Abstract
Abstract In this first of a two paper series, a sequence of dynamical processes involving the evolution of a mesoscale Ice cyclone and its subsequent interaction with a mesoscale tropopause fold downstream of the Rocky Mountains is investigated. These scale-interactive phenomena, which resulted from the jet streak interaction with the topography, were examined in detail using the observational data obtained from the Program for Regional Observing and Forecasting Services' mesonetwork and wind profilers, as well as conventional surface and rawin-sonde data and Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer satellite data over the Colorado region for the severe weather event that occurred during 13–14 April 1986. Large-scale analysis indicated that as a baroclinic low pressure system approached the Rockies with its attendant upper-level jet streak, a typical prestorm environment over western Kansas formed in the early morning hours of 13 April. Hourly mesonet data analysis revealed the formation and eastward progression ...
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