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Monday, August 26, 2024 Convection


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Upper-level low pressure dives southwards into New England through the day Sunday while briefly closing off at H5 during the day Monday. Associated with the upper-level low will be an impressive cold pool characterized by H5 temps around -13C to -15C with mid-level lapse rates on order of 6.5 C/KM. This combined with surface temperatures ranging between the upper 70's to lower 80's with dewpoints into the lower 60's will contribute to modest CAPE with MLCAPE values on order of 1500 J/KG. Wind shear in the lowest 10,000 feet will be extremely weak, however, the region should be brushed by stronger 700-500mb winds on the southwestern side of the upper-level low. 

Based on the above, scattered-to-numerous showers and thunderstorms should develop by late morning to early afternoon across northern New England and progress southwards through the remainder of the afternoon. Combination of unseasonably cold mid-level temperatures, modest instability, and roughly 30 knots of bulk shear should be sufficient for storms to become organized. The strongest thunderstorms will be capable of producing hail (perhaps > 1'' in diameter in the most intense cores) and strong wind gusts. The weak low-level winds will mitigate the damaging wind gust potential, however, inverted V forecast soundings favor potential for localized damaging wind gusts, especially as any of the stronger cores collapse. 

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1 hour ago, weatherwiz said:

Upper-level low pressure dives southwards into New England through the day Sunday while briefly closing off at H5 during the day Monday. Associated with the upper-level low will be an impressive cold pool characterized by H5 temps around -13C to -15C with mid-level lapse rates on order of 6.5 C/KM. This combined with surface temperatures ranging between the upper 70's to lower 80's with dewpoints into the lower 60's will contribute to modest CAPE with MLCAPE values on order of 1500 J/KG. Wind shear in the lowest 10,000 feet will be extremely weak, however, the region should be brushed by stronger 700-500mb winds on the southwestern side of the upper-level low. 

Based on the above, scattered-to-numerous showers and thunderstorms should develop by late morning to early afternoon across northern New England and progress southwards through the remainder of the afternoon. Combination of unseasonably cold mid-level temperatures, modest instability, and roughly 30 knots of bulk shear should be sufficient for storms to become organized. The strongest thunderstorms will be capable of producing hail (perhaps > 1'' in diameter in the most intense cores) and strong wind gusts. The weak low-level winds will mitigate the damaging wind gust potential, however, inverted V forecast soundings favor potential for localized damaging wind gusts, especially as any of the stronger cores collapse. 

Dews into low 70’s.. not low 60’s. 
Should also start a thread for Wednesday’s NW flow EML event. 

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8 minutes ago, Go Kart Mozart said:

Norton and Upton beg to differ.

I don’t know, models aren’t enthused. Maybe s coast gets a boost from seabreeze front. Cold pools usually do well so we’ll see. Maybe I’ll go over the HRRR, but typically it’s excited for these.

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Morning wakeup with thunder.  Only light rain here but very active just to the east and north.  New Sharon shares boundaries with Starks and Mercer.  The heavy stuff was moving a bit west at 8 AM but still hasn't reached here.  The bright echoes haven't moved much since I first looked at 6:30 (genny started but I had to take off the panel and manually flip the switch - call to the installer upcoming).  This system is acting like the one just to our SW in June 2023 - 4-6" in 2 hours, some infrastructure was just reopened this month.

The National Weather Service in Gray has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Somerset County in west central Maine...

* Until 930 AM EDT.

* At 652 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
  1.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing
  or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Skowhegan, Madison, Norridgewock, Anson, Starks, Mercer and New
  Vineyard.

 

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