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Severe Threat June 11-13


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00z GFS continues to show a favorable pattern for severe weather as a ring of fire type pattern takes hold. Tuesday PM-Wednesday is probably the first in a series of enhanced threats for portions of the region. Going to have a reservoir of strong instability to tap so although day to day details are somewhat uncertain, it seems like there's a pretty good chance for a robust event or three.

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Pretty interesting pattern shaping up here, in addition to the larger synoptic systems that may offer accordingly enhanced potential, there also appears to be a number of periodic s/w troughs and ripples in the flow (somewhat like the Bennington day) in between the larger anomalies that could trigger sfc cyclogenesis episodes and resulting MCS activity/localized severe events with a healthy pool of instability like that.

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I guess put an end date of 2014 for this thread....???

 

DVN...

 

 

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
645 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013

WHILE I AM SOMEWHAT SUSPECT IS BEING DRIVEN BY A CONVECTIVELY
GENERATED VORT...THE PATTERN ALOFT SHOULD AMPLIFY THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY...RESULTING IN A DRY FORECAST AND COOLER WEATHER...FOLLOWED
BY ONE OF TWO SCENARIOS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED.
BEYOND...THE GFS SUPPORTS ANOTHER MCS PARADE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THE YEAR 2014. OK...WELL...MAYBE NOT THAT LONG...BUT SAFE TO SAY
THROUGH 240 HOURS...
IT HOLDS THE RING OF FIRE PATTERN IN PLACE WHICH
IS OMINOUS HEADING INTO THE PORTION OF THE YEAR KNOWN FOR FEW
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN SYNOPTIC FLOW REGIMES. THE ECWMF REMAINS MORE
AMPIFIED...WITH MUCH COOLER AIR IN THE GREAT LAKES AND EASTERN 1/3
OF THE CONUS BEYOND SUNDAY. THUS....IT HAS A WET MCS POTENTIAL
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...FOLLOWED BY DRY AND MUCH COOLER
WEATHER.
 

 

 

sorry....made me chuckle
 

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The latest AFD from Mike Ryan

 

MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUING TO INDICATE STRONG WARM ADVECTION  
WEDNESDAY WITH 850MB TEMPS WARMING ABOVE 20C NOTED OFF BOTH THE OP  
GFS AND ECMWF INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. WHILE  
THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR HIGH LEVEL CLOUD DEBRIS FROM UPSTREAM  
CONVECTION OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST IMPACTING NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE  
FORECAST AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY...ANTICIPATE LIMITED CLOUDS INITIALLY  
WITH CAPPING IN PLACE. THE STRONG HEATING WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO RISE  
INTO THE UPPER 80S AND POSSIBLY MAKE A RUN AT 90. THIS WILL ALSO  
SUPPORT A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS BY LATE DAY...WITH SOUNDINGS  
ALREADY SUGGESTIVE OF CAPE VALUES NEAR 3000 J/KG AND LIFTED INDICES  
OF -8 TO -5. BL SHEAR AND FORCING WILL INCREASE AS THE UPPER WAVE  
APPROACHES AND A LOW LEVEL JET WILL DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND  
CONTINUE TO PUMP MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THIS  
SYNOPTIC SETUP IS SUPPORTIVE FOR ROBUST CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT LATE  
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LIKELY CONSOLIDATION INTO AN MCS  
POTENTIALLY PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FOR  
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS  
DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.  

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ILN AFD also likes Wednesday night/Thursday for severe storms and heavy rain.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1113 AM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013   

 

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...

 

NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD. GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING THAT AN EAST-WEST FRONT WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE NORTHERN COUNTIES ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL SERVE AS A PRIMARY FOCUS FOR STORMS EARLY IN THE PERIOD ALTHOUGH CONVECTION COULD OCCUR JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SINCE IT APPEARS THAT THE ATMOSPHERE COULD BECOME RATHER UNSTABLE. EXPECT A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS A STRONGER SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH. THIS HAS SOME POTENTIAL TO BE BOTH A SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCER AND A HEAVY RAIN EVENT. STILL UNCERTAINTY THIS FAR OUT IN TIME BUT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR GUIDANCE TRENDS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FRIDAY AND MOVE OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST ON SATURDAY. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT ANOTHER SHORT WAVE COULD BRING STORMS INTO THE AREA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BUT PROBABILITY IS QUITE LOW AT THIS POINT. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY MAY PUSH 90 IN PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE. AFTER THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH ON THURSDAY READINGS WILL FALL BACK CLOSER TO SEASONAL AVERAGE.

 

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Looks like a typical summer pattern shaping up.  Complexes of storms riding around the edge of the building upper high.  One thing to watch for is the storms to lay out effective boundaries that can sometimes force things further south than forecast by the models. 

 

 

on the money post...this happens every time

 

I'll be in Champaign Fri-Sun so bring it on

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Looks like a very interesting series of MCS's for MO/IA/IL/IN for the near future per 12z Sunday NAM and GFS.  Severe and heavy rain issues may become concerning with multiple rounds at various intervals. IL river is already above flood stage throughout much of its length and could certainly rise with additional rain.

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should be a solid week

most AFD's pumpin' johnny cash style ring of fire....I like your and cyclone's thoughts of progressively more south....obviously it shall depend on how much time there is between blow ups...either way, being in the vicinity for the next week plus stirs the pot nicely...gonna be some muggy arse days where the pooling convenes along the south side of the boundary...pwats look ridiculous as well....

 

and to thundersnow....funny you mention '08....brought that up to a friend today just for giggly comparisons...

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New day 2 for Tuesday

 

   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0101 AM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

   VALID 111200Z - 121200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND
   NRN PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST...

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   ASIDE FROM TROUGHING INVOF THE ERN AND WRN U.S. COASTS...A LARGE
   RIDGE PREVAILING OVER THE CENTRAL 2/3 OF THE COUNTRY IS PROGGED TO
   BE THE MAIN UPPER FEATURE DAY 2.  A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO
   CROSS THE CENTRAL INTERMOUNTAIN REGION DURING THE DAY...AND BEGIN TO
   EMERGE INTO THE PLAINS -- AND THIS FEATURE AND AN ASSOCIATED CENTRAL
   PLAINS SURFACE LOW -- WILL BE THE PRIMARY FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH
   CONVECTIVE/SEVERE POTENTIAL THIS PERIOD.

   ...SRN SD/NRN NEB EWD ACROSS SRN MN/NRN IA TO SWRN WI/NWRN IL...
   A CAPPED BOUNDARY LAYER IS FORECAST ACROSS THE PLAINS...DUE TO THE
   INFLUENCE OF BACKGROUND RIDGING ALOFT.  AS THE SHORT-WAVE TROUGH
   CROSSING THE ROCKIES APPROACHES THE HIGH PLAINS DURING THE
   AFTERNOON...AREAS NEAR AND N/E OF THE SURFACE LOW FORECAST TO BE
   MOVING ACROSS NEB SHOULD BECOME THE MAIN AREAS FOR CONVECTIVE
   DEVELOPMENT.  ISOLATED STORMS MAY DEVELOP AS FAR W AS SRN MT AND
   NERN WY...AND EVENTUALLY MAY SPREAD INTO THE IL/IN AREAS...BUT THE
   MAIN ZONE OF POTENTIAL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL EXIST
   ACROSS THE SRN SD/NRN NEB/NRN IA/SRN MN VICINITY.  HAVING SAID
   THAT...STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED...GIVEN THE BACKGROUND CAPPING.
   STILL...WHERE STORMS CAN DEVELOP...AMPLE INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE
   SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS SUGGESTS THAT HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS
   CAN BE EXPECTED.  SOME CLUSTERING/MCS DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR DURING
   THE EVENING...WHICH WOULD THEN MOVE ACROSS IA AND POSSIBLY INTO
   IL/INDIANA WITH CONTINUED WIND POTENTIAL.

 

 

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New Day 3 for Wednesday

 

 DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0230 AM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

   VALID 121200Z - 131200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE MIDWEST U.S....

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AN UPPER TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE PAC NW IS FORECAST TO MAKE SLOW
   EWD PROGRESS DAY 3...WHILE TROUGHING ALSO PERSISTS OVER ERN CANADA
   AND INTO NEW ENGLAND.  BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES...BROAD RIDGING
   WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONUS.  WITHIN THE RIDGE HOWEVER...A
   FAIRLY STRONG SHORT-WAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO TRAVERSE THE
   MIDWEST/OH VALLEY REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD.

   AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MAKE EWD PROGRESS
   ACROSS THE NWRN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
   ADVANCING UPPER TROUGH...AND A LOW/FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL LIKEWISE
   SHIFT ACROSS THE MIDWEST IN TANDEM WITH THE MIDWESTERN UPPER SYSTEM.


   ...THE MIDWEST...
   AS THE POTENT SHORT-WAVE TROUGH CROSSES THE MIDWEST...EXPECT SHOWERS
   AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITHIN AN
   AIRMASS ACQUIRING MODERATE INSTABILITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH DAYTIME
   HEATING.  THE GFS AND NAM DIFFER WITH SURFACE FRONTAL EVOLUTION/LOW
   POSITION ACROSS THIS AREA...SO DETAILS REMAIN DIFFICULT TO
   DETERMINE...BUT IN GENERAL A RELATIVELY BROAD ZONE OF AT LEAST
   ISOLATED HAIL/WIND POTENTIAL IS EVIDENT GIVEN MODERATE WLY WINDS
   WITHIN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE TROPOSPHERE ACROSS THIS REGION.  ONCE
   DETAILS BECOME A BIT MORE CLEAR...MORE SUBSTANTIAL WIND THREAT MAY
   BECOME EVIDENT ACROSS PARTS OF THIS AREA...WHICH WOULD WARRANT
   INCREASED PROBABILITIES IN LATER FORECASTS.

 

 

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If you were to believe the 12z NAM, you'd favor I-88 and south both Tuesday and Wednesday evening. Think we see something impressive one of these days. This run had 80kts of shear here Tuesday night, although just north of the front.

Like DVN/Waterloo to Morris/IKK as of now. Waiting for GFS.

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If you were to believe the 12z NAM, you'd favor I-88 and south both Tuesday and Wednesday evening. Think we see something impressive one of these days. This run had 80kts of shear here Tuesday night, although just north of the front.

Like DVN/Waterloo to Morris/IKK as of now. Waiting for GFS.

 

Pretty big jump south for the NAM but it has been an northern outlier so that isn't surprising.  Your target area sounds decent, we won't have a better idea until initiation but once that happens the track should be pretty clear.

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LOT mentions supercells a possibility if there are any well defined boundaries left over from the morning's action on wednesday 

 

Given the progged SCP values and 850-500 mb crossover shear with the GFS, SREF and NAM, this doesn't surprise me.

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