Abstract
Abstract An analysis of a diabatically driven and long-lived midtropospheric vortex in the lee of the Tibetan Plateau during 24–27 June 1987 is presented. The large-scale conditions were characterized by the westward expansion of the 500-mb western Pacific subtropical high and the amplification of a trough in the lee of the plateau. Embedded within the lee trough, three mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) developed. A vortex emerged following the dissipation of one MCS, with its strongest circulation located in the 400–500-mb layer. Low-level warm advection, and surface sensible and latent heating contributed to the convective initiation. Weak wind and weak ambient vorticity conditions inside the lee trough provided a favorable environment for these MCSs and the vortex to develop and evolve. The organized vortex circulation featured a coherent core of cyclonic vorticity extending from near the surface to 300 mb, with virtually no vertical tilt. The air in the vicinity of the vortex was very moist, and the...
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