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Celebrating 40 years of taking care of Missouri’s natural
resources.
A PM 2.5
Episode in Missouri
February 12-14, 2014
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Celebrating 40 years of taking care of Missouri’s natural
resources.
General Outline • Definitions
– Inversion/stability – PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)
• Affected Sites/Elevated Values – St. Louis Aerial/Ground Photos – Site Tables – Site Trends
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Celebrating 40 years of taking care of Missouri’s natural
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General Outline Cont… • Influencing Factors/Observations
– National Weather Service (NWS) Area Forecast Discussions (AFD) – Surface Analyses – NWS Sounding Network – Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Mesoanalyses
• Conclusions
– STL Winter Summary – Similar Analog Weather Events
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Inversion/Stability • A condition, in which the air temperature may actually increase with
height (Ahrens, 2003). – Stable Atmosphere = Reduced mixing of atmospheric properties
• Typically occur in the early morning hours, especially under clear
skies (difference in cooling rates) • Only increase in heating can neutralize or weaken the inversion
(less stable).
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Inversion Effect Inversion Example
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Celebrating 40 years of taking care of Missouri’s natural
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St. Louis Aerial Camera
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St. Louis Ground Perspective
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Notes About the Following Data • The DF site tables…DAILY averages… from 2-10-14 through 2-15-14
– A red cell = Reached NAAQS Standard (35 µg/𝑚𝑚3 for a 24 hour average)
– * = Not a whole 24-hour average, but still has more than 75% of data
• The DF site trends…HOURLY averages… from 2-10-14 through 2-15-14.
– Extreme maxima/minima points skew plots. – Gaps in data (Instrument checks, power failures, etc).
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Saint Louis PM25 DF Site Table
2/10/14 2/11/14 2/12/14 2/13/14 2/14/14 2/15/14 Arnold West 10.7 18.5 32.2 24.4 17.5 16.6 Blair Street 9.9 19.4 41.3 28.7 16.2 * 16.3
Branch Street 11.6 20.1 39.0 39.3 * 9.5 * 17.9 Forest Park 9.5 * 17.3 35.0 29.5 17.0 17.5
Ladue 11.6 21.6 X X 18.2 19.6 South Broadway 10.3 18.3 31.5 22.9 16.8 * 14.4
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St. Louis PM25 Trend
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KC, MO PM25 DF Site Table
2/10/14 2/11/14 2/12/14 2/13/14 2/14/14 2/15/14 Blue Ridge 5.7 9.8 18.3 * 21.9 14.2 16.4 *
Liberty 7.9 12.9 * 22.1 22.3 18.5 15.0 * RG South 7.7 7.7 * 16.9 18.2 12.4 * 14.2
Troost 8.7 13.2 20.0 21.3 16.2 17.1
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Kansas City PM25 Trend
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Other Locations PM25 DF Site Table
2/10/14 2/11/14 2/12/14 2/13/14 2/14/14 2/15/14 St. Joe Primary
7.8 * 15.2 20.1 22.1 14.6 16.0
St. Joe Collocate
7.3 * 13.9 19.1 22.0 13.8 15.7
El Dorado Springs
9.5 7.7 16.0 * 19.4 13.5 14.0 *
Missouri State
23.0 18.5 * 26.0 * 27.6 17.3 14.6
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Northwest MO PM25 Trend
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Southwest MO PM25 Trend
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AFD Highlights/Summary (Thurs AM) • Weak High Pressure (Light/Calm Winds)
– Build/Sustain Episode
• Mostly clear skies (chilly surface temps) • Warm Air Advection (Clipper system)
– Helps to dissipate episode
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More to Keep in Mind • Time of year
– Could sustain…
• Northwesterly Upper-Level Flow – Fairly Active Weather
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Wednesday Night Surface Analysis
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Thursday Morning SFC Analysis
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NWS Radiosonde Network • Launch every morning and evening • Not every NWS office • A “Point” observation • http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundings/
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Topeka, KS Sonde Wednesday PM Topeka, KS Sonde Thursday AM
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Springfield, IL Sonde Wednesday PM
Springfield, IL Sonde Thursday AM
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SPC Mesoanalysis • http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanaly
sis/ • A blend
– Surface observations (ASOS, NWS offices) – High Resolution (40km) Forecast model – Not an actual forecast!!
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Surface Observations Thursday AM
• 10AM Surface • KSUS = Spirit of St. Louis • KBLV = Scott AFB
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Just Above the Sfc-Air Interface (Half km)
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St. Louis Winter Summary • December 1, 2013 through February 28,
2014 – Max temperature was ≤ 32℉ = 32 days – 10th snowiest winter (27.2”) – 19th coldest winter (29.5℉, tied with 3 other
years)
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Conclusions • Perfect MET Ingredients
– Weak high pressure sustains – Clipper/warm air weakens the episode
• Still, why now??? – Numerous days, similar weather setups (early
March)