The 20th October 2000 case.

Damian Wilson

This is a descending bank of cloud and light precipitation, from a weakly forced region associated with a nearby front. It could be considered simply as a cloud system falling out of the sky.

Observational Data

Radar data, from the Chilbolton radar, for this event can be found via the University of Reading Radar Group website. Aircraft data should follow soon.

Model simulation

Here the model cannot produce a reasonable forecast since the band of precipitation is too active. However, it does capture the embedded convection aspects.