MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1054 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0359 PM CDT MON JUN 04 2012 AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF ERN CO/WRN KS/OK PANHANDLE/TX PANHANDLE...NERN NM CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY VALID 042059Z - 042230Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 PERCENT SUMMARY...STORMS WILL POSE AN ISOLATED SVR THREAT INTO EARLY EVENING. DUE TO THE DISORGANIZED NATURE OF THE CONVECTION...WITH ONLY SPORADIC INSTANCES OF SVR STORMS...THE ISSUANCE OF A WW IS UNLIKELY. DISCUSSION...DESPITE GENERALLY WEAK FLOW THROUGHOUT THE DEPTH OF THE TROPOSPHERE...MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY AMIDST WEAK LOW-LEVEL ASCENT HAS SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISORGANIZED CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. MODEST ELY LOW-LEVEL INFLOW MAY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT REGENERATIVE CONVECTION OVER ERN FLANKS OF EXPANDING COLD POOLS...WHILE SLOW NET WWD STORM MOTION EVENTUALLY OCCURS. DCAPE VALUES IN EXCESS OF 1000 J/KG OUTSIDE OF ONGOING CONVECTION WILL SUPPORT INTENSE DOWNDRAFTS WITH A THREAT FOR ISOLATED SVR WIND GUSTS...AIDED BY SFC TEMPERATURE-DEWPOINT SPREADS IN EXCESS OF 30F IN MANY LOCATIONS BENEATH A DEEP/DRY SUB-CLOUD LAYER. MARGINALLY SVR HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. HOWEVER...WITH ONLY WEAK DEEP SHEAR IN PLACE...CONVECTION WILL LIKELY REMAIN POORLY ORGANIZED WITH ANY SVR THREAT SHORT-LIVED. UNLESS UPSCALE GROWTH OCCURS...THE ISSUANCE OF A WW IS CURRENTLY UNLIKELY. STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN THROUGH THE EVENING GIVEN NOCTURNAL STABILIZATION WITHIN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. ..COHEN/CARBIN.. 06/04/2012 ATTN...WFO...DDC...GLD...AMA...PUB...BOU...ABQ... "INFORMS YOU ON WEATHER" THIS BLOG WILL INFORM ON WEATHER MOSTLY FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SURROUNDING AREAS. ALSO MOST AREAS DURRING SEVERE WEATHER.
Monday, June 4, 2012
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1054
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