Comparative Analysis of Strong Convection Process of Convective Cold Cloud and Convective Warm Cloud Type

Yue  Ni; Yuan  Su; Jinqin  Feng

doi:10.4236/gep.2018.69003

Yue Ni, Yuan Su^*, Jinqin Feng

Abstract: On the night of April 20, 2017, there was a heavy rain in Longyan City, accompanied by strong convective weather such as strong lightning, short-term heavy precipitation, and 6 - 8 thunderstorms. The three-hour rain intensity and the six-hour rain intensity of Shanghang Tongxian Township and Nanyang Town were once in a century. Through the use of radar, radar wind profile and lightning locator data, the process can be divided into two phases: The first stage is the strong precipitation stage of Changting Datong Town during the 20 - 22 periods on the 20th. The process is accompanied by short-term heavy precipitation (59.7 mm/h), strong lightning activity, and 6 - 8 thunderstorm gales. It is a convective cold cloud dominated precipitation. The second stage is the strong precipitation stage of Shanghang Tongxian Township on the 21st, 02 - 04, and the short-term strong precipitation intensity reaches 75.7 mm/h, but the lightning and wind activity are weak, which is the convective warm cloud-oriented precipitation. There are significant differences in the strong convective weather between the two phases in the same background. The analysis shows that the strong echo of the first stage radar (above 60 dBz) is block-shaped southward, the speed of movement is fast, the height of the echo top is high, and the rear nascent monomer forms a train effect. In the second stage, the southwest-northeast-oriented convective zone moves to the northeast direction, forming the train effect of the echo zone. The center intensity is above 50 dBz, the echo top height is low, and the precipitation center moves slowly. This caused a large amount of accumulated rainfall. In this paper, the radar data is used to analyze the heavy rainfall process on the west coast of the straits, which has certain indication significance for the predictability of strong convective weather.

Keywords: Strong Convection, Convective Cold Cloud Dominated Precipitation, Convective Warm Cloud Dominant Precipitation, Oblique Pressure

Cite this paper: Ni, Y. , Su, Y. and Feng, J. (2018) Comparative Analysis of Strong Convection Process of Convective Cold Cloud and Convective Warm Cloud Type. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 6, 22-30. doi: 10.4236/gep.2018.69003.

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