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...MID ATLANTIC REGION INTO THE CAROLINAS...

MORNING SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW A BROAD UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN

UNITED STATES...WITH SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGHS EMBEDDED IN THE

WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW OVER THE TN/OH VALLEYS INTO THE

APPALACHIANS. AT THE SURFACE...A LOW IS ANALYZED OVER OH WITH A

COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO PARTS OF KY/TN. THE AIR MASS

AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS QUITE MOIST AND WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER

60S TO LOWER 70S...BUT WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER IS LIMITING HEATING SO

FAR TODAY. THESE CLOUDS ARE LIKELY TO THIN THIS AFTERNOON...LEADING

TO AT LEAST MODERATE CAPE VALUES FROM CENTRAL VA SOUTHWARD.

PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORMS WILL INTENSIFY ALONG/AHEAD OF

THE COLD FRONT FROM CENTRAL/EASTERN WV SOUTHWARD INTO WRN VA/NC BY

EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD QUICKLY EASTWARD AND

CONGEAL INTO ONE OR MORE SEGMENTED LINEAR MCS/S. RATHER STRONG

WINDS ALOFT AND AMPLE MOISTURE/INSTABILITY WILL POSE A RISK OF

WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG THIS LINE AS IT TRACKS ACROSS

THE ENH RISK AREA.

A WARM FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS PARTS OF NRN VA/MD INTO THE WV

PANHANDLE. BACKED LOW LEVEL WINDS IN VICINITY OF THIS BOUNDARY IS

RESULTING IN VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES QUITE FAVORABLE FOR ROTATING

STORMS AND PERHAPS TORNADOES LATER TODAY. A FEW OF THE COMPLICATING

FACTORS INCLUDE THE EXTENT THAT CLOUD COVER WILL LIMIT

DESTABILIZATION IN THIS ZONE...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR NUMEROUS STORMS

TO INTERFERE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND DISRUPT LOW LEVEL CIRCULATIONS.

NEVERTHELESS HAVE MAINTAINED THE AREA OF ENHANCED TORNADO

PROBABILITIES OVER PARTS OF THIS AREA.

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Here is a very broad view of all of the interactions happening today as part of the larger trough-lows complex. I didn't leave the map visible through the satellite layer due to how the front and low affecting us stands out clearly.  Definitely do visit preview.weather.gov/edd for a place to view transcontinental stitched satellite images wtih an archive of about 36 hrs! 

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PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...80 PERCENT SUMMARY...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS MUCH OF SERN VA BY 18-19Z WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT INCREASINGLY SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS AND A FEW TORNADOES. DISCUSSION...VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CLEARING OVER PARTS OF ERN VA AND ESPECIALLY NC WITH A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE. SELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL ADD TO THE DESTABILIZATION VIA THETA-E ADVECTION ACROSS THE REGION AND FARTHER N INTO MD LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE SURFACE LOW DEEPENS TO THE W...LOW-LEVEL FLOW IS EXPECTED TO BACK AND STRENGTHEN FURTHER...WHICH WILL MAINTAIN FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL SRH ALONG THE DIFFUSE WARM FRONT FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES GIVEN AMPLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SEVERE STORM COVERAGE ALONG THE WARM FRONT WILL BE ISOLATED. HOWEVER...STORMS THAT DO FULLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EXISTING LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WHILST HAVING INFLOW ROOTED IN THE HIGHER-CAPE AIR MASS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

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RAH Disco...

THERE IS LITTLE CHANGE IN THE THINKING REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL FLOW WILL RESULT IN SUFFICIENT SHEAR TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. INSTABILITY HAS BEEN RETARDED BY WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS THIS MORNING BUT WE EXPECT THE SUN TO BREAK OUT AT TIMES AND PRODUCE MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH MLCAPE VALUES RANGING BETWEEN 1500-2500 J/KG. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE MARGINAL HOWEVER AND WILL RANGE (5.5-6.0 C/KM). THE SPC MAINTAINS THE ELEVATED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS RESULTING FROM TO DAMAGING WINDS GIVEN THE STRONG MID-LEVEL FLOW...MODERATE TO STRONG UPDRAFTS AND PRECIPITATION LOADING. HAIL IS ALSO A THREAT GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED UPDRAFTS IN SUPERCELLS. THE TORNADO RISK IS SMALL BUT EXISTS GENERALLY CLOSE TO THE VA BORDER IN CLOSER VICINITY TO THE ENHANCED LOW LEVEL SHEAR NEAR A NORTHWARD ADVANCING WARM FRONT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WEST AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT IN THE EAST. ANTICIPATING THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONVECTION AND REFINING MANY DETAILS IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF RAINFALL IS PROBLEMATIC. HOWEVER THERE IS STILL A SUFFICIENT POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN GIVEN PW VALUES OF 1.9 TO 2.0 INCHES. THIS COMBINED WITH THE CONVECTION LIKELY OCCURRING IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS WARRANTS MAINTAINING THE WATCH. -BLAES
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There is agreement between NAM, GFS, CMC, HRRR that the upstate will not see any significant rainfall or storms. I really doubt we see anything other than scattered storms. The models certainly aren't close to even showing any upscale organized convection here.

GSP seems to disagree with your assessment and the short range models haven't been good for sh!t lately!
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GSP seems to disagree with your assessment and the short range models haven't been good for sh!t lately!

 

I agree that the short range models have been pretty bad for our area.  However, I don't think you can ignore the fact that the forecast is going against every model out there.  You would think there would be a least some model support for this scenario.  I guess we will see how it plays out.  I think further east has a much higher chance of seeing something.

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Here is a very broad view of all of the interactions happening today as part of the larger trough-lows complex. I didn't leave the map visible through the satellite layer due to how the front and low affecting us stands out clearly.  Definitely do visit preview.weather.gov/edd for a place to view transcontinental stitched satellite images wtih an archive of about 36 hrs!

Without a geographical overlay, that map is nearly useless.
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The clouds are really breaking up to my north and west. Nothing but blue skies to the northwest.

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF WAKE COUNTY UNTIL345 PM EDT...AT 241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEW HILL...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...RALEIGH...CARY...WAKE FOREST...GARNER...FUQUAY-VARINA...ZEBULON...RDUINTERNATIONAL...APEX...HOLLY SPRINGS AND MORRISVILLE.
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