 800 to 1000 tornadoes occur in the U.S. each year.. Be able to describe . how . and why a . TORNADO. forms, and the role of the . MESOCYCLONE. in formation.. Be able to identify the . THREE. main . TYPES. of tornadoes and the key tornado formation . Are You and Your Family Ready?. Lt. Col. Jim Emory. Director Oklahoma Wing Safety. Thunderstorms and Tornados . Do you know what to do?. Oklahoma History. Hazards and risks –Do you Know what they are?. Kerry Emanuel. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Several Possibly Inter-related Enigmas of the Tropical Atmosphere. Why does moist convection often cluster?. What determines the number of tropical cyclones on the planet?.