1-3 March 2012 Severe Weather Outbreak

Storm Reports (from SPC):

1200 UTC 29 Feb - 1159 UTC 1 Mar

1200 UTC 1 Mar - 1159 UTC 2 Mar

1200 UTC 2 Mar - 1159 UTC 3 Mar

Soundings (from SPC):

Amarillo, TX (0000 UTC 2 Mar)

Jackson, MS (1200 UTC 2 Mar)

Nashville, TN (1800 UTC 2 Mar)

Wilmington, OH (1900 UTC 2 Mar)

Birmingham, AL (0000 UTC 3 Mar)

Tallahasse, FL (1200 UTC 3 Mar)

QG Diagnostics (courtesty of Tom Galarneau):

Sutcliffe Development Theory:

1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, 1000 hPa Geostrophic Relative Vorticity

1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, 1000-500 hPa Thermal Vorticity

1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, Total RHS Sutcliffe

1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, Term A Sutcliffe

1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, Term B Sutcliffe

1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, Term C Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe-Petterssen Development Theory:

500 hPa Height, Temperature, and Geostrophic Relative Vorticity

700 hPa Height, Temperature, and Vertical Motion

1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Total RHS Sutcliffe-Petterssen

1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Term A Sutcliffe-Petterssen

1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Term B Sutcliffe-Petterssen

1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Term C Sutcliffe-Petterssen

QG Height Tendency Equation:

500 hPa Height, Wind, and Geostrophic Absolute Vorticity

700 hPa Height, Temperature, and Wind

500 hPa Height, Temperature, and Wind

300 hPa Height, Temperature, and Wind

500 hPa Height, 700-300 hPa Thickness, and Total RHS Traditional Height Tendency Equation

500 hPa Height, 700-300 hPa Thickness, and Term A Traditional Height Tendency Equation

500 hPa Height, 700-300 hPa Thickness, and Term B Traditional Height Tendency Equation

500 hPa Height, Wind, and Quasigeostrophic Potential Vorticity (QGPV)

500 hPa Height, QGPV, and Total RHS QGPV Height Tendency Equation

QG Omega Equation:

700 hPa Height, Relative Humidity, and Vertical Motion

700 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Total RHS Traditional Omega Equation

700 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Term A Traditional Omega Equation

700 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Term B Traditional Omega Equation

700 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and 700 hPa Geostrophic Relative Vorticity

700 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Total RHS Sutcliffe-Trenberth Omega Equation

700 hPa Height, Temperature, Q-vectors, and Total RHS Q-vector Omega Equation

700 hPa Height, Temperature, and Total RHS Q-vector Omega Equation

700 hPa Height, Temperature, and Term A Q-vector Omega Equation

700 hPa Height, Temperature, and Term B Q-vector Omega Equation