主办单位:中国气象局沈阳大气环境研究所
国际刊号:ISSN 1673-503X
国内刊号:CN 21-1531/P

Journal of Meteorology and Environment ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 10-19.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-503X.2023.03.002

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Characteristics and physical condition analyses of a supercell tornado in the Suihua area in 2020

Ying-xu WU1(),Yi ZHOU1,Ning ZHAO1,Chen LUAN1,Li-bao ZHANG1,*(),Mei-ling ZHAO1,Kang-long CAI2,Guang-na ZHAO3   

  1. 1. Heilongjiang Meteorological Observatory, Ha′erbin 150030, China
    2. Foshan Meteorological Service Foshan 528000, China
    3. Haerbin Meteorological Service, Ha′erbin 150028, China
  • Received:2022-04-23 Online:2023-06-28 Published:2023-07-25
  • Contact: Li-bao ZHANG E-mail:wuyingxu281@163.com;123589969@qq.com

Abstract:

Using the conventional data, regional automatic station data, FY-4 satellite cloud image, a new generation weather radar, and the ECMWF reanalysis data, the structural characteristics, formation process, and trigger mechanism of EF2 tornado in Suisheng Manchu town of Suihua city in Heilongjiang province on August 9, 2020, were analyzed.The results show that the tornado occurs under the background of the southwest airflow at 500 hPa in the front of the northeast cold vortex bottom, the warm shear line in the lower level, and the warm front on the ground.The dry transport in the middle layer is conducive to the sinking airflow, the warm and wet airflow in the lower layer and the divergence in the upper layer strengthen the rise of the airflow, and the enhanced horizontal vorticity forms a vortex tube under the action of strong vertical wind shear in the lower layer, providing favorable environmental conditions for the occurrence of tornadoes.The smaller the temperature lapse rate in the lower layer, the larger the convection suppression energy and the two convergence lines on the ground trigger the formation of supercells together.Different from previous tornado processes in Heilongjiang province, the convective effective potential energy of this tornado weather is low, the convective suppression energy is large, and there is no mainline trigger.The medium intensity and deep mesocyclone develops from 0.5° elevation to the middle level and strengthens, and the maintenance time is about 50 minutes.When the rotation speed of the mesocyclone in the middle level exceeded that of the low level, the tornado is generated.

Key words: Tornado, Supercell, Environmental conditions, Trigger mechanism

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