Day 16: Southeast Soaker
The theme of the past few days (Day 13, Day 14, and Day 15) has been heavy rain and tonight is no exception. Rain is continuous from eastern Oklahoma to the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina!
Notice the comma shape to the precipitation shield. The precipitation free area to the south and west of the “comma” shape is known as the dry slot. This will become more important as we move into severe thunderstorm / tornado season. Due to the late hour, I’ll defer on an explanation until a later date.
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Patrick Marsh is a Ph.D. student at the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology. He earned a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Physics (cum laude) from the University of Arkansas in 2005 and a Masters of Science in Meteorology in 2007. In addition to working on his doctorate, Patrick serves as the National Severe Storms Laboratory Liaison to the Hazardous Weather Testbed where his research interests lie in working with operational forecasters, data mining, data visualization, and all things high-impact weather. For more about Patrick's work, check out his complete CV!
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