If there is a mid-latitude cyclone with cold air aloft moving in, the temperatures near the surface are warmer than above, there is adequate moisture available for cloud formation, the winds at ground level are coming in from the Southeast at 15 knots, as altitude increases the wind is observed to be increasing as well changing direction to South at 5,000 feet , then Southwest at 18,000 feet with a strength of 60 knots. The Doppler radar begins to pick up on a developing and intensifying “cell” with light green around the edges and yellow, orange and even red toward the middle. If you were a forecaster you would begin to consider the possibility of