Weather Events

Important weather events is associated with MCC events. The mean weather events associated with this systems are heavy precipitation, hail, strong gust fronts, lightning and, in some cases, tornadoes


Parameter Description
Precipitation
  • Heavy rain showers, thunder and hail in the middle of the cluster
  • Stratiform precipitation elsewhere
Temperature
  • Sharp drop caused by cold pool and gust fronts
Wind (incl. gusts)
  • Intense gust fronts
  • Microburst/downburst
  • Tornadoes
Other relevant information
  • Intense lightning in the convective part of the system



Enhanced IR on 18 November 2009 at 11:15 UTC.