{"id":1269,"date":"2016-07-19T15:11:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T19:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2016-07-19T15:11:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T19:11:53","slug":"may-10th-2013-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/may-10th-2013-2\/","title":{"rendered":"May 10th 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_1270\" style=\"width: 807px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Surface-analysis-21Z-Fri-May-10-2013.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1270\" src=\"http:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Surface-analysis-21Z-Fri-May-10-2013.gif\" alt=\"Surface analysis 21Z Fri May 10 2013\" width=\"797\" height=\"531\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1270\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surface analysis 21Z Fri May 10 2013<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<!-- Awesome Flickr Gallery Start --><!-- - Version - 3.5.6 - User ID - 65051383@N05 - Photoset ID - 72157633466972468 - Gallery ID -  - Group ID -  - Tags -  - Popular -  - Per Page - 15 - Sort Order - flickr - Photo Size - NULL - Custom Size - 0 - Square - false - Captions - off - Description - on - Columns - 1 - Credit Note - off - Background Color - Transparent - Width - auto - Pagination - on - Slideshow - colorbox - Disable slideshow? - --><div class='afg-gallery custom-gallery-107' id='afg-107' style='background-color:Transparent; width:100%; color:; border-color:Transparent;'><div class='afg-table' style='width:100%'><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:100%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example4107'  href='https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7367\/8728336347_dd77517046_b.jpg' title='Surface Analysis 2013 05 10 20Z'><img class='afg-img' title='Surface Analysis 2013 05 10 20Z' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7367\/8728336347_dd77517046.jpg' alt='Surface Analysis 2013 05 10 20Z \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65051383@N05\/8728336347\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-description'>The setup for storms was driven by a low scooting just north of Lake Erie and Ontario, the supercells in Southcentral and Southeastern Ontario formed along the warm front where a marine \/ lake breeze boundary interacted with the surface warm front and trigger storms<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:100%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example4107'  href='https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7409\/8726607119_bd8aecc9ac_b.jpg' title='Weak Supercell Approaching Milton'><img class='afg-img' title='Weak Supercell Approaching Milton' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7409\/8726607119_bd8aecc9ac.jpg' alt='Weak Supercell Approaching Milton \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65051383@N05\/8726607119\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-description'>A weak elevated supercell in a low energy but moderate shear environment approaches Milton<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:100%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example4107'  href='https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7404\/8726608297_8044ca34d1_b.jpg' title='Supercell in Milton'><img class='afg-img' title='Supercell in Milton' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7404\/8726608297_8044ca34d1.jpg' alt='Supercell in Milton \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65051383@N05\/8726608297\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-description'>The storm is now passing through Milton, you can see mid level clouds flowing into the storm from the Southeast (image looking west). It also presents a bit of a vaulted type structure with the usual lateral tilt of the updraft. Slight clearing between the &quot;hail&quot; region of the core and the heavier rain is visible just to the right of center.\n\nThe biggest problem with this storm if any is the fact that it remained elevated with limited boundary layer interaction and hence produce virtually nothing as far as wind at the surface.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:100%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example4107'  href='https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7456\/8726609961_88bb8f6c12_b.jpg' title='Supercell Overhead'><img class='afg-img' title='Supercell Overhead' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7456\/8726609961_88bb8f6c12.jpg' alt='Supercell Overhead \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65051383@N05\/8726609961\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-description'>Inflow \/ outflow and rain as the storm passes overhead and looses some of its structure<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:100%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example4107'  href='https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7381\/8728010052_08aa8bf065_b.jpg' title='PYKL3 Screenshot_2013-05-10-17-14-54'><img class='afg-img' title='PYKL3 Screenshot_2013-05-10-17-14-54' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7381\/8728010052_08aa8bf065.jpg' alt='PYKL3 Screenshot_2013-05-10-17-14-54 \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65051383@N05\/8728010052\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-description'>Here a screenshot from PYKL3 (Android radar software) showing my location and a weak couplet appearing on the NWS Buffalo Nexrad radar.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:100%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example4107'  href='https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7412\/8728026238_9c381f7403_b.jpg' title='22Z Meso Analysis Sounding'><img class='afg-img' title='22Z Meso Analysis Sounding' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7412\/8728026238_9c381f7403.jpg' alt='22Z Meso Analysis Sounding \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65051383@N05\/8728026238\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-description'>Here's the Meso Analysis sounding for a point nearest the storm at the given time. You'll notice the storm is entirely elevated with very little cape and very low topped since the LFC\/CCL EL is ~7km.\n\nlon=-79.813855 lat=43.555635<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:100%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example4107'  href='https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7297\/8726906685_e76ff77b46_b.jpg' title='22Z Meso Analysis Hodograph Ground Realtive'><img class='afg-img' title='22Z Meso Analysis Hodograph Ground Realtive' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7297\/8726906685_e76ff77b46.jpg' alt='22Z Meso Analysis Hodograph Ground Realtive \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65051383@N05\/8726906685\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-description'>The hodograph data shows little in the way of dynamic shear, all the veering in this ground relative hodoraph is below any of the convective instability.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:100%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example4107'  href='https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7410\/8726906697_d98238b326_b.jpg' title='22Z Meso Analysis Hodograph Storm Realtive'><img class='afg-img' title='22Z Meso Analysis Hodograph Storm Realtive' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7410\/8726906697_d98238b326.jpg' alt='22Z Meso Analysis Hodograph Storm Realtive \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65051383@N05\/8726906697\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-description'>The storm relative hodograph shows a very different story, veering winds with supportive inflow exist well above the ground into the mid levels allowing the storm to still rotate (although very slowly) despite being elevated.\n\nThis explains why this storm took on a supercellular structure.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Awesome Flickr Gallery End --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2,68,60],"class_list":["post-1269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2013-storm-chases","tag-non-severe","tag-southern-ontario","tag-supercell","content-columns-1"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20130510-IMG_6228.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sMpj-kt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1272,"href":"https:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions\/1272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaughanweather.com\/chase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}