A Climatology of Dryline‐Related Convection on the Western Plateau of Subtropical Southern Africa
Lynette van Schalkwyk,
Ross C. Blamey,
Morne Gijben
et al.
Abstract:Drylines occur regularly during summer over the interior of sub‐tropical southern Africa. The highest frequency of drylines is over the western interior where it is also climatologically much drier than the eastern parts. An existing drylines dataset is compared with lightning data between 2010 and 2021, to determine how often drylines were associated with convective storms. A minimum stroke threshold is applied to eliminate instances of weak convection. Seventy‐six percent of drylines during austral summer (O… Show more
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