Thickness Ridge Cloudiness - Weather Events

by ZAMG and DHMZ


The Thickness Ridge cloudband is multi-layered and normally without significant precipitation except in cases with embedded convection.

Parameter Description
Precipitation
  • Usually no or very few surface reports of precipitation. Light drizzle or light rain can occur during the winter season.
  • Rain, rain showers or even thunderstorms are possible during the summer season in connection with an unstable stratification during the daytime.
Temperature Rising temperatures in warm sector
Wind Mostly weak winds with a southerly component
Other relevant information Multi layered middle and high cloudiness

13 January 2008/06.00 UTC - Meteosat 9 IR image; weather events (green: rain and showers, blue: drizzle, cyan: snow, red: thunderstorm, yellow: fog, black: no precipitation)
In the example of 13 January 2008, 06 UTC, light drizzle and light rain were reported over the UK. There is also light to moderate southerly and south-westerly wind in the region of the Thickness Ridge Cloudiness. Synop measurements are shown for the region in red rectangulare.

Menu Of Thickness Ridge Cloudiness
Typical Appearance In Vertical Cross Sections
References