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While mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) are major contributors to severe weather and precipitation in the central United States, details of their evolution are still not fully understood. In particular, recent observational and modeling studies have indicated that many MCSs tend to exhibit an asymmetric precipitation pattern during the mature-to-later stages of their life cycles. However, to what extent and how this evolution occurs in all cases is still a matter of conjecture.
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Hilgendorf et al. (1998) studied this question.
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