Storm Summary with Tall to Shallow Vertical Profile (AGL) of the 2007-2008 Winter Season (November - March) - 8 Storms

Portland International Airport Weather Station, Oregon (45°35'N , 122°36'W / Elevation: 5.8 m)

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Grey highlighted rows: Virga or mix of virga and rain, no snow

* = 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/Rain
Virga to Rain to Virga
Rain to Virga to Rain
Virga
Unknown
Continuity
Continuous
Scattered
Average
All
Page
Temp. (°C)
6.61
6.83
RH (%)
84.5
89.0
Wind Direction
184°
181°
Wind Speed (m/s)
7.6
8.3
Pressure (hPa)
1019
1015
Precipitation (in)
0.56
0.66
Total Precipitation (in.)
5.25
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
Borderline to Tall to Shallow/Borderline
Shallow
Shallow to Tall/Borderline
Shallow to Tall/ Borderline to Shallow
Shallow to Tall to Borderline
Avg. Duration (hrs)
41.44
Trends
Wind Direction
Temperature
RH
Pressure
Year
Month
Day
Type
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
2007
11
26
Virga to Rain
Scattered
15:00
36
4.4
SE
SE
5.6
0.57
increasing
increasing
decreasing
increasing
decreasing
down - up
2008
01
04
Virga to Rain
Scattered
11:00
43.5
6.1
SE
SE
15.3
0.56
down - up
up - down
flat
down - up
decreasing
down - up
2008
01
09
Virga to Rain
Scattered
20:30
53.5
7.4
SE
SE
10.8
0.58
increasing
increasing
up - down
up - down
up - down
down - up
2008
01
26
Rain
Scattered
16:00
48.5
2.1
SE
SE
5.2
0.99
increasing
up - down
decreasing
up - down
decreasing
down - up
2008
03
03
Virga to Rain
Scattered
13:30
7.5
6.7
SW
SE
7.8
0.09
flat
up - down
flat
up - down
decreasing
down - up
2008
03
07
Virga to Rain
Scattered
19:00
16
8.5
SW
SE
2.8
0.87
increasing
up - down
decreasing
down - up
decreasing
down - up
2008
03
10
Rain
Scattered
16:00
30
11.3
SW
S
10.6
0.20
flat
up - down
flat
up - down
down - up
increasing
2008
03
12
Virga to Rain
Scattered
09:00
96.5
8.1
SW
SE
8.5
1.39
decreasing
up - down
increasing
down - up
decreasing
down - up

Version 2, 11 July 2013

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