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 >