Keith Reedy keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Begin forwarded message: > From: GovDelivery Weather Updates <weatherupdates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Mesoscale Discussion Update > Date: December 26, 2012 10:50:55 AM EST > To: keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Reply-To: GovDelivery Weather Updates <weatherupdates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > You are subscribed to SPC Mesoscale Discussion for NOAA's National Weather > Service. > GovDelivery provides this service using unaltered NOAA/NWS products. > > > SPC MD 2233 > 12/26/2012 10:40 AM EST > > MD 2233 CONCERNING BLIZZARD FOR CNTRL/NRN INDIANA...W-CNTRL/NWRN/N-CNTRL OH > > > MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2233 > NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK > 0939 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 > > AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL/NRN INDIANA...W-CNTRL/NWRN/N-CNTRL OH > > CONCERNING...BLIZZARD > > VALID 261539Z - 262145Z > > SUMMARY...THE THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL EXPAND NEWD FROM > CNTRL INDIANA/W-CNTRL OH INTO NWRN/N-CNTRL OH. THESE CONDITIONS WILL > LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. > > DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICTS A LARGE EXTRATROPICAL > CYCLONE IN ITS MATURE STAGE OVER THE ERN CONUS. A WELL-DEFINED WARM > CONVEYOR BELT ASSOCIATED WITH AMPLE WARM ADVECTION AROUND THE > ERN/NRN SEMICIRCLES OF THE DEEP CYCLONE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A > NEWD EXPANSION OF HEAVY SNOW FROM CNTRL INDIANA/W-CNTRL OH INTO > NWRN/N-CNTRL OH INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRENGTH OF ISENTROPIC > ASCENT WILL BE AUGMENTED BY A MODEST CONVECTIVE ENHANCEMENT OWING TO > NARROW ELEVATED CAPE LAYERS TO SUPPORT HEAVY SNOW WITH RATES OF > 1-1.5 IN/HR. OBSERVATIONS ACROSS W-CNTRL OH INDICATE THIS > INSTABILITY BEING MANIFESTED AS THUNDERSNOW...AND A LIGHTNING STRIKE > OR TWO MAY ACCOMPANY THE MOST INTENSE SNOW RATES INTO THE AFTERNOON. > > STRONG LOW-LEVEL FLOW ACCOMPANYING THE COLD CONVEYOR BELT ATTENDANT > TO THE CYCLONE WILL SUPPORT 30-40 KT MEAN FLOW IN THE 0-1-KM LAYER > PER FORECAST SOUNDINGS. RELATIVELY STEEP LAPSE RATES IN THE LOWEST > KILOMETER AGL WILL SUPPORT 20-30 MPH WINDS AND FREQUENT GUSTS OF > 30-40 MPH. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WINDS WILL LIE WITHIN A CORRIDOR > FROM CNTRL INDIANA INTO NWRN OH WHERE THE TIGHTEST SFC PRESSURE > GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO EXIST. THESE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE > SNOW TO CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND A BLIZZARD THREAT. > OBSERVATIONS ACROSS CNTRL IND SUGGEST VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER > MILE WITH HEAVY SNOW...AND SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE > DISCUSSION AREA INTO THE AFTERNOON. > > ..COHEN.. 12/26/2012 > > ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... > > ATTN...WFO...CLE...ILN...IWX...IND... > > LAT...LON 41278224 40758251 40548311 39998396 39588449 39428594 > 39688648 40118666 40918632 41548550 41678466 41658364 > 41478280 41278224 > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. > > > The use of the logo does not imply an endorsement by the NOAA/NWS > > GovDelivery provides this service using unaltered NOAA/NWS products. · > 1-800-439-1420