Analysis of a Short Rainstorm Event Over Northern Henan in August 2010
Abstract：By using routine observational data, satellite cloud image and the FNL data of NCEP, the rainstorm event over northern Henan along the Yellow River on 13 August 2010 is analyzed. The result shows that the heavy rains is affected directly by the Western Pacific Subtropical High（WPSH） when it interacts with mid-latitude though in addition to upper and lower-level jets, the shear line of middle and lower layer, ground though, and invasion of weak cold air. In heavy rain area the lower water vapor rapidly jump as the heavy rain happens. With the strong vertical ascending motion the deep moisture layer is established over the heavy rain area. Before the event plenty of instability energy has been accumulated for the control of the subtropical high and the heavy rain area is located just south of energy frontal zone of low layer. The plummeted time of CAPE value corresponds to heavy rainfall time. Weak dry cold air from the north at the low layer is the important trigger mechanism of the heavy rain. The invasion of dry cold air at upper layer is useful to the formation and maintenance of dried air layer which strengthens the con- vection instability and plays an important role in the strength and development of the heavy rain. During the heavy rainfall the variation trend of positive vertical helieity of mid-low layers has a good corresponding relationship with heavy rain area and precipitation intensity. The allocation of positive center at the mid-low layers and negative center at the upper layers is useful to the development of the system and the continuation of heavy rain.
Keywords：heavy rainstormsubtropical highvertical helicitydry cold air intrusionmeso- β cloud
Publication Date：2011-08-08
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：9( 31-39 )