MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0120
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0135 PM CST MON FEB 23 2004
AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL TX
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 231935Z - 232130Z
ARE IS BEING MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE WATCH.
LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY HAS INDICATED CLEARING/HEATING OVER
THE HILL COUNTRY/CENTRAL AREAS OF TX. TEMPERATURES/DEW POINTS ARE
INTO THE LOWER 70S AND AROUND 60 RESPECTIVELY. A LINE OF
CU/TOWERING CU HAS DEVELOPED ALONG QUASI-DRYLINE FROM 30 W BWD - 10
SE JCT - DRT AND WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY EWD INTO AREA WHERE AIR MASS
CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE. MUCAPE IS BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 J/KG
ACROSS THIS AREA WITH MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AROUND 7C/KM. STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITHIN THIS AREA NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND MAY
PRODUCE MARGINAL HAIL.
..MCCARTHY.. 02/23/2004
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