Check out this dying MCS

[Jason Haller]

Looks like a hurricane

 

[Terrence Cook]

I drove home from a third shift job in Hutchinson, KS. I did not view radar until getting home to Lyons, KS but was wondering why the rain band I drove through looked... like a curving band.

One interesting thing to note is that 6 hours previous to this a few cellular storms came through and delayed work at the Wind Turbine plant because of intense lightning to our North. It was fairly humid out and the storms were VERY elevated so the staccato lightning was quite dramatic, even from 20 miles away. This storm followed the boundary which these storms were also riding ENE at a fairly slow rate.

Now if only this all would have happened on my night off However, with the drought were all experiencing... every event feels like a real win.

 

[DNewman]

Im still learning about severe weather but kately ive been reslly intersted in this term (MCS)i found out a few months ago. Can these rotating MCS create hurricane force winds then since they seem to generate in the area if the highest wind profiles? Another question is how long can these rotating MCSs last and can they generate new squall line type storms? Lastly if these things move over water can they turn into tropical systems?

 

[mikedeason]

Here's a pretty good resource to give you some more insight into mesoscale convective vortices:

http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/tra...sessions/mesoscale_convective_vortices/video/

 

[Boris Konon]

Im still learning about severe weather but kately ive been reslly intersted in this term (MCS)i found out a few months ago. Can these rotating MCS create hurricane force winds then since they seem to generate in the area if the highest wind profiles? Another question is how long can these rotating MCSs last and can they generate new squall line type storms? Lastly if these things move over water can they turn into tropical systems?

Yes, once in awhile MCSs do end up developing into a tropical cyclones. Hurr Danny in July 1997 is one example. This is from the NHC storm summary:

"Danny came from a weather system of non-tropical origin. On 13 July, a broad upper-tropospheric trough over the southeastern United States triggered a cluster of thunderstorms over the lower Mississippi River valley. This area of convection drifted southward over the north-central Gulf of Mexico coastal waters, and appears to have contributed to the formation of a small, weak surface low near the coast of Louisiana on the 14th."

 

[DNewman]

Thanks for the information guys this will really help a lot!

 

[Jeff Hawkins]

The link comes up with a "404" error. Do you have another link that works?

Here's a pretty good resource to give you some more insight into mesoscale convective vortices:

rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/visit/training_sessions/mesoscale_convective_vortices/video/

 

[mikedeason]

Give it a try again from my original post. It should work now.