Thursday, November 03, 2011

Mid-latitude vortices have four sectors of weather fronts.

November 3, 2011
1030.14z
UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of the USA (click title to entry for 12 hour loop - thank you)


The division of storm fronts are as if the face of a clock were over the 'eye' of the vortex. The dividing lines run from 12 to 6 and 3 to 9, otherwise realized as north-to-south and east-to-west.

The tricky part of this is realizing the 'strongest and most turbulent' front within the vortex. The 'usual' manifestation of the worst of these vortexes is the southeast quadrant. It is usually the 'tail end,' the narrow 'cloud accumulation' that begins to pick up velocity AND moisture resulting in tornadoes.

The occurrence of the Mid-latitude vortex is chronic now since October 2, 2002. They are not only chronic but also becoming more and more volatile in their wind and water content. They are frequently in 'oscillation' and are somewhat unpredictable. Although, energy 'set in motion' has a 'vector.' Those vectors 'will realize' a 'certain outcome' as 'energy is constant.' The trouble in predicting the storm fronts with these vortexes is the increased heating of Earth and the 'high energy' affiliated with 'uncertainty' of velocity. Heat energy is highly volatile, especially when linked with ionic disturbances that occur with these vortexes which reach very high altitudes in their 'cloud/water content.'

Why do I bring this up?

Because. being aware of the four quadrants is being aware of uncertainty and oscillation velocity within the vortex itself. Every vortex 'at its peak' of uncertainty is still STATIC to the amount of 'fixed energy' within its capacity. An interesting dynamic is also the location of 'direct solar radiation.' In the recent hurricane at the Yucatan the hurricane dissipated into a vortex that later inundated the east coast of the USA with snow.

It would be best to not only track unpredictable air masses when rotation on Doppler Radar is noted, but, also to capture the 'energy' / 'heat energy' of any vortex to realize its ultimate capacity and the distribution of that capacity with
in the vortex and how the four quadrants react to oscillation.

What I am saying is that Climate Crisis storms are becoming more unpredictable even within their own dynamics. The public has to be served and protected.  While the most volatile quadrant is normally the southeast quadrant, that may not necessarily hold true for higher velocity storms where each quadrant may begin to realize higher energy.