Northeast Severe Weather as A Function of Flow Regime  

 Introduction

Data and Methodology

Results

Conclusions

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It has been observed that severe weather occurrences in eastern New York and western New England are affected by the underlying terrain as a function of the prevailing large-scale flow patterns. The Hudson-Mohawk River Valleys and surrounding mountains can cause significant modifications to the low- and mid-level large scale flow. This study develops a climatology of severe weather events in a box which encompasses the Hudson-Mohawk Valleys, and parts of western New England (41.5º N to 43.5º N, 72.5 ºW to 75.5 ºW). The period of the climatology is from 1955 to 1998.