Death Ridge

[Chris Hayes]

I was wondering how big a ridge in the west needs to be, to be classified as a death ridge? Does it have to be north to south in the western half of the nation, or can it be just in the SW? Thank you

 

[David Drummond]

Big enough to shut down chasable convention anywhere on the plains! Death of chasing = death ridge. Usually associated with mid-late summer.

 

[Kenny Drake]

Ah I just deleted a nice 500mb RUC analysis of a death ridge last spring from my OU webspace... Basically its a ridge that extends all the way up to the Canadian border and moves eastward at the same rotation rate of the Earth, therefore from the point of view of Earth... never moves. Wait until the middle of July because there is usually a nice death ridge in place across the southern plains keeping temps in the 100s day after day for a few weeks with little or no clouds.

 

[rdale]

moves eastward at the same rotation rate of the Earth

Wouldn't it be more accurate just to say it's relatively stationary