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Spring/ Summer 2014 Convection Discussion


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When dealing with convection here and the threat for severe you have to be extremely patient and very understanding.  When it came to a day like today we had ingredients in place to produce severe, however, they all just didn't come together and we lacked the sufficient instability we needed.  While we talked over the past few days about the potential today sometimes I think some get a little carried away with the difference between "potential" and "what is going to happen".  

 

When it comes to convection, especially this part of the country you always have to be discussing and talking knowing that it's all potential...it's all dependent on A, B, C, etc and more times than none it all becomes a nowcasting event (even in the Plains it comes down to nowcasting at times...especially those setups where storm mode is a bit unclear until activity develops).  

 

Setups like today come with worlds of potential but everything has to fall in place and that's why it's not a good bet to just throw in the towel or give up b/c you just don't know.  We could have the same setup next Monday and next week could produce.  

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I'm not really sure what the scale system means...all I know is the brighter the colors the better lol

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Lol thanks, never seen that before. Gonna have to investigate. Looks like I'm going west tomorrow, aiming for that WY bullseye there. Or maybe just western mass.

Also, TWC has a torcon of less than two tomorrow. Hang up your hats, show's over. For sure.

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Lol thanks, never seen that before. Gonna have to investigate. Looks like I'm going west tomorrow, aiming for that WY bullseye there. Or maybe just western mass.

Also, TWC has a torcon of less than two tomorrow. Hang up your hats, show's over. For sure.

 

I think the TOR threat is still there...just a matter of mesoscale factors and what direction sfc winds decide to blow.  With 40-45 knots of vertical shear if you place that over 1500 J/KG of MLcape you're getting rotating updrafts.  

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When dealing with convection here and the threat for severe you have to be extremely patient and very understanding. When it came to a day like today we had ingredients in place to produce severe, however, they all just didn't come together and we lacked the sufficient instability we needed. While we talked over the past few days about the potential today sometimes I think some get a little carried away with the difference between "potential" and "what is going to happen".

When it comes to convection, especially this part of the country you always have to be discussing and talking knowing that it's all potential...it's all dependent on A, B, C, etc and more times than none it all becomes a nowcasting event (even in the Plains it comes down to nowcasting at times...especially those setups where storm mode is a bit unclear until activity develops).

Setups like today come with worlds of potential but everything has to fall in place and that's why it's not a good bet to just throw in the towel or give up b/c you just don't know. We could have the same setup next Monday and next week could produce.

99% of us didn't get carried away, because we know that "potential" around here is always low.

The same isn't true of snowstorms. That's why most people here prefer them, or for the general public, pay attention to them. There isn't anything more to it than that.

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NAM still continues to look rather interesting for eastern NY and western SNE. A little displaced from strongest LLJ which is east, but good enough I think.

 

It actually even develops an area of >1000 J/KG of MLcape across SE CT...so suggesting that possibility exists as well.  In fact, P&C sounding I did had 1258 J/KG of MLcape...that would be plenty

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It actually even develops an area of >1000 J/KG of MLcape across SE CT...so suggesting that possibility exists as well.  In fact, P&C sounding I did had 1258 J/KG of MLcape...that would be plenty

 

Well in theory you want some heating preceding the line, so that might work.

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Well in theory you want some heating preceding the line, so that might work.

 

Yeah that's what is going to have to be ironed out tomorrow.  I'm actually shocked though the NAM develops this axis across SE CT and some points east...you would think these areas might have higher likelihood of clouds.  Typically the NAM will paint the HV to CT border area for the higher values

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I think the TOR threat is still there...just a matter of mesoscale factors and what direction sfc winds decide to blow. With 40-45 knots of vertical shear if you place that over 1500 J/KG of MLcape you're getting rotating updrafts.

Lol I know, just mocking twc. They don't even have us in the red zone for thunderstorms tomorrow. They might be in for a surprise...

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Ramps everything up in the evening. Good enough to help support activity.

 

That ULJ streak of 110+ knots also continues to slowly push east tonight so at least western half of the region should be much closer to this that will provide some vigorous ascent.  

 

Also looking at another piece of energy which pushes north right over SNE around 6z...should help to keep sparking activity well into the overnight.  

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