Virga to Rain Storm Summary of 2006-2007 Winter Season (November - March) - 25 Storms

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* = general trend 6 hours before storm
Tall (> 4.0 km AGL)   Continuity for Storm Maturity
Borderline ( 2.5-4.0 km AGL)   Scattered: Several Breaks
Shallow (< 2.5 km AGL)  
Storm Summary
Rain
Virga to Rain
Rain to Virga
Freezing Rain/Snow
Virga to Rain to Virga
Rain to Virga to Rain
Virga
Unknown
Continuity
Continuous
Scattered
Average
All
Page
Temp. (°C)
7.28
7.45
RH (%)
78.8
82.0
Wind Direction
165°
154°
Wind Speed (m/s)
8.6
10.0
Pressure (hPa)
1019
1019
Precipitation (in)
0.59
0.73
Total Precipitation (in.)
15.30
AGL
Tall
Tall to Borderline
Tall to Borderline to Tall
Tall to Shallow to Borderline / Tall
Tall to Shallow
Borderline
Borderline to Shallow
Borderline to Tall to Shallow
Borderline to Tall to Borderline
Shallow
Shallow to Borderline to (Shallow)
Shallow to Tall to Shallow
Shallow to Tall to Borderline
Avg. Duration (hrs)
23.64
Trends
Wind Direction
Temperature
RH
Pressure
Year
Month
Day
AGL
Continuity
Start Time (UTC)
Duration (hrs)
Avg. Temp. (°C)
Avg.
At Storm Maturity
Wind Speed (m/s)
Precip. (in)
before*
during
before*
during
before*
during
2006
11
1
Tall to Borderline
Scattered
23:30
56
8.3
SE
SE
13.6
2.20
flat
down - up
down - up
increasing
decreasing
down - up
2006
11
4
Tall to Shallow
Scattered
14:00
19.5
14.9
S
S
9.5
0.70
flat
up - down
flat
down - up
increasing
down - up
2006
11
5
Tall to Shallow
Continuous
15:00
59.5
16.0
NW
NW
11.2
5.99
decreasing
up - down
increasing
decreasing
increasing
down - up
2006
11
10
Tall to Borderline
Continuous
09:00
30
8.0
SE
SE
9.9
1.25
decreasing
up - down
up - down
increasing
decreasing
down - up
2006
11
12
Tall to Shallow
Scattered
20:30
46
9.4
S
SE
16.2
0.44
increasing
up - down
decreasing
increasing
down - up
decreasing
2006
11
15
Tall to Borderline
Scattered
01:00
28.5
11.0
SE
S
15.3
0.35
up - down
increasing
down - up
down - up
decreasing
decreasing
2006
11
19
Tall to Shallow
Continuous
12:30
15
8.0
SE
SE
11.7
0.73
flat
flat
flat
increasing
flat
down - up
2006
11
20
Borderline
Scattered
10:30
2.5
10.0
SE
SE
6.5
none
up - down
flat
decreasing
flat
flat
increasing
2006
11
26
Shallow to Tall to Shallow
Scattered
08:00
43.5
4.1
S
SE
11.0
0.58
decreasing
up - down
increasing
up - down
decreasing
down - up
2006
11
30
Shallow to Tall to Shallow
Scattered
03:30
14.5
2.2
SE
E
4.6
0.18
flat
increasing
flat
increasing
decreasing
down - up
2006
12
20
Shallow to Tall to Shallow
Scattered
18:00
19
2.5
SE
SE
15.3
0.50
increasing
flat
flat
increasing
down - up
down - up
2006
12
23
Borderline to Tall to Shallow
Scattered
05:30
23
4.7
SE
SE
7.5
0.50
flat
down - up
decreasing
increasing
decreasing
down - up
2006
12
29
Shallow
Scattered
20:30
2.5
4.6
SW
SW
12.4
none
down - up
decreasing
up - down
increasing
increasing
increasing
2007
01
04
Borderine to Tall to Borderline
Scattered
10:00
9
5.2
SW
SW
7.3
0.32
down - up
up - down
up - down
down - up
up - down
increasing
2007
01
07
Tall to Shallow to Tall
Scattered
01:00
20.5
8.6
S
S
15.8
0.32
up - down
increasing
down - up
increasing
increasing
flat
2007
01
08
Shallow
Continuous
19:00
2.5
6.2
E
E
1.1
0.02
increasing
up - down
increasing
down - up
up - down
decreasing
2007
01
18
Tall to Borderline
Scattered
03:00
19
1.4
SE
SE
4.5
0.01
up - down
increasing
flat
decreasing
down - up
decreasing
2007
01
19
Borderline to Shallow
Scattered
14:00
26
2.7
SE
SE
5.6
0.14
flat
up - down
flat
increasing
decreasing
down - up
2007
02
01
Tall
Scattered
23:00
31
2.9
SE
SE
4.3
0.01
increasing
down - up
decreasing
up - down
up - down
flat
2007
02
06
Tall to Borderline
Scattered
19:00
6.5
10.0
SE
SE
3.3
none
increasing
up - down
decreasing
down - up
increasing
decreasing
2007
02
07
Tall to Shallow
Scattered
09:30
32.5
5.8
SE
SE
9.4
0.11
flat
up - down
flat
down - up
decreasing
increasing
2007
02
13
Shallow to Borderline to Shallow
Scattered
11:30
8.5
5.7
SE
SE
5.7
0.03
flat
increasing
flat
down - up
increasing
increasing
2007
02
14
Tall to Borderline
Scattered
18:00
51.5
10.1
S
SE
7.6
0.73
increasing
up - down
decreasing
increasing
decreasing
down - up
2007
03
07
Tall to Borderline
Scattered
10:30
20
10.6
S
SE
9.4
0.19
decreasing
down - up
increasing
up - down
decreasing
increasing
2007
03
22
Tall
Scattered
22:30
4.5
13.3
NW
N
6.0
none
increasing
decreasing
decreasing
increasing
decreasing
increasing

Version 1, 14 August 2012

web page credits: Micheal Tai Bryant, Sandra Yuter

This research is a collaboration by the
Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0544766. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

contacts:
Dr. Sandra Yuter seyuter@ncsu.edu