[spotters-illianaskywarn] Fwd: NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Mesoscale Discussion Update

  • From: Keith Reedy <wa9dro@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: spotters-illianaskywarn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:28:15 -0500

Keith Reedy
Please visit this page and click "Like" if you like!
http://m.facebook.com/pages/Keith-Reedy/114181261930792?fbb=rd45a72d7&refid=46

Begin forwarded message:

> From: National Weather Service <nws.noaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: December 15, 2010 7:26:05 PM EST
> To: keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Mesoscale Discussion Update
> 
> SPC MD 2129
> Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:19:06 -0600
> 
> 
> 
> 
> MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2129
> NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
> 0618 PM CST WED DEC 15 2010
> 
> AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF SRN IL / SRN IND / WRN-CNTRL KY / NRN TN
> 
> CONCERNING...FREEZING RAIN 
> 
> VALID 160018Z - 160415Z
> 
> WINTER MIXED PRECIPITATION PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN
> EXCEPT FOR PORTIONS NEAR KENTUCKIANA AND N-CNTRL KY WHERE A MIX OF
> PRECIP TYPES WILL BEGIN TO OCCUR LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE
> OVERNIGHT HOURS.  HOURLY FREEZING RAIN RATES MAY APPROACH 0.05-0.10
> INCH BY 06Z ACROSS PARTS OF CNTRL KY.
> 
> SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES A CYCLONE OVER THE SRN PLAINS WITH HIGH
> PRESSURE LOCATED ACROSS THE MIDDLE OH RIVER VALLEY.  AS THE SRN
> PLAINS SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS NE TOWARDS THE LOWER OH VALLEY LATE
> TONIGHT...A BROAD ZONE OF INCREASING ISENTROPIC LIFT /AIDED BY 50+
> KT SWLY LLJ/ WILL HELP IN FOCUSING LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT
> ACROSS THE REGION ATOP A SLOW TO MODIFY COLD DOME.  SURFACE TEMPS
> ACROSS THE REGION ARE GENERALLY IN THE MID 20S TO NEAR 30 DEG F WITH
> DEWPOINTS 10-20 DEG F.  THIS WILL ALLOW WET BULB EFFECTS TO
> INITIALLY COOL THE SURFACE BEFORE WARMING TEMPS OVER WRN TN ADVECT
> NEWD INTO PORTIONS OF WRN KY AND PARTS OF MIDDLE TN LATE...LEADING
> TO SOME CHANGEOVER FROM FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN. 
> 
> AN INFLUX OF RICHER MOISTURE CHARACTERIZED BY PW VALUES 0.5-0.75
> INCH IS NOW SPREADING INTO THE REGION.  00Z BNA RAOB SHOWS AN
> APPRECIABLE WARM LAYER /4 DEG C AT 825 MB/ FAVORING FREEZING RAIN. 
> FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW THE LOW-MID LEVELS GRADUALLY COMING TO
> SATURATION IN THE 02-04Z TIMEFRAME ACROSS KY AND ADJACENT STATES. 
> THIS WILL PROBABLY YIELD INITIALLY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/SLEET RATES
> THROUGH 03Z.  MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS
> FOR SLANTWISE CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS 06Z
> AND THEREAFTER--ACTING TO ENHANCE PRECIP RATES.  THE HEAVIER RATES
> /0.05-0.10 INCH PER HOUR/ ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP IN THE
> 03-06Z PERIOD.
> 
> ..SMITH.. 12/16/2010
> 
> ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
> 
> ATTN...WFO...MRX...JKL...LMK...OHX...IND...PAH...ILX...LSX...
> 
> LAT...LON   35818424 36328667 37728950 38538960 39028904 39068774
>             38158497 37058364 36298353 35818424 
> 
> Read more
> 
> 
> To change your subscriptions or preferences or stop subscriptions anytime, 
> log in to your User Profile with your e-mail address. For questions or 
> problems with the service, contact support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> This service is provided by NOAA’s National Weather Service.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> GovDelivery, Inc. (800-439-1420) sending on behalf of NOAA's National Weather 
> Service · 1325 East West Highway · Silver Spring, MD 20910
> 

Other related posts: