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August 2012 Obs/Disc


Ellinwood

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closed lows are a pain..

spc seemed overly boring tho. segments/batches/low topped sups all seem possible with the airmass/shear.

I like the profiles across the Mid Atlantic Friday but the wind speeds are poor on the models right now. The curse of the disjointed upper low! If we can get the winds to increase aloft, I think isolated tornadoes would become a bigger threat for sure.

I agree with you that segments with low topped supercells can easily form with this setup.

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For the past 6 weeks it seems like every storm dries up and fires somewhere else at it approaches my hood. I can drive a few miles in either direction and be in much better shape. I feel like Matti g, missing on everything. Dry still!

That's why they call them "scattered" showers. :violin:

Sooner or later, the law of averages will catch up with you and reverse the trend. I've watched a few good'uns this summer just barely miss MBY.

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LWX hitting Friday

FRIDAY...SFC LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE ERN GREAT LAKES WITH THE COLD

FRONT CROSSING THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR

CONVECTIVE STORMS. RAISED POPS TO CATEGORICAL I-95 AND WEST...WITH A

HEAVY RAIN MENTION WEST FROM THE BLUE RIDGE. DESPITE THE TROUGH/COLD

FRONT APPROACHING...SHEAR LOOKS TO ONLY SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH THE

DAY. LINES/LINE SEGMENTS OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST

ACROSS THE CWA. BEST TIMING FOR BALT-WASH CORRIDOR CURRENTLY LOOKS

TO BE FRIDAY EVENING. THEREFORE CATEGORICAL POPS WERE HELD ONTO EAST

OF I-95 AFTER 00Z FRIDAY FOR THE ONGOING ACTIVITY. THIS IS A

SLIGHTLY SLOWER SOLUTION THAT PREVIOUS...SO THE TIMING IS NOT TOO

CONFIDENT AS OF THIS TIME. SPC CONTINUES SLIGHT RISK FOR DAY THREE

WITH DAMAGING WINDS AS MAIN THREAT. CONSIDERING LOW SHEAR AND GULF

MOISTURE PLUME FLASH FLOODING WOULD ALSO BE A SIGNIFICANT

THREAT...FOLLOWED BY HAIL IN THE TALL/SKINNY CAPE. LOW LEVEL SHEAR

APPEARS MUCH TOO LOW FOR A TORNADO THREAT. MAX TEMPS MID 80S WITH

LOTS OF CLOUDS AND THE PRECIP.

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the low level shear is iffy but i dunno if i agree with them throwing it totally under the bus. we'll see when they issue a tornado warning or two on friday. ;)

Did seem odd to dismiss it like that...

18z NAM isn't too shabby for Friday afternoon in the DC area:

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Mid-level shear certainly isn't impressive, but it's not impossible for tornadoes in this kind of environment.

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CTP:

A SVR WEATHER THREAT

SHOULD ALSO UNFOLD AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN THE VERY MOIST WARM

SECTOR. SLIGHT RISK FROM SPC CONTINUES TO ENCOMPASS MUCH OF CWA

EAST OF THE ALLEGHENY FRONT. THERE WILL BE A SOMEWHAT CONDITIONAL

DMGG WIND THREAT AS STRONG WARMING OCCURS IN CLOUD-BREAKS AND

CONTRIBUTES TO POTENTIAL MODERATE INSTABILITY. ANOTHER SCENARIO TO

CONSIDER IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SECONDARY TRIPLE POINT LOW E OF

THE APPLCHNS...WHICH MAY ACT TO ENHANCE LOW LEVEL SHEAR INVOF WARM

FRONTAL ZONE NEAR SE PA.

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The new 00z NAM and 21z SREF are painting a pretty decent picture FRI PM for a good chunk of PA. The SIG TOR probs came up on the SREF and the NAM is now developing an appreciable LLJ (30-35kts) in PA.

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The new 00z NAM and 21z SREF are painting a pretty decent picture FRI PM for a good chunk of PA. The SIG TOR probs came up on the SREF and the NAM is now developing an appreciable LLJ (30-35kts) in PA.

yeah i was just kinda drooling at that. i think the primary risk zone is perhaps n md into c pa for now. im not confident the area highlighted by sref is not too far north, particularly if there is a secondary lee low of some sort which does seem possible.

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