Synoptic analysis of heavy rainfall on March 19, 2017 in Minoodasht city

Heavy rain resulting from atmospheric patterns, depending on the extent of activity and the time period of its occurrence, has adverse events and consequences such as floods. The present study was conducted in order to synoptic analysis of 171.5 mm heavy rainfall (March 19, 2017) leading to flood in Minoodasht city. The view of this study is a circular to environmental and first, the amount of rainfall at Minoodasht station was determined and by receiving upper atmosphere data from the website of the National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP / NCAR) and analyzing them, the causes of heavy rainfall was revealed. In order to study the synoptic conditions, using the Gardes software, sea level pressure maps were drawn, and in the upper atmosphere, geopotential height, wind vector, vorticity, omega, thickness, eddy and humidity (500 hPa level) were studied. The results of map analysis showed that during heavy rains, high pressure systems were formed in Mongolia and southern China and were caused a pressure gradient & strong front with prevailing low pressure system in Minoodasht. In the upper atmosphere, the presence of cut-off low-pressure blocking has been placed as a barrier to the west winds and has caused the flow of west winds to the study area. In addition, the high thickness of the atmosphere in the study area and the dominance of the amount of negative eddy, led to air instability and the presence of positive virtuosity cores and negative omega, indicates an unstable atmosphere on the days in the study area. Also, the inflow of moisture from moisture sources such as the Caspian Sea, the Aral Sea, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea has provided special conditions for severe rainfall.