SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1225 FOR
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...
VALID 242201Z - 250200Z
WEAKLY ORGANIZED MULTICELL STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
MARGINAL HAIL OVER PORTIONS OF SERN PA...SRN NJ...AND PERHAPS NRN
MD AND DEL THIS EVENING. ACTIVITY SHOULD WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY WITHIN
A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET. NO WW ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
STRONG TO OCCASIONALLY SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE DRIFTING SSEWD ACROSS
ERN PA AND SOUTH-CNTRL NJ. THIS ACTIVITY INITIATED ALONG WEAK
BACKDOOR FRONT ACROSS THE AREA AND NEW UPDRAFTS ARE BEING GENERATED
AS OUTFLOW DRIFTS INTO INSTABILITY AXIS ACROSS SRN PA/NJ.
UNIDIRECTIONAL NWLY FLOW AND WEAK SHEAR WAS LIMITING STORM
ORGANIZATION AND RESULTING IN A GENERAL SWD DRIFT TO THE
CONVECTION. MLCAPE OF 1000-1500 J/KG AND WBZ LEVELS AROUND 10 KFT
COULD RESULT IN MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND PERHAPS AN ISOLD WIND
GUST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. GIVEN WEAK FORCING AND DIURNAL
NATURE OF THIS ACTIVITY...EXPECT STORMS TO BEGIN TO WEAKEN AFTER
SUNSET.
..CARBIN.. 06/24/02
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