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 Description
Precipitation
  • 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.
Temperature
  • No significant change
Wind (incl. gusts)
  • Around embedded Cb's strong gusts are possible
  • Veering of the wind at the front passage.
Other relevant information
  • Precipitation not always reaches the ground
  • In convective cells risk of moderate to severe icing and turbulence.


Menu Of Warm Conveyor Belt
Typical Appearance In Vertical Cross Sections
References