Research Article

Observational and Simulative Study of a Local Severe Precipitation Event Caused by a Cold Vortex over Northeast China

Figure 4

Geopotential height (black solid contours, gpm) and temperature (red dashed contours, °C) at 500 hPa and wind (vectors) and convective available potential energy (shaded, J kg−1) at (a) 12:00 on the 27th, (b) 18:00 on the 27th, and (c) 00:00 on the 28th.
(a) 12 UTC 27
(b) 18 UTC 27
(c) 00 UTC 28