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2013 Mid-Atlantic Severe General Discussion


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With the pattern so Nina'y and much more cold air potential than last year I think the odds of an active next few months are pretty good. Not necessarily up here but possibly. There are some hints of 2011 in there.. maybe a big Carolina event?

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Any guesses on possible severe in March?

Definitely not a good start. -NAO/-AO is killing the flow and shows no sign of going positive through the next two weeks. The +PNA spike we're going over the next 10-15 days won't help, either. If the MJO can stay amplified and go into phases 6-7 we might be able to kick up a ridge over the Southeast, but right now the other signals are dominating the pattern. The second half of March will pose more chances for severe if/when the -NAO relaxes or even goes positive. For now, I don't see anything notable on the horizon.

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Definitely not a good start. -NAO/-AO is killing the flow and shows no sign of going positive through the next two weeks. The +PNA spike we're going over the next 10-15 days won't help, either. If the MJO can stay amplified and go into phases 6-7 we might be able to kick up a ridge over the Southeast, but right now the other signals are dominating the pattern. The second half of March will pose more chances for severe if/when the -NAO relaxes or even goes positive. For now, I don't see anything notable on the horizon.

 

Yeah, I was just looking at this.

 

Checking the teleconnections on CPC's website, there appears to be a consensus towards a spike (potentially a large one) in the AO following this deep drop over the next ~10 days. In addition, as you mentioned, the NAO is trending gradually towards neutral/positive and there also appears to be a suggestion of the PNA eventually dropping off as well.

 

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Arc 10 or 10.1?

http://www.qgis.org/

 

I've been meaning to pick it up to try to learn but never heard of a good free program (or just didn't really inquire).. Kathryn from CWG noted it to me, so randomly downloaded it last night. I don't really know what I'm doing .. have enough background to sorta trial and error my way thru things with Google help. Seems pretty solid as a program though so far.

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Gasp...don't use made up terms in this thread. WE ARE LEARNED DOCTORS HERE.

In all seriousness though...I could go for some nice severe soon. I'm itching for it...

You'll be dreading severe after I beat you and ian up beyond recognition trying to learn this year. You've been warned and I might get 5 posted.

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You'll be dreading severe after I beat you and ian up beyond recognition trying to learn this year. You've been warned and I might get 5 posted.

 

I barely know anything myself. I just ramble when I see a risk area pop up, copy mesoscale discussions from SPC onto the forum and then when we fail I whine just like most whine for lack of snow. You will probably know more than me in no time! I just have not put the time into a lot of analysis learning ever. I probably should. 

All I know is that if I see lots of CAPE and shear on a sounding, we might be in for some fun...or not because we suck at everything except heat. 

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Gasp...don't use made up terms in this thread. WE ARE LEARNED DOCTORS HERE. 

In all seriousness though...I could go for some nice severe soon. I'm itching for it...

 

I'm right there with you. A good outbreak somewhere else so I can armchair chase would help too.  :D

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I love how people still don't realize TS David '79 went through the area.... or that before one starts to analyze the 500 mb pattern during a hurricane season outbreak, ond might want to look at whether there was a tropical cyclone passing nearby triggering the entire event. 

 

Of course we know how the Ivan outbreak worked out- just a reminder that some of the worse area-wide events have been a direct result of tropical cyclones. 

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