Vol. 32, issue 01, article # 9

Kalinin N. A., Shikhov A. N., Bykov A. V., Azhigov I. O. Conditions of occurrence and short-term forecast of strong squalls and tornadoes in European Russia. // Optika Atmosfery i Okeana. 2019. V. 32. No. 01. P. 62-69. DOI: 10.15372/AOO20190109 [in Russian].
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Abstract:

Strong squalls and several tornadoes occurred in European Russia on May 30, 2018, and caused significant damage. The data on the squalls were received from weather stations. The data on tornado events were updated from the analysis of satellite information about tornado-induced forest damage. We describe synoptic-scale and mesoscale environments and possibilities of short-term forecast of severe weather outbreaks. The mesoscale simulation is carried out in the WRF model version 3.9.1.1 (3 km resolution) with data of GFS/NCEP and ECMWF ERA-5 global atmospheric models as initial conditions. The strong squalls are simulated with a satisfactory reliability. It is found that the reliability of the WRF model forecast is significantly higher when using ECMWF ERA-5 data.

Keywords:

squalls, tornadoes, synoptic-scale environments, mesoscale simulation, WRF model, GFS data, ECMWF data

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