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June 2012 Severe Weather/Convection Discussion


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A SEASONABLE DAY IS ON TAP WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S. SIMILAR TO

YESTERDAY...STEEP LAPSE RATES WITH THE UPPER LOW TO THE EAST

ACROSS THE CANADIAN MARITIMES WILL ALLOW FOR PARTY SUNNY SKIES BY

AFT. A WEAK SHEAR...MARGINAL CAPE ENVIRONMENT WILL ALLOW FOR SCT

CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE HILLS NORTH AND WEST OF NYC AND

THEN WEAKEN AS THEY PROPAGATE SE TOWARD THE COAST. WET-BULB ZERO

VALUES ARE IDEAL FOR HAIL AS WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...

BUT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE HAS DECREASED. THUS...AN ISOLATED

STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS STILL POSSIBLE. ANY CONVECTION

SHOULD SHUT DOWN BY EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

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LOL. bit of a stretch to call that a line of storms, no? very weak reflectivity. Showers, yes, storms? Noso much.

I dont really look at the strength of reflectivity on models, especially the NAM. Its showing a line of rain that usually has storms in it.

We'll see by 2pm if anything pops.

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I took these pictures around 745p on the Goethel's Bridge going from NJ to Staten Island last night. Wicked looking supercell with a beautiful rainbow and CTG lighting. Great storm

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It looks like we'll continue with the steep mid level lapse rates and cold temps aloft today. We'll have a bit more CAPE

with less clouds and more warming ahead of the storms than yesterday. So we may have a little better aerial coverage

with today's storms than yesterday.

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We might be on the SW fringe of more organized convective/severe threat Friday afternoon/evening. With shortwave trough and lee trough, dropping over New England, according to the NAM. There's a 30-40kt 700mb jet coming in from Upstate NY, later in the day too:

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I think tomorrow definitely has the potential to be more organized than the last several days of hailers underneath the upper level low. As mentioned above there is much better forcing with the shortwave diving south. The SPC SREF actually has some questionably high 3hr severe probabilities over New England.

Not surprised at the SPC slight risk -- and I think it could use some extension to the south and east in subsequent outlooks. Our area will definitely be on the fringes of the potential for a more organized threat.

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wondering what will be the lifting mechanism today.. doesn't look like there are any notable vorticity maximums... looks like heights are on the rise at 500 mb.. A lot of what develops might be orographically lifted showers/t-storms in the higher terrain.

it looks like a weak trough axis extending SW from the main vort and UL to our NE will swing through later.

You can already see convection developing to our north.

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it looks like a weak trough axis extending SW from the main vort and UL to our NE will swing through later.

You can already see convection developing to our north.

ok, that could be what it is.. I was thinking the placement of the development was right over the adirondacks and could be orographically influenced.. You can definitely see weak shortwaves at 500 mb passing just east of us and then there is one southwest of us diving into PA.

The threat definitely looks better tomorrow with that potent shortwave diving into northern new england.. wish it was a bit further south, but it's potent and it's fairly close and winds at 500 mb ramp up, even down in our area.. looking forward to hopefully seeing some action tomorrow.

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It will be interesting to see if some convection can develop on Saturday afternoon and evening as well. The NAM has some very weak lowered heights over Southern New England in response to a shortwave to our north. The window is small, as mid level heights are rising again by Sunday morning. But the SPC SREF has 40-50+ kts of 0-6km bulk shear which could support organized storms. The NAM has what looks like some convection along the periphery of the building mid level ridge at 00z Sunday, moving all the way from the International Border in ND/WI into the Northeast.

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..MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION

A WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH COOL MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES

/-16 TO -18C AT 500MB/ IS FORECAST TO MOVE SEWD ACROSS THE AREA

TODAY. RELATIVELY CLEAR SKIES WILL PROMOTE DIURNAL HEATING THIS

AFTERNOON...AND WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE 50S...THE AIR MASS

WILL BECOME MODESTLY UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPE OF 500-750 J/KG.

RELATIVELY LOW TOPPED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS

AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SEVERAL MAY PRODUCE MARGINAL HAIL AND

GUSTY WINDS.

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Interesting... radar shows nothing overhead, with the nearest storm about 10 miles to the west, yet it's been pouring here for the last few minutes.

6:30 edit: absolutely pouring here now, radar shows the core of the storm is directly overhead. Thunder really isn't impressive though.

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