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Old April 18th 04, 01:22 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Les Crossan Les Crossan is offline
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Default Supercells in the UK

The Wokingham Hailstorm (which was a forward flank updraught hp supercell)
of 1959 was when the supercell structure was first postulated - this was the
first storm ever to be extensively tracked on radar. There's more on these
events in the usw FAQ / glossary.

They are not common in the UK (once every 10 years or so) = but = smaller
scale rotating single cells (misocyclones or mini-supercells!) may well
be... i've got a pic of a local smaller scale rotating single cell event in
my photograph gallery he

http://82.39.122.1/Images/inflow.jpg

which shows an inflow band into a rotating single cell thunderstorm event.

Les


"Simon Wyndham" wrote in message
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Hi,

Layperson question. Has a supercell TS



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