SPC Mesoscale Discussions


ACUS3 KMKC 041341 SWOMCD MKC MCD 041340 NYZ000-PAZ000-NJZ000-MAZ000-CTZ000-RIZ000-041600- SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1940 FOR NY/PA/NJ/CT/MA/RI CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL... CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS BEING MONITORED FOR POSSIBILITY OF WW. AS FORCING FOR UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION IN ZONE OF STRONG DPVA SPREADS ACROSS TONGUE OF LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE/POTENTIAL INSTABILITY IN THE LEE OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO....SHORT/NARROW SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO EVOLVE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. ACTIVITY IS SPREADING EASTWARD AROUND 35 KT...AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY/NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST REGION BETWEEN 15-17Z...THEN EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE OBJECTIVE GUIDANCE INDICATES SURFACE-BASED AIR MASS IS STILL STABLE TO CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT... THIS SHOULD BEGIN TO CHANGE RAPIDLY AS RELATIVELY DRY BOUNDARY LAYER QUICKLY HEATS UP. AS THIS OCCURS...POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY INCREASE...PARTICULARLY ACROSS AREAS NEAR/ NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTH OF THE NEW YORK CITY AREA BY 17Z. ..KERR.. 09/04/01 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/ FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ACUS3 KMKC 041803 SWOMCD MKC MCD 041803 PAZ000-NJZ000-042000- SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1942 FOR CENTRAL AND ERN PA...MOST OF NJ CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL... MONITORING AREA FOR INCREASING THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WW MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND NERN PA THIS AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF UPPER LEVEL VORT MAX ASSOCIATED WITH 50 KT MID LEVEL SPEED MAX. AREA OF UPPER DIVERGENCE IS EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR CHANNEL..CURRENTLY ROTATING INTO CENTRAL PA. SURFACE ANALYSIS ALSO SHOWS PRESSURE FALLS OVER MUCH OF ERN PA...AHEAD OF SURFACE COLD FRONT. SHEAR PROFILES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AS UPPER JET MOVES OVER AREA. TEMPERATURES NEAR 80 F COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS INTO THE UPPER 60S WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MLCAPES OF 1000-2000 J/KG. DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH SOME LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. ..JEWELL.. 09/04/01 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/ FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ACUS3 KMKC 042046 SWOMCD MKC MCD 042045 PAZ000-NJZ000-MDZ000-DEZ000-042300- SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1943 FOR SERN PA...CENTRAL NJ...EXTREME NERN MD AND DE CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 708... CURRENT CONVECTIVE TRENDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS NOW MOVING INTO THE PHL AREA WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL...AS WILL OTHER UPSTREAM STORMS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS CONTINUED PRESSURE FALLS OVER SERN PA/ SRN NJ / INTO MD AND DE. AIRMASS REMAINS UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPES AROUND 1500 J/KG. DEEP LAYER SHEAR ON THE ORDER OF 40-50 KTS WILL HELP SUSTAIN STORMS AS THEY MOVE SEWD. ..JEWELL.. 09/04/01 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/ FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
781 ACUS3 KMKC 042300 SWOMCD MKC MCD 042300 DEZ000-MDZ000-NJZ000-PAZ000-CWZ000-050100- SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1944 FOR DE...NERN MD...SRN NJ AND SERN PA CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 708... STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SEWD ACROSS SRN NJ...EXTREME SERN PA AND NRN DE ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING SEWD ACROSS THE CAPE MAY NJ VCNTY AND PARTS OF NRN/CNTRL DE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AREA VAD WIND PROFILES CONTINUE TO SHOW MORE THAN SUFFICIENT VERTICAL SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH BL-6KM SHEAR IN EXCESS OF 50 KTS. THUS...FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO...THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS HAIL. HOWEVER...GIVEN DIURNAL COOLING...BUOYANCY WILL DECREASE...LIKELY RESULTING IN A DECREASE IN THE SEVERE POTENTIAL AS THE STORMS MOVE OVER THE ERN SHORES OF MD/DE. ..RACY.. 09/04/01

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