Research Article
Atmospheric Contributors to Heavy Rainfall Events in the Arkansas-Red River Basin
Table 4
Percentage of cases per synoptic pattern at 500 mb by location.
| | Synoptic pattern at 500 mb | | Ft. Smith | Tulsa | Wichita | OKC | Wichita Falls | Dodge City | Amarillo | Colorado Springs | Basin Total |
| Positively tilted trough | 45.00% | 27.78% | 47.06% | 43.75% | 21.43% | 46.67% | 42.86% | 29.41% | 38.17% | Neutrally tilted trough | 5.00% | 5.56% | 11.76% | 0.00% | 7.14% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 3.82% | Negatively tilted trough | 0.00% | 11.11% | 0.00% | 18.75% | 0.00% | 20.00% | 14.29% | 17.65% | 9.92% | Short wave | 25.00% | 33.33% | 29.41% | 25.00% | 50.00% | 26.67% | 14.29% | 11.76% | 26.72% | Ridge | 20.00% | 16.67% | 11.76% | 6.25% | 14.29% | 6.67% | 28.57% | 41.18% | 18.32% | Tropical | 5.00% | 5.56% | 0.00% | 6.25% | 7.14% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 3.05% |
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