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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1296
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0921 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...SERN NEB AND NRN THOUGH E CNTRL MO
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 501...503...
VALID 240221Z - 240315Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
501...503...CONTINUES.
PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT EXISTS IN SRN EXTENTION OF WW 503 ACROSS E
CNTRL MO...BUT IS BECOMING MARGINAL. THREAT FOR MAINLY ISOLATED
DOWNBURSTS OR MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL REMAINS ACROSS SERN NEB PORTION
OF WW 501...BUT OVERALL THREAT IS LIMITED.
A QUASISTATIONARY FRONT STRETCHES FROM SE NEB WNWWD THROUGH CNTRL
NEB. CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM NRN MO NWWD THROUGH
SERN NEB. NRN MO PORTION OF THIS BOUNDARY REMAINS CONVECTIVELY
ACTIVE...AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING SWD ALONG INSTABILITY
GRADIENT NEXT COUPLE HOURS. STORMS ALONG LEADING GUST FRONT ARE NOT
AS ROBUST AS EARLIER THIS EVENING. STORMS HAVE MOVED INTO A REGION
WHERE THE MEAN FLOW IN THE 700-500 MB LAYER IS RELATIVELY WEAK NLY
ALONG NERN PERIPHERY OF UPPER RIDGE. WELL DEVELOPED COLD POOL WILL
CONTINUE TO PROMOTE SWD...FORWARD PROPAGATION NEXT COUPLE
HOURS...BUT INCREASING SURFACE BASED CONVECTIVE INHIBITION AND
PRESENCE OF ONLY WEAK DEEP LAYER WINDS SUGGEST DAMAGING WIND THREAT
IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MARGINAL.
ANY SEVERE THREAT OVER SERN NEB IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ISOLATED. ONLY
A LONE STORM REMAINS IN VICINITY OF FRONT ACROSS SERN NEB.
HOWEVER...INCREASING CONVECTIVE INHIBITION ASSOCIATED WITH A
STABILIZING BOUNDARY LAYER SUGGEST THREAT IN THIS REGION WILL REMAIN
LIMITED UNTIL POSSIBLY LATER TONIGHT WHEN STORMS MAY MOVE INTO A
PORTION OF SERN NEB FROM THE WEST.
..DIAL.. 06/24/2009
ATTN...WFO...LSX...EAX...
LAT...LON 39769113 39189098 38739157 38849248 39549275 39569193
39769113
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