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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1095
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0240 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...SRN TX PNHDL INTO THE TX S PLAINS AND NWRN TX
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY
VALID 131940Z - 132115Z
SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE
HAIL...TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS. A WW WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED
PRIOR TO 21Z.
A COMPLEX SURFACE PATTERN HAS EVOLVED THIS AFTERNOON WITH PRIMARY
SYNOPTIC BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM NERN NM /N OF TCC/ ESEWD THROUGH
THE SERN TX PNHDL ACROSS SRN OK. FARTHER S...LBB RADAR IMAGERY AS
OF 1920Z SHOWS A BOUNDARY DELINEATING A NWD SURGE OF WARMER AIR FROM
ROOSEVELT COUNTY NM THROUGH BAILEY...NWRN LAMB INTO CASTRO COUNTIES
TX. ANOTHER WELL-DEFINED BOUNDARY...DELINEATING A WLY SURGE OF
COOLER AIR EXTENDED SEWD FROM SRN SWISHER COUNTY THROUGH WRN FLOYD
INTO CNTRL CROSBY COUNTY TX.
3-HR SURFACE OBSERVATIONAL TRENDS INDICATE THAT THE STRONGEST
BOUNDARY LAYER DRYING AND WARMING IS OCCURRING FROM THE TRANS-PECOS
REGION THROUGH THE PERMIAN BASIN INTO THE TX S PLAINS...WHICH SHOULD
CONTINUE TO BETTER-DEFINE THE DRYLINE E OF A LBB-MAF LINE BY LATE
AFTERNOON. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A GROWING CUMULUS FIELD
WITHIN THIS HOT...DRYING AIR MASS...SUGGESTING THAT CAP IS BECOMING
INCREASINGLY WEAK.
EXPECT TSTM DEVELOPMENT TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD WITHIN THE NEXT
1-2 HOURS E OF DEVELOPING DRYLINE /LIKELY OVER THE LOW ROLLING
PLAINS/ WITH STORMS RAPIDLY BECOMING SEVERE GIVEN THE MODERATE TO
STRONGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH MLCAPE OF 2000-3000 J/KG. CURRENT
LBB VWP AND JAYTON PROFILER INDICATE 30-35 KT DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WHICH
WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS GIVEN THE STRONG INSTABILITY.
VERY LARGE HAIL APPEARS TO BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
THOUGH A TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY MORE INTENSE
MESOCYCLONES.
..MEAD.. 06/13/2009
ATTN...WFO...OUN...SJT...LUB...AMA...MAF...
LAT...LON 32800102 33390167 34130184 34640201 35000122 34880048
34560012 33359984 32850018 32800102
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