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2013 Mt. Holly CWA Convection Thread


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yea but we are lacking in mid lvl lapse rates. Also not sure have as pronounced of a trigger like we did yesterday. Gotta see what that stuff by state college does.

Yeah, but CAPE already takes into account mid level lapse rates. The trigger is going to be the issue.

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Just outside of the box.

 

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING
   IN BROAD ARC OF WEAK TO NONEXISTENT MLCINH EVIDENT FROM CENTRAL NY
   SWWD ACROSS NERN THROUGH NWRN PA...WITH COVERAGE EXPECTED TO
   INCREASE AS FOREGOING AIR MASS CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE
   DIABATICALLY.  ONE POTENTIAL GENESIS AREA FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTION
   COULD BE LAKE-BREEZE BOUNDARIES...ESPECIALLY COMING OFF LE OVER NERN
   OH AND PA.  AS THESE TRENDS CONTINUE AND SHIFT EWD ACROSS HUDSON
   VALLEY...CENTRAL-ERN PA AND NERN OH...PRIMARY STORM MODE SHOULD BE
   MULTICELLULAR...PERHAPS EVOLVING INTO SMALL BOWS WHERE ANY
   PRECIP-LOADING RELATED COLD POOLS CAN DEVELOP FOR
   FORWARD-PROPAGATIONAL PURPOSES.  SFC DEW POINTS RANGE FROM MID-60S F
   OVER MUCH OF PA TO UPPER 60S AND LOW 70S ON OH AND ERN NY AND
   PORTIONS VT...CONTRIBUTING TO PATCHWORK OF MLCAPE VALUES RANGING
   FROM 1000-2000 J/KG NEAR SFC MOIST AXES...GIVEN ANOTHER COUPLE HOURS
   OF INSOLATION-RELATED WARMING APPLIED TO RAOBS AND MODEL FCST
   SOUNDINGS.  WEAK MID-UPPER PERTURBATION MOVING EWD ACROSS ERN
   ONT/WRN NY REGION ALSO MAY BE CONTRIBUTING DESTABILIZATION ALOFT VIA
   DCVA.

   LIMITING FACTORS FOR ORGANIZED SVR POTENTIAL INCLUDE
   1. LACK OF ANY OTHER SUBSTANTIAL/SIGNIFICANT LOW-LEVEL BOUNDARIES
   FOR FOCI...AT LEAST INITIALLY PRIOR TO ANY COLD-POOL FORMATION...
   2. WEAK SFC FLOW...LIMITING CONVERGENCE...AND
   3. WEAK DEEP SHEAR ACROSS THIS ENTIRE AREA -- EFFECTIVE SHEAR
   MAGNITUDES ONLY 15-25 KT.

 

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So they are directly related? Why is it on the meso page the mid level lapse rates are running under 5.5 while the cape is very high?

Without looking that closely, I would assume the low level lapse rates are high to allow positively buoyant parcels to have large low level accelerations. Certainly, in a classic capped atmosphere, you need strong mid-level lapse rates, but with weak (or no) caps, low level moisture and heating can overcome neutrally buoyant mid-levels. For example, in the tropics, CAPEs are often >1000 J/kg, but the mid-level atmosphere is basically moist neutral.

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Looks like we'll be staying up late for the MCS.  Hopefully it's a good one.

Dont you mean DERECHO?!? ;)

 

 

Judging from the update we may have been bumped from the stuff that moved through earlier. Not sure though.

 

   ...MIDWEST/OH VALLEY INTO THE NORTHEAST...   PRIMARY CHANGES WERE TO ADJUST PROBABILITIES BASED ON WHERE   SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS ARE PRESENT ATTM AND EXPECTED TO EVOLVE   THROUGH THE EVENING. A MIX OF SEVERE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IS   ANTICIPATED ACROSS NEW ENGLAND DOWNSTREAM OF AN MCV IN ERN NY.   FARTHER WEST ACROSS THE MIDWEST/OH VALLEY...SEVERAL CLUSTERS APPEAR   PROBABLE TO DEVELOP ALONG WARM SECTOR CONFLUENCE BANDS EVIDENT IN   VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY...WITHIN A MODERATE TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE   AIR MASS. PRIMARY RISK SHOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH SOME   SEVERE HAIL.
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Severe storm watch issued

 

sounds modest but encouraging

 DISCUSSION...S CNTRL PA SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GENERALLY ESE AT
   40 KTS INTO THE UPR CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION AND LWR DELAWARE VLY
   THROUGH MID-EVE. THE WRN END OF THE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM
   COULD...HOWEVER...TAKE A BIT MORE OF A RIGHTWARD /SSE/ TURN IN THE
   NEXT HOUR OR TWO AS IT FURTHER CRESTS THE BLUE RIDGE MTNS. AREA VWP
   DATA...COUPLED WITH THE 00Z IAD RAOB THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE...SUGGEST
   ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL FORWARD-PROPAGATING
   LINE SEGMENTS WITH A POTENTIAL FOR DMGG WIND...DESPITE ONSET OF
   NIGHTFALL.

   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
   A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 30030.


   ...CORFIDI

Corfidi is supposed to be one of the better ones too (according to one of my profs)

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Yeah, it looks like Reisterstown, MD had a 51kt gust with the outflow.

 

Martin State Airport gusted to 53 kts.

 

KMTN 260248Z AUTO 29031G53KT 10SM SCT065 28/17 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W THRU N

 

Looks like the line held together more farther south.  Actually pretty common to have the area of highest winds dive south in a squall line like that.

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