Oklahoma Climatological Survey
Overview

DESCRIPTION: Storm-Relative Radial Velocity is Base Velocity with the average motion of all storm centroids subtracted out. Storm-Relative Radial Velocity can be useful in finding mesocyclones or other circulation patterns.

GENERAL INTERPRETATION:


Storm-Relative Velocity vs Base Velocity

USING STORM-RELATIVE VELOCITY IN SEVERE WEATHER:

Storm-Relative Velocity and Mesocyclones

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NIDS Product Suite

SRVEL Interpretation Guide

Base Reflectivity (BREF)

Base Velocity (BVEL)

Composite Reflectivity (CREF)

Layer Composite Reflectivity (LCREF)

Rainfall Accumulation (RAIN)

Echo Tops (ECHO)

Vertically Integrated Liquid (VIL)

VAD Wind Profile (VAD)


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