BOW ECHOES - IMPORTANT CONCEPTS AND QUESTIONS

1. What defining feature must be present in order to produce a bow echo?
2. Why is it that it takes a couple of hours to form a bow echo after convective initiation?
3. What affects the strength of the RIJ?
4. Describe the two different types of derechoes.
5. What CAPE/shear combinations produce bow echoes?
6. Where do tornadoes tend to form within bow echoes?
7. What is a mesovortex? Discuss their spatial size and lifetimes. Why are they important? How do they form?
8. How and why do stable layers impact bow echo damaging potential?