COMET Case 022 documents a severe weather outbreak affecting the Northeastern United States on June 3, 1998. The dataset is part of the COMET case study collection, managed by UCAR/JOSS/NOAA/CODIAC and contributed by SCIOPS. It focuses on the event's connection to a preceding derecho and associated vorticity patterns.
Use Cases
- Analyze vorticity connections between this event and the preceding derecho documented in COMET Case 018.
- Track the spatiotemporal progression of severe weather from Buffalo, NY to Sterling, VA.
- Study the atmospheric conditions associated with a specific severe weather outbreak in the Northeastern U.S.
- Validate numerical weather prediction models using a documented historical case study.
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific, well-documented severe weather event from June 3, 1998.
- Part of a connected series of COMET case studies, enabling comparative analysis.
Limitations
- Specific data volume, file formats, and available columns are not provided.
- Data is from a single event in 1998, limiting generalizability to other time periods.
Provenance
- Source
- UCAR/JOSS/NOAA/CODIAC COMET case study collection.
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- 1998-06-03
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Northeastern United States, from Buffalo, NY to Sterling, VA.