A STUDY OF THE RAINFALL PATTERN AND SOME RELATED FEATURES IN A DISSIPATING HURRICANE

摘要

A detailed investigation of the hourly rainfall patterns accompanying a dissipating hurricane over the southeastern United States demonstrates the pronounced asymmetry in the decay of release of latent heat, the primary energy source of the storm. This is associated with the incorporation into the storm circulation of dry air in the layer 800-400 mb. This air is first drawn in from the outer portions of the left-front quadrant, then sweeps rapidly around the storm into the right-rear and right-front quad­rants.