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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0425
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1233 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013
AREAS AFFECTED...NE OH...MUCH OF PA
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 101733Z - 101930Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 PERCENT
SUMMARY...CLUSTER OF TSTMS WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS NE OH AND INTO
WRN PA. SOME ORGANIZATION IS POSSIBLE AS IT MOVES EWD...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG GUSTS. ISOLATED NATURE OF THE THREAT WILL
LIKELY PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR A WW.
DISCUSSION...RECENT RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS THE TSTM CLUSTER OVER NE
OH/FAR NW PA IS BECOMING A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED. A STRONG STORM
HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED ACROSS CNTRL OH WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
IN THIS AREA LIKELY. THUS FAR...UPDRAFTS HAVE HAD TROUBLE
MAINTAINING STRENGTH...PRIMARILY DUE TO THE WEAK MID-LEVEL
INSTABILITY RESULTANT FROM GENERALLY POOR LAPSE RATES. DESPITE THIS
MARGINAL INSTABILITY...STRONG UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR HAS ALLOW SOME
STORMS TO PERSIST. SOME STORM ORGANIZATION APPEARS TO BE ONGOING
WITH THE EVENTUAL DEVELOPMENT INTO A CONVECTIVE LINE ANTICIPATED.
PRIMARY THREAT WHILE THE LINE GETS ORGANIZED IS SOME SMALL TO
MARGINALLY SVR HAIL AND A GUSTY WINDS. ONCE THE LINE BECOMES
ESTABLISHED...SHEAR VECTORS ORIENTED PERPENDICULAR TO THE LINE AND
SOME BOUNDARY LAYER HEATING WILL LIKELY FAVOR A FEW STRONG GUSTS.
TRENDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE MONITORED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENT/STRENGTHENING BUT CURRENT EXPECTATION IS THAT COVERAGE
OF ANY SVR WINDS WILL BE ISOLATED...PRECLUDING THE NEED FOR A WW.
..MOSIER/THOMPSON.. 04/10/2013
ATTN...WFO...PHI...BGM...BUF...CTP...LWX...PBZ...RLX...CLE...
LAT...LON 41908063 42077923 42007687 41307570 39797619 39697912
39798212 41908063
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