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total lack of debris for our region but best parameters still well west.  Instability won't be the issue though.

 

 

We've become moderately unstable but i'm not seeing anything in the way of a trigger until whatever remnants sweep through well after dark.

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LOT update....

 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1200 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

.MESOSCALE DISCUSSION...
1158 AM CDT

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS INCREASING ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT MIDDAY. WATCH EXPECTED SOON FOR
WEST/SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE WFO LOT CWA.

LATE MORNING GOES WATER VAPOR DEPICTS A WELL-DEFINED MID-LEVEL SHORT
WAVE TROUGH OVER MISSOURI...PROPAGATING NORTH-NORTHEAST TOWARD
WESTERN IL. MOIST WARM SECTOR AIR MASS OVER IL.../SFC DEW POINT
TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 60S/...BECOMING UNSTABLE AS TEMPS WARM
ABOVE 80 DEG F...WITH SPC/RAP MESOANALYSIS INDICATING LITTLE/NO CIN
AND MLCAPE VALUES 1500-2000 J/KG ACROSS CENTRAL/NCNTRL IL. 40-50 KT
MID LEVEL FLOW PER UPSTREAM RAOB ANALYSIS SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE BULK
SHEAR VALUES OF 30-40 KT PER CURRENT MESO GRAPHICS. THIS SHOULD
SUPPORT ORGANIZED CONVECTION INTO THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR ROTATING STORMS ESPECIALLY WEST.

EXPECTATION IS THAT ISOLATED/SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL/WEST CENTRAL IL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS
AND EXPAND IN COVERAGE IN CLUSTERS OR SMALLER LINE SEGMENTS AS THEY
MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. SEVERE POTENTIAL OF
DAMAGING WINDS/HAIL WILL EXIST WITH STRONGER STORMS...WITH SOME
POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO GIVEN 20-30 KT 0-1 KM SHEAR PER
RAP ANALYSIS.

RATZER
 

 

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Tornado Watch out just west of CHI metro

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DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS LARGE-SCALE

FORCING INCREASES AHEAD OF MIDLEVEL TROUGH. THE AMBIENT AIR MASS IS

QUITE MOIST AND WHEN COUPLED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S IS

RESULTING IN MLCAPE OF 1000-2000 J/KG. GIVEN THE COLOCATION OF A

40-50 KT MIDLEVEL JET AND 40-50 KT LLJ...MORE THAN SUFFICIENT

VERTICAL SHEAR EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS AND BOWS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING

WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES.

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yeah, instability is fine but convergence/forcing looks to only graze the western CWA

 

What do you think about Milwaukee's chances?  Given the storm motion being NE/NNE, anything that develops in NC Illinois should approach the area, but I can't help but feel it will be another squandered opportunity despite the warm sticky conditions.

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What do you think about Milwaukee's chances?  Given the storm motion being NE/NNE, anything that develops in NC Illinois should approach the area, but I can't help but feel it will be another squandered opportunity despite the warm sticky conditions.

 

 

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D2 moderate out for tomorrow (for further west), hatched area extending into IL.

The hatching extends into the 15% area which is not something you see very often in this part of the country. Possibly an acknowledgement of the conditional potential of something significant if enough instability is realized.

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Severe thunderstorm watches issued in south western Ontario. Honestly I don't really see all the ingredients coming together. PLENTY of instability and moisture to work with but lack of bulk shear leads me to think severity and sustained updrafts will be limited.

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