the lower portions of the mcs produce the bow echo on radar.
which part of the mcs produces the bow echo on radar?
the lower portions
a bow echo is associated with squall lines or lines of convective thunderstorms. these echoes can range in size from 20 to 200 km, and have a life span of 3 to 6 hours. bow echoes tend to develop when moderate to strong wind shear exists in the lower 2 to 3 km of the atmosphere. while similar to squall lines, bow echoes are smaller in scale and are moved by the wind inside them. they tend to push outward and after time die out. a bow echo also lowers the chance of a tornado being formed in the storm itself. the "bow shaped" echo is a result of focusing of the strong flow at the rear of the system. especially strong bow echoes that cause devastating damage all along the width of the storm are often called derechos.
bow echo
section::::see also.









































bullet::::- convective storm detection









































bullet::::- derecho









































bullet::::- gustnado









































bullet::::- hook echo









































bullet::::- mesoscale convective system









































bullet::::- outflow boundary









































bullet::::- rear-inflow jet









































bullet::::- tornado









































section::::external links.









































bullet::::- manual of downburst identification for project nimrod (nasa technical reports server) (may 1978)









































bullet::::- the structure and evolution of squall line and bow echo convective systems (nws)









































bullet::::- bow echo prototype (spc)









































bullet::::- what creates a bow echo?









































bullet::::- glossary of meteorology









































bullet::::- midwest bow echo workshop









































bullet::::- the bow echo and mcv experiment: observations and opportunities ("bams")









































bullet::::- the bow echo: observations, numerical simulations, and severe weather detection methods ("waf")
bow echo