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June 21-27 Severe Weather


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a whole bunch of yesterday's 12z runs did a nice job with the ongoing MCS (edit in fact ARW even had rem ants diving into N. MO which looks possible)...it should start to crap the bed before too long but should hold together long enough to bring MKE and ORD some showers.

 

SPC mentions possible action downstream from the watch.  Clear skies here so we may be able to build some instability.

 

GIVEN THE WELL ESTABLISHED BOWING TSTM LINE WITH A LARGE MCS ACROSS
THE UPPER MS VALLEY...A STRONG REAR INFLOW JET AND CONTINUED
DEVELOPMENT OF A COLD POOL...THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO SPREAD E AND SE OF WW 332.

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Interesting the warning states it is expected to intensify in the short term.

 

short term and to the east are very different things.  The segment west of Madison ingested the mini WAA wing and is bowing nicely...it's still going to push into a much more hostile environment before too long.  the only wildcard is if it can hang together in decent shape long enough for our area to destabilize and maybe see a second wind.

 

MKE sounds like they have a good handle

 

THIS WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW REGIME IS

TYPICALLY DIFFICULT TO RESOLVE DETAILED CONVECTIVE TRENDS BEYOND

ABOUT 12HRS. CONVECTION BEYOND 12HRS DEPENDS HIGHLY ON THE BEHAVIOR

OF CONVECTION IN THE PRECEDING 12HRS. FOR INSTANCE...ALL THE HI

RESOLUTION SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE

CONVECTION OVER MN EARLY THIS MORNING. EARLIER MODEL RUNS DEVELOPED

THIS INTO A BIG BOW ECHO THAT RACED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AROUND

12Z. THE REALITY IS THAT IT IS STAYING UP TO THE NORTH MUCH LONGER

AND MAY END UP JUST SKIRTING THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA BEFORE

DIMINISHING WITH TYPICAL DIURNAL TRENDS. THE TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST

NEEDS THE COLD POOL DYNAMICS TO GET ORGANIZED AND THAT APPEARS TO BE

HAPPENING AROUND 07Z THIS MORNING. EACH HRRR RUN HAS BEEN BACKING

OFF ON THE SPEED AND OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. THE NOSE OF THE LOW LEVEL

JET AND BEST INSTABILITY ARE TO THE WEST AND NORTH...BUT WILL LEAN

NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA TODAY. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO BE TOO BULLISH

ON SFC MOISTURE. FOR NOW...THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A CONSENSUS THAT WE

WILL LIKELY SEE THE MN CONVECTION ROLL ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING

AS THE LOW LEVEL JET AND MOISTURE LEAN INTO THE AREA.  THIS SHOULD

LAY OUT A LOW LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE THAT COULD BE THE FOCUS FOR MORE

CONVECTION LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WE SHOULD SEE ANOTHER MCS DEVELOP

OUT IN THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND ROLL INTO THE CWA LATER

TONIGHT.  SO LONG STORY SHORT...LOOK FOR MORNING CONVECTION TO

DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER ROUND LATE TONIGHT INTO

SATURDAY MORNING.  TEMPS MIGHT BE HELD DOWN A BIT TODAY IF WE ARE

SLOW TO SCOUR OUT THE MORNING CONVECTIVE DEBRIS.  TEMPS WON/T DROP

TOO FAR TONIGHT AS WE ARE SOLIDLY IN THE WARM SECTOR.

 

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yeah that was a money call

key is just north of Dubuque area right now....where that cold pool southward running meets the slowly progressing eastward extent...now it looks like a bow....but we will see soon if the that south push out runs the east push...will tell the story for the next day (or 2 even with the boundaries that you alluded to)

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key is just north of Dubuque area right now....where that cold pool southward running meets the slowly progressing eastward extent...now it looks like a bow....but we will see soon if the that south push out runs the east push...will tell the story for the next day (or 2 even with the boundaries that you alluded to)

 

I think it will...but I also thing the south push will help hold the instability/theta-e gradient further south again this evenight/tonight, so i'd expect another hard right turn. 

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FWIW, and it's not much...

 

10z HRRR seems to maintain the complex for RFD through Geosland. Of course, the 9z run crapped out (moved thru to the north) the initial complex and reignited another in Iowa that largely missed Chicago to the west and south. Pick your poison.

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FWIW, and it's not much...

 

10z HRRR seems to maintain the complex for RFD through Geosland. Of course, the 9z run crapped out (moved thru to the north) the initial complex and reignited another in Iowa that largely missed Chicago to the west and south. Pick your poison.

 

 

9z looks more realistic based on current radar trends.  I do wonder if the dying line will refired over the area early this afternoon if we destabilize enough...already up to 80 on the bank clock.

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 MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1150
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0807 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

   AREAS AFFECTED...NERN-ERN IA/ERN AND SRN WI/NRN IL

   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 333...

   VALID 211307Z - 211400Z

   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 333
   CONTINUES.

   SUMMARY...A NEW WW MAY BE NEEDED TO THE SOUTH OF WW 333 THIS MORNING
   AS A BOWING LINE OF STORMS IN SWRN WI TO FAR NERN IA TRACKS
   SEWD...REACHING FAR NRN IL AND PART OF EAST CENTRAL IA JUST AFTER
   14Z.  DAMAGING WIND THREAT MAY EXTEND INTO ERN WI...THOUGH A MORE
   STABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH NWD EXTENT COULD LIMIT THIS THREAT IN NERN
   WI.

   FARTHER W...ISOLATED HAIL REMAINS A THREAT IN PARTS OF NRN IA TO THE
   WEST OF WW 333.

   DISCUSSION...AT 1245Z...MOSAIC RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED THE NRN EXTENT
   OF A BOWING LINE OF TSTMS...NOW APPROACHING ERN WI HAS BEGUN TO
   WEAKEN IN INTENSITY...THOUGH REMAINS MOVING EWD AT 40-45 KT.  THE
   SRN EXTENT OF THIS LINE...NOW MOVING SEWD AT 40-45 KT THROUGH SWRN
   WI AND FAR NERN IA...COULD PERSIST A FEW MORE HOURS ACROSS SRN WI
   WITH A PORTION OF THE LINE MOVING INTO NRN IL/EAST CENTRAL IA JUST
   AFTER 14Z.  ALTHOUGH AN INSTABILITY GRADIENT EXTENDED INTO ERN IA
   AND NRN IL...THE BOWING LINE WILL MOVE SOUTH OF STRONGER FLOW ALOFT
   THAT COULD LIMIT ITS FORWARD SPEED AND OVERALL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
   SOUTH OF WW 333.

   MEANWHILE...THE NRN EXTENT OF THE LINE MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL AND
   NERN WI SHOULD BECOME ELEVATED /OR MORE ELEVATED WITH TIME/ GIVEN A
   MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT INTO THESE AREAS PER 12Z GRB SOUNDING.

   ADDITIONAL ELEVATED STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS
   FAR NRN IA WITHIN A LOW LEVEL WAA REGIME ALONG AND NORTH OF A SWD
   MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.  MODERATE INSTABILITY AND BULK SHEAR OF
   35-40 KT REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS.

 

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9z looks more realistic based on current radar trends.  I do wonder if the dying line will refired over the area early this afternoon if we destabilize enough...already up to 80 on the bank clock.

 

11z moves the west wing through Chicago. Alright, too much HRRR talk. Good luck up there. 

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Curious to see what this does...on the road to NC for vacation so I'm sure something decent will happen with this. Looking at mesoanalysis...overall shear drops off south of the IL/WI border and the *best* moisture is west of I-39 but with sunshine ahead of this thing and already a good reservoir of MUCAPE, it should continue for awhile. Steering winds become really weak so going to dump a lot of water with the slow movement. Hopefully at least a good shelf. I love the morning MCS setups that continue enough with late morning/afternoon sunshine and hit that instability. This one will have a harder time in IL with only 20kts of shear

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