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June 1, 2012 - Severe Thunderstorms/Tornadoes Event


Kmlwx

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given that the nws never confirmed a tornado, I'd go with it didn't happen. Probably some decent straightline wind damage. The environment down there was not favorable for tornadoes.

Well not sure if they determined anything yet since it was on Tuesday, they probably looked yesterday so idk how long it takes to decide but today or tomorrow i'd guess? How that grass in the field was blown down was cool looking. You watch the video?

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Well not sure if they determined anything yet since it was on Tuesday, they probably looked yesterday so idk how long it takes to decide but today or tomorrow i'd guess? How that grass in the field was blown down was cool looking. You watch the video?

I'd guess a microburst or something of that nature.

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Well not sure if they determined anything yet since it was on Tuesday, they probably looked yesterday so idk how long it takes to decide but today or tomorrow i'd guess? How that grass in the field was blown down was cool looking. You watch the video?

I'd guess a microburst or something of that nature.

Could you guys take this to another thread? Like Tuesday's thread about that threat since its already done and over with?

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yeah, not as impressive as I was hoping for.

skewt/hodo from 12z NAM for BWI at 21z Friday

LI values are only -2.4, not very impressive.

CAPE is ~1200, not very impressive.

Convective temp is 85*, which is rather high, given what will probably be a contaminated warm sector with intermittent sunshine. Starting to think we do not see a MOD Risk, but get a 30% wind, 5% tornado, 15% hail. Perhaps a Hatched area for wind with the 1730 SWODY1 should more sunshine materialize and allow thunderstorms to tap the better winds aloft.

EDIT: I made a mistake on the TOR number and re-adjusted it to 5%, thought it went 2% -> 10%. My bad.

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LI values are only -2.4, not very impressive.

CAPE is ~1200, not very impressive.

Convective temp is 85*, which is rather high for what will probably be a contaminated warm sector with intermittent sunshine. Starting to think we do not see a MOD Risk, but get a 30% wind, 10% tornado, 15% hail. Perhaps a Hatched area for wind with the 1730 SWODY1 should more sunshine materialize and allow thunderstorms to tap the better winds aloft.

LWX discussion is still saying light rain showers over western and southern portion of the CWA Friday morning.

As it has been mentioned, morning showers and how fast they clear the area will be key to what can build later in the day

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LWX discussion is still saying light rain showers over western and southern portion of the CWA Friday morning.

As it has been mentioned, morning showers and how fast they clear the area will be key to what can build later in the day

I can recall some good severe days with a few showers early in the day (maybe June 4, 2008?). I read somewhere once that it serves to increase low level moisture?

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I can recall some good severe days with a few showers early in the day (maybe June 4, 2008?). I read somewhere once that it serves to increase low level moisture?

June 4th 2008 did indeed have morning showers. In that thread I posted yesterday from Eastern someone had posted a loop of the whole day.

But, I think the morning showers were spotty in nature, which sounds like what tomorrow would be too

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yeah...SE surface winds are nice...but they remain SE at too high of a level to really get 0-1km helicity to anything of note.

I think it should be a 2% but I'd not be surprised to see them go 5%. Comparatively I still think the other day was a better setup for tornadoes over NY etc.

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I can recall some good severe days with a few showers early in the day (maybe June 4, 2008?). I read somewhere once that it serves to increase low level moisture?

We have plenty of moisture at all levels, we have too much moisture. I'm worried that we won't have enough CAPE to lift the heavy water logged parcels.

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I think it should be a 2% but I'd not be surprised to see them go 5%. Comparatively I still think the other day was a better setup for tornadoes over NY etc.

Even though the setup may not be super favorable - 5% tornado risks are not all that uncommon. I would say that we generally get a 5% when there's a 30%. 10% is where the rarity comes in. Maybe you are jaded by your tornado trip ;) - Still, it's not the percentages that matter - it's the end result!

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