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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0546
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0928 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2013
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF SRN/WRN NEW ENGLAND
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 200228Z - 200400Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...5 PERCENT
SUMMARY...A LOW POTENTIAL FOR A LOCALIZED STRONG WIND GUST CANNOT BE
RULED OUT DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A WW WILL NOT BE ISSUED.
DISCUSSION...A STRONGLY FORCED SQUALL LINE THAT CROSSED THE HUDSON
VALLEY WILL MOVE INTO/ACROSS PARTS OF SRN/WRN NEW ENGLAND DURING THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. THE 00Z ALY RAOB INDICATED VERY LITTLE INSTABILITY
FOR A SFC-BASED PARCEL...WITH MODEST CINH ASSOCIATED WITH THE INFLUX
OF A STABLE MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER. A SIMILAR ENVIRONMENT IS
CHARACTERISTIC OVER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE MCD AREA. AN ISOLATED
STRONG WIND GUST CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THE MOST ROBUST/BOWING CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS...OWING TO STRONG
LOW-LEVEL FLOW OBSERVED JUST ABOVE THE SFC IN ADVANCE OF THE SQUALL
LINE PER VWP DATA. HOWEVER...EVEN FURTHER LESSENING OF
INSTABILITY...AND STRENGTHENING OF CINH...IN ASSOCIATION WITH
NOCTURNAL DIABATIC COOLING...WILL LIKELY PRESENT DELETERIOUS EFFECTS
FOR DOWNDRAFTS TO PENETRATE THROUGH THE STABLE NEAR-SFC LAYER. AS
SUCH...CONVECTION SHOULD GREATLY STRUGGLE TO ENHANCE SFC WIND GUSTS.
A WW WILL NOT BE ISSUED.
..COHEN/THOMPSON.. 04/20/2013
ATTN...WFO...GYX...BOX...BTV...OKX...ALY...
LAT...LON 42507322 43687266 43907115 42797095 41837142 41467203
41227322 41417368 42507322
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