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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0221
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0801 PM CDT MON MAR 09 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF WRN/CNTRL OK
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 52...
VALID 100101Z - 100200Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 52 CONTINUES.
DISCRETE BOUNDARY LAYER BASED...OR NEAR BOUNDARY LAYER BASED...
STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTHEASTWARD...JUST TO THE WEST OF THE
OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA. SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO SLOWLY
FALL...BUT AN INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE IS ONGOING... MOSTLY
WITHIN AN ELEVATED WARM ADVECTION REGIME ALONG/WEST OF A LOW-LEVEL
JET AXIS WHICH HAS BEGUN TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO
THE MISSOURI/KANSAS BORDER AREA. AS THESE PROCESSES CONTINUE INTO
THE 03-04Z TIME FRAME...STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITHIN A
LOW-LEVEL CONFLUENCE ZONE TO THE WEST OF THE LOW- LEVEL JET
AXIS...FROM WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL/ SOUTHEAST
KANSAS. BUT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PERHAPS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
VICINITY OF THE WARM FRONTAL ZONE ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS...THE RISK
FOR TORNADOES MAY DIMINISH. LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN
A POSSIBILITY...HOWEVER. TRAINING CELLS MAY ALSO BEGIN TO YIELD
SOME HEAVY RAIN TOTALS.
..KERR.. 03/10/2009
ATTN...WFO...SGF...EAX...TSA...TOP...ICT...OUN...
LAT...LON 35549866 36579800 38209676 38439557 38519493 37879442
36849585 35369729 34679840 34739874 35549866
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