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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0144
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0503 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
AREAS AFFECTED...SRN MS / ERN PORTIONS OF SRN LA
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 32...
VALID 102303Z - 102330Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 32 CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...A SUPERCELL TORNADO RISK WILL CONTINUE OVER SRN MS AND
ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SRN LA THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. A REPLACEMENT
TORNADO WATCH WILL BE COORDINATED WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES OR SO.
DISCUSSION...THE SWD STALLING OF AN EWD MOVING MCS ACROSS MS AND AL
HAS CONFINED BUT LEFT A MOIST/MARGINALLY UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR
/250-1000 J/KG MLCAPE/ UNDISTURBED OVER SRN LA AND SRN MS. SEVERAL
LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE BANDS HAVE SERVED AS PREFERRED FOCI FOR
CONTINUED STORM GENERATION THE PAST FEW HOURS AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER
HAS HEATED INTO THE MID 70S NEAR THE I-10 CORRIDOR. INPUTTING THE
STORM MOTION /240 AT 40 KT/ FOR THE LAMAR COUNTY MS CONFIRMED
TORNADIC STORM IS YIELDING AROUND 200 M2/S2 0-1 SRH WITHIN A
FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER WIND PROFILE FOR SUPERCELLS. ALTHOUGH THE BELT
OF H85 FLOW IS EXPECTED TO SLIGHTLY WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT 6
HRS...SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR WITHIN A MOIST ENVIRONMENT
/CHARACTERIZED BY MID-UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS/ SHOULD CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT AN INTERMITTENT ISOLD RISK FOR SUPERCELL TORNADOES INTO THE
LATE EVENING HOURS.
..SMITH/KERR.. 02/10/2013
ATTN...WFO...MOB...JAN...LIX...LCH...
LAT...LON 30799248 31708981 32068864 31968807 31608791 31338819
30538898 30309031 30319198 30799248
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