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Potential Major Storm 9/18


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Can someone just give me a quick lesson on wind and temperature inversion? If there is a lack of a temperature inversion, the winds just above the surface have more of a chance to mix down to the surface to cause windier conditions? What exactly are the mechanics on why some wind events flourish and others never pan out? Thanks...

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Here at the Battery, which does terrifically in southerly wind events (e.g., lots of tree damage in Irene) winds are already gusting into the 30's. We'd helped, of course, by the nice expanse of warm water to our south and the wall of buildings which tends to deflect the winds just off the deck to the ground, so I'm not sure how "fair" the winds are. Already plenty of twigs/ very small branches down in Jeanette Park, as this is a lot of wind for leafed-out trees to handle.

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New MD. 80% chance of Tornado Watch issued soon:

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1959

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1014 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...NRN DE...ERN PA...NJ..SE NY...WRN CT

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY

VALID 181514Z - 181645Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...80 PERCENT

SUMMARY...THE SEVERE THREAT IS LIKELY TO INCREASE ACROSS NRN

DE...ERN PA...NJ...SE NY AND WRN CT THIS AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED

TORNADO THREAT ALONG WITH A POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE WILL DEVELOP

AS STORMS ORGANIZE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IN RESPONSE...WW

ISSUANCE WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY ACROSS THE REGION.

DISCUSSION...A LARGE CANOPY OF RAINFALL IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS

THE CNTRL APPALACHIAN FOOTHILLS FROM CNTRL NY SWD INTO NRN VA WITH

SOME REFLECTIVITY ENHANCEMENT SHOWING UP ACROSS CNTRL PA AND WRN MD.

THIS ENHANCEMENT IS LINED UP DIRECTLY ALONG THE LOW TO MID-LEVEL JET

WITH ABOUT 60 KT OF FLOW EVIDENT ON THE STERLING AND STATE COLLEGE

WSR-88D VWPS. THIS JET FEATURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE NEWD WITH TIME

THIS AFTERNOON INCREASING LOW-LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES IN THE VICINITY

OF NEWARK AND NEW YORK CITY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AS A

RESULT...CELLS WITHIN THE LINE MAY BEGIN TO ROTATE AND A TORNADO

THREAT SHOULD DEVELOP. AS THE LINE ORGANIZES AND SFC TEMPS WARM JUST

AHEAD OF THE LINE...A WIND DAMAGE THREAT IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE

BOWING LINE SEGMENTS.

..BROYLES/MEAD.. 09/18/2012

ATTN...WFO...OKX...ALY...PHI...BGM...CTP...

http://www.spc.ncep..../md/md1959.html

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Just had a nice heavy but extremely brief rain shower move through. Definitely some solid mixing going on as it gusted into the 40's during the shower with small branches flying through the air.

If this is a sign of things to come later I think Upton should have went with the HWW to cover gusts to 60 during heavy convection.

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Tornado watch has been issued to our South already goes up to southern jersy bill eevans says thats what's coming our way you guys think the watch gets extended North to our area??

see the mesoscale discussion posted above. 80% chance of tornado watch issuance. It means as gkrangers said that it'll likely be issued soon

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WT 0643

PROBABILITY TABLE:

PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 50%

PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /F2-F5/ TORNADOES : 20%

PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 80%

PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 65 KNOTS : 30%

PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : <05%

PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES : <05%

PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : 90%

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WT 0643

PROBABILITY TABLE:

PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 50%

PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /F2-F5/ TORNADOES : 20%

PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 80%

PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 65 KNOTS : 30%

PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : <05%

PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES : <05%

PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : 90%

What area does this affect?

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