EESA09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mesoscale Convective Complex, Cumulus Cloud, Outflow Boundary
30 Dec 2015
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Mid-latitude cyclones and hurricanes are both tropical storms. With hurricanes, its possible that their paths may shift: important to learn about it. June 7 2011, toronto: thunderstorm and lightning. Side note, thunder and lightning is exclusive to thunderstorms, you will not see lightning with any other type of storm: huge flooding. Warnings appear maybe 6 hours before it happens: sometimes only within minutes or seconds. Convective (surface heating) storm: caused by surface heating. Common in southern ontario in summer (because of the heat) Only storm that has thunder and lightning. Large thunderstorms can spawn tornados: without thunderstorm, it is highly unlikely that a tornado will form. Recap for mid-latitude cyclones they are formed by 6 step polar: hurricanes are formed by ocean surface temperature being front theory at 26. 5 degree celsius threshold (warm air picks it up) Not necessarily near a frontal system (associated with mid-
