ESS5
Prof.
Jin-Yi Yu
Mesoscale Convective Complex
qMCCs account for the
greatest amount of severe
weather in the U.S. and Canada.
qCircular clusters of
thunderstorms which are self
propagating in that individual cells create
downdrafts which interact to form new cells.
qColder, denser
downdrafts spread across the surface and
help force warm, moist surface air aloft.
qThis outflow boundary initiates a new cell.
qThe entire system
typically propagates eastward.
