Ordinary-cell convective storms - Severe Convective Storms and Tornadoes: Observations and Dynamics - page 115

Figure 3.19a. Stages in the life of a Byers-Braham, ordinary-cell convective storm. (Top left)
Cumulus congestus stage, on August 28, 1971, over the South Florida peninsula, south of
Miami; (top right) cumulus congestus about to hit the tropopause and producing a pileus, on
August 28, 1971; (second row, left) mature stage, with an anvil, on August 28, 1971; (second
row, right) dissipating stage, off the west coast of South Florida, on August 28, 1973 (photo-
graphs by the author). (Bottom) Sounding at Miami, Florida, 00:00 utc on August 29, 1971,
which is a representative environmental sounding for the convective storm on August 28, 1971
(from the Plymouth State College archive and graphics). Vertical shear is weak and CAPE
moderate.