Comments on: Day 209: Overview of Thunderstorm Producing Record Hailstone http://www.patricktmarsh.com/2010/07/day-209-overview-of-thunderstorm-producing-record-hailstone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=day-209-overview-of-thunderstorm-producing-record-hailstone Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:48:00 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rebekah LaBar http://www.patricktmarsh.com/2010/07/day-209-overview-of-thunderstorm-producing-record-hailstone/#comment-473 Rebekah LaBar Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:18:51 +0000 http://www.patricktmarsh.com/?p=1882#comment-473 Great post! Regarding your note on what Chuck said about hail in the RFD, I had some golfball-sized hail fall on my car three weeks ago from an RFD (or at least due to the winds of the RFD wrapping around the storm). I was up in northwest Kansas, driving east towards a nice little cell that was starting to weaken, and based on the location of the core of the storm, I figured I could drive another mile before dropping south to get ahead of it. Suddenly, chunky, nearly spherical hail of about 2 inches in diameter started blowing towards us! I should have seen it coming, but there was practically blue sky above us while the hail was being blown towards us at an angle, thanks to the RFD. :-P Somehow I managed to get away without even a dent or a window chip (I assume it was mostly because the hail was not falling straight down so much as flying at us at an angle). Great post! Regarding your note on what Chuck said about hail in the RFD, I had some golfball-sized hail fall on my car three weeks ago from an RFD (or at least due to the winds of the RFD wrapping around the storm).

I was up in northwest Kansas, driving east towards a nice little cell that was starting to weaken, and based on the location of the core of the storm, I figured I could drive another mile before dropping south to get ahead of it. Suddenly, chunky, nearly spherical hail of about 2 inches in diameter started blowing towards us!

I should have seen it coming, but there was practically blue sky above us while the hail was being blown towards us at an angle, thanks to the RFD. :-P Somehow I managed to get away without even a dent or a window chip (I assume it was mostly because the hail was not falling straight down so much as flying at us at an angle).

]]> By: Green Sky Chaser http://www.patricktmarsh.com/2010/07/day-209-overview-of-thunderstorm-producing-record-hailstone/#comment-472 Green Sky Chaser Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:06:49 +0000 http://www.patricktmarsh.com/?p=1882#comment-472 [...] Overview of Thunderstorm Producing Record Hailstone (Patrick Marsh’s blog) [...] [...] Overview of Thunderstorm Producing Record Hailstone (Patrick Marsh’s blog) [...]

]]> By: pmarsh http://www.patricktmarsh.com/2010/07/day-209-overview-of-thunderstorm-producing-record-hailstone/#comment-471 pmarsh Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:31:33 +0000 http://www.patricktmarsh.com/?p=1882#comment-471 Hi Simon, I looked at observed soundings in the vicinity, but none of them were close enough to have captured what I presume the storm environment was like. I'll attempt to get some RUC soundings this afternoon and add them today. Hi Simon, I looked at observed soundings in the vicinity, but none of them were close enough to have captured what I presume the storm environment was like. I’ll attempt to get some RUC soundings this afternoon and add them today.

]]> By: Simon Brewer http://www.patricktmarsh.com/2010/07/day-209-overview-of-thunderstorm-producing-record-hailstone/#comment-469 Simon Brewer Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:32:27 +0000 http://www.patricktmarsh.com/?p=1882#comment-469 Nice article Patrick! Can you display a sounding or some upperlevel analysis to this amazing event? Dr.Jeff Basara once commented on the height of the EL and the production of large hailstones; I can't quote him accurately, but he said something like, "If the tropopause were high enough basketball hail would be possible!" I've always suspected hailstones, larger than those recorded in Aurora,NE, were landing across the plains. Most stormchasers, me included, usually position for tornadoes or 'beauty shots' of storms. About once out of every 5 chases I'll 'sample' the hail a storm might produce. Nice article Patrick! Can you display a sounding or some upperlevel analysis to this amazing event? Dr.Jeff Basara once commented on the height of the EL and the production of large hailstones; I can’t quote him accurately, but he said something like, “If the tropopause were high enough basketball hail would be possible!” I’ve always suspected hailstones, larger than those recorded in Aurora,NE, were landing across the plains. Most stormchasers, me included, usually position for tornadoes or ‘beauty shots’ of storms. About once out of every 5 chases I’ll ‘sample’ the hail a storm might produce.

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