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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0692
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0130 AM CDT MON MAY 04 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS SRN MS...SRN AL...SWRN/W-CENTRAL GA.
CONCERNING...HEAVY RAINFALL
VALID 040630Z - 040930Z
CONVECTIVE COVERAGE IS FCST TO INCREASE IN ZONAL BAND FROM
SWRN/S-CENTRAL MS EWD ACROSS SRN AL DURING NEXT FEW HOURS...N OF
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM DERECHO-PRODUCING MCS OF YESTERDAY.
EMBEDDED/TRAINING TSTMS WILL CONTAIN RAIN RATES 1.5-2.5 INCHES/HOUR.
SFC MESOANALYSIS INDICATES OUTFLOW BOUNDARY QUASISTATIONARY NEAR
THIS LINE -- AGS...ABY...CEW...MOB...20 SE BTR. BOUNDARY MAY DRIFT
NWD OVER COASTAL PLAIN. DIFFUSE COLD FRONT OVER ERN TN...NRN AL AND
CENTRAL MS SHOULD REMAIN ILL-DEFINED WITHIN MASSIVE OUTFLOW POOL.
MOST CONVECTION WILL REMAIN BETWEEN THESE BOUNDARIES...ASSOCIATED
WITH STG LOW LEVEL WAA REGIME ATOP SHALLOW SLOPE OF OUTFLOW
AIR...AND INVOF 35-50 KT LLJ. PARCELS WILL BE LIFTED ISENTROPICALLY
TO LFC AMIDST VERY MOIST ELEVATED INFLOW PARCELS...WITH 850 MB DEW
POINTS 11-13 C AND UPSTREAM GPS PW MEASURED IN 1.4-1.7 INCH RANGE.
FCST GRADUAL VEERING OF LLJ SHOULD SHIFT ZONE OF STRONGEST MOISTURE
TRANSPORT AND WAA EWD ACROSS THIS REGION...WHILE 700-500 LAYER UVV
MAX NOW OVER SRN MS DOES LIKEWISE. ELEVATED MUCAPE SHOULD INCREASE
TO 1000-1500 J/KG RANGE AS WAA DESTABILIZES SRN LOBE OF
CONVECTIVELY OVERTURNED AIR MASS ABOVE SFC.
ALTHOUGH PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...SUFFICIENT
DEEP-LAYER SHEAR EXISTS TO SUPPORT ELEVATED STORM ROTATION AND
ISOLATED HAIL...WITH EFFECTIVE SHEAR MAGNITUDE 40-45 KT. WIND
POTENTIAL WILL BE MITIGATED BY STABLE LAYER NEAR SFC...THOUGH STG
GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY ACTIVITY THAT CAN ORGANIZE INTO LINE
SEGMENTS PERPENDICULAR TO PREVAILING WLYS ALOFT. AREA WILL BE
MONITORED FOR MORE SFC-BASED SUPERCELL POTENTIAL IF BOUNDARY CAN
LIFT CLOSER TO SRN EDGE OF CONVECTIVE PLUME.
..EDWARDS.. 05/04/2009
ATTN...WFO...FFC...TAE...BMX...MOB...JAN...LIX...
LAT...LON 31198606 31218988 31099136 31878981 32598504 32758400
31788408 31198606
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