A mesoscale convective system (MCS) is a large, organized cluster of thunderstorms that tend to become prolific rain, wind and lightning producers. They often form in the central U.S. after sunset, ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The First Warn Weather Team is tracking the possibility of a late Tuesday night and early Wednesday cluster of thunderstorms. This kind of cluster has a name – a mesoscale convective ...

FOX19 - Steve Horstmeyer's Severe Weather Primer - Part 2 - Storms Formerly Known as Squall Lines - Linear Mesoscale Convective Systems During the first half of the 20th Century all lines of ...

Early Thursday morning, meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Kansas City witnessed something that their on-call team had never seen before: a west to east propagating Mesoscale Convective ...

Warm-season rainfall associated with mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) in the central United States is characterized by higher intensity and nocturnal timing compared to rainfall from non-MCS ...

East Asia frequently faces floods, leading to significant economic losses, casualties, and agricultural damage. Most summer floods in this region are caused by excessive rainfall. Mesoscale Convective ...

An MCS stands for a "Mesoscale Convective System," which is a cluster of thunderstorms, often in the form of a squall line. MCS span hundreds of miles and often involves high winds and torrential ...

Storms will fire up in the Plains tonight, and that could send a MCS (mesoscale convective system) our way tomorrow afternoon and evening. We don't know exactly where this storms system will end up, ...

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Above: This infrared satellite image shows a massive mesoscale convective complex across parts of Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota on August 8, 2010 at 6:58 p.m. CDT. The orange colors denote very ...

Thunderstorm development is not always dependent on atmospheric physics alone. Often, the surrounding landscape can influence convection, especially in regions with dramatic elevation changes. The ...