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Feb 24 2016 severe weather outbreak


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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1033 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...

UPDATE...WARM FRONT LIFTING THROUGH SOUTHERN VA ATTM WITH TEMPS
AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S DOWN THERE. SIMULATED SATELLITE IMAGERY
FROM NSSL-WRF ARW INDICATES BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER DEVELOPING
THIS AFTERNOON. COMPARISON WITH CURRENT GOES IMAGERY INDICATE THAT
HIGH CLOUD CANOPY IS MOVING MUCH FASTER THAN SIMULATED IMAGERY.
INTENSE 500 MB HEIGHT FALLS PROGGED LATER TODAY WITH 230 METER
12-HR HEIGHT CHANGE AND 7MB/3HR PRESSURE FALLS THIS AFTERNOON
INDICATIVE THAT WARM FRONT WILL LIKELY LIFT THROUGH THE AREA LATER
TODAY. MODEL CAPE VALUES INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 1000 J/KG
COMBINED WITH 60-65KT 0-6KM MEAN FLOW INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WX. SIMULATED COMPOSITE REFLECTIVITY FROM VARIOUS MODELS
SHOW A SOLID LINE OF T-STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 21Z-
01Z. FLOODING THREAT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AS HIGH AS YESTERDAY
WITH MODELS BACKING OFF SUBSTANTIALLY WITH RAINFALL TOTALS WITH
AMOUNTS LESS THAN AN INCH. LINE OF CONVECTION WILL BE RATHER FAST
MOVING SO THIS WILL DEFINITELY CUT DOWN ON TOTALS BUT RAINFALL
RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE. SO APPEARS BIGGEST THREAT FOR
TODAY IS SEVERE T-STORMS RATHER THAN FLOODING
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1033 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...

UPDATE...WARM FRONT LIFTING THROUGH SOUTHERN VA ATTM WITH TEMPS

AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S DOWN THERE. SIMULATED SATELLITE IMAGERY

FROM NSSL-WRF ARW INDICATES BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER DEVELOPING

THIS AFTERNOON. COMPARISON WITH CURRENT GOES IMAGERY INDICATE THAT

HIGH CLOUD CANOPY IS MOVING MUCH FASTER THAN SIMULATED IMAGERY.

INTENSE 500 MB HEIGHT FALLS PROGGED LATER TODAY WITH 230 METER

12-HR HEIGHT CHANGE AND 7MB/3HR PRESSURE FALLS THIS AFTERNOON

INDICATIVE THAT WARM FRONT WILL LIKELY LIFT THROUGH THE AREA LATER

TODAY. MODEL CAPE VALUES INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 1000 J/KG

COMBINED WITH 60-65KT 0-6KM MEAN FLOW INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR

SEVERE WX. SIMULATED COMPOSITE REFLECTIVITY FROM VARIOUS MODELS

SHOW A SOLID LINE OF T-STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 21Z-

01Z. FLOODING THREAT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AS HIGH AS YESTERDAY

WITH MODELS BACKING OFF SUBSTANTIALLY WITH RAINFALL TOTALS WITH

AMOUNTS LESS THAN AN INCH. LINE OF CONVECTION WILL BE RATHER FAST

MOVING SO THIS WILL DEFINITELY CUT DOWN ON TOTALS BUT RAINFALL

RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE. SO APPEARS BIGGEST THREAT FOR

TODAY IS SEVERE T-STORMS RATHER THAN FLOODING.

haha.

 

I mean yeah, but maybe they should check flash flood guidance.

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The discussion text makes it sound like our ENH is mainly for wind tho. Oh SPC ;)

SPC looooooooooooooves shear. For good reason many times but not always. I don't think it's a 10% hatched here but maybe I'm wrong. Their mod is basically exactly where I'd have put it as of last night.

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Prob won't see this for a while again

 


PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  1043 AM CST WED FEB 24 2016    ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC  STATES AND CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...    * LOCATIONS...    CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA    CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA    SOUTHERN MARYLAND    NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    * HAZARDS...    SEVERAL TORNADOES, A FEW INTENSE    SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS    ISOLATED LARGE HAIL    * SUMMARY...    SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WITH TORNADOES, A FEW OF WHICH SHOULD BE    STRONG, AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE    MID-ATLANTIC STATES INTO THE CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON AND    EVENING.  
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SPC looooooooooooooves shear. For good reason many times but not always. I don't think it's a 10% hatched here but maybe I'm wrong. Their mod is basically exactly where I'd have put it as of last night.

I'd feel pretty good about severe if I was in like St. Mary's County, MD. If I wasn't so lazy I'd head down to the family condo down there. 

I almost think the 10% hatching into DC is sort of to "smooth" the outlook if nothing else ;) - I agree I'm not sure I"d have gone that high here. 30% wind I guess I could get behind because of the squall potential. Plus...around these parts 40mph winds are considered severe gusts. 

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In February no less. Maybe we'll just go bonkers this spring with severe around here ;)

Kinda weird coming out of Nino isn't our best bet usually for svr, especially early. Ninas tend to be more friendly on that level. Although there is some small precedent for Nino tor pretty far north in winter.

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   and the GFS shows more un-Nino-like strong systems tracking to our west in the next 2 weeks, suggesting that more threats may be in the cards....

 

 

Kinda weird coming out of Nino isn't our best bet usually for svr, especially early. Ninas tend to be more friendly on that level. Although there is some small precedent for Nino tor pretty far north in winter.

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Kinda weird coming out of Nino isn't our best bet usually for svr, especially early. Ninas tend to be more friendly on that level. Although there is some small precedent for Nino tor pretty far north in winter.

I am not enough of a climo guy like to have any idea with that stuff. Yoda must be getting pissed off at me. I've been shooting down his excitement for the last few days ;)

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DCA jumped to 52...maybe this is the 0.01% time the warm front doesn't get hung up?

Not much of a question that we'll warm sector in the city. Warm front is already in the neighborhood. But we should stay rather contaminated it would seem.

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