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June 22-23 Severe Weather Outbreak


Stebo

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Man that shortwave is just absolutely nasty looking on the NAM. There is obviously some northern stream flow feeding this thing with a near 90 kt max at 500 mb at 00z Tuesday.

 

As if the setup isn't nasty already, it's going to get really ugly if we lay down a boundary that locally backs the winds.  The extreme forecast soundings that have been posted the past few days have had mostly S/SSW/SW winds.

 

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The NAM attempts to develop some stuff in S. MI/No. IN during the afternoon with some weak forcing in SWMI by 21z. Looks like it's leftover from the previous MCS but even an OFB or two could spark some discrete storms during the late afternoon. IWX's AFD mentioned the potential for some afternoon convection too: 

 

 

 

WITH POSSIBLE MESOSCALE
INFLUENCES FROM UPSTREAM CONVECTION AND THE LEADING EDGE OF ENHANCED
INSTABILITY WITH EML...POTENTIAL SEEMS TO BE THERE FOR SCATTERED
STORMS TO DEVELOP AT LEADING EDGE OF THIS POCKET OF STEEP MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES FROM MID MORNING-EARLY AFTERNOON. ADVANCING MID LEVEL
WARM LAYER SHOULD TEND TO SUPPRESS CONVECTION BY THE MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS FOR MOST OF THE AREA...ALTHOUGH LOCATIONS ACROSS THE
FAR NORTH AND FAR EAST WILL LIKELY HAVE A SOMEWHAT SMALLER
CONVECTIVE INHIBITION MAGNITUDE. WHILE HAVE OPTED TO KEEP POPS IN
THE LOW TO MID CHANCE RANGE...COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG
INSTABILITY AND ROBUST DEEP LAYER SHEAR PROFILES POSE SOME CAUSE FOR
CONCERN IN TERMS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THREAT DURING THE DAY MONDAY.

 

Obviously the real potential is further NW into WI/MI but there's still something to watch here. 

 

I think SPC has pretty good reason to go MDT at 17:30z

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Right over nrn IL into chi metro after 0z

Not sure why everyone is being so pessimistic about the potential here in nrn IL...

 

Even though I do realize there may be some MCS remnants, but we should recover perfectly fine after that as all the models indicate.

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I think it is moreso just in comparison to further north of here. There is plenty of dangerous potential over a good size area.

Yeah that makes sense but if you look at the AFD it just looks like the whole potential is going to be muddled by the MCS which I would not agree to completely.

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Yeah that makes sense but if you look at the AFD it just looks like the whole potential is going to be muddled by the MCS which I would not agree to completely.

Yeah, thats the catch 22...muddled can also lead to even more enhanced areas that are difficult to pin point at this juncture...via OFBs and subtle convergence points. Where as the strengthening surface reflection is a no brainer.

Either way, the NAM not backing down is a cause for concern IMO (i.e. dangerous potential)

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Yeah, thats the catch 22...muddled can also lead to even more enhanced areas that are difficult to pin point at this juncture...via OFBs and subtle convergence points. Where as the strengthening surface reflection is a no brainer.

Either way, the NAM not backing down is a cause for concern IMO (i.e. dangerous potential)

Agreed
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The NAM is super insistent on firing storms pretty far southwest enhanced by the outflow from the morning mcs which should be a good one. There could be a mini screw zone between this action and the better forcing north towards the parent low.

Also, despite unfavorable diurnal timing, the nocturnal mcs will encounter a much less hostile environment than we've seen lately and may be able to sustain longer than modeled right now.

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The NAM is super insistent on firing storms pretty far southwest enhanced by the outflow from the morning mcs which should be a good one. There could be a mini screw zone between this action and the better forcing north towards the parent low.

Also, despite unfavorable diurnal timing, the nocturnal mcs will encounter a much less hostile environment than we've seen lately and may be able to sustain longer than modeled right now.

Don't even mention screw zone... because if there is one, it will be right over Northbrook :(

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Don't even mention screw zone... because if there is one, it will be right over Northbrook :(

 

 

The thing that's nice about big lines is that they are widespread.  It goes without saying that the longer that discrete or quasi-discrete mode is maintained, the better chance that some places miss out.  SPC seemed non-committal about convective mode, which is probably wise for the initial day 2 outlook.

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Wow, sig tor over 10 on the NAM for the Chicago area by evening tomorrow.  Monstrous cape feeding into the area from the southwest as well.  Scary situation indeed.  Should see storms quickly unzip southwest along the advancing cold front like we saw last night into the higher buoyancy further southwest.  Gonna be some MONSTER HPs late tomorrow to be sure.

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Wow, sig tor over 10 on the NAM for the Chicago area by evening tomorrow.  Monstrous cape feeding into the area from the southwest as well.  Scary situation indeed.  Should see storms quickly unzip southwest along the advancing cold front like we saw last night into the higher buoyancy further southwest.  Gonna be some MONSTER HPs late tomorrow to be sure.

That's crazy, thank god SPC is planning on expanding their Enhanced to include most of LOT...

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Wow, sig tor over 10 on the NAM for the Chicago area by evening tomorrow.  Monstrous cape feeding into the area from the southwest as well.  Scary situation indeed.  Should see storms quickly unzip southwest along the advancing cold front like we saw last night into the higher buoyancy further southwest.  Gonna be some MONSTER HPs late tomorrow to be sure.

 

 

Everybody has good instability/shear so I don't want to minimize the threat anywhere in the zone but looking at the progs, the best instability generally stays just west of MI but the best shear is there...so where does that leave the best overlap?  Arguably either side of Lake Michigan, including the Chicago area.

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SREF has been continually going up with the tornado ingredients, 03/06z Tuesday is pretty concerning for MI especially considering it will be night time and the values don't back off any.

 

 

 

A nighttime tornado threat certainly appears to be quite possible/likely(?) into the overnight hours. Both the NAM/GFS show little to no CINH and a strongly unstable airmass through the overnight hours. Coupled with 0-1km bulk shear of 35kts, a tornado threat certainly appears warranted. 

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