April 27 (Cold Front bust)
Synopsis:
A cold front stalled near the Red River south of Ardmore as a
frontal wave formed. The environment ahead of the front featured large
CAPE and helicity, but the only storms (weak) formed along and behind
the
surface cold front.
Intercept:
The armada collected mesoscale data in the vicinity of the stalled
front and in the environment ahead of it.
Details
No Aircraft Operations during April
Data Collection Highlights:
Mobile mesonet transects of the front and warm sector. M-CLASS
soundings across the front.
Return to VORTEX Preliminary Summary
Page
