The relation between wind direction in the middle troposphere and the incidence of thundery conditions and rainfall in england in summer

✍ Scribed by C. K. M. Douglas; J. K. Moorhead

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1946
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 910 KB
• Volume: 72
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0035-9009
• DOI: 10.1002/qj.49707231219

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Statistical tables for Kew, Cheshire and Plymouth for the months May to August, averaged for the period 1941 to 1945, bring out the importance of rains of thundery origin, generally moving from some southerly point. Over a large area which undoubtedly extends from the S.E. Coast to the Mersey, more than half the summer rain is of thundery type. Winds in the southeast quadrant at medium levels are outstanding for frequency of thunder and for rainfall amounts. Reasons are given for this, and some outstanding cases are briefly described. An appendix discusses the definition of “frontal” thunderstorms.