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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE UPLIFT

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WEATHERUplift & Precipitation

Convectional uplift

Fair-weather cumulous Cumulous

Cumulonimbus Anvil head

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Doppler radar

Downburst

Doppler image of downburst

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Doppler image of tornadic event

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Uplift & PrecipitationLa Plata, MD – April 28, 2002

Force 5 tornadic event

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Uplift & PrecipitationConvectional uplift“Bolt from the blue”

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Uplift & PrecipitationOrographic uplift

Chinookwind

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Uplift & PrecipitationOrographic uplift

WEATHERFarmville, VA

44” rain27.4% days clear/43.8% cloudy

Forks119” rain

14% days clear/65.5% cloudy58.1% days with some rain

Seattle37” rain

15.9% days clear/61.9% cloudy Yakima8” rain

29.9% days clear/44.9% cloudy

Pullman21” rain

Spokane17” rain

23.6% days clear/52.3% cloudy

IMPORTANT TOREMEMBER!

Palouse biome

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Uplift & PrecipitationOrographic uplift

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Palouse biome

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MarineWestCoast

Salt Lakeor

WasatchOasis

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Uplift & PrecipitationOrographic uplift

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NortheastTrade Winds

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Air masses over Virginia

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Continental Arctic

MaritimePolar

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ContinentalPolar

JetStream

Maritime Tropical

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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift

Jet Stream and transient disturbances

COLD & DRY

WARM & MOISTWARM & MOIST

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Transient disturbances

Top view

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Anticyclone

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Jet Stream and transient disturbances

COLD & DRY

WARM & MOIST

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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift

Transient disturbances & weather fronts

COLD & DRY

WARM & MOIST

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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift

Cold front

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Warm front

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Nimbostratus Altostratus Cirrostratus Cirrus

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Stationary front

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Occluded front

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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift

Weather mapJune 27, 2011

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Weather mapJune 28, 2011

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Weather mapJune 29, 2011

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Uplift & PrecipitationCyclonic/Frontal uplift

Weather mapJune 30, 2011

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