Apr 21, 2021 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Wed Apr 21 16:33:30 UTC 2021 (20210421 1630Z Day 1 shapefile | 20210421 1630Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20210421 1630 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Day 1 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SLIGHT 30,093 30,816,230 New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Virginia Beach, VA...Newark, NJ...Norfolk, VA...
MARGINAL 44,722 12,243,051 Baltimore, MD...Worcester, MA...Manchester, NH...Allentown, PA...Lowell, MA...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20210421 1630 UTC Day 1 Tornado Probabilities Graphic
Probability of a tornado within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of EF2 - EF5 tornadoes within 25 miles of a point.
Day 1 Tornado Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
No Risk Areas Forecast
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20210421 1630 UTC Day 1 Damaging Wind Probabilities Graphic
Probability of damaging thunderstorm winds or wind gusts of 50 knots or higher within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% of greater probability of wind gusts 65 knots or greater within 25 miles of a point.
Day 1 Wind Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
15 % 30,083 30,796,883 New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Virginia Beach, VA...Newark, NJ...Norfolk, VA...
5 % 44,637 12,249,110 Baltimore, MD...Worcester, MA...Manchester, NH...Allentown, PA...Lowell, MA...
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20210421 1630 UTC Day 1 Large Hail Probabilities Graphic
Probability of hail 1" or larger within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of hail 2" or larger within 25 miles of a point.
Day 1 Hail Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
5 % 31,791 13,045,411 Philadelphia, PA...Baltimore, MD...Virginia Beach, VA...Norfolk, VA...Chesapeake, VA...
   SPC AC 211633

   Day 1 Convective Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1133 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

   Valid 211630Z - 221200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
   MID-ATLANTIC/NORTHEAST STATES...

   ...SUMMARY...
   Isolated to scattered damaging winds are possible across the coastal
   Mid-Atlantic States into southern New England through around 6 PM
   EDT.

   ...Mid-Atlantic States to New England...
   Surface temperatures continue to steadily warm at midday with
   moderate insolation in the wake of showers moving into New England.
   A 1001 mb surface low over northeast Pennsylvania/northern New
   Jersey at 16Z will continue to steadily deepen as it quickly
   transitions northeastward into southern/coastal New England through
   early evening. The longest residence time of the warm sector over
   inland areas this afternoon will be across the coastal North
   Carolinas and the immediate coast of New Jersey/New York into
   southern New England.

   Influenced by the amplifying upstream wave, strengthening of low to
   mid-level southwesterlies should yield upscale evolution to
   quasi-linear segments along coastal portions of the Mid-Atlantic
   into southern New England. More broken cells should be maintained
   farther south where a few transient supercells are possible. A
   well-mixed boundary layer with an inverted-v thermodynamic profile
   and pressure rise/fall couplet may support strong to isolated severe
   gusts with scattered damaging winds as the primary hazard. Farther
   south, marginally severe hail is possible where storm mode can
   remain semi-discrete before convection quickly spreads off the coast
   by late afternoon.

   ..Guyer/Wendt.. 04/21/2021

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