Keith Reedy keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Begin forwarded message: > From: National Weather Service <nws.noaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Mesoscale Discussion Update > Date: August 16, 2012 1:58:25 PM EDT > To: keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Reply-To: National Weather Service <nws.noaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > You are subscribed to SPC Mesoscale Discussion for NOAA's National Weather > Service. > > > SPC MD 1773 > 08/16/2012 01:48 PM EDT > > MD 1773 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE FOR E CNTRL MO...PARTS > OF CNTRL/SRN IL AND IND > > > MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1773 > NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK > 1247 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 > > AREAS AFFECTED...E CNTRL MO...PARTS OF CNTRL/SRN IL AND IND > > CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE > > VALID 161747Z - 161915Z > > PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 PERCENT > > SUMMARY...SEVERE WIND POTENTIAL THROUGH 20-21Z APPEARS LOW...BUT THE > NEED FOR A WW MAY NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR > EVENING. > > DISCUSSION...VIGOROUS NEW CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS CENTRAL > ILLINOIS APPEARS MOSTLY IN RESPONSE TO LOWER/MID TROPOSPHERIC WARM > ADVECTION CORRESPONDING TO STRONG 2-HOUR SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS... > IN THE WAKE OF THE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WEAKENING ACROSS MICHIGAN AND > INDIANA. STILL AHEAD OF THE FRONT...LINGERING LOW-LEVEL > MOISTURE...RELATIVELY STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES...AND STRONG > VERTICAL SHEAR BENEATH 40-50 KT WESTERLY 500 MB FLOW...SUPPORT > POTENTIAL FOR HAIL IN STRONGER CELLS. HOWEVER...WESTERLY DEEP LAYER > MEAN FLOW LIKELY WILL REMAIN PROMINENT IN TENDING TO ADVECT ACTIVITY > ACROSS THE EXPANDING RESIDUAL DOWNSTREAM SURFACE COLD POOL. THIS IS > EXPECTED TO LIMIT DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL...PARTICULARLY IN THE > PRESENCE OF RATHER MODEST...AND WEAKENING...AMBIENT LOW-LEVEL /850 > MB/ WIND FIELDS. > > ADDITIONAL SCATTERED STRONG BOUNDARY LAYER BASED STORM DEVELOPMENT > MAY NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION LATER THIS AFTERNOON IN CLOSER > PROXIMITY TO THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA > AND ILLINOIS...INTO THE VICINITY OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE COLD > FRONT ADVANCING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS > AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. GENERALLY SOUTH OF STRONGER > WESTERLIES...AND MID-LEVEL FORCING FOR ASCENT SPREADING ACROSS THE > GREAT LAKES REGION...SUPPORT FOR UPSCALE GROWTH WITH ORGANIZED > SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL IS MORE UNCERTAIN. BUT...BOUNDARY LAYER > CAPE WILL BE SIZABLE...AND IT MAY NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT > THE BOUNDARY INTERSECTION COULD PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ANOTHER > EXPANDING STORM CLUSTER. > > ..KERR/CARBIN.. 08/16/2012 > > ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... > > ATTN...WFO...LMK...IND...PAH...LOT...ILX...LSX... > > LAT...LON 39059163 40268963 40548750 40238550 39818531 38738565 > 37978765 38009043 38299108 39059163 > > Read more > > > > > To change your subscriptions or preferences log in to your Subscriber > Preferences Page with your e-mail address. > > Delete profile > > For questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact > support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > This service is provided by NOAA's National Weather Service. > > > > GovDelivery, Inc. (800-439-1420) sending to keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf > of the National Weather Service · 1325 East West Highway · Silver Spring, MD > 20910