Warm Conveyor Belt - Weather Events
by ZAMG
Usually the Warm Conveyor Belt cloudiness consists only of mid- and high level cloudiness with hardly any or just slight
precipitation.
Parameter
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Description
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Precipitation
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- Slight or moderate precipitation in thicker cloudiness.
- Showers when cloudiness merging with frontal zone
- Sometimes thunderstorms observed in convective cells at the rear edge of conveyor belt cloudiness.
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Temperature
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Wind (incl. gusts)
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- Around embedded Cb's strong gusts are possible
- Veering of the wind at the front passage.
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Other relevant information
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- Precipitation not always reaches the ground
- In convective cells risk of moderate to severe icing and turbulence.
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