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June 25-27 severe and heavy rain


Ian

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ugh, not what i wanted to hear. while i knew the WF would have issues getting north, was hoping it would make it further north than that and my entire day wouldn't be a washout. oh well.

It seems that even I may have issues down closer to DC. Here's to hoping the front doesn't give up

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I read that statement as "Tomorrow ain't DC's day."

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I wouldn't say that yet though it could be close.. but might need to play it close if you want warm front action (which is always a little questionable in these parts). I'd have liked to see the NAM come further north with instability at this point but still time.  Either way, waiting in one spot for a tornado to come to you is a tough one. 

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I'm a little surprised by how meh the SPC Day 2 continues to be.   I realize that there are plenty of ways for this to not be a major event, and I'm not even sure that higher probs than 15 are justified at this time.    That said, I would expect at least a mention that the progged low-level shear is very strong (NAM has 0-1 km helicity greater than 150 in areas that will likely be in the warm sector), and that some significant events are possible if instability ends up on the higher end.    All that is mentioned now is transient supercell structures and a couple of brief tornadoes.

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I'm a little surprised by how meh the SPC Day 2 continues to be.   I realize that there are plenty of ways for this to not be a major event, and I'm not even sure that higher probs than 15 are justified at this time.    That said, I would expect at least a mention that the progged low-level shear is very strong (NAM has 0-1 km helicity greater than 150 in areas that will likely be in the warm sector), and that some significant events are possible if instability ends up on the higher end.    All that is mentioned now is transient supercell structures and a couple of brief tornadoes.

Yeah, I'm a bit surprised as well. Having come from Georgia/Alabama, where we excelled at high shear/low CAPE events, this could be one of those times where a spiny gets going along the warm front. I can't tell you how many times we had to deal with quick-spin ups along a slowly progressing warm front in a moisture-rich environment. If we can get a bit more CAPE, which the RPM (WSI's model) has east of the Blue Ridge and South of Fredericksburg getting into 2-3000 range tomorrow afternoon. post-1807-0-91892600-1435343065_thumb.pn

 

The reason why? This: post-1807-0-45399700-1435343078_thumb.pn

 

All that to go along with the NAM and other hi-res models and I'd put the best risk from Fredericksbug to CHO to Danville and points east to the coast under the best threat for something to get nasty. 

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I tend to still think we'll have an easier time getting instability north tomorrow than yesterday in particular. The trough/low is quite strong especially for this time of year. It'll probably come down to how much rain/clouds/junk is around more than anything. 

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I tend to still think we'll have an easier time getting instability north tomorrow than yesterday in particular. The trough/low is quite strong especially for this time of year. It'll probably come down to how much rain/clouds/junk is around more than anything. 

 

The problem is that when we have the *risk* for clouds and junk around we tend to maximize the junk rather than the instability. All eyes are going to be on the rain tomorrow morning for sure. 

 

I'm having issues with that July 1997 date you mentioned. Do you have a link to a write up for that or a map? LWX didn't seem to have anything on their site. 

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