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April 16-17 storm obs/discussion


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instability still going to be an issue up here.. some big torn probs for around here tho. maybe ellinwood and jason will get their m/a torn though it'll prob be a rain-wrapped mess. ;)

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instability still going to be an issue up here.. some big torn probs for around here tho. maybe ellinwood and jason will get their m/a torn though it'll prob be a rain-wrapped mess. ;)

Yes to both instability and rain-wrapped mess, that being said 500 J/kg is probably going to be enough to get the job done, 1000-1500 J/kg would be golden.

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Yes to both instability and rain-wrapped mess, that being said 500 J/kg is probably going to be enough to get the job done, 1000-1500 J/kg would be golden.

I don't think we get to 500 J/kg with the southeast winds thought we'll probably be in the 200-300 which might be enough. Plenty helicity.

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Upgrading to high risk for eastern NC.

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0454

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1116 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN NC

CONCERNING...OUTLOOK UPGRADE

VALID 161616Z - 161715Z

AN UPGRADE TO HIGH RISK FOR THE 1630Z CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK UPDATE IS

FORTHCOMING FOR ERN NC. THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG

SHEAR/MODERATE INSTABILITY...INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...AND

LARGE SCALE ASCENT ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING LENDS

CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST FOR AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE

OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES.

..SMITH.. 04/16/2011

ATTN...WFO...AKQ...MHX...RAH...ILM...

LAT...LON 34047921 35927883 36467841 36547738 36417656 35997655

34857678 33877798 33787883 34047921

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0455

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1152 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...DC...PORTIONS VA...MD...DE...ERN PANHANDLE OF WV.

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY

VALID 161652Z - 161845Z

SVR THREAT....INCLUDING TORNADO/DAMAGING GUST RISK...IS FCST TO

INCREASE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON OVER AREAS N OF WW 150. WHILE NOT

AS BUOYANT AS FARTHER S...AIR MASS IS FCST TO DESTABILIZE AT LEAST

MRGL LEVELS THROUGH 21Z. GIVEN ALREADY FAVORABLE DEEP-LAYER

KINEMATIC PROFILES THAT ARE FCST TO STRENGTHEN WITH TIME AS

MID-UPPER TROUGH APCHS...WW IS ANTICIPATED.

16Z SFC MESOANALYSIS DEPICTS COLD FRONT MOVING EWD ACROSS

CENTRAL/NRN WV AND WRN VA...JUST BEHIND INCREASING

COVERAGE/INTENSITY OF TSTMS WITHIN CONVECTIVE BAND NEAR MWK-ROA-EKN

LINE. WARM FRONT WAS REDEVELOPING NWD ACROSS NC TO NEAR VA BORDER

AND WILL MOVE NWD ACROSS SRN/CENTRAL VA AND SRN MD...PERHAPS AS FAR

N AS DC AREA PRIOR TO ARRIVAL OF MAIN TSTM BAND. CLOUD

BREAKS...EVIDENT IN 1615Z VIS IMAGE OVER CENTRAL NC...WERE SPREADING

NWD INTO S-CENTRAL VA. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THETAE ADVECTION

ACCOMPANYING WARM FROPA TO RENDER SFC-BASED EFFECTIVE INFLOW

PARCELS...MINIMAL CINH AND AT LEAST WEAK MLCAPE OVER MUCH OF

CENTRAL/ERN VA...WHILE THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES OVER WRN/NRN VA WILL

REMAIN NEARLY NEUTRAL. BY 20Z...EXPECT 200-500 J/KG MLCAPE INTO

PORTIONS SWRN-CENTRAL VA AHEAD OF CONVECTIVE

BAND...SPREADING/EXPANDING NEWD TOWARD MD BY LATE AFTERNOON. AS

BUOYANT PROFILE DEVELOPS/DEEPENS...EFFECTIVE SHEAR 60-75 KT WILL

DEVELOP. MEANWHILE EFFECTIVE SRH NEAR 500 J/KG WILL OCCUR INVOF

WARM FRONT.

EXPECT MORE MERIDIONALLY ALIGNED MEAN WIND VECTORS WITH NWD

EXTENT...WHICH WILL BE LESS ORTHOGONAL TO CORRIDOR OF CONVECTIVE

FORCING. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MORE LINEAR MODAL TENDENCIES

ACROSS WRN/NWRN VA AND NWRN MD. HOWEVER...STG SFC ISALLOBARIC

FORCING WILL MAINTAIN RELATIVELY BACKED SFC WINDS AND ENLARGED

LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS. THIS INDICATES POTENTIAL FOR EMBEDDED

BOW/LEWP FEATURES TO ENHANCE WIND DAMAGE THREAT LOCALLY...AS WELL AS

TORNADOES RELATED TO BOTH EMBEDDED MESOCIRCULATIONS AND LEADING-EDGE

QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE FORCING.

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