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

  • From: Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "spotters-illianaskywarn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <spotters-illianaskywarn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:54:19 -0500

Keith Reedy
keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx



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> Subject: NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Mesoscale Discussion Update
> Date: December 26, 2012 10:50:55 AM EST
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> SPC MD 2233
> 12/26/2012 10:40 AM EST
> 
> MD 2233 CONCERNING BLIZZARD FOR CNTRL/NRN INDIANA...W-CNTRL/NWRN/N-CNTRL OH 
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> 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
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> ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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> ATTN...WFO...CLE...ILN...IWX...IND...
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> LAT...LON   41278224 40758251 40548311 39998396 39588449 39428594
>             39688648 40118666 40918632 41548550 41678466 41658364
>             41478280 41278224 
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