THE LABOR DAY 1998 DERECHO Slide 1 of 52

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This slide show is adapted from presentations made for the Central New York Chapter of the Aerican Meteorological Society, and the 24th Northeastern Storm Conference. It is designed to be run using a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or higher. Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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Go to slide: 1: THE LABOR DAY 1998 DERECHO 2: THE LABOR DAY 1998 DERECHO 3: EVENT OVERVIEW 4: Damage Photos 5: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 6: Post 1AM Severe Weather Reports 7: July 15, 1995 8: SYNOPTIC OVERVIEW 9: 12Z September 6th Surface Analysis 10: 12Z BUF (red/green) / PIT(blue) Skew-t 11: 12Z 850mb 12: 12Z Surface Plot 13: 12Z 250 mb 14: 15Z Surface Plot 15: 18Z Surface Plot 16: 21Z Surface Plot 17: 00Z 850 mb 18: 00Z BUF Skew-t 19: 12/00Z BUF Skew-t 20: 00Z Surface Plot 21: 00Z 250 mb (12-hr Eta forecast) 22: 00Z 250 mb Divergence 23: 03Z Surface Plot / BUF radar 24: 05Z Surface Divergence 25: 06Z 250 mb (18-hr Eta Forecast) 26: CONCEPTUAL MODELS 27: Bow Echo Evolution 28: Fujita Bow Echo Morphology 29: Radar Loop - July 15, 1995 30: HP Supercell to Bow Echo Evolution 31: BUF Radar - 0321Z 32: STORM EVOLUTION 33: BUF RADAR LOOP 34: BGM RADAR REFLECTIVITY LOOP 35: BGM RADAR VELOCITY LOOP 36: A GLIMPSE AT THE FUTURE 37: A GLIMPSE AT THE FUTURE 38: Eta Precip Forecast 00-06Z 39: Eta Precip Forecast - 06-12Z 40: MM5 at NWS Binghamton 41: MM5 Terrain - 20 km grid 42: Modeling the Labor Day Derecho 43: Observed Rainfall Totals 44: MM5 Run - Real-Time Configuration 45: 0430Z Radar/04-05Z Precip Real-time Run 46: MM5 Sensitivity Runs 47: MM5 Sensitivity Runs 48: Betts-Miller - 04Z Radar/04-05Z Precip 49: Betts-Miller - 05Z Radar/05-06Z Precip 50: Betts-Miller - 06Z Radar/06-07Z Precip 51: Observed and Betts-Miller 00-12Z Precip 52: MM5 Simulations - Summary