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Mesoscale Discussion 2180
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2180
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0222 AM CDT TUE SEP 07 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS NRN FL...ERN GA...SC
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 807...
   
   VALID 070722Z - 070845Z
   
   ANOTHER REPLACEMENT WW PROBABLY WILL MAY BE REQUIRED BEFORE
   SCHEDULED 9Z EXPIRATION.  WITH GRADUAL INLAND SHIFT OF PARENT
   CYCLONE AND OF ASSOCIATED FAVORABLE SHEAR/INSTABILITY FIELDS IN ERN
   SEMICIRCLE...SUCH WW MAY NEED TO BE POSITIONED SOMEWHAT FARTHER N
   AND/OR W.  
   
   SFC MESOANALYSIS SHOWS CENTER OF FORMER TC FRANCES INVOF GA/AL
   BORDER APPROXIMATELY 40 NNE DHN...MOVING NNW 10-15 KT AND POSSIBLY
   TURNING N OR NNE TOWARD ISALLOBARIC MIN ANALYZED OVER W-CENTRAL GA. 
   THERMAL/MOIST AXIS ARE NEARLY COLOCATED -- INVOF SAV RIVER.  GIVEN
   NEARLY MOIST ADIABATIC DEEP LAYER LAPSE RATES CHARACTERISTIC OF
   TROPICAL SYSTEM...THIS ALSO CORRESPONDS TO AXIS OF MAX BUOYANCY --
   MUCAPE INCREASING FROM AROUND 200 J/KG BETWEEN AHN-MCN TO ABOUT 1000
   J/KG INVOF SAV.  KINEMATICALLY...SFC WINDS ARE DIMINISHING FASTER
   THAN FLOW ABOVE BOUNDARY LAYER -- I.E. AT 850 MB -- RESULTING IN NET
   INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL SHEAR OVER MUCH OF WW AREA AND ADJACENT
   PORTIONS SC/GA.  VWP AND MODEL FCST HODOGRAPHS INDICATE 0-1 KM SRH
   150-300 J/KG ACROSS MUCH OF SC AND NRN FL...ALONG NRN AND SRN
   PERIPHERIES RESPECTIVELY OF INSTABILITY AXIS.  SRH IS MAXIMIZED
   ABOVE 400 J/KG OVER PORTIONS CENTRAL/WRN GA JUST AHEAD OF SYSTEM
   CORE...BUT IN REGION OF MINIMIZED SFC-BASED INSTABILITY AND MORE
   STRATIFIED/NEBULOUS PRECIP CHARACTER.  OPTIMAL COMBINATION OF SHEAR
   AND INSTABILITY WILL SHIFT SLOWLY NWD FROM E-CENTRAL GA AND SRN SC
   INTO NERN GA AND CENTRAL SC.
   
   TORNADO THREAT NOT FINISHED BUT SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS NRN
   FL...WHERE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS ALSO ARE GRADUALLY DECREASING IN N
   FL AREA ABOVE SFC...SHIFTING LARGEST HODOGRAPHS FARTHER N. 
   STILL...SOME OF NRN FL MAY NEED TO REMAIN IN WW BEYOND 09Z.
   
   ..EDWARDS.. 09/07/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...ILM...CHS...CAE...MLB...JAX...
   
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