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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1967
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0238 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF SERN TX
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 251938Z - 252115Z
THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF MAINLY DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS DISCUSSION AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. A WW IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
19Z MESOANALYSIS INDICATED THE PRESENCE OF WEAK BAROCLINIC/
CONVERGENCE ZONE EXTENDING ALONG A LINE FROM E OF CRS-UTS-HOU. AIR
MASS INVOF THIS BOUNDARY HAS WARMED INTO THE 90S...AND WHEN COUPLED
WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S...ENVIRONMENT IS MODERATELY
UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPE OF 2000-2500 J/KG. WHILE SEA BREEZE TSTMS HAVE
BEEN IN PROGRESS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...ADDITIONAL TSTMS ARE
BEGINNING TO DEVELOP INLAND OVER WALKER COUNTY AS OF 1925Z.
CONTINUED BOUNDARY LAYER HEATING/DESTABILIZATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH
APPROACH OF MIDLEVEL VORTICITY MAXIMUM FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY
SHOULD SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL STORMS ALONG
ABOVE-MENTIONED SURFACE BOUNDARY.
BASED ON AREA PROFILERS AND VWPS...STORMS SHOULD MOVE/DEVELOP
WWD/SWWD INTO A HOTTER BUT DRIER AIR MASS W OF SURFACE BOUNDARY.
THE COMBINATION OF STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND DCAPE OF AROUND
1500 J/KG INDICATE THE THREAT FOR LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS WITH THE
MOST INTENSE STORMS.
..MEAD.. 08/25/2009
ATTN...WFO...HGX...FWD...EWX...
LAT...LON 29159611 29299660 29939715 30519720 31129703 31439662
31439614 31179568 30559527 29579547 29259569 29159611
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