On the severe convective storm of 29 October 2013 in the Balearic Islands: Observational and numerical study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 689, 2015, Pages 1208-1222

  Romero, R ^a   Ramis, C ^a   Homar, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bow echo; Convective weather; Convergence line; High resolution simulation; Squall line; SST influence; Topographic influence; Western mediterranean

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; TOPOGRAPHY;

BOW ECHOES; CONVECTIVE WEATHER; CONVERGENCE LINE; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; SQUALL LINES; SST INFLUENCE; TOPOGRAPHIC INFLUENCE; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COLD FRONT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; JET STREAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SQUALL LINE; STORM; TROPOSPHERE;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84932126274     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2429     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Barceló M. 1991. Per una aproximació a la climatologia de Mallorca baixmedieval a través dels textos històrics. Boll. Soc. Arqueol. Lull. 47: 123-140.
2. Bluestein HB, Jain MH. 1985. Formation of mesoscale lines of precipitation: Severe squall lines in Oklahoma during the spring. J. Atmos. Sci. 42: 1711-1732.
3. Carlson TN. 2012. Mid-latitude Weather Systems. Penn State University Press: University Park, PA.
4. Cohuet JB, Romero R, Homar V, Ducrocq V, Ramis C. 2011. Initiation of a severe thunderstorm over the Mediterranean Sea. Atmos. Res. 100: 603-620.
5. Doswell CA III, Brooks HE, Maddox RA. 1996. Flash flood forecasting: An ingredients-based methodology. Weather and Forecasting 11: 560-581.
6. Ducrocq V, Bougeault P. 1995. Simulation of an observed squall line with a meso-beta hydrostatic model. Weather and Forecasting 10: 380-399.
7. Dudhia J. 1993. A non-hydrostatic version of the Penn State/NCAR mesoscale model: Validation tests and simulation of an Atlantic cyclone and cold front. Mon. Weather Rev. 121: 1493-1513.
8. Duffourg F, Ducrocq V. 2011. Origin of the moisture feeding the heavy precipitation systems over Southeastern France. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1163-1178.
9. Farrell RJ, Carlson TN. 1989. Evidence for the role of the lid and underrunning in an outbreak of tornadic thunderstorms. Mon. Weather Rev. 117: 857-871.
10. Fernández C, Gaertner MA, Gallardo C, Castro M. 1995. Simulation of a long-lived meso-β scale convective system over the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Part I: Numerical predictability. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys. 56: 157-179.
11. Gallagher FW III, Beasley WH, Bohren CF. 1996. Green thunderstorms observed. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 77: 2889-2897.
12. Gallus WA, Bresch JF. 1997. An intense small-scale wintertime vortex in the midwest United States. Mon. Weather Rev. 125: 2787-2807.
13. García-Ortega E, Fita L, Romero R, López L, Ramis C, Sánchez JL. 2007. Numerical simulation and sensitivity study of a severe hail-storm in northeast Spain. Atmos. Res. 83: 225-241.
14. Gayà M. 2011. Tornadoes and severe storms in Spain. Atmos. Res. 100: 334-343.
15. Grell G, Dudhia J, Stauffer DR. 1995. 'A descriptionY of the fifth-generation of the Penn State/NCAR mesoscalemodel (MM5)', NCAR Technical Note NCAR/TN-398+STR. NCAR Library: Boulder, CO.
16. Homar V, Ramis C, Romero R, Alonso S, García-Moya JA, Alarcón M. 1999. A case of convection development over the western Mediterranean Sea: A study trough numerical simulation. Meteorol. Amos. Phys. 71: 169-188.
17. Homar V, Gayà M, Ramis C. 2001. A synoptic and mesoscale diagnosis of a tornado outbreak in the Balearic Islands. Atmos. Res. 56: 31-55.
18. Homar V, Gayà M, Romero R, Ramis C, Alonso S. 2003. Tornadoes over complex terrain: An analysis of the 28th August 1999 tornadic event in eastern Spain. Atmos. Res. 67-68: 301-317.
19. Hoskins BJ, Pedder MA. 1980. The diagnosis of middle latitude synoptic development. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 106: 707-719.
20. Houze RA Jr, Rutledge SA, Biggerstaff MI, Smull BF. 1989. Interpretation of Doppler weather radar displays of midlatitude mesoscale convective systems. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 70: 608-619.
21. Jansà A, Genovés A, Picornell MA, Campins J, Riosalido R, Carretero O. 2001. Western Mediterranean cyclones and heavy rain. Part 2: Statistical approach. Meteorol. Appl. 8: 43-56.
22. Johns RH. 1993. Meteorological conditions associated with bow echo development in convective storms. Weather and Forecasting 8: 294-299.
23. Johnson RH, Hamilton PJ. 1988. The relationship of surface pressure features to the precipitation and airflow structure of an intense midlatitude squall line. Mon. Weather Rev. 116: 1444-1473.
24. Malguzzi P, Grossi G, Buzzi A, Ransi R, Buizza R. 2006. The 1966 'century' flood in Italy: A meteorological and hydrological revisitation. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 111: D24, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007111.
25. Przybylinski RW. 1995. The bow echo: Observations, numerical simulations, and severe weather detection methods. Weather and Forecasting 10: 203-218.
26. Ramis C, Arús J, López JM, Mestres AM. 1997. Two cases of severe weather in Catalonia (Spain). An observational study. Meteorol. Appl. 4 207-217.
27. Ramis C, Romero R, Homar V, Alonso S, Alarcón M. 1998. Diagnosis and numerical simulation of a torrential precipitation event in Catalonia (Spain). Meteorol. Atmos. Phys. 69: 1-21.
28. Ramis C, López JM, Arús J. 1999. Two cases of severe weather in Catalonia (Spain). A diagnostic study. Meteorol. Appl. 6: 11-27.
29. Ramis C, Romero R, Homar V. 2009. The severe thunderstorm of 4th October 2007 in Mallorca: An observational study. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 9: 1237-1245.
30. Ramis C, Homar V, Amengual A, Romero R, Alonso S. 2013. Daily precipitation records over mainland Spain and the Balearic Island. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 13: 2483-2491.
31. Romero R, Ramis C, Alonso S. 1997. Numerical simulation of an extreme rainfall event in Catalonia: Role of orography and evaporation from the sea. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 123: 537-559.
32. Romero R, Guijarro JA, Ramis C, Alonso S. 1998a. A 30 year (1964-1993) daily rainfall data base for the Spanish Mediterranean regions: First exploratory study. Int. J. Climatol. 18: 541-560.
33. Romero R, Ramis C, Alonso S, Doswell CA III, Stensrud DJ. 1998b. Mesoscale model simulation to three heavy precipitation events in the western Mediterranean region. Mon. Weather Rev. 126: 1859-1881.
34. Romero R, Doswell CA III, Ramis C. 2000. Mesoscale numerical study of two cases of long-lived quasistationary convective systems over eastern Spain. Mon. Weather Rev. 128: 3731-3751.
35. Sánchez JL, Fernández MV, Fernández JT, Tudurí E, Ramis C. 2003. Analysis of mesoscale convective systems with hail precipitation. Atmos. Res. 67-68: 573-588.
36. Somot S, Sevault F, Déqué M, Crépon M. 2008. 21st century climate change scenario for the Mediterranean using a coupled atmosphere-ocean regional climate model. Global Planet. Change 63: 112-126.
37. Stensrud DJ, Fritsch JM. 1994a. Mesoscale convective systems in weakly forced large-scale environments. Part II: Generation of a mesoscale initial condition. Mon. Weather Rev. 122: 2068-2083.
38. Stensrud DJ, Fritsch JM. 1994b. Mesoscale convective systems in weakly forced large-scale environments. Part III: Numerical simulations and implications for operational forecasting. Mon. Weather Rev. 122: 2084-2104.
39. Thiébaux J, Rogers E, Wang W, Katz B. 2003. A new high-resolution blended real-time global sea-surface temperature analysis. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 84: 645-656.
40. Tudurí E, Ramis C. 1997. The environments of significant convective events in the western Mediterranean. Weather and Forecasting 12: 294-306.
41. Wang PK. 2002. The Kansas green thunderstorm of 4 October 1998. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 83: 355-357.