Tom,

My comments on how a "Bow Wave" works with these technical papers really don't help much with trying to understand it. I guess it's another way of saying, "...it falls out of the theory, but we still don't know how to predict it operationally..." Or... "...you find lift, especially wave lift, in the strangest places...take what you get"

Perhaps Teddi Keller or Bob Sharman NCAR might be able to give a more intuitive or practical explanation. Maybe they could give us some tips on which situations we'll find it.

Walt Rogers WX