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March 2 Severe Potential and Observations


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MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA WORKS INTO THE WARM SECTOR BY EARLY

AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PULLS NORTH INTO ILLINOIS. VERY STRONG SURGE OF

MOISTURE INTO THE REGION SHOULD ENABLE DEWPOINTS TO SURGE INTO THE

50S BY MID AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY APPROACH 60 DEGREES OVER FAR

SOUTHERN INDIANA. MODELS FAVORING MLCAPES CLIMBING TO NEAR 500 J/KG

NEAR I-70 INCREASING TO AROUND 1000 J/KG OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES.

DYNAMICS WITH THIS SYSTEM LOOK EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE AS PRESENCE OF

POLAR VORTEX OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS PHASES AND SERVES TO AMPLIFY

THE TROUGHING ALOFT BY LATE DAY. MID AND UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE ARE

EXCELLENT OVER THE OHIO VALLEY BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH A NEGATIVELY

TILTED TROUGH ALOFT PRESSING THROUGH THE REGION AND MAYBE MORE

IMPRESSIVELY...A DUAL UPPER JET STRUCTURE WITH WINDS TO NEAR 130KT.

THE SPLITTING OF THE JETS RIGHT OVER THE REGION SHOULD SERVE TO

FURTHER ENHANCE DIFFLUENCE ALOFT AND VERTICAL VELOCITIES SUPPORTIVE

FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF INTENSE CONVECTION. AN 850MB JET INCREASING

TO NEAR 60KTS ALSO ADDING ITS WEIGHT WITH STRONG BL SHEAR AND 0-1KM

HELICITIES OF 100-200M2/S2 PRESENT. WHILE SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS

WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNT OF CLEARING THAT CAN TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE

WARM SECTOR BY AFTERNOON AND HOW FAR NORTH THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE

CAN GET...THE PRESENCE OF THE DYNAMICS/SHEAR/HELICITIES AND JET

STRUCTURE ALOFT ALONE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

From tonight's IND AFD with expectation of impending svr wx outbreak

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Looking at instability progs, that doesn't look like an issue.

Wait a sec, aren't the STI maps there valid at two different times on Friday? One looks like its progged for 00z and the other looks like 21z.

One was the old run and one the new one. Unsure beyond that.

I think the last two there show 0z

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00z high resolution NAM 4 continues to be much more unstable with ml cape over 2000 all the way to Kokomo. Also has the low a little stronger. 988 mb over far Northwestern Indiana by 22z. Winds backed across much of the Ohio Valley.

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Incredible how the NAM slowed down its front and the GFS sped up! Similar to the winter event a couple weeks ago down in TN and KY where the closer temporally we got to the event the farther away the models became.

This will make a huge difference on initiation and whether areas west of I-65 see much of anything on the front tomorrow in IN and KY. GFS has more support from the SREF members and RGEM for now, we'll see what the other models wind up doing.

By the way it looked like the RGEM had quite a bit of precip painted 12-0z but not sure how much of that was WAA compared to linear on the front.

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If I were SPC I would probably hold off on a high risk for the 6z outlook and wait to see what things look like in the morning. If it does happen, I believe the area most likely to see it would be much of southern IN, southwest OH, central KY and perhaps down into central TN.

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If I were SPC I would probably hold off on a high risk for the 6z outlook and wait to see what things look like in the morning. If it does happen, I believe the area most likely to see it would be much of southern IN, southwest OH, central KY and perhaps down into central TN.

Yeah, a pretty high-end moderate looks likely for those areas, and there's just way to many questions regarding timing/location along with how much instability can develop before initiation in the early afternoon. 13z outlook should be the first to upgrade to a high risk.

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If I were SPC I would probably hold off on a high risk for the 6z outlook and wait to see what things look like in the morning. If it does happen, I believe the area most likely to see it would be much of southern IN, southwest OH, central KY and perhaps down into central TN.

I agree. I'm staying up for the new Day 1 but don't expect any a High Risk to be issued. Hopefully they will give us a clue as their High Risk thinking though...

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WAA is most certainly under way. Shawnee, OK (east of OKC) has had a 16°C (28°F) rise in dewpoint in the last three hours, 4°C (7°F) in the last hour alone.

KSNL 020455Z AUTO 17012KT 7SM CLR 18/16 A2950 RMK AO2

KSNL 020435Z AUTO 17013KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A2950 RMK AO2

KSNL 020415Z AUTO 16011G15KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A2952 RMK AO2

KSNL 020355Z AUTO 16012G17KT 10SM CLR 18/12 A2952 RMK AO2

KSNL 020335Z AUTO 16011KT 10SM CLR 18/08 A2953 RMK AO2

KSNL 020315Z AUTO 16010KT 10SM CLR 19/05 A2954 RMK AO2

KSNL 020255Z AUTO 16010G15KT 10SM CLR 19/02 A2955 RMK AO2

KSNL 020235Z AUTO 14008KT 10SM CLR 17/00 A2955 RMK AO2

KSNL 020215Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM CLR 17/00 A2955 RMK AO2

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I agree. I'm staying up for the new Day 1 but don't expect any a High Risk to be issued. Hopefully they will give us a clue as their High Risk thinking though...

If any high risk, I would guess the strongest storms will be a line from Cincinatti to Nashville. Although the models have backed down a bit on the dynamics, but I wouldn't doubt we see an EF5 or two in that area tomorrow the way things are looking currently.

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If any high risk, I would guess the strongest storms will be a line from Cincinatti to Nashville. Although the models have backed down a bit on the dynamics, but I wouldn't doubt we see an EF5 or two in that area tomorrow the way things are looking currently.

 

I'd be careful to placing specific EF scale ratings on this, but the "violent tornado" wording certainly can't be ruled out at all within the coming Day 1 outlooks.

And given the rapid storm motions and large warm sector, these could easily be long-tracked.

Large area of very high STP at 21z tomorrow:

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The mid level jet streak with this thing is seriously impressive. You see winds like that from time to time but often displaced from good instability.

Yeah it really is a scary situation. I actually think SPC will in fact go high at 0600z. That kind of mid-upper level support, significant bombing surface cyclone, combined with deep moisture/instability is gonna do some serious damage unfortunately. Forecast soundings are extremely impressive over a wide area. KY and TN, and even northern AL look scary to me.

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Yeah it really is a scary situation.  I actually think SPC will in fact go high at 0600z.  That kind of mid-upper level support, significant bombing surface cyclone, combined with deep moisture/instability is gonna do some serious damage unfortunately.  Forecast soundings are extremely impressive over a wide area.  KY and TN, and even northern AL look scary to me.

I guess I wouldn't be too surprised either way. I like being cautious but the setup is concerning. I'd never say that so and so is going to see this, but Indiana hasn't had an F4 since 1998 and there's definitely a nonzero threat of that tomorrow.

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WAA is most certainly under way. Shawnee, OK (east of OKC) has had a 16°C (28°F) rise in dewpoint in the last three hours, 4°C (7°F) in the last hour alone.

KSNL 020455Z AUTO 17012KT 7SM CLR 18/16 A2950 RMK AO2

KSNL 020435Z AUTO 17013KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A2950 RMK AO2

KSNL 020415Z AUTO 16011G15KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A2952 RMK AO2

KSNL 020355Z AUTO 16012G17KT 10SM CLR 18/12 A2952 RMK AO2

KSNL 020335Z AUTO 16011KT 10SM CLR 18/08 A2953 RMK AO2

KSNL 020315Z AUTO 16010KT 10SM CLR 19/05 A2954 RMK AO2

KSNL 020255Z AUTO 16010G15KT 10SM CLR 19/02 A2955 RMK AO2

KSNL 020235Z AUTO 14008KT 10SM CLR 17/00 A2955 RMK AO2

KSNL 020215Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM CLR 17/00 A2955 RMK AO2

Impressive stuff.

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My prediction for a MDT at 06z (15% hatched tornado) remains unchanged.

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