COMET Case Studies

Prepared for SatMet Class 96-1, May 1996


22 May 1995
Dry Line Convective Initiation over Southern Plains

18-19 Jan 1996
Upper Midwest Winter Storm

26 Jan 1996
IA/WI Winter Storm

29-31 Jan 1996
Cut-off Low over North Pacific

08-09 Feb 1996
Mid-Atlantic Jet Diffluence

15-16 Feb 1996
Clipper affects IA, then Mid-Atlantic

19 Feb 1996
Tornadic Supercell Outbreak in LA/MS/AL

23 Feb 1996
Arctic Front Moving Across OK/TX

12 Mar 1996
Vorticity Lobe/Jet Streak Induced Severe Convection over CA

19-21 Mar 1996
Deep Cut-Off Low over Eastern US

29 Mar 1996
Turbulent Flow Lee of the Rocky Mountains

03-04 Apr 1996
Gravity wave generated by strong convection


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