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SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1015 PM PDT TUE AUG 19 2014
...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...
.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AND INCREASE
THE NIGHT THROUGH MORNING CLOUDS AND FOG THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
MOIST AIR MASS WILL BRING LOCAL DRIZZLE...AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTHLAND THROUGH THURSDAY. A
HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY ESTABLISH FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK
WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
&&
.UPDATE...
THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
CONTINUING TO DIG SOUTH OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST THIS
EVENING. SOME CONVECTION HAS FIRED OFF TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF
THE AREA...BUT THE AREA HAS REMAINED DRY. A DEEP MARINE LAYER
SHOULD BRING AN EXTENSIVE MARINE LAYER INDUCED STRATUS FIELD TO
THE MUCH OF THE COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS LATER TONIGHT. THE LATEST
FOG PRODUCT IS GIVING INDICATIONS OF A RAPID FILLING-IN OF
STRATUS LATE THIS EVENING. DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SHOWERS FROM THE
STRATUS DECK CANNOT BE RULED AS THE INSTABILITY OF THE TROUGH
APPROACHES AND RAPID DEEPENING OF THE MARINE LAYER TAKES PLACE.
THE LATEST NAM-WRF AND RAP SOLUTIONS SUGGEST THE TIMING OF THE
CONVECTION OCCURRING A LITTLE EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.
BOTH 00Z NAM-WRF SOLUTIONS AND THE LATEST RAP SOLUTIONS SUGGEST AN
AREA OF NEGATIVE LIFTED INDEX VALUES FORMING OVER THE SOUTHERN
COASTAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT WHEN THE COLDEST AIR ALOFT WITH THE
TROUGH MOVES INTO THE REGION. AN AREA OF DIFLUENCE FLOW ALOFT
SHOULD DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE MAIN VORTICITY MAXIMUM AND SHOULD
ALLOW FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FIRE...EVEN ABOVE THE
MARINE LAYER STRATUS DECK. POPS HAVE BEEN BUMPED FOR THE COASTAL
WATERS AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
THE LATEST NAM-WRF SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO SLOW THE TROUGH...BEING
LESS PROGRESSIVE RELATIVE TO THE GFS AND ECMWF SOLUTIONS. IF NAM-
WRF SOLUTIONS PLAY OUT...POPS AND WEATHER MAY NEED TO BE ADDED FOR
THURSDAY AS THE TROUGH AXIS LINGERS OVER THE AREA. WHILE THE NAM-
WRF SOLUTIONS REMAIN THE OUTLIER...THE TROUGH IS CUT-OFF FROM THE
FLOW AND TYPICALLY MODEL PERFORMANCE WITH CLOSED AND CUT-OFF LOWS
WOULD FAVOR NAM-WRF SOLUTIONS FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. WITH THE NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
MENTIONING SREF SOLUTIONS FAVORING RETROGRESSION OF THE
TROUGH...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE NAM-WRF SOLUTION MAY NOT BE TOO
FAR OFF. THE NEXT SHIFT WILL BE BRIEFED ABOUT POPS AND WEATHER
POSSIBILITIES FOR THURSDAY.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM...THE UPPER LOW MOVES SOUTHEAST TO THE HIGH DESERTS
ON THURSDAY. THE LAST BIT OF INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE WILL BE OVER
THE EASTERN SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS FOR A CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. A SHALLOWER MARINE LAYER IS LIKELY ON THURSDAY
MORNING BUT WILL STILL SEE LOW CLOUDS FOR COASTS AND NEARBY
VALLEYS TO START THE DAY. BY FRIDAY MORNING THE MARINE LAYER
SHRINKS EVEN MORE AND MAY ONLY SEE PATCHY CLOUDS SOUTH OF PT
CONCEPTION. TEMPERATURES WILL START TO REBOUND LATE IN THE WEEK
BUT A LARGE SCALE UPPER TROUGH ACROSS MOST OF THE WEST WILL SLOW
ANY SIGNIFICANT WARMING UNTIL LATER IN THE WEEKEND.
LONG TERM...HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY BUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST OVER
THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING AND THE MARINE LAYER
BECOMING LESS OF AN ISSUE FOR COASTAL AREAS. VERY LITTLE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ISSUES THROUGH TUESDAY. REMNANT MOISTURE FROM
TWO TROPICAL SYSTEMS (LOWELL AND KARINA) COULD GET PULLED
NORTHWARD CLOSER TO SOUTHERN CALI BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY. WOULD ONLY
EXPECT SOME MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS FROM THESE SYSTEMS AT BEST
WITH LITTLE EFFECT ON TEMPERATURES.
&&
.AVIATION...20/0515Z...
OVERALL...MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN 06Z TAF PACKAGE. WITH UPPER LOW
WOBBLING NEAR THE AREA...MARINE INVERSION SHOULD DEEPEN AND MVFR
CIGS SHOULD IMPACT ALL COASTAL/VALLEY TAF SITES OVERNIGHT. COULD BE
SLOW TO CLEAR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION...BUT
THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED UPPER LOW COULD MIX OUT THE MVFR CIGS
EARLIER/BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED. WITH THE DEEPENING INVERSION...THERE
COULD BE SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT.
OTHER ISSUE TO WATCH WILL BE SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS IMPACTING MAINLY
LOS ANGELES COUNTY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...WILL
MENTION A VCTS REMARK WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR KPMD/KWJF. HOWEVER
DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR TSTMS TO IMPACT KLAX/KLGB/KBUR/KVNY. WILL WATCH THE
SITUATION CLOSELY.
KLAX...MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN 06Z TAF. HIGH CONFIDENCE IN MVFR CIGS
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOW CONFIDENCE IN CLEARING
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A 10% CHANCE OF TSTMS IMPACTING THE
AIRFIELD LATE TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY.
KBUR...MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN 06Z TAF. HIGH CONFIDENCE IN MVFR CIGS
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. LOW CONFIDENCE IN CURRENT FORECAST/TIMING
OF CLEARING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A 10% CHANCE OF TSTMS
IMPACTING THE AIRFIELD LATE TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY.
&&
.MARINE...19/900 PM.
TIMING FOR CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN BUMPED
TO AN EARLIER TIME FRAME. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WATERS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS...CHOPPY SEAS...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-
OCEAN LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS.
&&
.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT (SEE LAXMWWLOX).
&&
$$
PUBLIC...HALL/BOLDT
AVIATION...GOMBERG
MARINE...HALL
SYNOPSIS...SETO/HALL
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS PUEBLO CO
307 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 238 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
UPR LEVEL LOW IS SITTING ALONG THE SRN CA COAST TODAY AND IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE LITTLE IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WV SATELLITE IMAGES
SHOWING DRIER AIR HAS WORKED IT WAY INTO WRN CO TODAY. HRRR AND RAP
SHOWING MAINLY ISOLD PCPN COVERAGE THIS EVENING OVER WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH ISOLATED TO SCT COVERAGE OVR
THE ERN MTS AND SERN PLAINS. A WEAK BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO MOVE
INTO THE PALMER DVD AREA EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN WORK ITS WAY
SOUTH. THIS BOUNDARY MAY HELP KICK OFF ADDITIONAL CONVECTION. THERE
COULD BE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS OR TSTMS OVR THE SERN PLAINS...BUT
THINK THAT MOST OF THE PCPN SHOULD END BY 06Z.
ON THU...IT DOES NOT LOOK ALL THAT MOIST OVR THE FORECAST AREA.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVR WRN AREAS ARE FORECAST TO BE SIMILAR
TO TODAY...WITH DRIER CONDITIONS OVR ERN AREAS. AS A RESULT THE
FORECAST MODELS SHOW MAINLY ISOLD TO SCT POPS OVR THE MTNS IN THE
AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH POSSIBLY A FEW STORMS OVR THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS. HIGH TEMPS FOR THU SHOULD BE AROUND AVERAGE IN THE HIGH
VALLEYS...WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL READINGS OVR THE SERN PLAINS.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 238 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE FORECAST THINKING WITH THE GFS COMING INTO
LINE WITH THE ECMWF AND NAM SOLUTIONS. ENSEMBLES ARE STILL
DISPLAYING QUITE A BIT OF SPREAD BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT
CONFIDENCE IS A HIGHER THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY IN A FORECAST
SOLUTION.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS FORECAST TO
EJECT NORTHEAST ACROSS COLORADO ON FRIDAY. EXPECT A FEW SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BE ONGOING THURSDAY EVENING AND DISSIPATING
THROUGH MIDNIGHT OVER THE MOUNTAINS...WITH PERHAPS A FEW LINGERING
SHOWERS OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO INTO EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING.
FRIDAY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE INTERESTING. THE UPPER DISTURBANCE
OVER ARIZONA WILL EJECT ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
MODELS QUICK TO ADVECT MOISTURE NORTH ACROSS COLORADO...AND SHEAR
LOOKS TO INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KTS OR SO BY THE AFTERNOON WITH
MODEST INSTABILITY. EXPECT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY
MID MORNING FRIDAY ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND SPREADING
EAST INTO THE I-25 CORRIDOR BY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MODEL QPF
FIELDS ARE INDICATING THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND LOCATIONS OVER THE
PALMER DIVIDE. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA BURN SCARS
AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS
ACROSS THE PLAINS COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS ALSO POSSIBLE. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH
THUNDERSTORMS SHIFTING EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS FRIDAY NIGHT WITH
ALL ACTIVITY EXITING INTO KANSAS BY SATURDAY MORNING.
SATURDAY WILL LIKELY BE A PRETTY QUIET DAY ACROSS SOUTHERN
COLORADO GIVEN SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE DEPARTING UPPER SYSTEM. A
COUPLE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS...BUT COVERAGE LOOKS TO BE
MINIMAL.
A BROAD TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE WESTERN CONUS THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH A COUPLE OF MORE DISTURBANCES MOVING
ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO. THE NEXT ONE LOOKS TO MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER UPTICK IN SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE STATE...WITH ACTIVITY STARTING
OVER THE MOUNTAINS LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND SPREADING EAST THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON...TURNING LOW LEVEL
FLOW UPSLOPE...WHICH WILL LIKELY AID PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT
ACROSS THE PLAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MODELS A BIT DIFFERENT ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEXT DISTURBANCE
DROPPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES...WITH GFS HAS BEEN BRINGING IT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...WITH THE ECMWF IS A BIT SLOWER ON
TUESDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF DECENT
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MOUNTAINS...AND SPREADING EAST INTO THE
PLAINS SOMETIME IN THE MONDAY TO TUESDAY TIME FRAME. THIS SYSTEM
LOOKS TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH SHOULD HELP
THE PLAINS SEE ANOTHER SHOT FOR PRECIPITATION. MOZLEY
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 238 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT KCOS...KPUB AND KALS TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
VCNTY OF KCOS EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT MAY NOT MAKE IT INTO THE
VCNTY OF KPUB AND KALS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH TSTMS WILL BE GUSTY
WINDS. ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON SOME TSTMS ARE EXPECTED OVR THE HYR
TRRN AND ONE OR TWO COULD MAKE IT INTO THE VCNTY OF KCOS.
&&
.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...28
LONG TERM...MOZLEY
AVIATION...28
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS DENVER/BOULDER CO
303 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 158 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
MIDLEVEL QUASIGEOSTROPHIC SUBSIDENCE /FROM RAP ANALYSES/ AND
STABILITY /ACARS DATA/ IS KIND OF KEEPING CONVECTION AT BAY AS OF
20Z. THERE ARE A FEW ECHOES ON THE RADAR BUT THEY ARE RATHER WEAK
AND SHORT-LIVED AT THIS TIME. THERE IS ALSO A VERY LOCALIZED AREA
OF DOWNSLOPE FLOW OVER BOULDER COUNTY WHICH HAS LOWERED DEWPOINTS
AND GPS-MEASURED PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES THERE AND PRETTY MUCH
SQUELCHED THE CONVECTION ALTOGETHER. THE HRRR HAS BEEN A BIT
OVERZEALOUS WITH CONVECTION THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ONGOING AT THIS
TIME AND INSISTS ON GENERATING QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY INTO THE
EVENING HOURS OF THE PLAINS. THE GFS QPF FIELDS SUGGEST THE SAME
THING WITH THE NAM AND ECMWF SEEMING A BIT MORE IN TOUCH WITH
REALITY. IT SEEMS PRUDENT TO HOLD ONTO LOW POPS IN ALL AREAS THIS
EVENING. TOMORROW DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN
TODAY. QUASIGEOSTROPHIC FORECAST DIAGNOSTICS CONTINUE TO FORECAST
SUBSIDENCE AND MODEL SOUNDINGS HAVE THE MIDLEVEL INSTABILITY LIKE
TODAY. CONSEQUENTLY NOT EXPECTING ANY MORE CONVECTION THAT WHAT
IS AROUND TODAY WITH THE PLAINS PERHAPS NOT SEEING ANYTHING.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 158 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
PRETTY GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT THROUGH THIS PERIOD...SHORTWAVES LIFT
OUT OF THE MEAN TROUGH OVER THE WEST PASSING OVER COLORADO ON
FRIDAY AND SUNDAY. A BIT MORE DISCREPANCY BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK WITH THE PROSPECTS FOR THE TROUGH SHIFTING EAST...OR JUST
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE MOVING AROUND IT.
FOR THE FRIDAY WAVE...WE WILL BE FIGHTING THE SAME ISSUES WE HAVE
HAD WITH SEVERAL OF THESE MOISTURE SURGES. WARM ADVECTION ALOFT
WILL LIMIT INSTABILITY WHILE THE LOW LEVELS DO NOT MOISTEN
MUCH...AND BY THE TIME THE BEST LIFT ARRIVES THERE IS EVEN A
LITTLE COOLING AT THE SURFACE. STILL EXPECTING INCREASED SHOWER
COVERAGE BUT MAINLY DUE TO LIFT IN THE ELEVATED MOIST LAYER. THIS
CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE PLAYED WELL WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
STORMS MAINLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. I DID ADD A BIT MORE
SHOWER ACTIVITY THURSDAY NIGHT AS SOME MODEL RUNS SHOW SOME
CONVECTION MOVING OFF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS AND
PERSISTING OVERNIGHT. ALSO SLOWED DOWN THE END OF THE SHOWERS
EARLY SATURDAY IN LINE WITH MODEL TRENDS.
FOR THE WEEKEND...DRIER AIR SHOULD TAKE AWAY THE INSTABILITY SO
EXPECTING FAIRLY QUIET DAYS...STILL A LITTLE DIURNAL CONVECTION
AND SOME LIFT FROM THE SECOND WAVE SUNDAY SHOULD HELP...BUT A
RATHER UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT.
FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...THERE APPEARS TO BE A WEAK FRONT DROPPING
DOWN THE PLAINS IN THE MONDAY/TUESDAY TIME PERIOD RELATED TO SOME
DEEPENING OF THE UPSTREAM TROUGH. THIS COULD BRING INCREASED LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE...BUT ALSO SOME LOW LEVEL COOLING. SO ONCE AGAIN A
TRADEOFF THAT RESULTS IN SOME INCREASED COVERAGE...BUT NOT
NECESSARILY A LOT OF RAIN. THERE COULD BE AN OPTIMAL TIME ON
TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY IF THE TROUGH AXIS DOES SHIFT EASTWARD WHERE
THERE IS A COMBINATION OF LIFT AND INSTABILITY. GFS WOULD SUGGEST
DRYING BEHIND THE TROUGH BY WEDNESDAY...WHILE THE ECMWF HOLDING
THE LONGWAVE TROUGH WEST OF US WOULD INDICATE NO COOLING ALOFT.
SO OVERALL MINOR VARIATIONS ON AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS ONLY
SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE IN THE AFTERNOONS...BUT IN THE MOIST PERIODS
COULD ALLOW SOME WEAK CONVECTION WHENEVER THERE IS FORCING. BLEND
OF THE MODEL CONSENSUS WITH THE PREVIOUS FORECAST LOOKS GOOD...I
DID RAISE POPS A LITTLE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ON THE PLAINS IN
LINE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING OFFICES...WITH GREATER MOISTURE OUT
THERE THAT SEEMS REASONABLE.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY LATE AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 158 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
IF PRESENT CONDITIONS CONTINUE IT LOOKS LIKE KAPA WOULD HAVE THE
BEST /ALBEIT SMALL/ CHANCE OF SEEING SOME THUNDER THIS EVENING.
THE 19Z HRRR MODEL IS STILL INSISTING ON CREATING A LOT OF
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH IS LOOKING LESS AND LESS LIKELY AT
THIS POINT. THUS KBJC AND KDEN MAY MAKE IT THROUGH THE EVENING
WITHOUT ANY THUNDER. KBJC SHOULD SEE DOWNSLOPE FLOW/DRAINAGE WINDS
THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SPEEDS IN THE 8-15KT RANGE. KAPA AND KDEN
WILL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WITH DRAINAGE FLOW
KICKING IN AFTER DARK.
&&
.BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...ET
LONG TERM...GIMMESTAD
AVIATION...ET
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS PUEBLO CO
1121 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 249 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
WV SATELLITE IMAGERY TODAY SHOWING THE MONSOON MSTR PLUME OVR
UT...BUT SLOWLY SHIFTING EASTWARD AS AN UPR LOW MOVES SOUTHWARD
ALONG THE CA COAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING OVR THE MTNS AND UPR ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEYS...WITH ISOLD
ACTIVITY OVR THE SERN PLAINS. BY 03Z THE HRRR AND RAP SHOW LITTLE IF
ANY PCPN OVR THE SERN PLAINS...WITH JUST SOME ISOLD PCPN OVR THE MTN
AREAS. OVERNIGHT THAT UPR LOW WL MOVE OVR SRN CA AND THE MONSOON
PLUME SHIFTS INTO WRN CO. AS A WX DISTURBANCE THE MSTR LIFTS
NORTHEASTWARD ACRS NWRN CO...SOME PCPN WL PROBABLY CONTINUE THRU THE
NIGHT ALONG THE CONTDVD...ESPECIALLY OVR THE CENTRAL CO MTNS WHICH
WL BE CLOSEST TO THE DISTURBANCE AND BETTER MSTR.
ON WED THE UPR LOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVR SRN CA. THE BEST MSTR
GOES NORTH OF THE AREA WITH THAT DISTURBANCE...AND MODELS ARE MAINLY
SHOWING SPOTTY PCPN FOR THE FORECAST AREA. WILL KEEP SCT POPS OVR
THE MTNS AREAS FOR WED AFTERNOON AND ISOLD POPS OVR THE SAN LUIS
VALLEY AND I-25 CORRIDOR. HIGH TEMPS ON WED SHOULD GENERALLY BE
AROUND TO A LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 249 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IS FORECAST TO FEATURE A BROAD UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH OVER THE NORTHWEST TO NORTH-CENTRAL CONUS AND A HIGH
PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES. THIS WILL PUT SOUTHERN
COLORADO UNDER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED. THERE
ARE MODEL DIFFERENCES IN HOW THEY WANT TO HANDLE UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES IN THE FLOW...AND ENSEMBLES DEVELOP HIGH SPREADS BY
THIS WEEKEND LEADING TO LOWER CONFIDENCE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD.
THE GFS HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT FROM RUN TO RUN WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND EJECTING IT NORTHEAST
ACROSS COLORADO ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE LATEST ECMWF IS
MORE IN LINE WITH THIS SOLUTION...HOWEVER IS ABOUT 24 HOURS SLOWER
IN EJECTING THE SYSTEM OUT. THE BIGGEST FORECAST CHANGE FOR THE
GFS IS WHERE THE SYSTEM DEVELOPS CONVECTION ON THURSDAY.
EXPECT ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY EVENING
WITH MODELS BRINGING BAND EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE LIFTS NORTHEAST. BY THURSDAY
MORNING...THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS
FORECAST TO OPEN UP AND LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS COLORADO.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE
THURSDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT IS THEN EXPECTED
EASTWARD ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. THE PREVIOUS RUN OF THE GFS HAD THIS THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT FURTHER SOUTH OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO...SO WHERE THIS
DISTURBANCE EJECTS WILL PLAY A ROLE IN WHAT AREAS SEEN THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. THE ECMWF AND NAM SOLUTIONS
ARE A BIT SLOWER WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH IT EJECTING ACROSS
SOUTHERN COLORADO ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IF THIS IS THE
CASE...THURSDAYS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY REMAIN TIED TO THE TERRAIN
AND PALMER DIVIDE...WITH NOT MUCH EXPECTED ON THE PLAINS. THE
HEAVY PRECIPITATION CHANCES WOULD THEN FOCUS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING. THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER...IS THAT SOME TIME
BETWEEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL LIKELY
SEE A PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD HEAVIER RAINFALL.
A BROAD TOUGH IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE
MAIN FORECAST ISSUE WILL BE HOW DEEP THE TROUGH GETS. THE GFS
SOLUTIONS DIGS IT THE FURTHEST SOUTH...WITH CONTINUED ACTIVE
WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA...WHILE THE ECMWF IS KEEP MOST OF THE
ENERGY CONFINED TO OUR NORTH WITH LESS CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION.
A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS ON SUNDAY
WHICH MAY BE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION
ACROSS THE AREA. OTHERWISE...CONVECTION WILL LIKELY REMAIN OVER
THE MOUNTAINS WITH LIMITED ACTIVITY OVER THE PLAINS. MOZLEY
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1121 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT COS...PUB AND ALS OVER THE NEXT
24 HOURS...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING IN THE FORECAST. BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS
TO REMAIN OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND WILL KEEP VCTS AFT
20Z IN TAFS AT THIS TIME. GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND BRIEF MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS.
&&
.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...28
LONG TERM...MOZLEY
AVIATION...MW
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS GRAND JUNCTION CO
1034 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 947 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
MAINLY STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION CONTINUES THIS EVENING WITH A FEW
RUMBLES OF THUNDER THANKS TO EMBEDDED CONVECTION. LATEST NAM12 RUN
NOT INTIALIZING WELL...NOR IS THE GFS WITH BOTH SHOWING WIDESPREAD
AND HEAVY PRECIP OVERNIGHT WHILE HRRR IS CAPTURING PRECIP IN OUR
AREA PRETTY WELL. HRRR ALSO SHOWS SOME SHOWERY ACTIVITY
CONTINUING OVERNIGHT BUT COVERAGE IS ISOLATED AT BEST. LOOKING
UPSTREAM...RADAR MOSAIC SHOWING CONVECTION OVER EXTREME WRN UT/ERN
NV WITH NOT MUCH IN BETWEEN. IR IMAGERY IS ALSO SHOWING WARMING
CLOUD TOPS ACROSS OUR CWA INDICATING STRONGEST CONVECTION HAVING
ENDED. DO HAVE SOME CONCERN THAT UPPER LEVEL JET MOVING OVERHEAD
MAY FIRE OFF MORE CONVECTION OVERNIGHT BUT WITH DIVERGENCE
WEAKENING...WILL GO WITH MORE SCT TO ISOLD COVERAGE.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 344 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
CURRENT IR SATELLITE SHOWS TWO PRECIPITATION HOT SPOTS - ONE WEST
OF VERNAL AND THE OTHER DOWN BY THE FOUR CORNERS. RADAR RETURNS
SHOW THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE ENHANCEMENT AT BLANDING UTAH AT
315PM. THIS RAIN WILL EXPAND TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REACH THEIR
MAXIMUM OF ONE INCH TO 1.2 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION. A SERIES OF
H5 VORT MAXES ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING H3 50KT JET WILL MOVE
INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING...HELPING TO SUSTAIN SHOWERS AND
OCCASIONAL EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. STORM MOTION STILL LOOKS TO BE
20 TO 30 KTS WITH MINIMAL TRAINING OCCURRING SO FAR.
SOME SUBSIDENCE OVER THE REGION TOMORROW WILL HINDER HIGH
LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER FORECAST CIN IS
LOW OR NONEXISTENT BY THE AFTERNOON...AND AMPLE MOISTURE AND
BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WILL BE IN PLACE TO INITIATE
ISOLATED/SCATTERED CONVECTION IN THE AFTERNOON. STEERING FLOW WILL
SLOW BY MIDDAY TO 10 TO 15 KTS. EXPECTING ACTIVITY TO OCCUR
EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON AND TAPER OFF FOR THE MOST PART IN THE
EVENING.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 344 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
WEATHER THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEK DEPENDS LARGELY ON THE UPPER LOW
CURRENTLY DROPPING SOUTH ALONG THE CA COAST. MODELS CONTINUE TO
HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY HANDLING THIS LOW. THE GFS REMAINS THE MOST
PROGRESSIVE...SWINGING IT IN INLAND ACROSS SRN CA THU AND UP
THROUGH ERN UT/WRN CO THU NIGHT. THE NAM AND ECMWF ARE SLOWER BY
ABOUT 12-24 HRS ON A TRACK A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH. NUDGED POPS
UPWARD THU-FRI BUT REMAINED CONSERVATIVE DUE TO THE TIMING
DIFFERENCES.
SOME STORMS COULD BE RATHER STRONG THU-FRI GIVEN THAT THE DEEP LAYER
Q-G FORCING MAXIMA MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...AND 0-6KM VERTICAL WIND
SHEAR INCREASES WITH TROUGH PASSAGE...REGARDLESS OF MODEL. MODELS
ALSO HINT AT BRIEF ENTRAINMENT OF SOME MOISTURE FROM TROPICAL
STORM LOWELL...REFLECTED MORE IN THE 320K/325K ISENTROPIC SURFACE
HUMIDITY THAN PRECIPITABLE WATER FORECAST.
CONCURRENTLY...SHORTWAVE ENERGY SHARPENS AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE
PAC NW AND NRN ROCKIES LATE IN THE WEEK. THIS TROUGH THEN SLOWLY
MIGRATES EASTWARD TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND SOUTHERN CANADA BY
MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN SOMEWHAT DRIER WESTERLY FLOW
ACROSS OUR AREA BY SUNDAY FOR A DOWNTURN IN SHOWER AND STORM
ACTIVITY THIS WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 947 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
-RA BEING REPORTED ALONG AND N OF I-70 THIS EVENING WITH KRIL
COMING IN WITH SOME MVFR CIGS WHILE REMAINING TAF SITES REPORTING
CIGS AROUND 6 TO 7K. AS THIS PRECIP CONTINUES SHIFTING TO THE NE...VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH BKN TO OVC SKIES. LATEST GUIDANCE
SHOWING MORE OF A DOWN DAY TOMORROW WITH SOME ISOLD CONVECTION TO
CONTEND WITH ACROSS THE CWA WITH MTN TAF SITES AND POSSIBLY SOME
VALLEY SITES SEEING SOME -RA...VCTS...OR A PASSING -TSRA.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 344 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
MONSOONAL MOISTURE IS RETURNING THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW OVER CALIFORNIA PULLS DEEP SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE
REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE FROM
WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING...PEAKING THIS EVENING THEN CONTINUING
OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. EXPECT SOME SMALL STREAM AND
ARROYO FLOOD ISSUES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE USUAL PROBLEM
AREAS. HOWEVER...DO NOT EXPECT SUFFICIENTLY WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS TO WARRANT FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
&&
.GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CO...NONE.
UT...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...TGR
SHORT TERM...JAM
LONG TERM...JAD
AVIATION...TGR
HYDROLOGY...NL/JAM
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS TAUNTON MA
958 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
SHOWERS CONTINUING ACROSS WESTERN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT INTO
FRIDAY...DISSOLVING SOUTHWEST AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE
NORTH. HIGH PRESSURE OUT OF THE MARITIMES WILL BRING DRIER AND
COOLER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND. MILDER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN
EARLY NEXT WEEK. UNSETTLED CONDITIONS MAY RETURN LATE WEDNESDAY OR
NEXT THURSDAY AS A FRONT MAY APPROACH OUT OF QUEBEC.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
10 PM UPDATE...
WV IMAGERY SHOWS WEAKENED UPPER LVL CUTOFF VORTMAX NOW SLIDING SE
THROUGH NY INTO PA/NJ THIS EVENING. LATEST RAP ALSO SHOWS THAT
AXIS OF LEFTOVER INSTABILITY RESIDES TO THE W AS WELL. HENCE WHY
MUCH OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS TAKING ON A MORE N-S
PROPAGATION THIS EVENING AND WHY ONLY LEFTOVER CONVECTION IN THE
FORM OF LIGHT-MOD -SHRA ARE MAKING IT/S WAY INTO THE WRN ZONES.
FEEL THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE TREND MUCH OF THE
NIGHT...ALTHOUGH EXPECT THAT THE BULK OF THE STRONGER CONVECTION
IS LIKELY TO WEAKEN WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING.
ELSEWHERE...FURTHER E...SPOTTY -SHRA CONTINUE TO FORM AHEAD OF THE
VORTMAX ALONG AN AXIS OF 30+ K-INDEX VALUES SUGGESTIVE OF MODERATE
COLUMN MOISTURE IN THE LOW-MID LVLS AND JUST ENOUGH CONDITIONAL
INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT THE LIFT PROVIDED BY THE APPROACHING WAVE.
THESE ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE FORMING IN-SITU ACROSS THE
REGION...SO AN AXIS OF HIGH CHANCE TO LOW LIKELY POPS WILL BE
USED. SOME OF THESE ARE LIKELY TO HOLD TOGETHER INTO THE
PROVIDENCE-BOSTON CORRIDOR AS WELL.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT...
LOW TRANSITIONS AS AN OPEN WAVE LOW TOWARDS THE SE. ACCOMPANYING
MAIN CRUX OF ENERGY YIELDS ASCENT OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE FUELED BY
A SW-PLUME OF HIGHER THETA-E AIR WRAPPING AHEAD OF THE LOW /1.5
PWAT AIRMASS/ CONVERGING AGAINST HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY AIR
BUILDING SW BELOW H8. THIS YIELDS NW-SE ORIENTED AREAS OF F-GEN
FORCING WITHIN THE LOW-LEVELS THAT WILL LIKELY PARENT WITH MID-
LEVEL FORCING.
A CONSENSUS WEIGHTING OF MODEL GUIDANCE PUTS THE LIKELIHOOD OF
SHOWERS TOWARDS THE W/SW FORECAST ZONE WHICH WOULD BE EXPECTED BUT
CAN NOT RULE OUT OF CHANCE OF SHOWERS ELSEWHERE. ONLY THE
IMMEDIATE E/SE MAY BE SPARED OF WET WEATHER...BUT AM NOT HOLDING
MY BREATH. LOW CONFIDENCE OF THUNDER WITH THE STABLE ENVIRONMENT.
WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR FOG AND LOW CLOUDS. HIGHEST CONFIDENCE
IS IN AREAS OF STRONG LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND SHOWERS...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. YET WITH E-ONSHORE FLOW
DRIVING IN HIGHER DEWPOINT AIR...ALONG WITH THE GREATER CAPACITY
FOR AREAS TO RADIATE EFFICIENTLY THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS...FOG
AND LOW CLOUDS MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR E/SE PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND.
INCREASING CLOUDS FROM THE W MAY COMPLICATE THE MATTER.
WILL GO WITH LOWS AROUND THE UPPER-50S TO LOW-60S WITH THE COOL
SPOTS TO THE N/W WHICH BARELY SAW ANY SUN...AND THE E/SE IMMEDIATE
INTERIOR.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
FRIDAY...
WITH THE LOW SWUNG SE OF THE REGION...CUTOFF ENERGY WRAPS REARWARD
AND SE INTO THE REGION INVOKING A HANGING TROUGH. RISING HEIGHTS IN
WAKE OF THE TROUGH ALLOW FOR ENHANCED RIDGING OF HIGH PRESSURE SW
AHEAD OF WHICH F-GEN FORCING IS MAXIMIZED WITHIN THE LOW-LEVELS.
PARENTING WITH MID-LEVEL ASCENT PER CUTOFF ENERGY...THERE IS THE
LIKELIHOOD FOR CONTINUED SHOWERY WEATHER OVER SW PORTIONS OF NEW
ENGLAND.
WILL HOLD WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS FAR W/SW PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA BENEATH AN ABUNDANCE OF CLOUDS. AM NOT GOING TO GET
SPECIFIC WITH THE FORECAST POPS BUT RATHER BROAD BRUSH AN AREA
WHERE THERE IS HIGHEST CONFIDENCE. CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS E.
COMBINATION OF CLOUDS AND RAIN COULD MAKE FOR A VERY CHILL DAY
ESPECIALLY FOR MID- TO LATE-AUGUST. THE DREARY WEATHER COULD YIELD
HIGHS AROUND THE LOW- TO MID-60S FOR THE S/W...WARMER E WHERE THE
GREATER CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SUNSHINE YET ONLY INTO THE UPPER-60S
WITH THE BRISK ONSHORE E-FLOW SURGING INTO INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND.
FRIDAY NIGHT...
ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH WITH SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR BUILDING SW AS
HEIGHTS RISE IN RESPONSE TO THE HANGING TROUGH SWINGING S/E. LOW-
LEVEL F-GEN FORCING AND MID-LEVEL FORCING SHOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH SW
INTO NY/PA AHEAD OF CONTINUED RIDGE ENHANCEMENT.
WHILE CONSENSUS WEIGHTING OF MODEL GUIDANCE YIELDS A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS FOR S/W PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...THE LONG E-FETCH
OFF THE WATERS LIKELY RESULTING IN MOISTURE POOLING WITHIN THE LOW-
LEVELS COULD RESULT IN LOW CLOUDS AND FOG...PERHAPS EVEN DRIZZLE AS
THE FLOW UNDERGOES OROGRAPHIC LIFT ALONG THE E-SHORELINE.
A TOUGH FORECAST AND A LIKELY COOL AND DREARY NIGHT WITH LOWS
GETTING DOWN AROUND THE MID-50S. WITH DEWPOINTS AT SIMILAR VALUES...
ANTICIPATING A PLETHORA OF PATCHY DENSE FOG WHERE THE E-FLOW IS
LIGHT.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
HIGHLIGHTS...
* QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THIS PERIOD
* MILDER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS RIDGE TRIES
TO BUILD EAST
* TIMING OF APPROACHING FRONT BY LATE NEXT WEEK REMAINS UNCERTAIN
BLOCKING UPPER LEVEL PATTERN LOOKS TO REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH
AMERICA AS H5 CUTOFF LOW PRES REMAINS PERSISTENT S OF GREENLAND
THROUGH MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. SOME QUESTIONS DO
COME INTO PLAY AS THE NORTHERN STREAM UPPER FLOW TRIES TO
RECONFIGURE EARLY NEXT WEEK. NW FLOW TRIES TO FLATTEN OUT LATER THIS
WEEKEND...THEN UPPER LEVEL RIDGING APPEARS TO BUILD IN BRIEFLY
AROUND MONDAY OR TUESDAY. OPERATIONAL MODEL RUN DIFFERENCES MAY BE
RESOLVING...BUT STILL SOME TIMING ISSUES CONTINUE LATE NEXT WEEK.
THIS LENDS TO LOWER FORECAST CONFIDENCE BEYOND TUESDAY.
DETAILS...
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
EXPECT HIGH PRES RIDGING TO CONTINUE TO NOSE IN FROM THE MARITIMES.
THE ORIENTATION OF THIS RIDGE WILL KEEP COOL ONSHORE WINDS. SEVERAL
OPERATIONAL MODEL SOLUTIONS...MAINLY THE 12Z GFS/ECMWF...TRY TO WORK
CLOUDS AND SOME LIGHT PRECIP OFF THE OCEAN DURING SAT WITH LONG
FETCH OFF THE GULF OF MAINE. CAN NOT RULE OUT ISOLD SHOWERS THAT MAY
MOVE ONSHORE SATURDAY MORNING THEN PUSH W. COULD EVEN SEE SOME LIGHT
DRIZZLE AROUND SUNRISE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. HAVE MENTIONED
ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AT THIS POINT...THOUGH...BECAUSE OF
UNCERTAINTY OF HOW MUCH MOISTURE WILL BE REALIZED. ONE CERTAINTY
THOUGH IS THAT COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS WILL REMAIN WITH THE ONSHORE
WINDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...
LOOKS LIKE THE MARITIMES RIDGE AXIS TRIES TO PUSH OFFSHORE AS H5
RIDGE PUSHES SE OUT OF ONTARIO AND THE GREAT LAKES AND ACTUALLY
BUILDS INTO QUEBEC...A SET UP THAT HAS BEEN RARE THIS SUMMER. WILL
REMAIN DRY BUT LOOKS LIKE MILDER TEMPS ON THE HORIZON AS WINDS BACK
AROUND TO W AND SW. TEMPS LOOK BE CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMS FOR LATE
AUGUST...THOUGH WILL REMAIN A BIT COOLER ALONG THE S COAST. HUMIDITY
WILL ALSO START TO INCREASE DURING TUESDAY.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...
WHILE THE LAST SEVERAL ECMWF OP RUNS HAVE BEEN MUCH FASTER THAN THE
COUNTERPART GFS...THE 12Z RUN LOOKS MUCH CLOSER WITH ITS SOLUTION IN
KEEPING RIDGING ACROSS MOST OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD. ONE BIG FLY IN
THE OINTMENT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A SYSTEM THAT WILL TRY TO MAKE
THE TURN AROUND THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE OFFSHORE...BUT THAT IS HIGHLY
UNCERTAIN. WEAK COLD FRONT MAY STILL TRY TO WORK OUT OF QUEBEC LAST
WED OR THU...THEN COULD STALL SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION. STILL A
TOUGH CALL. ALSO...DEPENDING UPON AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY...MIGHT SEE SOME SHOWERS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS IN
VICINITY OF THE FRONT. LEANED TOWARD A BLEND OF THE 12Z GFS RUN
ALONG WITH GFS/EC ENSEMBLES FOR THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST.
&&
.AVIATION /02Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE...30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
SHORT TERM...THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...
EXPECT MAINLY VFR ACROSS E MA INTO RI EARLY. LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW
WILL BRING PATCHY FOG...WHILE AREA OF SHOWERS OVER NY STATE WILL
MOVE E. WILL SEE CONDITIONS LOWER TO AREAS OF MVFR-IFR. MAY SEE
BRIEF PATCHES OF DENSE FOG FROM 06Z-12Z ACROSS THE NORMALLY PRONE
VALLEY LOCATIONS.
INTO THE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT PERIOD...ANTICIPATING LOW-END
VFR CLOUDS MIXED IN WITH MVFR AND SHOWERS TO THE S/W ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. E-WINDS CONTINUING WITH A LONG FETCH OFF
THE WATERS. TRANSITIONING INTO EVENING...WHILE SHOWERS CONCLUDE...
A MAJORITY OF THE TERMINALS MAY BECOME SOCKED IN WITH LOW-CLOUDS
AND/OR DENSE FOG. LIKELY TO SEE -DZ ALONG THE E-SHORE TERMINALS
TOWARDS SATURDAY MORNING.
KBOS TERMINAL...MODERATE CONFIDENCE. WILL HOLD LOW-END VFR FOR A
MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST. COULD SEE CONDITIONS GRADUALLY LOWER
FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. E-FLOW PERSISTING THROUGHOUT AND
INCREASING TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD...THUS LENDING TO
CONFIDENCE MORE SO OF MVFR-IFR LOW-CLOUDS OVER DENSE FOG WITH -DZ.
KBDL TERMINAL...MODERATE CONFIDENCE. CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED TO
LOWER INTO EVENING WITH INCREASING -SHRA CHANCES...MAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. MAY REMAIN SOCKED IN AROUND MVFR TO AT LEAST MID
MORNING SATURDAY.
OUTLOOK...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR VFR. LOW PROBABILITY OF PATCHY FOG WITH BRIEF
LOCAL MVFR-IFR CONDITIONS EACH NIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE...30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
SHORT-TERM...THROUGH FRIDAY...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
NE-WINDS INCREASING IN RESPONSE TO INTERIOR LOW PRESSURE SHIFTING
SE ACROSS THE WATERS WITH SOME MILD STRENGTHENING AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN FROM THE N. SUBSEQUENT PRESSURE-GRADIENT MAY YIELD SOME
DECENT FETCH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KTS TO CAUSE SEAS TO RISE...BUT
WILL HOLD AT 4 FEET. FEEL BRISK WINDS WILL DIMINISH FOG POTENTIAL
YET LOW CLOUDS AND SHOWERS MAY BE AN ISSUE FOR AREAS TOWARDS THE
SW.
OUTLOOK...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
HIGH CONFIDENCE.
EXPECT WINDS AND SEAS BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA THROUGH THE PERIOD.
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT E SWELLS COULD BUILD CLOSE TO 5 FT ON THE
OUTER WATERS THIS WEEKEND WITH LONG E FETCH...EVEN WITH WIND SPEEDS
LESS THAN 15 KT. MAY SEE PATCHY OVERNIGHT FOG REDUCING VISIBILITIES
EACH NIGHT.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
NH...NONE.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...SIPPRELL/EVT
NEAR TERM...DOODY/SIPPRELL
SHORT TERM...SIPPRELL
LONG TERM...EVT
AVIATION...SIPPRELL/EVT
MARINE...SIPPRELL/EVT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS TAUNTON MA
703 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
WET WEATHER LIKELY IMPACTING WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NEW
ENGLAND BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. DRIER AND
COOLER WEATHER FOLLOWS INTO THE WEEKEND. A WARM-UP IS POSSIBLE
INTO NEXT WEEK PRIOR TO AN UNSETTLED PATTERN AHEAD OF A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY SWEEPING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
7 PM UPDATE...
DIURNAL CU DISSIPATING IN EASTERN NEW ENG...BUT EXPECT AN
EXPANSION OF SC IN THE WEST TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
INCREASES FROM THE WEST. ALSO MONITORING LOW CLOUDS SE OF ACK
WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ISLANDS AND OUTER CAPE
OVERNIGHT. STILL UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAR NORTH AND WEST OCEAN
SHOWERS WILL GET ASSOCD WITH AREA OF CONVERGENCE OF HIGHER THETAE
AIR. 18Z NAM/GFS HAVE BACKED OFF AND SO WE LOWERED POPS TO CHC
CATEGORY FOR OUTER CAPE AND ACK AS THIS IS A LOW CONFIDENCE
FORECAST.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
HEIGHTS FALL AS THE GREAT LAKES LOW SHIFTS INTO THE NE CONUS...
TROUGHING TOWARDS THE W-E AXIS OF LOW PRESSURE AND INSTABILITY OFF
THE MID-ATLANTIC. LABRADOR RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG WITH DRY
AIR AND SUBSIDENCE WILL PERSIST INTO NEW ENGLAND...AHEAD OF WHICH
THE COLLISION TOWARDS LOW PRESSURE AND HIGHER THETA-E AIR WILL
RESULT IN A DEFINED AREA OF CONVERGENCE ACROSS PA/NY...AND
POSSIBLY SE MA.
TO THE W...INCREASING THETA-E MOISTURE LOADING THE MID- TO UPPER-
LEVELS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN INCREASING AND THICKENING CLOUDS W TO
E. BUT STILL A LOT OF DRY AIR TO OVERCOME BELOW H6-7 ESPECIALLY OVER
E NEW ENGLAND WITH THE INVERTED RIDGE. NOTING THE WARM FRONT WELL W
ACROSS PA/NY ALONG WITH PARENT DYNAMICS AND LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE...
BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS WITHIN AREAS OF DEEP-LAYER ASCENT SHOULD
BE NO FURTHER E OF THE CT-RIVER VALLEY. EXPECTING SPRINKLES. ITS
LIKELY BETTER ACTIVITY WILL BE WELL N/W PARENT WITH BETTER MOISTURE
CONVERGENT ALONG THE NOSE OF THE H925-85 JET INTO THE ADIRONDACKS
ON UP INTO ONTARIO/QUEBEC AS DESTABILIZATION CONCLUDES. PREFER
CHANCE POPS ONLY INTO THE CT-VALLEY.
TO THE SE...TROUGHING SE BACKS LOW PRESSURE AND HIGHER THETA-E AIR
OFF THE E-W STALLED FRONT OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC. THE CONVERGENCE OF
AIR MASSES ALONG AN INVERTED-TROUGH TO THE AFOREMENTIONED LOW WILL
BE THE FOCUS FOR POTENTIAL HEAVY RAIN...EVEN THUNDERSTORMS. MAINLY A
WARM-RAIN PROCESS WITH PWATS UP TO 1.75 INCHES. WHILE A CONSISTENT
SIGNAL AMONG FORECAST SOLUTIONS...OUTCOMES VARY SLIGHTLY LIKELY DUE
TO THE STRENGTH OF INVERTED-RIDGE. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR
NANTUCKET WITH CHANCE POPS INTO THE CAPE AND SE MA. THE SETUP IS
ALREADY COMING TOGETHER SEEN PER IR/VISIBLE SATELLITE...BUT A LOT
OF UNCERTAINTY BETWEEN THE STRENGTH OF THE RIDGE AND THE ZONE
SETUP OF CONVERGENCE. WRF/NAM THE MOST ROBUST WITH OUTCOMES. 17Z
HRRR/18Z RAP HAS ACTIVITY MISSING NANTUCKET. NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE
TO GO HIGH CATEGORICAL POPS.
THICKER CLOUDS ACROSS THE REGION WILL LIMIT RADIATIONAL COOLING.
ANTICIPATING A MORE MILD NIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE REGION WITH LOWS
AROUND THE UPPER-50S. COOLEST CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS E/SE MA
UNDER LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS AND THE BETTER CHANCE OF RADIATING
OUT...LOWS AROUND THE MID-50S. FOR SUCH AREAS THERE IS ALSO THE
POSSIBILITY OF PATCHY GROUND FOG.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...
CLOSED LOW OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES GRADUALLY WOBBLES INTO NEW ENGLAND
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE SYSTEM WEAKENS AS IT TRANSITIONS SW
RE-EMERGING ALONG THE W-E FRONTAL BOUNDARY OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC
TOWARDS THE BETTER THERMAL-INSTABILITY AXIS.
SUBSEQUENT RISING HEIGHTS ALLOWS RIDGING TO BUILD SW THURSDAY
NIGHT. WHILE HIGHER THETA-E AIR STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION WITHIN
THE MID-LEVELS...E-FLOW WITHIN LOW-LEVELS FROM THE LABRADOR HIGH
UNDERCUTS MOISTURE LOADING ALOFT KEEPING CONDITIONS FAIRLY STABLE
AND DRY...LIKELY TO ERODE ACTIVITY S AND W.
AS THE LOW TRANSITIONS AND WEAKENS...PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE CAPE
AND ISLANDS CONCLUDES WITH THE STRENGTHENING INFLUENCE OF THE
RIDGE. ENERGY AND MOISTURE PARENT TO THE LOW IS ANTICIPATED TO
SWEEP MAINLY ACROSS SW NEW ENGLAND...PERHAPS SW OF A LINE FROM
BOSTON TO KEENE NH. WILL KEEP THESE AREAS UNDER CHANCE POPS
ACCORDINGLY WITH ASCENT AND LIKELY CONVERGENCE AGAINST THE SW
BUILDING RIDGE.
WITH THE UNDERCUTTING DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS OFF THE OCEAN WITH THE
STRENGTHENING RIDGE LATE...AND CLOUDS THROUGH THE PERIOD LIMITING
DESTABILIZATION...NOT EXPECTING ANY THUNDER. HIGHS AROUND THE MID-
TO UPPER-70S DURING THE DAY WITH LOWS AROUND THE UPPER-50S.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
HIGHLIGHTS...
* QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE LONG TERM
* UNCERTAINTY INCREASES MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH AN APPROACHING
FRONT.
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH MUCH OF THE LONG TERM. A
PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEAST WILL SLOWLY MAKE
ITS WAY EAST...MOVING JUST OFFSHORE THIS WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE TRIES TO PUSH NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE SOUTHERN U.S. THE UPPER
TROUGH IS RATHER PERSISTENT THOUGH AND EACH MODEL RUN KEEPS THE
TROUGH JUST OFFSHORE LONGER AND LONGER.
COOLER...LESS SEASONABLE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WHILE HIGH PRESSURE IN
QUEBEC WILL KEEP THINGS RELATIVELY DRY. MODELS ARE INDICATING SOME
POTENTIAL FOR QPF EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT GIVEN THE LACK OF
ANY FORCING MECHANISM AND VERY LITTLE MOISTURE TO SPEAK OF...
THINKING THIS COULD BE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK RATHER THAN A DEPICTION
OF ANYTHING LIKELY TO OCCUR.
THE HIGH WILL SINK SOUTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK...EVENTUALLY DROPPING SOUTH AND EAST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
AND RETURNING US TO A MORE WESTERLY FLOW. LOW PRESSURE IN ONTARIO
MAY EVENTUALLY MOVE EASTWARD INTO QUEBEC BRINGING A COLD FRONT
THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. THIS IS WHERE
MODELS START TO DIVERGE A BIT WITH THE ECMWF A BIT QUICKER THAN THE
GFS WITH THE APPROACH OF THE FRONT. DEPENDING ON AVAILABLE MOISTURE
THIS MAY INITIATE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE...30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
SHORT TERM...THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
VFR. LIGHT/VRB WINDS OVERNIGHT BEFORE PREVAILING E/SE THURSDAY
INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. LOW-END VFR CIGS SLOWLY BUILDING E ALONG WITH
-RA CHANCES TOWARDS IJD-ORH-AFN. WILL ALSO NEED TO WATCH SE MA FOR
POTENTIAL +RA AND MVFR-IFR IMPACTS BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO
THU MORNING. CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE CLOSER TO FRIDAY
MORNING.
KBOS TERMINAL...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TAF. E/SE FLOW PREVAILS. EXPECT
CONDITIONS NO LOWER THAN LOW-END VFR CIGS. -RA CHANCES MINIMAL.
KBDL TERMINAL...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TAF. -RA CHANCES BEGIN TOWARDS
THURSDAY MORNING ALONG WITH LOW-END VFR CIGS. MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE
THOUGH LOW-CONFIDENCE AT THIS TIME.
OUTLOOK...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
MODERATE CONFIDENCE. MAINLY VFR. LOW PROBABILITY OF PATCHY
MVFR/IFR FOG EACH NIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE...30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
SHORT-TERM...THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
CLOSELY MONITORING THE SE WATERS. MAY SEE A SURGANCE OF RAIN ALONG
WITH VISIBILITY IMPACTS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO THURSDAY
ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN E-NE FLOW AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
DEVELOPS WELL OUT TO SEA. QUITE POSSIBLE WIND GUST UP TO 25
KTS...BUT WILL HOLD AROUND 20 KTS FOR NOW. WILL KEEP SEAS AROUND 3
TO 4 FEET. CONDITIONS RELAX INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
OUTLOOK...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE. QUIET BOATING WEATHER IS EXPECTED
THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD WITH HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION.
LOW PROBABILITY OF PATCHY OVERNIGHT FOG LIMITING VISIBILITIES.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
NH...NONE.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...RLG/SIPPRELL
NEAR TERM...KJC/SIPPRELL
SHORT TERM...SIPPRELL
LONG TERM...RLG
AVIATION...KJC/RLG/SIPPRELL
MARINE...RLG/SIPPRELL
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS TAUNTON MA
409 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
WET WEATHER LIKELY IMPACTING WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NEW
ENGLAND BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. DRIER AND
COOLER WEATHER FOLLOWS INTO THE WEEKEND. A WARM-UP IS POSSIBLE
INTO NEXT WEEK PRIOR TO AN UNSETTLED PATTERN AHEAD OF A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY SWEEPING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
INTO THIS EVENING...
DIURNAL CUMULUS WILL DISSIPATE WITH THE CONCLUSION OF DAYTIME
MIXING. HIGH CLOUDS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO FILTER INTO THE REGION
FROM THE CONVECTION ONGOING OVER NY/PA. ALSO MONITORING THE AREA
SE OF NANTUCKET WHERE LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE OF HIGHER THETA-E AIR
IS LIKELY ONGOING LENDING TO SOME LOW CLOUDS. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY
TO FILTER ACROSS THE ISLAND TOWARDS THE CAPE AS WE GO INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. WILL SEE WINDS BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
TONIGHT...
HEIGHTS FALL AS THE GREAT LAKES LOW SHIFTS INTO THE NE CONUS...
TROUGHING TOWARDS THE W-E AXIS OF LOW PRESSURE AND INSTABILITY
OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC. LABRADOR RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG WITH
DRY AIR AND SUBSIDENCE WILL PERSIST INTO NEW ENGLAND...AHEAD OF
WHICH THE COLLISION TOWARDS LOW PRESSURE AND HIGHER THETA-E AIR
WILL RESULT IN A DEFINED AREA OF CONVERGENCE ACROSS PA/NY...AND
POSSIBLY SE MA.
TO THE W...INCREASING THETA-E MOISTURE LOADING THE MID- TO UPPER-
LEVELS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN INCREASING AND THICKENING CLOUDS W TO
E. BUT STILL A LOT OF DRY AIR TO OVERCOME BELOW H6-7 ESPECIALLY OVER
E NEW ENGLAND WITH THE INVERTED RIDGE. NOTING THE WARM FRONT WELL W
ACROSS PA/NY ALONG WITH PARENT DYNAMICS AND LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE...
BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS WITHIN AREAS OF DEEP-LAYER ASCENT SHOULD
BE NO FURTHER E OF THE CT-RIVER VALLEY. EXPECTING SPRINKLES. ITS
LIKELY BETTER ACTIVITY WILL BE WELL N/W PARENT WITH BETTER MOISTURE
CONVERGENT ALONG THE NOSE OF THE H925-85 JET INTO THE ADIRONDACKS
ON UP INTO ONTARIO/QUEBEC AS DESTABILIZATION CONCLUDES. PREFER
CHANCE POPS ONLY INTO THE CT-VALLEY.
TO THE SE...TROUGHING SE BACKS LOW PRESSURE AND HIGHER THETA-E AIR
OFF THE E-W STALLED FRONT OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC. THE CONVERGENCE OF
AIR MASSES ALONG AN INVERTED-TROUGH TO THE AFOREMENTIONED LOW WILL
BE THE FOCUS FOR POTENTIAL HEAVY RAIN...EVEN THUNDERSTORMS. MAINLY A
WARM-RAIN PROCESS WITH PWATS UP TO 1.75 INCHES. WHILE A CONSISTENT
SIGNAL AMONG FORECAST SOLUTIONS...OUTCOMES VARY SLIGHTLY LIKELY DUE
TO THE STRENGTH OF INVERTED-RIDGE. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR
NANTUCKET WITH CHANCE POPS INTO THE CAPE AND SE MA. SLIGHT CHANCE
OF THUNDER WITH AT LEAST A LITTLE INSTABILITY PRESENT. THE SETUP
IS ALREADY COMING TOGETHER SEEN PER IR/VISIBLE SATELLITE...BUT A
LOT OF UNCERTAINTY BETWEEN THE STRENGTH OF THE RIDGE AND THE ZONE
SETUP OF CONVERGENCE. WRF/NAM THE MOST ROBUST WITH OUTCOMES. 17Z
HRRR/18Z RAP HAS ACTIVITY MISSING NANTUCKET. NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE
TO GO HIGH CATEGORICAL POPS.
THICKER CLOUDS ACROSS THE REGION WILL LIMIT RADIATIONAL COOLING.
ANTICIPATING A MORE MILD NIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE REGION WITH LOWS
AROUND THE UPPER-50S. COOLEST CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS E/SE MA
UNDER LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS AND THE BETTER CHANCE OF RADIATING
OUT...LOWS AROUND THE MID-50S. FOR SUCH AREAS THERE IS ALSO THE
POSSIBILITY OF PATCHY GROUND FOG.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...
CLOSED LOW OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES GRADUALLY WOBBLES INTO NEW ENGLAND
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE SYSTEM WEAKENS AS IT TRANSITIONS SW
RE-EMERGING ALONG THE W-E FRONTAL BOUNDARY OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC
TOWARDS THE BETTER THERMAL-INSTABILITY AXIS.
SUBSEQUENT RISING HEIGHTS ALLOWS RIDGING TO BUILD SW THURSDAY
NIGHT. WHILE HIGHER THETA-E AIR STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION WITHIN
THE MID-LEVELS...E-FLOW WITHIN LOW-LEVELS FROM THE LABRADOR HIGH
UNDERCUTS MOISTURE LOADING ALOFT KEEPING CONDITIONS FAIRLY STABLE
AND DRY...LIKELY TO ERODE ACTIVITY S AND W.
AS THE LOW TRANSITIONS AND WEAKENS...PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE CAPE
AND ISLANDS CONCLUDES WITH THE STRENGTHENING INFLUENCE OF THE
RIDGE. ENERGY AND MOISTURE PARENT TO THE LOW IS ANTICIPATED TO
SWEEP MAINLY ACROSS SW NEW ENGLAND...PERHAPS SW OF A LINE FROM
BOSTON TO KEENE NH. WILL KEEP THESE AREAS UNDER CHANCE POPS
ACCORDINGLY WITH ASCENT AND LIKELY CONVERGENCE AGAINST THE SW
BUILDING RIDGE.
WITH THE UNDERCUTTING DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS OFF THE OCEAN WITH THE
STRENGTHENING RIDGE LATE...AND CLOUDS THROUGH THE PERIOD LIMITING
DESTABILIZATION...NOT EXPECTING ANY THUNDER. HIGHS AROUND THE MID-
TO UPPER-70S DURING THE DAY WITH LOWS AROUND THE UPPER-50S.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
HIGHLIGHTS...
* QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE LONG TERM
* UNCERTAINTY INCREASES MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH AN APPROACHING
FRONT.
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH MUCH OF THE LONG TERM. A
PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEAST WILL SLOWLY MAKE
ITS WAY EAST...MOVING JUST OFFSHORE THIS WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE TRIES TO PUSH NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE SOUTHERN U.S. THE UPPER
TROUGH IS RATHER PERSISTENT THOUGH AND EACH MODEL RUN KEEPS THE
TROUGH JUST OFFSHORE LONGER AND LONGER.
COOLER...LESS SEASONABLE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WHILE HIGH PRESSURE IN
QUEBEC WILL KEEP THINGS RELATIVELY DRY. MODELS ARE INDICATING SOME
POTENTIAL FOR QPF EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT GIVEN THE LACK OF
ANY FORCING MECHANISM AND VERY LITTLE MOISTURE TO SPEAK OF...
THINKING THIS COULD BE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK RATHER THAN A DEPICTION
OF ANYTHING LIKELY TO OCCUR.
THE HIGH WILL SINK SOUTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK...EVENTUALLY DROPPING SOUTH AND EAST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
AND RETURNING US TO A MORE WESTERLY FLOW. LOW PRESSURE IN ONTARIO
MAY EVENTUALLY MOVE EASTWARD INTO QUEBEC BRINGING A COLD FRONT
THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. THIS IS WHERE
MODELS START TO DIVERGE A BIT WITH THE ECMWF A BIT QUICKER THAN THE
GFS WITH THE APPROACH OF THE FRONT. DEPENDING ON AVAILABLE MOISTURE
THIS MAY INITIATE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE...30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
SHORT TERM...THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
VFR. SEA-BREEZES CONTINUE...BECOMING LIGHT/VRB OVERNIGHT BEFORE
PREVAILING E/SE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. LOW-END VFR CIGS
SLOWLY BUILDING E ALONG WITH -RA CHANCES TOWARDS IJD-ORH-AFN. WILL
ALSO NEED TO WATCH SE MA FOR POTENTIAL +RA AND MVFR-IFR IMPACTS
BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY. CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE
CLOSER TO FRIDAY MORNING.
KBOS TERMINAL...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TAF. E/SE FLOW PREVAILS. EXPECT
CONDITIONS NO LOWER THAN LOW-END VFR CIGS. -RA CHANCES MINIMAL.
KBDL TERMINAL...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TAF. -RA CHANCES BEGIN TOWARDS
THURSDAY MORNING ALONG WITH LOW-END VFR CIGS. MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE
THOUGH LOW-CONFIDENCE AT THIS TIME.
OUTLOOK...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
MODERATE CONFIDENCE. MAINLY VFR. LOW PROBABILITY OF PATCHY
MVFR/IFR FOG EACH NIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE...30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
SHORT-TERM...THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
CLOSELY MONITORING THE SE WATERS. MAY SEE A SURGANCE OF RAIN ALONG
WITH VISIBILITY IMPACTS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO THURSDAY
ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN E-NE FLOW AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
DEVELOPS WELL OUT TO SEA. QUITE POSSIBLE WIND GUST UP TO 25
KTS...BUT WILL HOLD AROUND 20 KTS FOR NOW. WILL KEEP SEAS AROUND 3
TO 4 FEET. CONDITIONS RELAX INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
OUTLOOK...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE. QUIET BOATING WEATHER IS EXPECTED
THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD WITH HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION.
LOW PROBABILITY OF PATCHY OVERNIGHT FOG LIMITING VISIBILITIES.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
NH...NONE.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...RLG/SIPPRELL
NEAR TERM...SIPPRELL
SHORT TERM...SIPPRELL
LONG TERM...RLG
AVIATION...RLG/SIPPRELL
MARINE...RLG/SIPPRELL
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS MIAMI FL
851 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
.UPDATE...
BULK OF EVENING CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD STAY AWAY
FROM SOUTHERN FLORIDA EXCEPT FOR ONE OR TWO LEFTOVER SHOWERS WEST
OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. EASTERLY FLOW WELL ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE
AREA, ALBEIT WEAK AT LESS THAN 10 KNOTS AS PER LATEST MIAMI
SOUNDING. MOSTLY DRY NIGHT EXPECTED, EXCEPT FOR NEAR THE EAST
COAST WHERE A FEW SHOWERS OR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MAY DEVELOP
IN EAST FLOW. THE LATEST HRRR MODEL RUN (22Z) SHOWS A DECENT
AMOUNT OF PRECIP AFFECTING MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES AFTER
3 AM, BUT THIS SEEMS UNREASONABLE BASED ON GENERAL LACK OF FORCING
AND NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF CURRENT PRECIP UPSTREAM OVER NW
BAHAMAS. THEREFORE WILL LEAVE THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE EAST
COAST AS IS. /MOLLEDA
&&
.AVIATION...
LIGHT EAST WINDS AND VFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT, WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF A FEW SHOWERS/ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR EAST COAST BETWEEN 09Z-12Z
AND AGAIN FROM ABOUT 15Z-17Z. EAST WINDS ONCE AGAIN ON FRIDAY,
EXCEPT LIGHTER THAN TODAY. THIS WILL FOCUS MOST OF AFTERNOON TSTMS
IN THE INTERIOR, WITH GENERAL MOTION TOWARDS THE GULF COAST DURING
THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON. FOR NOW HAVE VCTS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR
NAPLES AND THIS COULD BE INCREASED TO TEMPO IN SUBSEQUENT
FORECASTS. VCSH FOR EAST COAST SHOULD COVER AFOREMENTIONED
NIGHT/MORNING SHOWERS. /MOLLEDA
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH 79 91 77 90 / 10 30 0 10
FORT LAUDERDALE 81 91 80 91 / 20 20 0 10
MIAMI 80 91 80 91 / 10 20 0 20
NAPLES 76 91 79 91 / 10 40 20 30
&&
.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&
$$
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS MIAMI FL
1031 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.UPDATE...
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES HAVE JUMPED UP TO NEAR NORMAL TODAY WITH
MAGNITUDE OF LOW TO MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES (-6.4 C/KM) AND H5 TEMPS
(-7.5 C) SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL AND SFC BASED CAPE AROUND 4500
J/KG. STORM MOTION VECTOR FOR THE DAY IS FROM THE EAST AT LESS
THAN 3 KNOTS. BASICALLY STORMS WILL BE NEARLY STATIONARY WITH
DEVELOPMENT AND MOVEMENT LIKELY DOMINATED BY OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
INTERACTIONS. LIMITING FACTOR REMAINS UNIMPRESSIVE MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES. ALL IN ALL, THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE FOR THE DAY INDICATE
POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH, FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL PARTICULARLY WITH INLAND
STORMS. SO WILL AMEND HWO ACCORDINGLY. ENSEMBLE OF HIGH RES MODELS
AND HRRR ALSO INDICATE THAT BEST CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY
REMAIN FOR THE INTERIOR SOUTH WITH HIGH CHANCES SPREADING TOWARDS
THE WEST COAST AND LOWER CHANCES SPREADING AS FAR EAST AS THE
WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS PARTICULARLY
STARTING AROUND 2 PM AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED ACCORDINGLY.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 735 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014/
AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE BULK OF THE
PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL. THE LATEST MODEL RUN
SHOWED ISLTD/SCT SHRAS/TSTMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA
BREEZE BOUNDARY AROUND 16-17Z JUST INLAND OF THE EAST COAST TAF
SITES WITH THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW PROJECTED TO BE MORE ORIENTED OUT OF
THE ENE. WILL INCLUDE VCTS FOR THE EAST COAST SITES TO CORRESPOND
WITH THIS TIMING FOR NOW AND UPDATE AS CONDITIONS EVOLVE TODAY.
THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE INLAND THROUGH THE MID-LATE
AFTERNOON AND SETUP ACROSS THE INTERIOR AREAS THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME CALM
AND SHIFT TO OFFSHORE ALONG EACH COAST THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT
HOURS. 85/AG
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 238 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014/
DISCUSSION...
SOUTH FLORIDA IS UNDER AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE
FLORIDA STRAITS. THE FORECAST CALLS FOR THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE
TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN US. THE 00Z AUG 20
SOUNDING SHOWS THAT THE SAHARAN DUST THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING SOUTH
FLORIDA SINCE THE WEEKEND IS ERODING BETWEEN 600 AND 700 MB (OR 3-4
KM ABOVE THE SURFACE). THIS IS ALSO DEPICTED BY THE LIDAR LOCATED
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. THE LIDAR ALSO SHOWS THAT THE SAHARAN
LAYER IS BEING ERODED FROM BELOW. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES
TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST, AN INFLUX OF ATLANTIC AIR ASSOCIATED
WITH A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE ATLANTIC (BACK DOOR COLD
FRONT) WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A SOURCE OF CLEANER AIR. THE LOW
LEVEL VISIBILITY WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES.
THE CIMMS WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS INCREASING MOISTURE OVER THE
BAHAMAS MOVING OVER SOUTH FLORIDA FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING BEHIND THE
DRIER AIR THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING SOUTH FLORIDA SINCE SATURDAY. THE
FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOW THIS INCREASE IN PW FOR WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. THE PW DECREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY DUE TO THE
SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE SE
US.
THE FLOW OF EASTERLY WINDS WILL FAVOR LOWER POPS FOR THE IMMEDIATE EAST
COAST WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES.
THE WEEKEND SEEMS TO BE THE DRIEST PERIOD WITH DRIER AIR FROM THE
ATLANTIC AFFECTING SOUTH FLORIDA. CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO
CHANGE FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
TROPICAL WAVES OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT
SOUTH FLORIDA. AT THE PRESENT TIME IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO PREDICT IF
A TROPICAL SYSTEM COULD AFFECT SOUTH FLORIDA NEXT WEEK, BUT AT
LEAST WE CAN BE SOMEWHAT CONFIDENT THAT AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE
AND LOW LEVEL FLOW FROM THE SE IS FORECAST FOR THE BEGINNING OF
NEXT WEEK ASSOCIATED WITH THESE WAVES. THE CURRENT FORECAST FROM
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER INCLUDES A MEDIUM CHANCE FOR
DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.
MARINE... WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN SOUTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS AROUND OR BELOW 10 KNOTS AND PERSISTING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT, SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BE 2 FEET OR
LESS THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME. SURFACE WINDS ARE THEN FORECAST TO
INCREASE SLIGHTLY FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK WHILE REMAINING
GENERALLY EASTERLY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS NORTH OF THE REGION.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 126 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014/
AVIATION...
WINDS WILL REMAIN EASTERLY FOR THE EAST COAST TERMINALS WHICH WILL
FAVOR THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE INTERIOR. AT THE
PRESENT TIME WE ARE NOT INCLUDING VCTS FOR THE EAST COAST
TERMINALS SINCE THE CONVECTION IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP WEST OF THE
EAST COAST TERMINALS. HOWEVER, INCLUDED VCSH FOR ALL TERMINALS
AFTER 15Z EXCEPT PBI. APF HAS THE GREATEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION,
AS THE EASTERLY FLOW FAVORS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE
INTERIOR, AND SOMETIMES IT COULD AFFECT THE NAPLES AREA.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH 92 78 91 78 / 30 10 30 10
FORT LAUDERDALE 92 81 91 80 / 20 10 30 10
MIAMI 91 80 91 80 / 30 10 30 10
NAPLES 91 78 92 78 / 50 10 50 20
&&
.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...52/PS
LONG TERM....52/PS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS COLUMBIA SC
1013 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER RIDGE WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED HOT CONDITIONS
FRIDAY. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SW INTO THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL MIDLANDS SATURDAY...AND SHIFT TOWARDS THE CSRA SUNDAY.
THIS WILL LEAD TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS BEHIND
IT. THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO OUR SOUTH EARLY TO MID NEXT
WEEK...LEADING TO GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER WITH NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
UPPER RIDGE AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/GULF COAST CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER
ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. 88D
REGIONAL RADAR COMPOSITE SHOWS DECAYING LINE OF SHOWERS MOVING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL/EAST NC. THIS WAS ONCE A PART OF A LARGER
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT BOTH THE HRRR AND WRF
INDICATED WOULD WEAKEN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SATELLITE LOOP
SHOWS SOME DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM THIS CONVECTION THAT WILL BE
SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NC/SC
BORDER. OTHERWISE...SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR AND
TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER/MIDDLE 70S BY SUNRISE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
LITTLE CHANGE FRIDAY. UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN CENTERED JUST TO OUR
WEST...WITH SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE COASTAL CAROLINAS. THIS AND
A LOW LEVEL DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED HOT MAX TEMPS.
MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE MAX TEMPS NEAR 100 DEGREES AGAIN MOST
AREAS...AND ALSO CONTINUES TO INDICATES DEW POINTS MIXING DOWN
INTO THE 60S ACROSS MOST OF OUR FA TO NEAR 70 SE FA...KEEPING HEAT
INDICES BELOW OUR HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 110F. ONLY ISOLATED TO
SLIGHT CHANCE DIURNAL TSTMS AT BEST DUE TO BUILDING RIDGE
ALOFT...AND FAIRLY DRY LOW LEVEL AIR LEADING TO HIGH LEVELS OF
FREE CONVECTION/HIGH CONVECTIVE TEMPS.
MAIN ISSUE FOR SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY IS TIMING OF APPROACHING
BACK DOOR FRONT. LATEST NAM A LITTLE FASTER THAN GFS. GUIDANCE
BLEND AND SHORT RANGE ENSEMBLE SUGGEST FRONT WITH ASSOCIATED BAND
OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FA SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. CHANCE POPS SHOULD GENERALLY SUFFICE.
WARM MAX TEMPS STILL POSSIBLE SAT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH
WARMEST TEMPS FAVORING THE CSRA WHERE TEMPS COULD REACH 100 AGAIN.
WITH NAM BEING SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN GFS WITH THE BACK DOOR FRONT...THE
NAM MOS IS SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN THE GFS MOS FOR SAT MAX
TEMP...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND CENTRAL. EVEN IF TEMPS NEAR 100
REACHED AGAIN SAT...GUIDANCE STILL SUGGESTS DEWPOINTS LOW ENOUGH
TO PRECLUDE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM REACHING OUR HEAT ADVISORY
CRITERIA OF 110F.
FRONT EXPECTED TO SHIFT SW THRU THE FA SAT NT THRU SUN NT. EXPECT
CHANCE POPS NEAR AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH COOLING TEMPS
ALONG AND NORTH OF IT. SO...POPS SUN AFTN FAVORING THE CSRA. HIGH
TEMPS SUNDAY SHOULD BE NOTICEABLY LESS BEHIND THE FRONT.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
FRONT TO PUSH TO OUR SOUTH EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK WITH SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD...WITH UPPER RIDGE
ALOFT. SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH
RIDGE ALOFT WILL REDUCE CONVECTIVE CHANCES...TO SLIGHT CHANCE AT
BEST. TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /22Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DOMINATE THE PERIOD.
SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO
CROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...WHICH WILL AGAIN WORK TO PREVENT FOG
DEVELOPMENT. GFS LAMP STILL INDICATING MVFR FOG AT AGS/OGB
06Z-13Z. GIVEN EXPECTED DRY AIRMASS AND HIGH CLOUDS...WILL NOT
INCLUDE IN FOG IN THE FORECAST. EXPECT LIGHT AND VARIABLE/CALM
WINDS OVERNIGHT. ON FRIDAY...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST/WEST
AROUND 5 KTS THROUGH THE DAY.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN LATE
NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING FOG SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BRING RESTRICTIONS.
&&
.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
GA...NONE.
&&
$$
77
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
406 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
.DISCUSSION...
320 AM CDT
SHORT TERM...THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
QUIET WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD AND THE PESKY UPPER LOW LIFTING
INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND ANY ASSOCIATED CONVECTION MOVING WELL
TO THE EAST. UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...EXPECT THAT SOME
LOCATIONS COULD SEE SOME FOG DEVELOPMENT...MAINLY LOW LYING AND
SHELTERED AREAS. DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG AS DEWPOINT
DEPRESSIONS ARE STILL 3-5 DEGREES IN MANY PLACES. CONDITIONS WILL
REMAIN QUIET INTO WEDNESDAY BUT UPPER RIDGING BUILDING OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
WHILE THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST IS SIGNALING
THE BEGINNING OF A SIGNIFICANT WARMING TREND...MORE LIKE THE TRUE
DOG DAYS OF SUMMER THAT THE UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER THAT THE AREA
HAS SEE FOR MUCH OF THIS SUMMER. ACCOMPANYING THE UPPER RIDGING AND
INCREASING TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL BE AN INCREASE OF LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE. THE BERMUDA HIGH IS IN PLACE OVER THE ERN GLFMEX WHILE
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
THIS IS SETTING UP A RETURN FLOW OF MOISTURE FROM A WIDE OPEN GULF
OF MEXICO...WITH 20-30KT 850MB WINDS WITH TRAJECTORIES OFF OF THE
WESTERN GLFMEX POINTING RIGHT INTO THE MIDWEST. UNDER AMPLE SUNSHINE
FOR MOST OF THE DAY TODAY...THERE SHOULD BE LITTLE TROUBLE MIXING
DOWN THE WARMER AIR ALOFT...WHERE 850MB TEMPS SHOULD BE ARND
18-20C. SO...THE AREA WILL SEE HIGHS TODAY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER
80S. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S...THE MAX HEAT INDEX
TODAY SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. WHILE THESE HEAT
INDEX VALUES ARE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR HEADLINE LEVELS...THEY ARE
CERTAINLY MUCH HIGHER THAN HAS BEEN SEEN FOR THE BULK OF THE
SUMMER.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME AN INCREASING CONCERN THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. EARLY THIS MORNING...THERE
IS ONGOING CONVECTION OVER THE UPPER MISSOURI VALLEY ASSOCIATED WITH
A SHORTWAVE OVER TOPPING THE UPPER RIDGE. EXPECT THAT THIS ACTIVITY
SHOULD SLIDE SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA THIS MORNING...MOVING THROUGH SRN
IA/NRN MO AND INTO CNTRL/SRN IL. THE MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN
DEVELOPING A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST FROM A DEEPENING LOW OVER THE
DAKOTAS THROUGH THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY EARLY WEDNESDAY
EVENING. THIS SHOULD BE THE FOCUS FOR SHRA/TSRA SPREADING INTO THE
REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
HOURS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HAVE MAINTAINED A MORE BROADBRUSHED
APPEARANCE TO THE WX/POP/QPF GRIDS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT DUE TO SOME
CONCERN WITH TIMING OF THE PCPN SPREADING NWD AS THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY IN THE MODELS AS FAR AS TIMING THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
PCPN...BUT HAVE GONE WITH LIKELY POPS AS CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER IN THE
POTENTIAL FOR PCPN. CONFIDENCE IS JUST A LITTLE LOWER IN THE ONSET
TIME. WHILE THE SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE LOW...A GREATER CONCERN
WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AS SWLY FLOW AND WARM/MOIST
ADVECTION INCREASES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE MODEL GUIDANCE IS
INDICATING PWATS AROUND 2 INCHES OVER THE AREA. WITH UPPER LEVEL
WINDS FROM JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE THROUGH THE COLUMN EXPECTED TO BE
ARND 25-30KT...THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE PROGRESSIVE.
SO...WHILE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS QUITE POSSIBLE...WIDESPREAD
FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED THOUGH LOCALIZED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
ADVISORY TYPE FLOODING REMAINS A POSSIBILITY.
KREIN
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
MAIN CONCERN IN THE MEDIUM TERM WILL RESIDE ON THE
PLACEMENT/STRENGTH OF THE 500MB RIDGE POISED TO SETUP ACROSS THE
OZARKS. GUIDANCE HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY SUGGESTING AN ATMOSPHERIC
RIVER DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND BECOMING ORIENTED
ALONG THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE MID-LVL RIDGE...THEN TURNING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE ALLEGHENIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. CONCERN DOES ARISE
WITH THE FACT THAT MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE HAS DEMONSTRATED A REDUCED
LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE WITH SPREAD IN HOW AMPLIFIED THE RIDGE WILL
BECOME...WHICH COULD BE STARTING TO HINT THAT THE ACTIVE RING-O-FIRE
MAY END UP CLOSER TO THE FORECAST AREA THUR NGT/FRI. AT THIS TIME
HAVE ONLY MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE POPS...AND EXPECT A
CHANNEL OF LIKELY POPS TO BE LIFTING NORTH THUR MIDDAY INTO WISC BY
THUR NGT. CURRENT OPER SOLUTIONS STILL FAVOR THIS SCENARIO...PLUS
850MB TEMPS WILL BE STEADILY WARMING AND SHUD LIMIT THE COVERAGE OF
CONVECTION/PRECIP.
THEN INTO FRI SOLUTIONS SUGGEST THE TOP OF THE RIDGE MAY BEGIN TO
FLATTEN. LOCAL ARW8KM ALSO HINTS THAT THE ACTIVE ZONE MAY BE
DRIFTING SOUTH AND COULD BE OVER THE FORECAST AREA FRI AFTN/EVE.
THEN FOR SAT RIDGE REMAINS OVERHEAD...BUT IT STILL LOOKS POSSIBLE
FOR CHC POPS TO START THE WEEKEND. THE ONE CONSISTENCY THROUGH THE
THUR-SAT TIMEFRAME...THE HEAT/HUMIDITY. WHILE PWAT VALUES CONTINUE
TO HOVER IN THE 1.6-1.8" RANGE...THE FORECAST DEW PTS ARE EXPECTED
TO LINGER IN THE LOW TO PERHAPS MID 70S FOR MANY LOCATIONS THUR-SAT.
SFC TEMPS ARE PROGGED TO PUSH WELL INTO THE 80S...AND PERHAPS WARMER
YET DEPENDING ON CLOUD COVER/PRECIP. THE COMBINATION OF ANOMALOUSLY
HIGH DEW PTS AND SFC TEMPS IN THE UPR 80S/NEAR 90 WOULD SIGNAL HEAT
INDEX VALUES IN THE MID/UPR 90S TO PERHAPS THE LOW 100S SOUTH OF
I-80...MAINLY FRI-SUN.
EARLY NEXT WEEK...
ENSEMBLES AND OPER SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO POINT TOWARDS THE HOT/HUMID
AIRMASS BREAKING DOWN AND TRANSITIONING BACK TO A MID CONUS/GREAT
LAKES TROUGH. MON WILL LIKELY STILL BE A HOT/HUMID DAY. GUIDANCE HAS
DEMONSTRATED SOME CONFIDENCE/CONSISTENCY IN A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
APPROACHING THE REGION MON NGT/TUE...WITH MUCH COOLER AIR BEGINNING
TO DRIVE SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TUE...AND ARRIVING ACROSS
THE CWFA TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
BEACHLER
&&
.AVIATION...
//ORD AND MDW CONCERNS...UPDATED 09Z...
* POSSIBLE LAKE BREEZE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.
KREIN
//DISCUSSION...UPDATED 09Z...
HAVE REMOVED MENTION OF MVFR VIS IN THE 09Z UPDATE. CONDITIONS
SHOULD REMAIN VFR AT THE TERMINALS OVERNIGHT.
WESTERLY WINDS INCREASE BY MID TO LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY WITH
MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGESTING PREVAILING WINDS AROUND 10
KT...ESPECIALLY DURG THE LATE MORNING HOURS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN DURG BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A WEAK RIDGE AXIS
DEVELOPS FROM WISCONSIN...THROUGH NERN IL/NWRN IN INTO THE LOWER
OHIO VALLEY. A LAKE BREEZE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THE LAKE
AND EVENTUALLY MOVE INLAND...BUT LIKELY NOT REACHING ORD/MDW UNTIL
LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. WINDS AT ORD/MDW SHOULD TURN
ESELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE LAKE BREEZE...BUT THERE WILL ONLY BE
A WEAK PUSH TO THE LAKE BREEZE AND THE SSELY WINDS SHOULD ONLY BE
ARND 5KT OR SO AT ORD/MDW. WINDS WILL THE SETTLE INTO A SSELY TO
SLY DIRECTION THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. ANOTHER MID LEVEL
IMPULSE IS EXPECTED TO DROP OUT OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR MORE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION.
KREIN
//ORD AND MDW CONFIDENCE...UPDATED 06Z...
* HIGH CONFIDENCE IN WIND TRENDS THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT A
LITTLE LOWER CONFIDENCE IN THE EXACT TIMING OF LAKE BREEZE
PASSAGE.
* LOW CONFIDENCE IN TIMING AND COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
KREIN
//OUTLOOK FOR ORD/MDW FOR 12Z THURSDAY-12Z TUESDAY...UPDATED 00Z...
* THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...CHANCE OF TSRA.
* SUNDAY...SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSRA.
* MONDAY...DRY/VFR.
&&
.MARINE...
314 AM CDT
SFC LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MEANDER AROUND NORTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH HAS BEEN WEAKENING. THIS LOW IS
EXPECTED TO DRIFT SOUTHEAST AND REACH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES
EARLY THURSDAY. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS THE GRADIENT IS
EXPECTED TO BE VERY WEAK...SO MOST OF THE WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN
15KT. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN WAVES REMAINING LOW...OR GENERALLY
LESS THAN 3 FT IN MOST AREAS. WITH THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WINDS/WAVES WILL LIKELY BE ELEVATED IN AND
AROUND STORMS. OTHERWISE A SERIES OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS
WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS NORTHEAST TO THE UPPER MIDWEST
INTO WESTERN ONTARIO.
BEACHLER
&&
.LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&
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Area Forecast Discussion
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
333 AM CDT Wed Aug 20 2014
.SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight)
ISSUED AT 333 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
Storms have developed along a boundary in northeast MO and southeast
IA early this morning. These storms should move into western and
southwest IL in the next several hours. These could get into western
parts of the CWA so will have some chance pops in the west this
morning. However, all models seem to indicate this area will not
travel very far and should dissipate during the morning hours. The
associated boundary will then slowly lift northeast as a warm front
through the CWA, and though convergence along this boundary will be
weak, some isolated showers or thunderstorms will remain possible in
the early afternoon. By late afternoon and into the evening and
overnight hours, the warm front will remain across the central part
of the CWA so the chance of showers and thunderstorms will continue
during the evening and overnight hours.
Temperatures will be a few degrees warmer than yesterday, with some
areas in the west and south getting to around 90. Overnight lows
will also be warmer as most of the CWA will be in the warm sector
overnight.
&&
.LONG TERM...(Thursday through Tuesday)
ISSUED AT 333 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
Position of the boundary after lifting through the FA today and
tonight will have a signif impact on the location of the showers and
thunderstorms. Though most recent models are lifting the boundary
further to the northeast, some chance pops Thurs and slight chance
pops remain in place at least over the northeastern portions of the
CWA from Thursday night through Friday night. Pops increasing
somewhat for Saturday as models are collapsing the ridge somewhat as
a wave moves over the ridge and into the Ohio River Valley. Though
the precip chances are scattered at best and low confidence...the
models have been very persistent with the very hot temperatures for
some summer like conditions that are well above normal for this time
of year. Models have also shown consistency with 850 mb temps in
the 19-25C range through Sunday. This will drive the temps into the
upper 80s/lower 90s with heat indices in the upper 90s/low 100s.
Forecast dwpts into the low to mid 70s may be over representing llvl
RH enhancement from widespread precip in the models that may not
quite come to fruition as widespread. Todays heat indices are more
borderline for Heat Advisory criteria...but far more likely to see
from Thursday into Sunday with subsequent forecasts, should the
trend continue. Into the extended, day 7/just into day 8, models
actually beginning to diverge into a solution to break down the
ridge with an upper system pushing a return of precip in for Tues
night into Wed.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Wednesday night)
ISSUED AT 1145 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
Skies clear across the TAF sites late this evening, but will see
some increase in clouds from the west late. Main concern is with
potential for fog. Latest short-range guidance suggesting the
KSPI-KCMI corridor most at risk for significant fog, as a weak
frontal boundary is draped in that area and dew points are pooling
along it. However, the increase in clouds near KSPI may help
mitigate the fog from getting out of control. The RAP model is
fairly robust with widespread dense fog affecting all the TAF
sites, but the HRRR has it more patchy within the KPIA/KSPI/KBMI
triangle. Right now, will go with a TEMPO period of 1SM at the
southern TAF sites and keep it a little higher further north,
where the air is a bit drier. Will also need to watch for
convection developing along the front in northern Missouri over
the next few hours. General thought is that this should stay
southwest of KSPI and will not mention at this time.
In the longer range of the TAF, concern is with timing of
convection late Wednesday afternoon and evening. NAM is faster and
much further south with storms moving through as early as 19-21Z,
while the latest GFS favors the evening hours, with other guidance
much more widely scattered but in the evening. Will favor the
later time frames with VCTS mention in the TAFs, although
confidence is somewhat uncertain at this time.
&&
.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...AUTEN
LONG TERM...HJS
AVIATION...GEELHART
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
104 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
.DISCUSSION...
835 PM CDT
FOR EVENING UPDATE...
HAD ADJUSTED POPS/WX AND SKY COVER EARLIER BASED ON RADAR/SATELLITE
TRENDS. OTHER THAN DETAILS OF ENDING/MOVING ISOLATED SHRA OUT OF
NORTHEAST IL/NORTHWEST IN NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...NO SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES MADE TO GOING FORECAST.
A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS CONTINUE TO BUBBLE IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS AT
0115Z...ONE NEAR KANKAKEE...AND THE OTHER ACROSS NORTHERN COOK
COUNTY NEAR OHARE AND JUST OFF THE LAKE SHORE BETWEEN KENILWORTH AND
EVANSTON. THESE SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH
AXIS WHICH STRETCHED FROM SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN TO NORTH OF ST
LOUIS...AND AHEAD OF A MID-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH ROTATING EASTWARD
ACROSS NORTHWEST IL/WISCONSIN PER GOES VAPOR IMAGERY. THESE SHOWERS
HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY IN COVERAGE WITH SUNSET AND THE
WEAKENING OF DIURNALLY-DRIVEN INSTABILITY...AND LINGERING SHOWERS
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE OR MOVE OVER LAKE
MICHIGAN IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. STRONGER STORMS WHICH HAD FORMED
OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL IL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON ALSO OCCURRED AHEAD OF A MORE COMPACT VORT MAXIMA SEEN
PUSHING EAST ACROSS CENTRAL IL AT THIS TIME... AND WITHIN A MORE
UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATED WITH POOLED UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S
SURFACE DEW POINTS AHEAD OF THE SURFACE TROUGH. THESE STRONGER
STORMS HAVE MOVED OFF TO THE EAST OF THE CWA INTO CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN INDIANA. GOES 11-3.9 MICRON IR IMAGERY INDICATES LITTLE
LEFT OF DIURNAL CU FIELD ACROSS SOUTHERN WI/NORTHERN IL WEST OF
CHICAGO...SUGGESTING DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING/OVERNIGHT HOURS. ANOTHER MID-LEVEL VORT
ROTATING SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL MN HAS SOME ISOLATED
CONVECTION NEAR THE MSP AREA...AND HIGH-RES GUIDANCE DOES INDICATE
THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS TO DEVELOP INTO NORTHEAST
IA/NORTHWEST IL TOWARD MORNING. STILL...APPEARS FAIRLY LOW CHANCE
WITH BETTER PRECIP POTENTIAL BECOMING FOCUSED BACK ACROSS
NEBRASKA/WESTERN IA BY MORNING.
HAD ADJUSTED POPS/WX AND SKY COVER EARLIER BASED ON RADAR/SATELLITE
TRENDS. OTHER THAN DETAILS OF ENDING/MOVING ISOLATED SHRA OUT OF
NORTHEAST IL/NORTHWEST IN NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...NO SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES MADE TO GOING FORECAST.
RATZER
//PREV DISCUSSION...
304 PM CDT
WARMER AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED AS WE GO THROUGH
THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE BEING THE
DETERMINATION OF THE EXTENT OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER TROUGH OVERHEAD OF THE
LOCAL AREA MAKING GRADUAL PROGRESS TO THE EAST. BROAD LOW-AMPLITUDE
RIDGING IS IN PLACE OVER THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS WHILE A BROAD
UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS WESTERN CANADA. A CUTOFF UPPER LOW IS
SPINNING SOUTHWARD DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST. THIS RIDGE/TROUGH
COMBINATION WILL AMPLIFY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND MAKE EASTWARD
PROGRESS. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE IS OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN IS
DRAGGING A COOL FRONTAL BOUNDARY/TROUGH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LOCAL
AREA.
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE AREA TODAY WILL BE
SLOW TO MOVE EAST INTO WEDNESDAY KEEPING CYCLONIC FLOW OVERHEAD
THROUGH THE MORNING. THE BULK OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS NOW OFF
TO THE EAST WITH MORE SPOTTY DIURNALLY DRIVEN ACTIVITY WORKING INTO
THE NORTHERN CWA AND MAY SEE SOME ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY INTO CENTRAL
AREAS BEFORE DISSIPATING THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...WATER VAPOR SHOWS
A WEAK WAVE ROUNDING THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER LOW OVER MINNESOTA
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS SHOULD ROTATE OVER THE LOCAL AREA TONIGHT
AND MAY TRIGGER SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWERS. THE CHANCE DOES NOT LOOK
THAT GREAT ESPECIALLY WITH A MODESTLY DRIER AIRMASS IN PLACE BEHIND
THE AFTERNOON TROUGH. CYCLONIC FLOW REMAINS OVERHEAD WEDNESDAY
MORNING BUT SHIFTS TO THE EAST SO AM NOT EXPECTING PRECIP ACTIVITY
GIVEN THE POOR DIURNAL SUPPORT THEREFORE MUCH OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY
SHOULD BE DRY. HIGHS WILL WARM INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S BUT A LAKE
BREEZE SHOULD COOL LAKESHORE AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE WILL MOVE FROM THE
HIGH PLAINS AND SLOW ITS EASTWARD PROGRESS OVER THE LOCAL AREA BY
FRIDAY. IT WILL AMPLIFY AS IT MOVES EASTWARD HELPING TO SHARPEN THE
ASSOCIATED MID LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE WHICH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA STARTING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. WITH A
STRONG PUSH OF MOISTURE AND A WEST TO SOUTHWEST LOW LEVEL JET
DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY EVENING SHOULD SEE A DECENT COVERAGE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. BETTER ORGANIZATION COULD RESULT WITH THE PASSAGE OF ANY
SHORTWAVE EJECTING FROM THE AMPLIFYING BUT STILL BROAD WESTERN
TROUGH. LESS CONFIDENT IN PRECIP CHANCES FROM LATE THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY AS THE RIDGE AXIS WILL BE OVER THE AREA BUT THE RIDGE LOOKS
TO BE BROAD ENOUGH THAT THE MORE ACTIVE FLOW AROUND THE PERIPHERY
WILL BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. ULTIMATELY A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL
LIKELY SET UP TO THE NORTH EXTENDING FROM LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL/NORTHERN PLAINS BUT CONVECTION MAY INFLUENCE HOW FAR
NORTH-SOUTH THIS BOUNDARY MOVES WHICH WILL AFFECT POPS AND POSSIBLY
TEMPS AS WELL. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE IDEA OF THE BOUNDARY REMAINING
NORTH LEADING TO HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S THURSDAY AND UPPER
80S TO AROUND 90 FRIDAY. THE FLOW MAY BE WEAK ENOUGH TO ALLOW SOME
LAKE INFLUENCE TO COOL SHORELINE AREAS SOMEWHAT. ANY OUTFLOW FROM
STORMS OVER OR NORTH OF THE AREA COULD IMPACT TEMPS AS WELL.
SATURDAY AND BEYOND...THE WESTERN TROUGH WILL EVENTUALLY TRACK EAST
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS BREAKING DOWN THE RIDGE BUT THE SPEED
WITH WHICH THIS OCCURS IS STILL IN QUESTION. AT THIS POINT THE RIDGE
LOOKS TO FURTHER AMPLIFY OVER THE WEEKEND WHICH COULD KEEP THINGS
DRY BUT GUIDANCE HAS FLUCTUATED ON THE AMPLITUDE. WILL KEEP LOW POPS
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...MAINLY NORTH CLOSER TO THE MORE ACTIVE FLOW
AROUND THE TOP OF THE RIDGE. TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90
WILL CONTINUE ALONG WITH THE HUMIDITY. AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES
EAST SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS AND DRAG A COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE
OVERALL UPPER PATTERN WILL BE DE-AMPLIFYING SO THE FRONT MAY STALL
OUT SOMEWHERE NEAR THE AREA BUT STILL QUITE A WAYS OUT THERE FOR ANY
KIND OF CONFIDENCE IN THIS.
MDB
&&
.AVIATION...
//ORD AND MDW CONCERNS...UPDATED 06Z...
* CHANCE MVFR VIS OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* POSSIBLE LAKE BREEZE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.
KREIN
//DISCUSSION...UPDATED 06Z...
ALL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAS MOVED OUT OF NRN IL/NWRN IN AND SKIES
HAVE BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR WITH CALM TO LIGHT WEST WINDS. CLEAR
SKIES LIGHT WINDS AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME
FG/BR DEVELOPMENT AS TEMPERATURES RADIATE DOWN CLOSE TO THE IN
SITU DEWPOINTS. WILL CARRY MVFR VIS AT ALL TERMINAL EXCEPT ORD/MDW
WHERE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS COULD KEEP TEMPS A LITTLE
HIGHER...AND SATURATION WOULD BE LESS LIKELY. A FEW ISOLD POCKETS
OF IFR VIA ARE POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING...SHELTERED LOCATIONS.
WESTERLY WINDS INCREASE BY MID TO LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY WITH
MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGESTING PREVAILING WINDS AROUND 10
KT...ESPECIALLY DURG THE LATE MORNING HOURS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN DURG BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A WEAK RIDGE AXIS
DEVELOPS FROM WISCONSIN...THROUGH NERN IL/NWRN IN INTO THE LOWER
OHIO VALLEY. A LAKE BREEZE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THE LAKE
AND EVENTUALLY MOVE INLAND...BUT LIKELY NOT REACHING ORD/MDW UNTIL
LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. WINDS AT ORD/MDW SHOULD TURN
ESELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE LAKE BREEZE...BUT THERE WILL ONLY BE
A WEAK PUSH TO THE LAKE BREEZE AND THE SSELY WINDS SHOULD ONLY BE
ARND 5KT OR SO AT ORD/MDW. WINDS WILL THE SETTLE INTO A SSELY TO
SLY DIRECTION THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. ANOTHER MID LEVEL
IMPULSE IS EXPECTED TO DROP OUT OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR MORE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION.
KREIN
//ORD AND MDW CONFIDENCE...UPDATED 06Z...
* HIGH CONFIDENCE IN WIND TRENDS THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT A
LITTLE LOWER CONFIDENCE IN THE EXACT TIMING OF LAKE BREEZE
PASSAGE.
* MEDIUM TO HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT VIS WILL DROP TO MVFR WITH ISOLD
IFR ACROSS THE REGION...AND MEDIUM CONFIDENCE THAT VIS AT
ORD/MDW WILL REMAIN 6SM OR HIGHER.
* LOW CONFIDENCE IN TIMING AND COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
KREIN
//OUTLOOK FOR ORD/MDW FOR 12Z THURSDAY-12Z TUESDAY...UPDATED 00Z...
* THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...CHANCE OF TSRA.
* SUNDAY...SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSRA.
* MONDAY...DRY/VFR.
&&
.MARINE...
319 PM CDT
GENERALLY QUIET CONDITIONS OVER THE LAKE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH
RESPECT TO WINDS AND WAVES...AND PERIODS WHERE DIRECTIONS IN THE
NEARSHORE AREAS WILL BE CONTROLLED BY LAKE BREEZE INFLUENCES BY
DAY. A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AND
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES COULD RESULT IN THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES
CROSSING THE LAKE AT TIMES...MAINLY FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME OF THESE COMPLEXES TO
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES...AS WELL AS FREQUENT
CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING.
RC
&&
.LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1200 AM CDT Wed Aug 20 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 830 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
Weak frontal boundary currently extending from northeast Illinois
through the Galesburg area to far northern Missouri. Earlier
convection has pushed well to the east and skies are now mostly
clear in our area, although some rogue thunderstorms have recently
developed along an outflow boundary across Clark County. Not any
appreciable change in temperature on either side of the front, but
dew points are slightly lower to the north. Front is not expected
to make much additional headway overnight. HRRR and RAP showing
some additional convection developing overnight on the tail of the
front across northern Missouri southeast to near St Louis.
Currently think the precip should stay to our southwest, but will
see an increase in clouds after midnight across the southwest CWA.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Wednesday)
ISSUED AT 256 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
19z/2pm surface analysis shows slow-moving cold front along the
Mississippi River. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are beginning
to develop immediately along the boundary within a narrow uncapped
instability axis. Further east, the air mass across much of central
Illinois remains capped in the wake of convection that moved across
the area earlier in the day. Will hold on to slight chance PoPs
through the early evening as the front makes its way slowly eastward
into the KILX CWA. Once daytime instability is lost, will go with a
dry forecast across the board overnight. With the boundary in the
vicinity, winds will become light/variable tonight, setting up the
possibility of fog. Forecast soundings suggest low-level moisture
will remain high, with both the MET and MAV guidance indicating
reduced visbys. Based on this guidance and a persistence forecast
from the past couple of nights, have included patchy fog after
midnight. Weak frontal boundary will remain in the area on
Wednesday, resulting in a continued slight chance for
showers/thunder, with afternoon highs climbing into the middle to
upper 80s.
&&
.LONG TERM...(Wednesday night through Tuesday)
ISSUED AT 256 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
Wednesday night after midnight had previously looked like our best
chances of storms over the next few days, but the 12z guidance has
sped up the shortwave/MCV by 6-12 hours and weakened it. Our area
will still remain along the storm track over the building upper
level ridge, so despite lowering PoPs below the likely category,
chances will remain in most areas, with lowest chances southwest of
Springfield to Effingham.
The theme of higher storm chances in N-NE Illinois will continue for
the balance of the extended forecast, as the upper ridge and dome of
hot air build from southwest to northeast. The storm track appears
to generally follow the 588dm 500mb height line into this weekend.
We kept a narrow channel of chance PoPs across our N-NE counties
from Thursday to Saturday, with minor shifts east and west during
that time. Slight chances could extend as far south as Rushville to
Lincoln to Mattoon, but the building dome of heat should provide
enough mid-level capping to limit the southward extent of storms.
Model differences in the Sunday to Tuesday time frame have prompted
a continuation of periodic slight chance PoPs as a cold frontal
boundary tries to push into the dome of hot air. The 12z runs have
limited the forward progression of the front into IL on Sunday night
and Monday, when previous runs indicated an air mass change for less
hot conditions on Monday. Now the heat may linger as long as Tuesday
with the only hints of relief coming for areas north of I-74.
Heat index readings from Wednesday to Sunday will climb to into the
95F to 102F range at peak heating, which could be locally limited by
any pop-up thunderstorms each afternoon. Heat advisory levels are
105F+, but conditions will still be very uncomfortable, and heat
precautions will be necessary each day.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Wednesday night)
ISSUED AT 1145 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
Skies clear across the TAF sites late this evening, but will see
some increase in clouds from the west late. Main concern is with
potential for fog. Latest short-range guidance suggesting the
KSPI-KCMI corridor most at risk for significant fog, as a weak
frontal boundary is draped in that area and dew points are pooling
along it. However, the increase in clouds near KSPI may help
mitigate the fog from getting out of control. The RAP model is
fairly robust with widespread dense fog affecting all the TAF
sites, but the HRRR has it more patchy within the KPIA/KSPI/KBMI
triangle. Right now, will go with a TEMPO period of 1SM at the
southern TAF sites and keep it a little higher further north,
where the air is a bit drier. Will also need to watch for
convection developing along the front in northern Missouri over
the next few hours. General thought is that this should stay
southwest of KSPI and will not mention at this time.
In the longer range of the TAF, concern is with timing of
convection late Wednesday afternoon and evening. NAM is faster and
much further south with storms moving through as early as 19-21Z,
while the latest GFS favors the evening hours, with other guidance
much more widely scattered but in the evening. Will favor the
later time frames with VCTS mention in the TAFs, although
confidence is somewhat uncertain at this time.
&&
.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...GEELHART
SHORT TERM...BARNES
LONG TERM...SHIMON
AVIATION...GEELHART
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS DES MOINES IA
339 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/...
ISSUED AT 340 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
TONIGHTS FORECAST IS QUITE DIFFICULT AND THE MODELS ARE NOT MUCH
HELP. A WARM FRONT ACROSS IOWA STRETCHES FROM A LOW OVER WEST
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THETA-E ADVECTION AND SOME MODEST INSTABILITY
KEPT THUNDERSTORMS FESTERING AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALL DAY
LONG AND SHEAR ACTUALLY INCREASED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE
MODELS CONTINUE THE SHOWERS/STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY IN A ZONE OF WARM ADVECTION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS
INTO EARLY EVENING. THE HRRR AND HOPWRF THEN SQUELCH THE PRECIP IN
IOWA OVERNIGHT WHILE THE NAM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP STORMS ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL/NORTHEAST IOWA...ESPECIALLY WITH A LOW LEVEL JET THAT
INTENSIFIES LATER THIS EVENING. IT IS VERY HARD TO SAY WHERE THAT
BOUNDARY WILL LIFT TO THIS EVENING...OR WILL IT REMAIN FAIRLY
STATIONARY. I AM REASONABLY CERTAIN THAT WE WILL NOT BE DRY ACROSS
THE NORTH BUT I AM SKEPTICAL ABOUT KEEPING 60-70 POPS IN THAT AREA
GIVEN THE TRENDS FOR THE PRECIP TO SLOWLY LIFT NORTH.
THE MAIN ADJUSTMENTS TO THE GOING FORECAST WERE TO LOWER POPS SOME
ACROSS THE NORTH AND MENTION HEAVY RAIN ACROSS A PART OF THE NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST. HOWEVER...IF THE NAM12 IS CORRECT MY
FORECAST WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED ONCE THE LLJ COMES INTO PLAY AFTER
03Z OR SO AS HIGHER POPS WILL BE NEEDED FURTHER SOUTH. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE MORE OF A CONCERN ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 20.
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
ISSUED AT 340 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
RELATIVELY ACTIVE CONDITIONS TO PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE LONG TERM
WITH BROAD WSW FLOW ALOFT AND SURFACE BOUNDARY NEARBY. ANY ONGOING
CONVECTION ON THURSDAY MORNING SHOULD DISSIPATE WITH FORCING
WEAKENING. WARM SECTOR WILL BE IN PLACE WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING
NICELY THROUGH THE DAY. STILL MAY SEE SOME MID TO HIGH CLOUDS
OVERHEAD AND THIS MAY LIMIT DAYTIME HIGHS...HOWEVER STILL A VERY
WARM AND HUMID DAY EXPECTED FOR MOST LOCATIONS. SURFACE BOUNDARY
WILL EASE INTO NORTHERN IOWA ON THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SOME SCATTERED
CONVECTION EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK AS INFLOW WEAKENS AND
COL REGION PUSHES INTO THE STATE. FRIDAY WILL SEE THE COL PASS
THROUGH IOWA WITH LIMITED CONVECTION CHANCES FOR MUCH OF THE DAY.
HOWEVER...A MORE VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE WILL EJECT INTO THE PLAINS
LATER FRIDAY WITH INCREASING FLOW INTO THE FRONT LATE FRIDAY INTO
FRIDAY NIGHT. MODELS HAVE ALL BEEN INDICATING RATHER ROBUST
CONVECTION BY LATE FRIDAY ACROSS THE PLAINS PUSHING INTO IOWA
OVERNIGHT. HAVE CONTINUED THE HIGHER POPS ON FRIDAY
NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST WHERE THE BEST FORCING AND
INFLOW INTO SYSTEM IS ANTICIPATED. THE THREAT FOR CONVECTION WILL
PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY REMAINS NEAR THE STATE. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS MUCH
OF THE CONVECTION THIS WEEKEND WILL BE NEAR NORTHERN IOWA WITH HOT
AND HUMID CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH. THE BULK OF THE SYSTEM IS NOT
EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE REGION UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK
WHEN GOOD COVERAGE OF STORMS IS ANTICIPATED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN VERY WARM TO HOT SOUTH OF THE
BOUNDARY DURING THIS TIME.
THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE EVER PRESENT WITH THIS
CONVECTION FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST. PWAT VALUES WILL IN GENERAL
BE AT OR ABOVE 1.50" WITH CONVECTION EAST OR SOUTHEAST AND
TRAINING A POSSIBILITY FROM TIME TO TIME. WHILE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED GIVEN MATURE VEGETATIVE
GROWTH...LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR. THE PRIMARY FLASH FLOOD
THREAT WILL REMAIN IN URBAN AREAS. HOWEVER...IF SEVERAL NIGHTS OF
RAIN DO OCCUR IN THE SAME AREA...A MORE GENERALIZED FLASH FLOOD
THREAT MAY MATERIALIZE.
THE OTHER CONCERN WILL BE WITH HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS SOUTH OF
THE BOUNDARY. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE 100
DEGREES FROM TIME TO TIME AND MAY BECOME PROBLEMATIC...ESPECIALLY
IN SOUTHERN IOWA SHOULD SEVERAL DAY STRING TOGETHER OF HOT AND
STICKY CONDITIONS. MUCH WILL DEPEND ON THE EXTEND OF CONVECTION
AND WHERE OUTFLOW BOUNDARYS AND SUBSEQUENT CONVECTION END UP. AT
THIS POINT...GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY...NO HEADLINES FOR HEAT WILL BE
ISSUED.
&&
.AVIATION...20/18Z
ISSUED AT 1248 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST IN A ZONE OF INSTABILITY AHEAD OF
A WARM FRONT OVER SOUTHERN IOWA THAT EXTENDS BACK INTO SOUTH DAKOTA.
SHOWERS AND STORMS KEEP REDEVELOPING IN THIS ZONE EVEN BACK INTO
NEBRASKA AND WILL CONTINUE TO FESTER OVER TAF LOCATIONS FROM FOD TO
ALO AND MCW THROUGH 02Z. THERE MAY BE A SHORT BREAK THIS EVENING
BEFORE A STRONG PUSH OF MOISTURE SURGES INTO IOWA ON A STRONG LOW
LEVEL JET. ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY STORMS MAY
INTENSIFY PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND A FEW OF THE MORE ROBUST
STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND AND HAIL. MVFR VSBYS WILL LARGELY
PREVAIL EITHER DUE TO FOG AND/OR HEAVY RAIN. CIGS WILL ALSO LOWER
IN THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...FAB
LONG TERM...COGIL
AVIATION...FAB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS DES MOINES IA
1138 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 305 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER IOWA WILL MOVE EAST AS A WARM FRONT
DEVELOPS TO THE SOUTH AND BEGINS TO LIFT NORTH TONIGHT. THE FRONT
WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE STATE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG S/WV WILL
MOVE UP THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AND PUSH A COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE STATE THIS WEEKEND.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/...
ISSUED AT 305 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL SHIFT INTO
NORTHWEST NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT WILL EXTEND
FROM THE LOW THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA AND INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA AND
NORTHERN MISSOURI BY 12Z WEDNESDAY BEFORE SURGING NORTH THROUGH THE
DAY WEDNESDAY. STRONG THETA-E ADVECTION IS FORECAST TO LIFT ACROSS
CENTRAL IOWA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY AFTER 06Z.
FORCING IS WEAK BUT DOES IMPROVE OVERNIGHT AS A LOW LEVEL JET
FOCUSES INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. ALOFT A WEAK SHORTWAVE IS PROGGED TO
MOVE ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA/SOUTHWEST IOWA. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH
TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL
IOWA. STORMS SHOULD MAINLY BE ELEVATED AS LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS
WEAK TO NON EXISTENT. THERE IS ALSO SOME WEAK SHEAR...PERHAPS
ENOUGH FOR AN ISOLATED STORM TO BRIEFLY PRODUCE SOME MARGINALLY
SEVERE TO SEVERE HAIL. THE HIGH RES AND NAM12 MODELS ARE NOT AS
IMPRESSIVE WITH DEVELOPING STORMS ACROSS THE AREA BUT THE SREF DOES
AS DOES PREVIOUS RUN OF THE HI-RES MODELS. THE HRRR IN PARTICULAR
IS FAIRLY BULLISH ON BRINING PRECIP INTO THE SW WHILE THE MEMBERS OF
THE HOPWRF ARE A LITTLE MORE RESERVED...AT LEAST THROUGH 09Z.
SOME POTENTIAL FOR FOG ACROSS THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AS REMAINING
CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA DISSIPATE WITH SUNSET AND SURFACE RIDGING
MOVES OVERHEAD PRODUCING LIGHT WIND. NOT LOOKING AT DENSE FOG AT
THIS POINT GIVEN THE VERY SHALLOW NATURE OF THE MOISTURE MOVING IN.
GENERALLY WENT WITH PATCHY FOG WORDING HOWEVER ALO/MCW WILL BE EAST
OF THE RIDGE AXIS AND MOISTURE COULD BE ENOUGH FOR A LITTLE MORE
WIDESPREAD FOG SO I MENTION AREAS OF FOG OVER THESE LOCATIONS.
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
ISSUED AT 305 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
A BREAK IN THE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED ON WED AS THE FIRST ROUND OF
THETA-E ADVECTON LIFTS OUT OF THE STATE. A RENEWED THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH AND STRONG
THETA-E ADVECTION TAKES PLACE WED NIGHT. THE H8 SHOWS GOOD SPEED
CONVERGENCE AND THERE IS DIVERGENCE ALOFT...THE FLY IN THE
OINTMENT WILL BE IF THE ATMOSPHERE CAPS OFF OR NOT. AN EML IS IN
PLACE...BUT IT IS NOT ALL THAT STRONG.
WARM AND HUMID WEATHER WILL HOLD INTO THE WEEKEND WITH AFTERNOON
HEAT INDICES IN THE LOW TO MID 90S NORTH...AND 95 TO 105 SOUTH
TUE-THU AFTERNOON. BELOW CRITERIA...BUT WILL MENTION IN THE HWO
WITH ALL THE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES GOING ON.
COOLER WEATHER WILL MOVE IN OVER THE WEEKEND...FIRST DUE TO THE
INCREASED CLOUD COVER...THEN DUE TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE SAT. COOL
AIR WILL SETTLE IN SLOWLY WITH TEMPS FALLING BELOW NORMAL; FOR MON
AND TUE.
&&
.AVIATION...20/06Z
ISSUED AT 1134 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
BOUNDARY WILL LIFT ACROSS IOWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THIS WILL BRING
CHANCES FOR SHRA/TSRA TO SITES...PRIMARILY SOUTHERN SITES
THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. BEST CHANCES WILL COME BEFORE 12Z...BEFORE
DECREASING. HAVE INCLUDED VC MENTION AT KFOD/KDSM/KOTM. NORTHERN
SITES WILL LIKELY SEE BR/FG NEAR 12Z GIVEN AMPLE LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE. MVFR...IFR OR LOWER CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE
POSSIBLE AT TIMES AT SITES THROUGH 12Z BEFORE IMPROVING QUICKLY
AFTER 12Z. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
VFR THROUGH REMAINDER OF PERIOD.
&&
.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...MS AUG 14
SHORT TERM...FAB
LONG TERM...MS AUG 14
AVIATION...AWB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS TOPEKA KS
732 PM CDT Thu Aug 21 2014
.UPDATE...
Issued at 732 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
Will be updating the forecast soon to remove the heat advisory as
HI values have fallen below 105 already and temps will continue to
cool. Am a little concerned that we may be dealing with convection
across northern KS for much of the evening. A 00Z objective
surface analysis suggests a weak trough axis or boundary has laid
over more west to east into northeast KS and the outflow from
convection over north central KS will likely help better define
this boundary. Once the low level jet increases this evening,
there could be enough lift along this boundary for scattered
storms to fester through much of the night. This seems to be the
idea anyways from the HRRR and RAP, although they may be a little
to far south with the QPF. Not sure how long a downbust threat
may last as cooling of the boundary layer should increase
convective inhibition. But locally heavy rainfall could be a
concern as models show more than enough moisture (PWs around 2
inches) available for moderate and heavy rainfall. With this in
mind will have tweaked POPs up a little for at least this evening
across north central and northeast KS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Friday)
Issued at 356 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
At 3 PM, surface low pressure was situated over the Oklahoma
panhandle...connected by a weak cold front to another surface low in
southwest Minnesota. There was a second weak boundary, more of a
moisture discontinuity extending from just north of Russel, KS to
near Marysville, KS. immediately north of this moisture boundary,
low-level convergence and the presence of deeper moisture/more
instability have led to persistent showers and a few storms in
southern Nebraska and extreme northern Kansas. Aloft, a stream of
very weak disturbances were moving out of the desert southwest into
the central Plains, and will continue to do so through tomorrow.
Southwest flow aloft on the west side of an upper ridge has allowed
for continuous warm advection and a very hot regime locally.
Temperatures today have been in the upper 90s to lower 100s (with
the exception of areas very close to the NE border where there have
been more clouds) while dewpoints especially north and east have
held in the lower 70s. This has led to heat index values in the 102
to 108 range with the highest values east. Have issued a heat
advisory for northeast and east central KS where the highest T/Td
combinations should be in place through this evening.
This evening into tonight, will be watching a few features for
potential thunderstorm development. The first is the frontal zone in
north central KS. Surface based CAPE greater than 1000 J/kg is in
place in the airmass just north of the weak boundary. Wind shear is
rather weak, but between the ample afternoon heating of the boundary
and what seems to be an incoming weak short wave trough, could see
scattered thunderstorm development in north central KS. If storms
can develop through early evening, the very steep low level lapse
rates would support localized strong downbursts. However, severe
potential appears low as there may not be sufficient
lift/instability to support the precip loading needed for severe
winds. Will need to monitor regardless as the depth of the steep
lapse rates would support damaging winds with only moderate
mid-level downdrafts. As the evening progresses, expect a low level
jet to increase a bit with some weak convergence into north central
KS and a zone of more aggressive moisture transport from south
central into northeast KS. This may further support north central KS
thunderstorms by around 03Z, and could support further development
into northeast KS by late evening and early morning. The chances are
slight for thunderstorms at any given point, and the potential for
severe weather overnight appears even lower yet given the expected
elevated nature of the storms.
Friday is a bit uncertain regarding temperatures and potential heat
headlines. This is mainly due to uncertainty in how long any
scattered precip or remnant cloud cover will be over the area. The
current forecast leans toward a mainly cloud-free late morning and
early afternoon. This, along with slightly warmer 850 temps would
suggest temperatures near or slightly warmer than Thursday with
dewpoints near or slightly lower than Thursday. IF this scenario
plays out, a heat advisory could be needed for parts of the area
again, but given at least some potential for convective debris and
lower temps, have not issued at this time. Will then look to late
afternoon for more potential for scattered storm development, mainly
in northern KS.
.LONG TERM...(Friday Night through Thursday)
Issued at 356 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
The mid-level pattern is expected to remain fairly unchanged Friday
night into the weekend as models show the mid-level ridge staying
anchored over much of the southeastern U.S. with the mid-level
trough in place over the western U.S. Friday night into Saturday
this mid-level trough currently over the Pacific Northwest is
expected to deepen and dig southward along the western Rockies
before a strong embedded shortwave trough lifts northeastward toward
the Northern Plains Saturday night into Sunday. As this shortwave
trough pivots northward, it will help to slowly push the stationary
front that will remain stalled out over north central Kansas and
along the Kansas/Nebraska border eastward through the forecast area
Sunday into Monday. Ahead of this frontal passage, southwesterly
surface winds will prevail as surface low pressure remains anchored
over the High Plains. As a result, warm air advection will persist
through the weekend with unseasonably hot conditions. Highs for
Saturday are expected to reach into the mid/upper 90s with afternoon
heat indices rising into the 98F to 102F degree range. As winds
shift to the north with the frontal passage, a slight cool-down is
expected by early next week with highs in the upper 80s to low/mid
90s on Monday. As for precipitation chances through this period,
there is a chance for some isolated nocturnal showers and
thunderstorms Friday night and Saturday night with the help of the
low-level jet, primarily focused over north central Kansas and along
the Kansas/Nebraska border. Thunderstorm chances increase by Sunday
night into Monday with the frontal passage. Models continue to show
this front lifting northward over the region as a warm front by
Monday night, however there are still some model discrepancies with
regards to just how far north this warm front will lift. At this
time though, models seem to be trending toward much of the southern
half of the forecast area being in the warm sector as this boundary
will likely become stationary once again near the Kansas/Nebraska
border through Tuesday night, so expect temperatures to warm up once
again into at least the low/mid 90s and possibly into the upper 90s
for some locations. Tuesday night into Wednesday we may see a repeat
of events as models are showing the stationary boundary once again
transitioning to a cold front that will progress eastward across the
region as a stronger mid-level trough develops and deepens across
the Rockies. This stronger trough should help to finally push this
system east of the area mid-week, with increased precipitation
chances Tuesday night and Wednesday followed by slightly cooler
temperatures in the mid 80s to near 90 degrees.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFs through 00Z Friday Evening)
Issued at 611 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
Will continue with a VFR forecast expecting convection to remain
mainly to the west and north of the terminals. Models show the
surface trough axis remaining just west of the forecast area and
the weak warm front along the state line remaining relatively
stationary. Therefore think chances for TS in the terminals is
slight at best. The boundary layer is expected to remain somewhat
mixed once again tonight, so concerns for LLWS are minor but will
monitor OBS for signs of the boundary layer decoupling this
evening.
&&
.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY until 9 PM CDT this evening FOR KSZ011-012-022>024-
026-038>040-054>056-058-059.
&&
$$
UPDATE...Wolters
SHORT TERM...Barjenbruch
LONG TERM...Hennecke
AVIATION...Wolters
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS TOPEKA KS
558 PM CDT Wed Aug 20 2014
...AVIATION UPDATE...
.SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Thursday)
Issued at 333 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
A broad upper level ridge axis will continue to amplify across the
lower and mid MS river valley over the next 24 hours.
A minor upper level trough was located across northeast OK and
southeast KS this afternoon, on the western edge of the H5 ridge
axis, and will move northeast across southeast KS into western MO
this afternoon through early this evening. A shower did pop up
across southern Coffey county but did dissipate. This minor H5
trough may provide just enough lift for an isolated shower or
thunderstorms along and southeast of I-35 through the late afternoon
and early evening hours. I will keep POPS at 14 percent due to the
very isolated coverage.
During the evening hours scattered thunderstorms will develop across
western KS and eastern CO. Most of the thunderstorms will lift
northeast into NE but the trailing edge of any thunderstorm complex
may move across portions of north central and northeast KS late
Tonight and through the mid morning hours of Thursday. At this time
any thunderstorm complex that develops across western KS Tonight
should be decaying through the early morning hours of Thursday, thus
the thunderstorms will not be severe as they move northeast into a
less favorable environment across northeast KS.
Thursday will be mostly sunny as the H5 ridge axis amplifies across
the southern and mid MS river valley. Thunderstorms should remain
well west and north of the CWA during the daylight hours. Highs will
warm into the mid to upper 90s once again. A few locations across
the southwestern counties of the CWA may reach the 100 degree mark.
Heat indices will warm into the 100 to 104 degree range during the
afternoon hours. Some isolated areas across east central KS may see
heat indices reach around 105 degrees.
.LONG TERM...(Thursday Night through Wednesday)
Issued at 333 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
The mid-level flow will remain fairly unchanged through the end of
the week into the weekend with a broad ridge remaining in place
across much of the central and eastern U.S. and a trough positioned
over the western U.S. Thursday night through Saturday the models are
in good agreement with the mid-level trough currently over the
Pacific Northwest digging southward along the western Rockies with
the ridge amplifying further northward toward the Great Lakes
region. This pattern will keep southwesterly flow aloft across the
region, which will continue to support warm air advection through
the end of the week and into the weekend with 850MB temperatures
reaching into the 23C-26C degree range. Hot and humid conditions are
expected during that period as temperatures become unseasonably warm
with highs reaching into the middle to upper 90s Friday and
Saturday. These high temperatures combined with dewpoints reaching
into the mid 60s to low 70s will result in afternoon heat indices
soaring into the 100F to 104F degree range Friday and near 100F
degrees on Saturday. We will continue to monitor these conditions
closely to see if a heat advisory is needed for Friday. During this
period, surface low pressure will become anchored across much of
the Northern and Central Plains with a fairly stationary front
situated near north central Kansas. There doesn`t appear to be much
in the way of forcing along this boundary, however there may be
scattered chances for precipitation from late week through the early
weekend, especially across north central and northern Kansas. At
this time, the better chances for precipitation look to be during
the evening and overnight hours as the low-level jet increases over
the region.
Saturday night and Sunday, models show a strong embedded shortwave
trough lifting northeastward across the northern Rockies and into
the Northern Plains. This advancing shortwave should be enough to
slowly push the stationary front eastward through the region Sunday
night and Monday, so have more widespread chance PoPs during that
period. This cold front may lift back northward across the area as a
warm front, however there is model uncertainty with regards to how
far north this warm front will lift, so confidence is low with
precipitation chances Monday night through Wednesday. At this time
have slight to low-end chance PoPs through that period.
The frontal passage Sunday night into Monday will cause winds to
shift to the north, providing a bit of relief to the heat with highs
dropping into the middle 80s to low 90s Monday. Temperatures are
more uncertain for Tuesday and Wednesday depending upon where the
warm front is located and whether or not the region is situated
within the warm sector, so have highs remaining in the upper 80s to
low 90s at this time.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFs through 00Z Thursday Evening)
Issued at 558 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
Organized convection appears to be a pretty low probability this
evening with models showing the nose of the low level jet mainly
north and east of the terminals. However will keep an eye on the
convection off the higher terrain to the west and see if it is able
to hold together once the boundary layer begins to cool. As for
wind shear, think chances are to small to keep the mention of LLWS
at TOP. RAP and NAM soundings are not as strong with the nocturnal
inversion as the indicated last night and models prog a decent
pressure gradient persisting through the night helping to keep the
boundary layer from completely decoupling.
&&
.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...Gargan
LONG TERM...Hennecke
AVIATION...Wolters
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS TOPEKA KS
319 AM CDT Wed Aug 20 2014
.SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight)
Issued at 234 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
Large-scale pattern over the Plains becoming more of a dirty ridge
regime with at to somewhat above normal precipitable water levels
across the bulk of the CONUS. Main troughs were over western North
America and the Great Lakes, with a minor upper wave in east central
Texas and 0Z observations showing a mid level trough over west
Texas. Since last night at this time, warm air advection and deep
moisture convergence has shifted northeast into Iowa where overnight
convection has erupted.
The Texas waves should be weakening with time with rather warm
column leading to limited saturation despite modestly above normal
PWs. Mid afternoon to evening hours exhibit little convective
inhibition but hard to think anything more than isolated storms
could result given limited forcing. Lower thermal fields showing
overall little change from Tuesday, with even minor cooling
suggested in some areas. Better mixing in the tighter surface
gradient and mixing of the 30-40kt low level jet should more than
offset any high cloud for highs to reach the mid to upper 90s again
with heat index values a few degrees higher yet. A slightly stronger
low level develops tonight, and with another day of heat today
expect temps to only fall into the mid to upper 70s.
.LONG TERM...(Thursday through Tuesday)
Issued at 234 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
Thursday and Friday the heat continues across the forecast area as
upper ridge slowly builds northward toward the upper Midwest.
850mb temps of 24-26c nose eastward out of the high plains into
eastern Kansas which brings surface temperatures well into the
upper 90s across most of the area. Longwave upper trof continues
to move eastward into the northern Rockies, with shortwave trof
moving into the upper Midwest late Thursday. Will keep low end
pops across the KS NE border where trailing front and nocturnal
llj may bring convection that far south although chances are
better farther north. Similar scenario plays out again in the
overnight hours Friday night.
Subtle differences in the larger scale pattern influence the
forecast through the weekend. EC is more pronounced with the
upper ridge into eastern Kansas, while the GFS flattens the ridge
more as energy moves out of the upper trof into the northern
Plains. How far east clouds and rain chances can extend east and
south will impact sensible weather through the weekend. Started
to bring rain chances farther east and south by Sunday, which leans
towards the GFS, but the strength of the ridge could certainly end
up toward a warmer drier EC solution on Sunday. North central
counties have better chances than farther east in this transition
period. Hopefully by Monday into Tuesday the longwave trof will
have made enough eastward progress to bring better rain chances
and a cooling trend in temperatures to our area. Worth noting
that both EC and GFS have a tropical system moving off the Mexico
coast by the end of the forecast period, which would likely
influence moisture transport into the longwave trof to its north
and could help rain chances for the forecast area. Have a slow
cooling in high temperatures from 90s on Saturday to low/middle
90s Sunday and back into the 80s for Monday and Tuesday.
Increasing rain chances by Monday and Tuesday with overnight lows
still on the warm side with 70s over the weekend to upper 60s by
Monday night.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFs through 06Z Wednesday Night)
Issued at 1136 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
Models continue to depict the best convergence on the nose of the
low level jet to stay just north and east of the forecast area.
Therefore will maintain a VFR forecast. RAP and NAM forecast
soundings continue to support the possibility for some LLWS and
profiler data is starting to show the winds at 925MB strengthen.
So will maintain the mention of wind shear. Additionally the RAP
and NAM show a decent pressure gradient developing by Wednesday
afternoon with dry adiabatic low level lapse rates and good
mixing. Because of thin think south winds will become gusty by the
afternoon.
&&
.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...65
LONG TERM...67
AVIATION...Wolters
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS TOPEKA KS
1136 PM CDT Tue Aug 19 2014
...AVIATION UPDATE...
.SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Wednesday)
Issued at 342 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
An upper level trough was moving east across the upper Midwest and
mid MS river valley late this afternoon. An upper level ridge across
NM and CO will build east across the plains tonight and east into
the lower and mid MS river valley by late Wednesday afternoon.
Any convective complexes that form across the central and northern
high plains this evening should move well north of the CWA tonight.
Isentropic lift will cause elevated storms to form across southeast
SD and eastern NE but these storms will move east into IA.
Wednesday will be mostly sunny and warm as the upper level ridge
axis moves east across the state of KS. Highs will reach the mid to
upper 90s, with highs of 100 degrees possible across the southwest
counties of the CWA. Deeper mixing across the western counties
should cause dewpoints to drop into the mid 60s during the afternoon
hours. The northeast counties may keep lower 70 dewpoints through
the afternoon hours but high temperatures will be slightly cooler in
the mid 90s. Heat indices will range from 100 to 104 degrees across
the CWA during the afternoon hours.
.LONG TERM...(Wednesday Night through Tuesday)
Issued at 342 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
The GFS is the only model hinting at clipping the far northwest
county warning area with convection Wednesday night despite forecast
soundings showing inhibition aloft through the night. Will therefore
maintain a dry forecast through Thursday morning as the shortwave
helping to develop precip should pass well north and west of the
CWA. Another shortwave trough over the southern Rockies will move
northeast and bring a chance for thunderstorms to the northwest
third of the CWA Thursday night...although again the better chances
will remain well north and west of the CWA.
Following this wave...the ridging with the upper level high will
undergo amplification as the stronger shortwave trough begins to
rotate out of the case of the western trough and into the
central/southern Rockies. Although this should keep the CWA dry and
hot on Friday...it may allow for some of the high plains convection
that forms late in the day to spread east and northeastward and
briefly clip the CWA Friday night. Highs Thursday through Saturday
will generally be in the middle to upper 90s.
Models differ some with the overall timing/speed of the final
shortwave to rotate out through the western trough and into the
central plains next week. However they are similar in bringing the
western trough slowly eastward into the ridge and gradually
flattening it with time. This will result in one front moving into
the CWA by Monday with a second arriving by Wednesday. This will
keep the chances for showers and thunderstorms across most of the
area Sunday thru Tuesday. With more clouds...precip chances and
initial front...cooled high temperatures slightly for now into the
80s and lower 90s. At the same time...cooled lows in the middle 70s
Thursday and Friday into the 60s by Monday and Tuesday.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFs through 06Z Wednesday Night)
Issued at 1136 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
Models continue to depict the best convergence on the nose of the
low level jet to stay just north and east of the forecast area.
Therefore will maintain a VFR forecast. RAP and NAM forecast
soundings continue to support the possibility for some LLWS and
profiler data is starting to show the winds at 925MB strengthen.
So will maintain the mention of wind shear. Additionally the RAP
and NAM show a decent pressure gradient developing by Wednesday
afternoon with dry adiabatic low level lapse rates and good
mixing. Because of thin think south winds will become gusty by the
afternoon.
&&
.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...Gargan
LONG TERM...63
AVIATION...Wolters
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS JACKSON KY
1032 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1031 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
A NEW FORECAST UPDATE WAS JUST SENT OUT ADDRESSING THE POSSIBILITY OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FURTHER SOUTH INTO OUR FORECAST AREA LATER
TONIGHT THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. BASED ON CURRENT SATELLITE AND RADAR
IMAGERY...IT APPEARS THAT THE NORTHERN 2 OR 3 TIERS OF COUNTIES OF
OUR FORECAST AREA COULD EXPERIENCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT IS
CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL
OHIO. THE SKY COVER...PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY...WEATHER TYPE...AND
PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FORECAST GRIDS WERE ALL UPDATED TO REFLECT
CURRENT TRENDS AND THE LATEST HRRR FORECAST DATA. THE HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK WAS ALSO UPDATED TO REFLECT THE NEW THUNDERSTORM
PROBABILITIES AND THE FURTHER SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS
THEMSELVES.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 758 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
SOME SIGNIFICANT UPDATES WERE MADE TO THE FORECAST GRIDS FOR THE REST
OF THE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. WILL BE ISSUING A NEW
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT WITH THE PREFIRST PERIOD FROM DAY SHIFT
REMOVED. THE GRIDS AND THE TEXT FORECAST PRODUCT HAVE BOTH BEEN
UPDATED TO REFLECT THE FACT THAT ALL PRECIPITATION HAS NOW MOVED OUT
OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE LATEST NAM12 AND HRRR MODELS BOTH ARE
KEEPING PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE AREA UNTIL 8 OR 9Z TONIGHT. BASED ON
THIS...AND THE LATEST RADAR IMAGERY...WHICH HAS A LARGE THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...IT APPEARS THAT THE MODEL
DATA IS ON TRACK AND THAT THE STORMS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS INDIANA
WILL STAY MOSTLY NORTH OF THE AREA AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW. WE MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS
FIRE UP ALONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS IN OUR NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES
ALONG AND NORTH OF I-64 AROUND 8Z TONIGHT. THE SKY COVER GRIDS AND
FORECAST WERE ALSO UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS OF PARTLY TO
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT
OF RAIN EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS RECEIVED THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...AND
WITH CLOUDS BREAKING UP A BIT TONIGHT...WE SHOULD STILL SEE AREAS OF
FOG IN OUR VALLEYS. LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED RAINFALL
TODAY...INCLUDING RIDGETOP LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE JACKSON WEATHER
OFFICE...COULD ALSO SEE SOME MVFR FOG OVERNIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL ALSO BE UPDATED SHORTLY TO REFLECT THE LACK OF
THUNDER THROUGH DAWN TOMORROW. A NEW SET OF ZONES WILL ALSO BE ISSUED
SHORTLY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 355 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
19Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A SEASONALLY STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER
THE HIGH PLAINS WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. THIS NEARBY
HIGH IS NOT ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE LATEST INCARNATION OF MCS ACTIVITY
FROM DIVING THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY. THIS IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
HIGH INSTABILITY THROUGHOUT THE AREA GIVEN TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
80S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THREAT...HIGH PWS...LOW FFG...AND A POTENTIAL FOR
TRAINING WILL KEEP FLASH FLOODING A CONCERN THROUGH THE EVENING.
THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ALOFT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PORTION
OF THE FORECAST WITH A LARGE AREA OF RIDGING STRETCHING FROM THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. AS IT DOES SO...A
DEEP LOW TO THE NORTHEAST WILL SEND PACKETS OF ENERGY THROUGH THE
OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS IN FAIRLY FAST
NORTHWEST FLOW. THIS WILL PLACE AT LEAST NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE JKL
CWA IN THE STORM TRACK AND AS PRIME REAL ESTATE FOR MCS ACTIVITY.
GIVEN THE MODEL AGREEMENT HAVE FAVORED A BLEND WITH EXTRA EMPHASIS ON
THE HRRR AND NAM12 FOR THE FIRST 12 TO 24 HOURS.
SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL FEATURE ON GOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
DIMINISHING INTO THE EVENING...BUT PROGRESSING SOUTH WITH THE FAVORED
INSTABILITY. LATER TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDS SKIES AND THE MOISTURE
FROM THE RAIN OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
AREAS OF FOG...LOCALLY DENSE. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE NEXT ROUND OF
STORMS STAY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CWA TONIGHT. AFTER THE FOG BURNS
OFF ON FRIDAY MORNING THE INSTABILITY WILL BUILD AGAIN WITH ANOTHER
VERY HUMID AND WARM DAY. THIS WILL BE A SIMILAR SETUP FOR SEVERE AND
EXCESSIVE RAIN POTENTIAL...MAINLY IN THE NORTHEAST BASED ON THE
EXPECTATION OF EARLY STORMS TRACKING JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CWA AND
DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR SOUTHWEST FLANKS. LIKEWISE...PATCHY FOG WILL BE
AN ISSUE FOR THE AREA LATER FRIDAY NIGHT GIVEN A SIMILAR SETUP...
BUT STILL DEPENDENT ON THE RAINS EARLY IN THE DAY AND EVENING.
USED THE CONSSHORT AS A STARTING POINT FOR THE T...TD...AND WINDS
THROUGH THE FIRST 24 HOURS AND THE SUPERBLEND THEREAFTER. MADE SOME
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON TERRAIN FOR LOWS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
AS FOR POPS...ENDED UP HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE...EXCEPT FOR THE MET
NORTH OF JKL ON FRIDAY NIGHT...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING OWING TO THE
TENDENCY FOR STORMS TO EXPAND SOUTHWEST OF THEIR DEPICTIONS IN THE
MODELS.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 315 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
STRONG RIDGING WILL LIKELY HOLD OVER THE AREA FOR THE BALANCE OF THE
EXTENDED PART OF THE FORECAST. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL
CONTINUE EACH DAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. IN
ADDITION...WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ANCHORED BENEATH
THE RIDGE. BEST TIME FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EACH
AFTERNOON/EVENING...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM
AT ANY TIME INTO NEXT WEEK. GFS MOS IS LIKELY A BIT TOO HIGH AND
WILL CONTINUE TO GO BETWEEN GFS AND MET MOS THROUGH SATURDAY. ECMWF
SEEMS TO BE A GOOD COMPROMISE WITH REGARDS TO TEMPERATURES.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 758 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
THIS EVENINGS TAFS WILL FEATURE A MOSTLY PRECIPITATION FREE OVERNIGHT
PERIOD...WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND FOG.
SJS COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS NEARBY FROM AROUND 8Z
THROUGH 15 OR 16Z. JKL COULD BEGIN TO SEE SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE
AREA FROM 16Z ONWARD. LOZ AND SME SHOULD SEE ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND STORMS FROM 16Z ONWARD. EXPECTING VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL AT
THE TAF SITES THROUGH AROUND 6Z TONIGHT. AFTER THAT THE TAFS WILL
FEATURE MVFR FOG WITH SCT TO BKN MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER
THROUGH 12 OR 13Z. THE FOG SHOULD BE GONE BY AROUND 9AM ON FRIDAY.
&&
.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...AR
SHORT TERM...GREIF
LONG TERM...KAS
AVIATION...AR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS JACKSON KY
758 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 758 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
SOME SIGNIFICANT UPDATES WERE MADE TO THE FORECAST GRIDS FOR THE REST
OF THE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. WILL BE ISSUING A NEW
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT WITH THE PREFIRST PERIOD FROM DAY SHIFT
REMOVED. THE GRIDS AND THE TEXT FORECAST PRODUCT HAVE BOTH BEEN
UPDATED TO REFLECT THE FACT THAT ALL PRECIPITATION HAS NOW MOVED OUT
OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE LATEST NAM12 AND HRRR MODELS BOTH ARE
KEEPING PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE AREA UNTIL 8 OR 9Z TONIGHT. BASED ON
THIS...AND THE LATEST RADAR IMAGERY...WHICH HAS A LARGE THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...IT APPEARS THAT THE MODEL
DATA IS ON TRACK AND THAT THE STORMS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS INDIANA
WILL STAY MOSTLY NORTH OF THE AREA AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW. WE MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS
FIRE UP ALONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS IN OUR NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES
ALONG AND NORTH OF I-64 AROUND 8Z TONIGHT. THE SKY COVER GRIDS AND
FORECAST WERE ALSO UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS OF PARTLY TO
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT
OF RAIN EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS RECEIVED THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...AND
WITH CLOUDS BREAKING UP A BIT TONIGHT...WE SHOULD STILL SEE AREAS OF
FOG IN OUR VALLEYS. LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED RAINFALL
TODAY...INCLUDING RIDGETOP LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE JACKSON WEATHER
OFFICE...COULD ALSO SEE SOME MVFR FOG OVERNIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL ALSO BE UPDATED SHORTLY TO REFLECT THE LACK OF
THUNDER THROUGH DAWN TOMORROW. A NEW SET OF ZONES WILL ALSO BE ISSUED
SHORTLY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 355 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
19Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A SEASONALLY STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER
THE HIGH PLAINS WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. THIS NEARBY
HIGH IS NOT ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE LATEST INCARNATION OF MCS ACTIVITY
FROM DIVING THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY. THIS IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
HIGH INSTABILITY THROUGHOUT THE AREA GIVEN TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
80S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THREAT...HIGH PWS...LOW FFG...AND A POTENTIAL FOR
TRAINING WILL KEEP FLASH FLOODING A CONCERN THROUGH THE EVENING.
THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ALOFT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PORTION
OF THE FORECAST WITH A LARGE AREA OF RIDGING STRETCHING FROM THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. AS IT DOES SO...A
DEEP LOW TO THE NORTHEAST WILL SEND PACKETS OF ENERGY THROUGH THE
OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS IN FAIRLY FAST
NORTHWEST FLOW. THIS WILL PLACE AT LEAST NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE JKL
CWA IN THE STORM TRACK AND AS PRIME REAL ESTATE FOR MCS ACTIVITY.
GIVEN THE MODEL AGREEMENT HAVE FAVORED A BLEND WITH EXTRA EMPHASIS ON
THE HRRR AND NAM12 FOR THE FIRST 12 TO 24 HOURS.
SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL FEATURE ON GOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
DIMINISHING INTO THE EVENING...BUT PROGRESSING SOUTH WITH THE FAVORED
INSTABILITY. LATER TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDS SKIES AND THE MOISTURE
FROM THE RAIN OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
AREAS OF FOG...LOCALLY DENSE. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE NEXT ROUND OF
STORMS STAY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CWA TONIGHT. AFTER THE FOG BURNS
OFF ON FRIDAY MORNING THE INSTABILITY WILL BUILD AGAIN WITH ANOTHER
VERY HUMID AND WARM DAY. THIS WILL BE A SIMILAR SETUP FOR SEVERE AND
EXCESSIVE RAIN POTENTIAL...MAINLY IN THE NORTHEAST BASED ON THE
EXPECTATION OF EARLY STORMS TRACKING JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CWA AND
DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR SOUTHWEST FLANKS. LIKEWISE...PATCHY FOG WILL BE
AN ISSUE FOR THE AREA LATER FRIDAY NIGHT GIVEN A SIMILAR SETUP...
BUT STILL DEPENDENT ON THE RAINS EARLY IN THE DAY AND EVENING.
USED THE CONSSHORT AS A STARTING POINT FOR THE T...TD...AND WINDS
THROUGH THE FIRST 24 HOURS AND THE SUPERBLEND THEREAFTER. MADE SOME
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON TERRAIN FOR LOWS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
AS FOR POPS...ENDED UP HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE...EXCEPT FOR THE MET
NORTH OF JKL ON FRIDAY NIGHT...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING OWING TO THE
TENDENCY FOR STORMS TO EXPAND SOUTHWEST OF THEIR DEPICTIONS IN THE
MODELS.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 315 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
STRONG RIDGING WILL LIKELY HOLD OVER THE AREA FOR THE BALANCE OF THE
EXTENDED PART OF THE FORECAST. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL
CONTINUE EACH DAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. IN
ADDITION...WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ANCHORED BENEATH
THE RIDGE. BEST TIME FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EACH
AFTERNOON/EVENING...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM
AT ANY TIME INTO NEXT WEEK. GFS MOS IS LIKELY A BIT TOO HIGH AND
WILL CONTINUE TO GO BETWEEN GFS AND MET MOS THROUGH SATURDAY. ECMWF
SEEMS TO BE A GOOD COMPROMISE WITH REGARDS TO TEMPERATURES.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 758 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
THIS EVENINGS TAFS WILL FEATURE A MOSTLY PRECIPITATION FREE OVERNIGHT
PERIOD...WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND FOG.
SJS COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS NEARBY FROM AROUND 8Z
THROUGH 15 OR 16Z. JKL COULD BEGIN TO SEE SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE
AREA FROM 16Z ONWARD. LOZ AND SME SHOULD SEE ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND STORMS FROM 16Z ONWARD. EXPECTING VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL AT
THE TAF SITES THROUGH AROUND 6Z TONIGHT. AFTER THAT THE TAFS WILL
FEATURE MVFR FOG WITH SCT TO BKN MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER
THROUGH 12 OR 13Z. THE FOG SHOULD BE GONE BY AROUND 9AM ON FRIDAY.
&&
.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...AR
SHORT TERM...GREIF
LONG TERM...KAS
AVIATION...AR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS JACKSON KY
215 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1143 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
A RATHER CHALLENGING FORECAST THIS MORNING. TAIL END OF FRONTAL
ZONE...BOUNDARY IS EVIDENT ACROSS THE MID WEST THIS MORNING AND WILL
PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN OUR WEATHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. BUILDING
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND TO OUR WEST WILL FORCE THIS BOUNDARY
TO THE EAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS BOUNDARY WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY ALIGNED WITH MID AND UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERNS AND
BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE MID OHIO VALLEY REGION. THEREAFTER IT
SERVES AS A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION AND THE OCCASIONAL CONVECTIVE
COMPLEX OF STORMS. ATTM IT APPEARS AT LEAST PART OF OUR AREA WILL
FEEL THE EFFECTS OF WEAK IMPULSES OF ENERGY RIDING OVER AND DROPPING
DOWN ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIDGE AXIS.
IMMEDIATE QUESTION IS WILL CURRENT UPSTREAM ACTIVITY OVER IA/IL
MANAGE TO MAKE IT INTO OUR AREA. MOST LIKELY ANSWER LIES WITHIN THE
SYNOPTIC PATTERN THAT IS TAKING SHAPE...BEST DESCRIBED AS AN ALMOST
IDEAL MCS GENERATOR. MODELS SEEM TO HAVE PICKED UP ON THIS AS WELL...
DEPICTING THE SOURCE OF MOISTURE/ENERGY...NAMELY BOUNDARY LAYER H925
TO H850 FLOW INTO THESE STORM COMPLEXES WEAKENING THROUGH THE DAY DUE
TO DIURNAL MIXING...THE INCREASING AGAIN AT NIGHT. THESE COMPLEXES
ONCE GENERATED THEN RIDE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THAT BEING
SAID EXPECT THE CURRENT ACTIVITY ACROSS IA/IL TO WEAKEN A BIT
THROUGH THE DAY. BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW THAT ACTIVITY WILL COME TO A
COMPLETE END. MOST RECENT RUNS OF THE RAP AND HRRR SUPPORT THIS LINE
OF THOUGHT AND REGIONAL SATELLITE DOES SHOW A DEFINITE WARMING TREND
TO CLOUD TOPS ATTM. DECIDED TO TRIM POPS DOWN JUST A BIT THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON BUT LEAVING ENOUGH TO TO ACCOUNT FOR ISOLD TO SCATTERED
CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH DIURNAL HEATING AND ACTIVITY THAT MAY FIRE
ALONG ANY RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. PREVIOUS FORECAST HAS POPS
INCREASING AGAIN TONIGHT WHICH IS IN LINE WITH CURRENT THOUGHTS AS
WELL...ESPECIALLY WITH THE SURFACE BOUNDARY SHIFTING TO THE EAST
ACROSS OUR AREA. ALSO TWEAKED HOURLY TEMPS AND WINDS TO BRING THE
GRIDS IN LINE WITH LATEST HOURLY OBS. FINALLY FRESHENED UP ZONES TO
REMOVE MORNING FOG WORDING.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 800 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT SOUTHEASTERN
KENTUCKY IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. ONCE THESE STORMS CLEAR THE
AREA...THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION RE-
DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON DURING PEAK
HEATING. WILL STAY THE COURSE AND CONTINUE TO MENTION THE
POPS...HOWEVER SOME OF THE GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED DRIER...AND GIVEN THE
SUBSIDENCE FOLLOWING THE DEPARTING WAVE...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF
CONVECTION IS EVEN MORE ISOLATED. UPDATES HAVE BEEN SENT.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 357 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY SLIDING EAST
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ASSOCIATED WITH A PASSING SHORT WAVE TROUGH.
THE MORE ORGANIZED PORTION OF THIS COMPLEX HAS BEEN CONFINED TO ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. THE HRRR MODEL HAS NOT BEEN
HANDLING THIS FEATURE WELL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...OVERPLAYING THE
DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH THAT HAS BEEN WEAK IN REALITY...WHILE
UNDERPLAYING WHERE CONVECTION HAS BEEN MORE ORGANIZED AND SUSTAINED.
EXPECT THIS COMPLEX TO KEEP MOVING EAST...AFFECTING LOCATIONS ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BEFORE
EXITING THE AREA BY 12Z. THERE WILL BE SOME SUBSIDENCE FOLLOWING THIS
DEPARTING SHORT WAVE FOR TODAY WORKING IN FROM WEST TO EAST...SO HAVE
TRIMMED THE POPS BACK A BIT...PEAKING IN THE 20 TO 30 RANGE FOR MOST
LOCATIONS DURING THE HOTTER PART OF THE DAY. HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE
FROM 85 TO 90 DEGREES.
AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT...CONVECTION WILL BE ON THE DOWNWARD TREND
THROUGH 06Z...BUT THEN LOOKS TO INCREASE BETWEEN 06 AND 12Z...AS
ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. POP CHANCES
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH HEATING
AIDING THE MODEST FORCING FROM THE PASSING SHORT WAVE. HAVE MAINTAINED
THE BETTER POPS IN THE NORTHEAST...AND LESSER VALUES IN THE
SOUTHWEST...FURTHER REMOVED FROM THE BETTER FORCING. HIGHS WILL
RETURN TO THE 85 TO 90 DEGREE RANGE IN THE SOUTHWEST...WITH MID 80S
IN THE NORTHEAST...WHERE MORE PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER WILL RESIDE.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 335 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST BEGINS ON THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A
SLOWLY BUILDING RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS AND DIGGING TROUGHS
OVER THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST. THIS GENERAL TREND CONTINUES
THROUGH THE ENTIRE EXTENDED PERIOD. DURING THIS PERIOD...QUITE A FEW
STRONG SHORTWAVES TRAVEL OVER THE BUILDING RIDGE IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AND INTO THE OH VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES REGION. THE FIRST WAVE
OF NOTE WILL BE THE SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
EXTENDED. AFTER THIS...THE PATTERN TURNS INTO A MORE MCS DRIVEN
PATTERN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH ACTIVITY CENTERED AROUND WHAT THE
DAYS CONVECTION BRINGS AND IS DIURNALLY AFFECTED. THROUGH THE PERIOD
THE UPPER RIDGE SLOWLY WEAKENS AND DRIFTS EAST.
CONCERNING THE MODELS DURING THE EXTENDED...THE GFS AND EURO LOOK TO
BE RIGHT ON TRACK AND IN GOOD AGREEMENT. THOUGH...THE EURO LOOKS TO
CUT OFF ANY CONVECTION BY THE END OF THE EXTENDED AS THE RIDGE AXIS
SETS UP RIGHT OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY LEADING TO AN END TO ALL
DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION AND DISPLACING THE TRACK OF THE MCS MORE
TO THE NORTHEAST. BASED ON THE GOOD AGREEMENT...IT SEEMS TO BE A
GOOD CONSENSUS TO STAY CLOSE TO THE SOLUTION OF THE ALL BLEND MODEL.
THOUGH DEPENDING ON WHAT THE 00Z EURO DOES ON THE MONDAY AND TUESDAY
TIME FRAME FOR THE RIDGE AXIS RIGHT OVER THE AREA...MAY DROP POPS
BELOW THE ALL MODEL BLEND SOLUTION. WITH THE SOLUTION OF THE ALL
MODEL BLEND...THE BEST CHANCE OF POPS WILL BE DURING THE FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY TIME FRAME AND LESS DURING THE MONDAY AND TUESDAY
TIME FRAME WHERE THE RIDGE WILL BE OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY AND HAVE
LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.
IN ADDITION TO THIS PATTERN...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE
IN EARNEST AS SOME OF THE WARMEST WEATHER OF THE ENTIRE SUMMER WILL
BEGIN TO SET IN FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE EXTENDED. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL SURPASS 90 DEGREES IN SOME AREAS OF EASTERN
KENTUCKY AND HUMIDITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AS WELL.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 215 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
VERY JUICY AIR IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOW SC FIELD
IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. CIGS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN WITHIN THE MVFR
THRESHOLDS. WITH MIXING AND INCREASED HEATING...CLOUD BASE OF CU/SC
FIELD SHOULD RISE JUST A BIT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE
CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON EXACTLY HOW UPSTREAM STORM COMPLEX OVER IL/IN
WILL AFFECT OUR AREA. MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGEST THE SYSTEM WILL FALL
APART BEFORE ACTIVITY REDEVELOPS LATER TONIGHT ALONG A SURFACE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL TRANSIT OUR AREA. FOLLOWED THIS TRAIN OF
THOUGHT PRETTY CLOSELY FOR THE FORECAST. IN ADDITION...GUIDANCE IS
HITTING FOG ACROSS THE AREA PRETTY HARD TONIGHT. BUT WITH EXTENSIVE
CLOUD COVER MOVING BACK INTO THE AREA TENDENCY WAS TO GO MORE
OPTIMISTIC. VERY WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH BETWEEN
06 AND 12Z...AND BE THE CATALYST FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED RENEWED
CONVECTIVE THREAT. THEREAFTER...THE SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL
BECOME STATIONARY TO OUR EAST AND BECOME THE FOCUS OF ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WINDS WILL BE
LIGHT AND GENERALLY FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE FORECAST
PERIOD.
&&
.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...RAY
SHORT TERM...GEOGERIAN
LONG TERM...SHALLENBERGER
AVIATION...GEOGERIAN/RAY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS LOUISVILLE KY
137 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2014
...Updated Forecast and Aviation Discussions...
...Forecast Update...
Issued at 135 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2014
Complex across central Illinois is holding together fairly well
early this afternoon. Have a pretty thick canopy of cirrus out ahead
of the storms, but it may hold together enough as it moves into our
forecast area. High-res models are not too gung ho about rain
chances in this area this afternoon, but with a very unstable
surface-based atmosphere in our region, SPC mesoanalysis has 4-6 k
CAPEs, just cannot rule out storms developing/maintaining. Have
shifted the highest pop axis a little south, to a Huntingburg, IN to
Danville, KY line. Will continue to watch incoming pattern for
updates through the afternoon.
Issued at 1135 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2014
Partly cloudy skies were noted across southern Indiana and central
Kentucky this morning. Temperatures ranged from the upper 70s to
near 80- in the east/northeast with lower 80s generally in the I-65
corridor and points west. From the KY Mesonet data and visible
satellite imagery, there appears to be boundary draped across the
southern part of the forecast area. This evident in the dewpoint
readings across southern KY which are in the middle 70s with only
upper 60s to lower 70s across our NE sections.
A decaying MCS over central IL will continue to spread mid-high
level cloudiness down into mainly western KY this afternoon. These
clouds along with the boundary in the region may serve as a focus
for convective development later this afternoon. The high
resolution convection allowing models have vastly different
solutions. The latest runs of the HRRR keep much of our region dry
thought the day with convection mainly developing out to our west.
While the NSSL WRF ARW runs develop convection up near CVG and drop
it SE into WFO JKL`s region. The mixed signals in the guidance make
this forecast particularly challenging this afternoon.
For now, have kept the current forecast on track. Current thinking
is that convection will probably start to develop over the next few
hours along the left over boundary...given multiple convectively
induced lifting mechanisms cross the region. Damaging winds and
perhaps some large hail will be possible with the storms this
afternoon as moderate instability combined with around 30 kts of
WNW flow aloft will be in place across the region.
.SHORT TERM (Now through Thursday)...
Issued at 340 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2014
A complex short term forecast is in store with multiple rounds of
strong to potentially severe convection possible as potent
shortwaves topple a central CONUS ridge and dive southeast into the
Ohio Valley. In addition, the eastern edge of a warm front will
slowly lift north over the region over the next few days providing
focus for convection. Also left over boundaries from storms
will provide focus for renewed convection over the next few days
with convective activity peaking during the afternoon and evening
hours during best instability.
As of 315am this morning, convection over the Bluegrass region was
causing mainly very heavy rainfall and lots of lightning. A flood
advisory is effect for northern Harrison County KY through 6am this
morning due to training storms over that area. The Harrison County
mesonet has received 1.34 inches of rain so far with impressive
rainfall rates which may cause minor flooding issues.
Think that this complex of storms will move east of the area within
the next 1-2 hrs and we may see a dry period through the morning
hours. Expect a left over boundary from convection over central
Indiana yesterday evening to settle somewhere near the Ohio River
over portions of southern Indiana and north central Kentucky.
Believe this boundary will be key for redevelopment of convection
this afternoon.
Most short range models indicate a shortwave will dive south into
the area this evening. Ahead of this wave, expect the atmosphere to
become very unstable with only partly cloudy skies in the wake of
morning convection. Bulk shear will increase ahead of the wave as
early as 1-3pm this afternoon. This is when we may see convection
begin to fire in the region of the left over sfc boundary.
Convection should be enhanced in strength and coverage during the
evening hours as the shortwave passes through. It is a bit unclear
how long into the evening and overnight hours convection will
continue. It may survive for a prolonged period of time if a good
cold pool and outflow boundaries get going. At some point late
tonight into tomorrow morning expect a break in showers/storms.
Another notable shortwave looks to impact mainly northern KY and
southern Indiana with storms for Thurs afternoon/evening as well.
Models generally do not have a good handle on ongoing convection and
evolution so confidence is rather low on exact timing. However,
model soundings indicate increased bulk shear values with each wave
and excellent instability so storms will likely be strong to severe
in nature today through Thurs with damaging winds, large hail, and
torrential rainfall all possible. PWATs will hover in the 1.6-2
inch range resulting in some heavy rainers and potential flood
problems.
As for temperatures, think that highs will range from the upper 80s
to lower 90s today and tomorrow with locations west of I-65 likely
seeing max heat indices near 100 each afternoon. Low temperatures
tonight will be mild in the lower 70s.
.LONG TERM (Thursday night through Tuesday)...
Issued at 311 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2014
Thursday night through Tuesday...
Expect a hot spell throughout the entire extended period, at least
through the middle portion of next week.
In an upper air pattern that we`ve not seen much of this summer,
strong 500mb ridging will develop initially across the lower
Mississippi Valley by Thursday evening, with longwave troughs
located over the Pacific Northwest and New England. The wavelength
of this trough-ridge-trough pattern will lead to a stagnant pattern.
The GFS for example holds this ridge in place through at least late
Monday, building it northwards towards the Commonwealth. We should
expect probably a week`s worth of hot sticky humid weather with
highs well into the 90s and warm overnight lows in the lower to mid
70s over the weekend and into the middle of next week. Rising Heat
Indices may be a concern for early next week.
In this type of pattern, shortwaves moving along the periphery of
500mb ridging can bring episodic convection. Initially, Thursday
night through Sunday, scattered thunderstorms may develop within a
northwest flow pattern along the northeastern edge of this building
ridge. This would favor southeastern Indiana, southern Ohio and the
northern Bluegrass for possible scattered thunderstorms,
concentrated during the afternoon and evening hours. Southwestern
Kentucky, closer to the warm temperatures aloft associated with this
ridge, will likely stay dry.
By Monday and Tuesday, think the entire region will be dry, as
ridging builds northwards into the Commonwealth.
&&
.AVIATION (18Z TAF Update)...
Issued at 125 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2014
Confidence in convective forecast this period is low, as cirrus
shield from storms to our northwest quickly moves into the region.
Have some cumulus developing over the central forecast area this
hour, and SPC mesoanalysis indicates plenty of instability across
the region. However, the cirrus canopy should provide some
subsidence to inhibit convection. There is still a possibility that
the storms to our northwest can remain organized enough to bring
those storms to the terminals later this afternoon. Thus have gone
with vicinity storms over a larger period of time and will update as
the afternoon progresses. May even get into another round of precip
later tonight, as additional disturbances move in from the
northwest, but a lot will depend on what happens this afternoon. Fog
forecast for Thursday morning will depend on that as well. Given
very high dewpoints across BWG this hour, have enough confidence to
go with a period of MVFR conditions, as in current guidance.
&&
.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&
$$
Updates........MJ/RJS
Short Term.....AMS
Long Term......JSD
Aviation.......RJS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS JACKSON KY
1143 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1143 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
A RATHER CHALLENGING FORECAST THIS MORNING. TAIL END OF FRONTAL
ZONE...BOUNDARY IS EVIDENT ACROSS THE MID WEST THIS MORNING AND WILL
PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN OUR WEATHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. BUILDING
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND TO OUR WEST WILL FORCE THIS BOUNDARY
TO THE EAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS BOUNDARY WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY ALIGNED WITH MID AND UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERNS AND
BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE MID OHIO VALLEY REGION. THEREAFTER IT
SERVES AS A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION AND THE OCCASIONAL CONVECTIVE
COMPLEX OF STORMS. ATTM IT APPEARS AT LEAST PART OF OUR AREA WILL
FEEL THE EFFECTS OF WEAK IMPULSES OF ENERGY RIDING OVER AND DROPPING
DOWN ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIDGE AXIS.
IMMEDIATE QUESTION IS WILL CURRENT UPSTREAM ACTIVITY OVER IA/IL
MANAGE TO MAKE IT INTO OUR AREA. MOST LIKELY ANSWER LIES WITHIN THE
SYNOPTIC PATTERN THAT IS TAKING SHAPE...BEST DESCRIBED AS AN ALMOST
IDEAL MCS GENERATOR. MODELS SEEM TO HAVE PICKED UP ON THIS AS WELL...
DEPICTING THE SOURCE OF MOISTURE/ENERGY...NAMELY BOUNDARY LAYER H925
TO H850 FLOW INTO THESE STORM COMPLEXES WEAKENING THROUGH THE DAY DUE
TO DIURNAL MIXING...THE INCREASING AGAIN AT NIGHT. THESE COMPLEXES
ONCE GENERATED THEN RIDE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THAT BEING
SAID EXPECT THE CURRENT ACTIVITY ACROSS IA/IL TO WEAKEN A BIT
THROUGH THE DAY. BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW THAT ACTIVITY WILL COME TO A
COMPLETE END. MOST RECENT RUNS OF THE RAP AND HRRR SUPPORT THIS LINE
OF THOUGHT AND REGIONAL SATELLITE DOES SHOW A DEFINITE WARMING TREND
TO CLOUD TOPS ATTM. DECIDED TO TRIM POPS DOWN JUST A BIT THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON BUT LEAVING ENOUGH TO TO ACCOUNT FOR ISOLD TO SCATTERED
CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH DIURNAL HEATING AND ACTIVITY THAT MAY FIRE
ALONG ANY RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. PREVIOUS FORECAST HAS POPS
INCREASING AGAIN TONIGHT WHICH IS IN LINE WITH CURRENT THOUGHTS AS
WELL...ESPECIALLY WITH THE SURFACE BOUNDARY SHIFTING TO THE EAST
ACROSS OUR AREA. ALSO TWEAKED HOURLY TEMPS AND WINDS TO BRING THE
GRIDS IN LINE WITH LATEST HOURLY OBS. FINALLY FRESHENED UP ZONES TO
REMOVE MORNING FOG WORDING.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 800 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT SOUTHEASTERN
KENTUCKY IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. ONCE THESE STORMS CLEAR THE
AREA...THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION RE-
DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON DURING PEAK
HEATING. WILL STAY THE COURSE AND CONTINUE TO MENTION THE
POPS...HOWEVER SOME OF THE GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED DRIER...AND GIVEN THE
SUBSIDENCE FOLLOWING THE DEPARTING WAVE...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF
CONVECTION IS EVEN MORE ISOLATED. UPDATES HAVE BEEN SENT.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 357 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY SLIDING EAST
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ASSOCIATED WITH A PASSING SHORT WAVE TROUGH.
THE MORE ORGANIZED PORTION OF THIS COMPLEX HAS BEEN CONFINED TO ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. THE HRRR MODEL HAS NOT BEEN
HANDLING THIS FEATURE WELL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...OVERPLAYING THE
DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH THAT HAS BEEN WEAK IN REALITY...WHILE
UNDERPLAYING WHERE CONVECTION HAS BEEN MORE ORGANIZED AND SUSTAINED.
EXPECT THIS COMPLEX TO KEEP MOVING EAST...AFFECTING LOCATIONS ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BEFORE
EXITING THE AREA BY 12Z. THERE WILL BE SOME SUBSIDENCE FOLLOWING THIS
DEPARTING SHORT WAVE FOR TODAY WORKING IN FROM WEST TO EAST...SO HAVE
TRIMMED THE POPS BACK A BIT...PEAKING IN THE 20 TO 30 RANGE FOR MOST
LOCATIONS DURING THE HOTTER PART OF THE DAY. HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE
FROM 85 TO 90 DEGREES.
AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT...CONVECTION WILL BE ON THE DOWNWARD TREND
THROUGH 06Z...BUT THEN LOOKS TO INCREASE BETWEEN 06 AND 12Z...AS
ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. POP CHANCES
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH HEATING
AIDING THE MODEST FORCING FROM THE PASSING SHORT WAVE. HAVE MAINTAINED
THE BETTER POPS IN THE NORTHEAST...AND LESSER VALUES IN THE
SOUTHWEST...FURTHER REMOVED FROM THE BETTER FORCING. HIGHS WILL
RETURN TO THE 85 TO 90 DEGREE RANGE IN THE SOUTHWEST...WITH MID 80S
IN THE NORTHEAST...WHERE MORE PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER WILL RESIDE.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 335 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST BEGINS ON THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A
SLOWLY BUILDING RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS AND DIGGING TROUGHS
OVER THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST. THIS GENERAL TREND CONTINUES
THROUGH THE ENTIRE EXTENDED PERIOD. DURING THIS PERIOD...QUITE A FEW
STRONG SHORTWAVES TRAVEL OVER THE BUILDING RIDGE IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AND INTO THE OH VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES REGION. THE FIRST WAVE
OF NOTE WILL BE THE SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
EXTENDED. AFTER THIS...THE PATTERN TURNS INTO A MORE MCS DRIVEN
PATTERN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH ACTIVITY CENTERED AROUND WHAT THE
DAYS CONVECTION BRINGS AND IS DIURNALLY AFFECTED. THROUGH THE PERIOD
THE UPPER RIDGE SLOWLY WEAKENS AND DRIFTS EAST.
CONCERNING THE MODELS DURING THE EXTENDED...THE GFS AND EURO LOOK TO
BE RIGHT ON TRACK AND IN GOOD AGREEMENT. THOUGH...THE EURO LOOKS TO
CUT OFF ANY CONVECTION BY THE END OF THE EXTENDED AS THE RIDGE AXIS
SETS UP RIGHT OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY LEADING TO AN END TO ALL
DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION AND DISPLACING THE TRACK OF THE MCS MORE
TO THE NORTHEAST. BASED ON THE GOOD AGREEMENT...IT SEEMS TO BE A
GOOD CONSENSUS TO STAY CLOSE TO THE SOLUTION OF THE ALL BLEND MODEL.
THOUGH DEPENDING ON WHAT THE 00Z EURO DOES ON THE MONDAY AND TUESDAY
TIME FRAME FOR THE RIDGE AXIS RIGHT OVER THE AREA...MAY DROP POPS
BELOW THE ALL MODEL BLEND SOLUTION. WITH THE SOLUTION OF THE ALL
MODEL BLEND...THE BEST CHANCE OF POPS WILL BE DURING THE FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY TIME FRAME AND LESS DURING THE MONDAY AND TUESDAY
TIME FRAME WHERE THE RIDGE WILL BE OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY AND HAVE
LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.
IN ADDITION TO THIS PATTERN...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE
IN EARNEST AS SOME OF THE WARMEST WEATHER OF THE ENTIRE SUMMER WILL
BEGIN TO SET IN FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE EXTENDED. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL SURPASS 90 DEGREES IN SOME AREAS OF EASTERN
KENTUCKY AND HUMIDITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AS WELL.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 815 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT OFF TO THE
SOUTHEAST IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. IFR/LIFR FOG WILL LIFT OUT IN THE NEXT
HOUR...WITH A RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY.
SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL THREATEN AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED ENOUGH TO ONLY
MENTION VCTS FOR NOW. FOG WILL LIKELY RETURN AFTER 06Z TONIGHT...HOWEVER
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIKELY APPROACH BETWEEN 06 AND
12Z...BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER AND ALSO RENEWING THE
CONVECTIVE THREAT. THIS WILL LIKELY KEEP THE FOG FROM BECOMING TOO
DENSE.
&&
.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...RAY
SHORT TERM...GEOGERIAN
LONG TERM...SHALLENBERGER
AVIATION...GEOGERIAN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS LOUISVILLE KY
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1138 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2014
...Forecast Update...
Issued at 1135 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2014
Partly cloudy skies were noted across southern Indiana and central
Kentucky this morning. Temperatures ranged from the upper 70s to
near 80- in the east/northeast with lower 80s generally in the I-65
corridor and points west. From the KY Mesonet data and visible
satellite imagery, there appears to be boundary draped across the
southern part of the forecast area. This evident in the dewpoint
readings across southern KY which are in the middle 70s with only
upper 60s to lower 70s across our NE sections.
A decaying MCS over central IL will continue to spread mid-high
level cloudiness down into mainly western KY this afternoon. These
clouds along with the boundary in the region may serve as a focus
for convective development later this afternoon. The high
resolution convection allowing models have vastly different
solutions. The latest runs of the HRRR keep much of our region dry
thought the day with convection mainly developing out to our west.
While the NSSL WRF ARW runs develop convection up near CVG and drop
it SE into WFO JKL`s region. The mixed signals in the guidance make
this forecast particularly challenging this afternoon.
For now, have kept the current forecast on track. Current thinking
is that convection will probably start to develop over the next few
hours along the left over boundary...given multiple convectively
induced lifting mechanisms cross the region. Damaging winds and
perhaps some large hail will be possible with the storms this
afternoon as moderate instability combined with around 30 kts of
WNW flow aloft will be in place across the region.
.SHORT TERM (Now through Thursday)...
Issued at 340 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2014
A complex short term forecast is in store with multiple rounds of
strong to potentially severe convection possible as potent
shortwaves topple a central CONUS ridge and dive southeast into the
Ohio Valley. In addition, the eastern edge of a warm front will
slowly lift north over the region over the next few days providing
focus for convection. Also left over boundaries from storms
will provide focus for renewed convection over the next few days
with convective activity peaking during the afternoon and evening
hours during best instability.
As of 315am this morning, convection over the Bluegrass region was
causing mainly very heavy rainfall and lots of lightning. A flood
advisory is effect for northern Harrison County KY through 6am this
morning due to training storms over that area. The Harrison County
mesonet has received 1.34 inches of rain so far with impressive
rainfall rates which may cause minor flooding issues.
Think that this complex of storms will move east of the area within
the next 1-2 hrs and we may see a dry period through the morning
hours. Expect a left over boundary from convection over central
Indiana yesterday evening to settle somewhere near the Ohio River
over portions of southern Indiana and north central Kentucky.
Believe this boundary will be key for redevelopment of convection
this afternoon.
Most short range models indicate a shortwave will dive south into
the area this evening. Ahead of this wave, expect the atmosphere to
become very unstable with only partly cloudy skies in the wake of
morning convection. Bulk shear will increase ahead of the wave as
early as 1-3pm this afternoon. This is when we may see convection
begin to fire in the region of the left over sfc boundary.
Convection should be enhanced in strength and coverage during the
evening hours as the shortwave passes through. It is a bit unclear
how long into the evening and overnight hours convection will
continue. It may survive for a prolonged period of time if a good
cold pool and outflow boundaries get going. At some point late
tonight into tomorrow morning expect a break in showers/storms.
Another notable shortwave looks to impact mainly northern KY and
southern Indiana with storms for Thurs afternoon/evening as well.
Models generally do not have a good handle on ongoing convection and
evolution so confidence is rather low on exact timing. However,
model soundings indicate increased bulk shear values with each wave
and excellent instability so storms will likely be strong to severe
in nature today through Thurs with damaging winds, large hail, and
torrential rainfall all possible. PWATs will hover in the 1.6-2
inch range resulting in some heavy rainers and potential flood
problems.
As for temperatures, think that highs will range from the upper 80s
to lower 90s today and tomorrow with locations west of I-65 likely
seeing max heat indices near 100 each afternoon. Low temperatures
tonight will be mild in the lower 70s.
.LONG TERM (Thursday night through Tuesday)...
Issued at 311 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2014
Thursday night through Tuesday...
Expect a hot spell throughout the entire extended period, at least
through the middle portion of next week.
In an upper air pattern that we`ve not seen much of this summer,
strong 500mb ridging will develop initially across the lower
Mississippi Valley by Thursday evening, with longwave troughs
located over the Pacific Northwest and New England. The wavelength
of this trough-ridge-trough pattern will lead to a stagnant pattern.
The GFS for example holds this ridge in place through at least late
Monday, building it northwards towards the Commonwealth. We should
expect probably a week`s worth of hot sticky humid weather with
highs well into the 90s and warm overnight lows in the lower to mid
70s over the weekend and into the middle of next week. Rising Heat
Indices may be a concern for early next week.
In this type of pattern, shortwaves moving along the periphery of
500mb ridging can bring episodic convection. Initially, Thursday
night through Sunday, scattered thunderstorms may develop within a
northwest flow pattern along the northeastern edge of this building
ridge. This would favor southeastern Indiana, southern Ohio and the
northern Bluegrass for possible scattered thunderstorms,
concentrated during the afternoon and evening hours. Southwestern
Kentucky, closer to the warm temperatures aloft associated with this
ridge, will likely stay dry.
By Monday and Tuesday, think the entire region will be dry, as
ridging builds northwards into the Commonwealth.
&&
.AVIATION (12Z TAF Update)...
Issued at 650 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2014
The main TAF concerns will be brief MVFR restrictions this morning
and convection timing.
MVFR cigs have worked into LEX this morning and expect them to
remain for the next few hours. Low clouds are also close to SDF but
think that they will remain just north of the terminal this
morning. BWG could see some light br but the window is quickly
closing for any MVFR restrictions so will keep them VFR this morning.
This evening a convective complex is expected to develop to
our northwest and dive south/southeast into the area. Ahead of this
complex of storms, additional cells may form over central KY. Felt
confident enough to include VCTS at the TAF sites for this issuance
as models have been persistent with this round of convection.
However, timing may need to be adjusted throughout the day today.
Winds will remain southerly through the TAF period generally 7
kts or less except in t-storms.
&&
.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&
$$
Update.........MJ
Short Term.....AMS
Long Term......JSD
Aviation.......AMS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NWS JACKSON KY
815 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 800 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT SOUTHEASTERN
KENTUCKY IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. ONCE THESE STORMS CLEAR THE
AREA...THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION RE-
DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON DURING PEAK
HEATING. WILL STAY THE COURSE AND CONTINUE TO MENTION THE
POPS...HOWEVER SOME OF THE GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED DRIER...AND GIVEN THE
SUBSIDENCE FOLLOWING THE DEPARTING WAVE...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF
CONVECTION IS EVEN MORE ISOLATED. UPDATES HAVE BEEN SENT.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 357 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY SLIDING EAST
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ASSOCIATED WITH A PASSING SHORT WAVE TROUGH.
THE MORE ORGANIZED PORTION OF THIS COMPLEX HAS BEEN CONFINED TO ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. THE HRRR MODEL HAS NOT BEEN
HANDLING THIS FEATURE WELL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...OVERPLAYING THE
DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH THAT HAS BEEN WEAK IN REALITY...WHILE
UNDERPLAYING WHERE CONVECTION HAS BEEN MORE ORGANIZED AND SUSTAINED.
EXPECT THIS COMPLEX TO KEEP MOVING EAST...AFFECTING LOCATIONS ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BEFORE
EXITING THE AREA BY 12Z. THERE WILL BE SOME SUBSIDENCE FOLLOWING THIS
DEPARTING SHORT WAVE FOR TODAY WORKING IN FROM WEST TO EAST...SO HAVE
TRIMMED THE POPS BACK A BIT...PEAKING IN THE 20 TO 30 RANGE FOR MOST
LOCATIONS DURING THE HOTTER PART OF THE DAY. HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE
FROM 85 TO 90 DEGREES.
AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT...CONVECTION WILL BE ON THE DOWNWARD TREND
THROUGH 06Z...BUT THEN LOOKS TO INCREASE BETWEEN 06 AND 12Z...AS
ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. POP CHANCES
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH HEATING
AIDING THE MODEST FORCING FROM THE PASSING SHORT WAVE. HAVE MAINTAINED
THE BETTER POPS IN THE NORTHEAST...AND LESSER VALUES IN THE
SOUTHWEST...FURTHER REMOVED FROM THE BETTER FORCING. HIGHS WILL
RETURN TO THE 85 TO 90 DEGREE RANGE IN THE SOUTHWEST...WITH MID 80S
IN THE NORTHEAST...WHERE MORE PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER WILL RESIDE.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 335 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST BEGINS ON THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A
SLOWLY BUILDING RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS AND DIGGING TROUGHS
OVER THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST. THIS GENERAL TREND CONTINUES
THROUGH THE ENTIRE EXTENDED PERIOD. DURING THIS PERIOD...QUITE A FEW
STRONG SHORTWAVES TRAVEL OVER THE BUILDING RIDGE IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AND INTO THE OH VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES REGION. THE FIRST WAVE
OF NOTE WILL BE THE SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
EXTENDED. AFTER THIS...THE PATTERN TURNS INTO A MORE MCS DRIVEN
PATTERN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH ACTIVITY CENTERED AROUND WHAT THE
DAYS CONVECTION BRINGS AND IS DIURNALLY AFFECTED. THROUGH THE PERIOD
THE UPPER RIDGE SLOWLY WEAKENS AND DRIFTS EAST.
CONCERNING THE MODELS DURING THE EXTENDED...THE GFS AND EURO LOOK TO
BE RIGHT ON TRACK AND IN GOOD AGREEMENT. THOUGH...THE EURO LOOKS TO
CUT OFF ANY CONVECTION BY THE END OF THE EXTENDED AS THE RIDGE AXIS
SETS UP RIGHT OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY LEADING TO AN END TO ALL
DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION AND DISPLACING THE TRACK OF THE MCS MORE
TO THE NORTHEAST. BASED ON THE GOOD AGREEMENT...IT SEEMS TO BE A
GOOD CONSENSUS TO STAY CLOSE TO THE SOLUTION OF THE ALL BLEND MODEL.
THOUGH DEPENDING ON WHAT THE 00Z EURO DOES ON THE MONDAY AND TUESDAY
TIME FRAME FOR THE RIDGE AXIS RIGHT OVER THE AREA...MAY DROP POPS
BELOW THE ALL MODEL BLEND SOLUTION. WITH THE SOLUTION OF THE ALL
MODEL BLEND...THE BEST CHANCE OF POPS WILL BE DURING THE FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY TIME FRAME AND LESS DURING THE MONDAY AND TUESDAY
TIME FRAME WHERE THE RIDGE WILL BE OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY AND HAVE
LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.
IN ADDITION TO THIS PATTERN...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE
IN EARNEST AS SOME OF THE WARMEST WEATHER OF THE ENTIRE SUMMER WILL
BEGIN TO SET IN FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE EXTENDED. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL SURPASS 90 DEGREES IN SOME AREAS OF EASTERN
KENTUCKY AND HUMIDITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AS WELL.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 815 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT OFF TO THE
SOUTHEAST IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. IFR/LIFR FOG WILL LIFT OUT IN THE NEXT
HOUR...WITH A RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY.
SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL THREATEN AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED ENOUGH TO ONLY
MENTION VCTS FOR NOW. FOG WILL LIKELY RETURN AFTER 06Z TONIGHT...HOWEVER
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIKELY APPROACH BETWEEN 06 AND
12Z...BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER AND ALSO RENEWING THE
CONVECTIVE THREAT. THIS WILL LIKELY KEEP THE FOG FROM BECOMING TOO
DENSE.
&&
.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...GEOGERIAN
SHORT TERM...GEOGERIAN
LONG TERM...SHALLENBERGER
AVIATION...GEOGERIAN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS JACKSON KY
357 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 357 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY SLIDING EAST
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ASSOCIATED WITH A PASSING SHORT WAVE TROUGH.
THE MORE ORGANIZED PORTION OF THIS COMPLEX HAS BEEN CONFINED TO ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. THE HRRR MODEL HAS NOT BEEN
HANDLING THIS FEATURE WELL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...OVERPLAYING THE
DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH THAT HAS BEEN WEAK IN REALITY...WHILE
UNDERPLAYING WHERE CONVECTION HAS BEEN MORE ORGANIZED AND SUSTAINED.
EXPECT THIS COMPLEX TO KEEP MOVING EAST...AFFECTING LOCATIONS ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BEFORE
EXITING THE AREA BY 12Z. THERE WILL BE SOME SUBSIDENCE FOLLOWING THIS
DEPARTING SHORT WAVE FOR TODAY WORKING IN FROM WEST TO EAST...SO HAVE
TRIMMED THE POPS BACK A BIT...PEAKING IN THE 20 TO 30 RANGE FOR MOST
LOCATIONS DURING THE HOTTER PART OF THE DAY. HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE
FROM 85 TO 90 DEGREES.
AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT...CONVECTION WILL BE ON THE DOWNWARD TREND
THROUGH 06Z...BUT THEN LOOKS TO INCREASE BETWEEN 06 AND 12Z...AS
ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. POP CHANCES
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH HEATING
AIDING THE MODEST FORCING FROM THE PASSING SHORT WAVE. HAVE MAINTAINED
THE BETTER POPS IN THE NORTHEAST...AND LESSER VALUES IN THE
SOUTHWEST...FURTHER REMOVED FROM THE BETTER FORCING. HIGHS WILL
RETURN TO THE 85 TO 90 DEGREE RANGE IN THE SOUTHWEST...WITH MID 80S
IN THE NORTHEAST...WHERE MORE PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER WILL RESIDE.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 335 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST BEGINS ON THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A
SLOWLY BUILDING RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS AND DIGGING TROUGHS
OVER THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST. THIS GENERAL TREND CONTINUES
THROUGH THE ENTIRE EXTENDED PERIOD. DURING THIS PERIOD...QUITE A FEW
STRONG SHORTWAVES TRAVEL OVER THE BUILDING RIDGE IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AND INTO THE OH VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES REGION. THE FIRST WAVE
OF NOTE WILL BE THE SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
EXTENDED. AFTER THIS...THE PATTERN TURNS INTO A MORE MCS DRIVEN
PATTERN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH ACTIVITY CENTERED AROUND WHAT THE
DAYS CONVECTION BRINGS AND IS DIURNALLY AFFECTED. THROUGH THE PERIOD
THE UPPER RIDGE SLOWLY WEAKENS AND DRIFTS EAST.
CONCERNING THE MODELS DURING THE EXTENDED...THE GFS AND EURO LOOK TO
BE RIGHT ON TRACK AND IN GOOD AGREEMENT. THOUGH...THE EURO LOOKS TO
CUT OFF ANY CONVECTION BY THE END OF THE EXTENDED AS THE RIDGE AXIS
SETS UP RIGHT OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY LEADING TO AN END TO ALL
DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION AND DISPLACING THE TRACK OF THE MCS MORE
TO THE NORTHEAST. BASED ON THE GOOD AGREEMENT...IT SEEMS TO BE A
GOOD CONSENSUS TO STAY CLOSE TO THE SOLUTION OF THE ALL BLEND MODEL.
THOUGH DEPENDING ON WHAT THE 00Z EURO DOES ON THE MONDAY AND TUESDAY
TIME FRAME FOR THE RIDGE AXIS RIGHT OVER THE AREA...MAY DROP POPS
BELOW THE ALL MODEL BLEND SOLUTION. WITH THE SOLUTION OF THE ALL
MODEL BLEND...THE BEST CHANCE OF POPS WILL BE DURING THE FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY TIME FRAME AND LESS DURING THE MONDAY AND TUESDAY
TIME FRAME WHERE THE RIDGE WILL BE OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY AND HAVE
LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.
IN ADDITION TO THIS PATTERN...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE
IN EARNEST AS SOME OF THE WARMEST WEATHER OF THE ENTIRE SUMMER WILL
BEGIN TO SET IN FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE EXTENDED. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL SURPASS 90 DEGREES IN SOME AREAS OF EASTERN
KENTUCKY AND HUMIDITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AS WELL.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL WORK THEIR WAY
FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH DAWN. AREAS ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE I-64 CORRIDOR WILL SEE THE BEST CHANCE OF THE MORE
CONCENTRATED CONVECTION. AS SUCH...HAVE HANDLED MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY
WITH VCTS/VCSH AS SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY WEAKEN AS IT
HEADS EAST. EXPECT MVFR/IFR FOG TO SET IN BETWEEN 08 AND 12Z AS
WELL...WITH THE DEEPER RIVER VALLEYS ALONG WITH ANY LOCATIONS THAT
SEE MORE SUSTAINED RAINFALL SEEING IFR OR WORSE FOG. THERE SHOULD BE
A CONVECTIVE LULL IN THE MORNING...BEFORE SOME ISOLATED STORMS MAY
THREATEN AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
&&
.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...GEOGERIAN
LONG TERM...SHALLENBERGER
AVIATION...GEOGERIAN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS CARIBOU ME
931 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD DOWN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE
COMING WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
931 PM UPDATE...AN UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY WORK ACROSS MAINE
OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF MAINE BY FRI EVENING.
THERE ARE A FEW SHOWERS UNDERNEATH THE LOW THAT STRETCH FROM PARTS
OF DOWNEAST MAINE INTO THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. THE NEAR TERM MODELS
SUCH AS THE HRRR AND RUC KEEP SOME SHOWERS IN THIS AREA THE
REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...AND ALSO DEVELOP SOME SHOWERS IN THE ST
JOHN VALLEY WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT. MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO
THE GRIDS BASED ON THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS...SATELLITE
PICTURES...RADAR...AND NEAR TERM MODEL TRENDS.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
A COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN FEATURING SUBTLE FEATURES IN THE UPPER
LEVELS WILL BRING SOME MINOR FORECAST CHALLENGES DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS. A VERY WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL STRAY ACROSS DOWNEAST
AREAS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS UPPER LOW
COMBINED WITH WEAK UPSLOPE WINDS FROM HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING DOWN
FROM THE NORTH WILL BRING CLOUDS AND SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS TO
DOWNEAST AREAS TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY, MAINLY ACROSS INTERIOR
WESTERN SPOTS. SOUNDING FORECASTS SHOW SOME WEAK CAPE, AROUND 300
J/KG, OVER SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY.
THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME CONVECTIVE SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A VERY
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. THE LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM TO OUR
NORTH IS STILL EXPECTED TO SLOWLY PRESS SOUTH INTO THE REGION.
THIS HIGH WILL ALLOW SKIES TO BE PARTLY CLOUDY OVER THE NORTH AND
COULD BRING PARTIAL CLEARING TO CENTRAL AREAS LATE ON FRIDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FRIDAY NIGHT HOWEVER AS THE FLOW WILL BE FROM
THE NORTHEAST THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRATUS AND
FOG. ANY CLOUDS/FOG WILL QUICKLY BURN OFF SATURDAY MORNING WITH AN
OTHERWISE FAIR WEEKEND EXPECTED UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL FOR SATURDAY AND BEGIN
TO WARM UP FOR SUNDAY AWAY FROM THE COAST.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
WARM LATE SUMMER WEATHER WILL BE THE BIG STORY FOR THE BEGINNING
TO MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A HIGH CENTERED OVER THE AREA EARLY IN
THE PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO WESTERLY FLOW TOWARD THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, WITH PERHAPS SOMEWHAT INCREASED
AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AROUND THE
WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY TIME FRAME, BUT STILL LIKELY DRY SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
EXPECT WIDESPREAD LOW TO MID 80S MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, EXCEPT
COOLER 70S NEAR THE COAST. WE CONTINUED TO GO CLOSER TO THE
CONSENSUS OF RAW MODEL OUTPUT OVER MOS GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS, AS 925
MB AND 850 MB TEMPERATURES JUSTIFY GOING WARMER THAN MOS, WHICH
TRENDS TOWARD CLIMATOLOGY IN THE EXTENDED.
FORECAST MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH TUESDAY, BUT BEGIN
TO HAVE ISSUES AROUND WEDNESDAY AS TO WHETHER WE GET A COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT THAT TIME OR STAY IN THE
WARM WEST/SOUTHWEST FLOW FOR A BIT LONGER.
&&
.AVIATION /01Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
NEAR TERM: GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. CONDITIONS MAY BRIEFLY LOWER TO MVFR LATE TONIGHT AND
POSSIBLY IFR DOWNEAST. CONDITIONS SHOULD THEN IMPROVE TO VFR AT
MOST SITES BY LATE MORNING FRIDAY.
SHORT TERM: MVFR WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT DUE TO
THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRATUS AND FOG..ESPECIALLY FOR THE NORTHERN SITES.
OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.MARINE...
NEAR TERM: WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
SLOWLY BUILDS DOWN FROM THE NORTH.
SHORT TERM: CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY TRANQUIL ON THE
WATERS WITH NO HEADLINES EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ME...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
NEAR TERM...BLOOMER/CB
SHORT TERM...FITZSIMMONS
LONG TERM...FITZSIMMONS
AVIATION...BLOOMER/CB/FITZSIMMONS
MARINE...BLOOMER/CB/FITZSIMMONS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WAKEFIELD VA
953 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE AREA INTO
THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE FROM NEW ENGLAND IS SLOW TO
BUILD OVER THE REGION FROM SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
UPDATE THIS EVENING TO MAKE MINOR TWEAK TO TIMING AND LONATION
OVERNIGHT POPS. MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS BREAKING OUT ACROSS
CENTRAL VA ARE IN RESPONSE TO THE SHORTWAVE JUST MOVING INTO THE
REGION FROM THE NW. THE RAP IS HANDLING THIS FEATURE AND FORCING
VERY WELL. EXPECT THE PRECIP TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND SOMEWHAT IN
COVERAGE AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS CENTRAL VA AND THEN THE COAST
INCLUDING MD...EASTERN SHORE AND SOUTHEAST VA. THUNDER ACTIVITY
WITH THIS SHOULD BE LIMITED THOUGH CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW RUMBLES
ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL VA...MD AND THE EASTERN SHORE.
OVERALL TEMP FORECASTS REMAIN ON TRACK.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
THE CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES WEAK BROAD LOW PRESSURE IN
VICINITY OF THE GREAT LAKES WITH A BOUNDARY EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM
E-CENTRAL PA THROUGH THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE BOUNDARY OVER PA AHEAD OF A
~100KT UPPER JET DIVING ACROSS THE ERN GREAT LAKES. SPC MESOANALYSIS
INDICATES 35-40KT OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR FROM SE PA THROUGH THE LOWER MD
ERN SHORE ALONG WITH AN AXIS OF 1500J/KG OF MLCAPE. THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE ERN SHORE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THE JET DIVES SE. A FEW STRONGER
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BASED ON FAVORABLE DYNAMIC AND THERMODYNAMIC
PARAMETERS...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING STRONG WIND GUSTS. THE
MAIN LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE RATHER WEAK LAPSE RATES. OTHERWISE...A
CHC (30-40%) OF GENERAL THUNDER IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS THE UPPER
JET ENERGY PASSES OVER THE AREA AND THE SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINS IN
PLACE. LESS FOG IS EXPECTED DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF MID/UPPER LEVEL
CLOUD COVER. OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S TO LOW
70S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MID/UPPER NW FLOW REMAINS OVER THE REGION FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. A
MORE VIGOROUS WAVE DROPS THROUGH THE FLOW ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY
NIGHT. THIS WILL PROVIDE BEST CHC OF AND GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE OF
SHOWERS/TSTMS ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA DURING THE SHORT-TERM PERIOD DUE
TO MORE FAVORABLE/STRONGER UPPER JET SUPPORT. POCKETS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE GIVEN MODEST MOISTURE AND FAVORABLE UPPER
SUPPORT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY AND SLOWLY
PUSHES INTO THE REGION BY SUNDAY. THIS WILL PUSH THE REMNANT FRONT S
OF THE AREA. CHC POPS WILL CONTINUE EARLY SATURDAY...WITH A STEADY
DRYING TREND COMMENCING SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM NNE-SSW AS THE HIGH
BUILDS INTO THE REGION.
HIGHS FRIDAY SHOULD BE MAINLY 85-90...AND THEN FROM THE LOW TO MID
80S SATURDAY (UPPER 70S ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES)...WITH UPPER 70S
TO LOW 80S SUNDAY. LOWS SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S
SATURDAY...AND IN THE 60S SUNDAY MORNING.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD WILL CONSIST OF MAINLY NE FLOW AS HIGH
PRESSURE TO THE NORTH RIDGES SOUTH WHILE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
EMERGES FROM THE BAHAMAS. THIS PATTERN WILL MAINTAIN A COOLER
MARITIME AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA THROUGH WED BEFORE HIGH
PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT BEGIN TO CENTER THEMSELVES OVER
THE FA. AT THIS POINT SUBSIDENCE WILL PREVAIL AND WILL HELP TO DRY
THE ATMOSPHERE. PRECIP ALONG THE VA/NC COAST CAN NOT BE COMPLETELY
RULED OUT DUE TO THE INFLUX OF MOISTURE NORTH AS THE SURFACE LOW
FORMS TO THE SOUTH. THERE IS SOME MODEL DISCREPANCY IN REGARDS TO
THE POSITION AND STRENGTH OF THE LOW OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC. AND
DUE TO THE LARGE DEGREE OF CHANGE IN MODEL RUNS...AT THIS POINT...
WILL NOT MODIFY THE PREVIOUS FORECAST TOO MUCH.
TEMPS WILL REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD
WITH HIGHS AROUND 80 MON AND TUES...WARMING SLIGHTLY INTO THE MID 80S
WED AND THUR. SEASONAL LOW TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S ARE LIKELY
AS THE MARITIME AIRMASS WILL LIMIT SIGNIFICANT OVERNIGHT COOLING.
&&
.AVIATION /02Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 23Z...A WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEAR WASHINGTON DC THROUGH
EASTERN VIRGINIA (BETWEEN RICHMOND AND HAMPTON ROADS) AND INTO
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. WINDS WERE MAINLY FROM THE W/SW WEST OF THE
BOUNDARY AND FROM THE E/SE TO THE EAST OF IT. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE
TOWARD THE COAST OVERNIGHT. LOW PRESSURE MAY DEVELOP JUST OFF THE
COAST FRIDAY WHICH WOULD HELP SHIFT THE WINDS BRIEFLY TO NW/N DURING
THE DAY.
WIDELY SCT TSTMS WERE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES BUT NONE WERE A
THEREAT TO THE TAF SITES. A BAND OF LIGHT RAIN MAY AFFECT SOME
LOCATIONS LATER THIS EVENING. SBY HAS A T/TD SPREAD OF AROUND 5
DEGREES AND WITH RAIN HAVING FALLEN LATE THURSDAY...THERE MAY BE
SOME MVFR/IFR FOG THERE. AN OVERCAST HIGH CEILING SHOULD LIMIT FOG
FORMATION AT ALL LOCATIONS AND PRESENTLY NONE IS FORECAST AT THE
OTHER TAF SITES.
FRIDAY SHOULD BE A DRY AT THE BEGINNING BUT AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT
WAVE MAY BRING A ROUND OF TSTMS LATE IN THE DAY OR FRIDAY NIGHT.
OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY WITH DRY
WEATHER FORECAST BEGINNING SUNDAY. MVFR/IFR DUE TO STRATUS OR FOG
WILL BE A POTENTIAL A FEW HOURS AROUND SUNRISE THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING.
&&
.MARINE...
LOW PRESSURE FORMS ALONG A STATIONARY BOUNDARY THAT IS CURRENTLY
POSITIONED OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT.
THIS WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST FRIDAY AFTN.
EARLY SAT MORNING...HIGH PRESSURE NOSES SOUTH FROM THE NORTHEASTERN
US CAUSING A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. ENERGY
STREAMING SE WILL HELP FORM AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CAROLINA
COAST. THIS SYNOPTIC SETUP WILL ENHANCE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS
THE WATERS CAUSING NEAR SCA WIND GUST OVER THE BAY(18-20KT) AND THE
COASTAL WATERS(23-25KT) ON SATURDAY. DUE TO THE WIND DIRECTION AND
FETCH...EXPECT WAVES TO BUILD TO 4-6FT ACROSS MOST OF THE COASTAL
WATERS LASTING EARLY SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE
BEGINS TO POSITION OVER THE AREA BY TUESDAY BUT LOW PRESSURE
EMERGING FROM THE SOUTH MAY HELP TO MAINTAIN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
AND ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH WED.
&&
.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK FROM 8 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING FOR MDZ025.
NC...NONE.
VA...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK FROM 8 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING FOR VAZ099.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...AJZ/ALB
NEAR TERM...AJZ/JAO
SHORT TERM...AJZ/ALB
LONG TERM...DAP
AVIATION...LSA
MARINE...DAP
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
256 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY DROP SOUTH AND WEST AS A COLD FRONT FRIDAY
AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER NEW ENGLAND WILL EXTEND INTO OUR AREA FOR THE
WEEKEND. HOWEVER...UNSETTLED CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST DURING THIS TIME
DUE TO PLENTY OF MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS LOCATED ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WHILE
MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE MID WEST IN NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT. A JET STREAK IS ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE TROUGH ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY.
A WEAKENING SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE
ALLEGHENY FRONT THIS AFTERNOON WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE
EASTWARD ACROSS THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS...SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND
NORTHERN VA. MESOSCALE ANALYSIS SHOWS 500-1000 J/KG WEST OF I-95 AND
25-30KTS OF SHEAR. PWATS HAVE RISEN TO 1.6-1.8 INCHES ACROSS THIS
REGION. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON
WITH DMG WINDS AS THE MAIN THREAT. BOWING SEGMENTS AND RIJ
SIGNITURES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ON RADAR. AT THIS TIME...HAVE NOT
CONFIRMED GROUND TRUTH REPORTS FOR DMG WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS
ALSO BEEN OBSERVED. HRRR INCREASES COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AND ACTIVITY SHOULD REACH THE I-95 LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING.
SOUTHERLY FLOW AT THE SFC WILL KEEP MOIST CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MID
ATLANTIC. PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION MAINLY IN VALLEY
LOCATIONS AND LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED RAIN TODAY.
THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS ONTARIO BY THURSDAY MORNING
AS A RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE MID WEST BUT TIMING IS DIFFICULT.
A SFC TROUGH IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY. THIS WILL
PRODUCE WESTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE TROUGH AND SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD
OF THE TROUGH. AT THIS TIME...A DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE
REGION THURS AFTERNOON FROM THE NORTHWEST. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AT THIS TIME AND MOVE
EAST-SOUTHEAST. THE SFC TROUGH WILL ALSO LEAD TO ISOLATED
DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...INSTABILITY WILL BE
MARGINAL AND SHEAR SEEMS WEAK. ACTIVITY SHOULD BE SUB-SEVERE. PWATS
ARE EXPECTED TO RISE NEAR 1.9 INCHES THURSDAY PRODUCING HUMID
CONDITIONS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT
AND INTO FRIDAY AS A 250MB JET SITS NEAR THE REGION AND
DISTURBANCES APPROACH FROM THE GREAT LAKES. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE
DEPARTING DISTURBANCES MAY LEAD TO CLEARING FRIDAY AND THEREFORE
INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY INCREASE. AT THIS TIME...CONFIDENCE IS LOW
ON THE TIMING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FCST MAX TEMPS WILL
REACH THE LOW 80S ON FRIDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
A WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE FOCUSED IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS
WILL CROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT FRIDAY...PROVIDING ONE FINAL PERIOD OF
ENHANCED RAINFALL AS A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH AT THE
SURFACE. A SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE EASTERN US FOR
WEEKEND AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE NORTHEASTERN US
RIDGES DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD. THIS RIDGING COMBINED WITH
EASTERLY FLOW AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF A COASTAL LOW OFF OF CAPE
HATTERAS WILL BRING ONSHORE FLOW FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC MIDDAY
SATURDAY THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WORKWEEK. THE MARINE LAYER
THAT WILL FILL IN WILL BRING SEASONABLY COOL AND MOIST AIR...LEADING
TO A LOW CLOUD DECK THAT WILL HANG AROUND THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND
LIKELY INTO MONDAY EVENING...PARTICULARLY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
CHANCE POPS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE WHERE THERE WILL BE AN UPSLOPE COMPONENT TO THE MOIST EASTERLY
FLOW.
THE SURFACE HIGH WILL MIGRATE OFF OF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST MONDAY
NIGHT AND SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BEGIN TO FILL IN LOCALLY. THIS WILL
SIGNAL AN INCREASE IN TEMPERATURES AS HIGHS WILL GO FROM THE MID TO
UPPER 70S SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY TO NEAR 80 TUESDAY AND MID 80S
WEDNESDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION FEATURES ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
SHRA AND TSRA IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS A LINE OF TSRA MOVES
EASTWARD. GUSTY WINDS AND IFR VSBYS POSSIBLE IN TSRA. THIS WILL
CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP MOISTURE IN THE
REGION OVERNIGHT AND PATCHY IFR VSBYS ARE POSSIBLE AT MRB AND CHO.
MVFR VSBYS ARE POSSIBLE AT IAD. MVFR/IFR CIGS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR
BWI-MTN BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS TIME.
SHRA AND TSRA POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO FRIDAY AND MAY
CAUSE MVFR/IFR RESTRICTIONS.
PERIODS OF LOW CEILINGS ARE POSSIBLE AS A MID AND UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN OVER THE
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A MARINE AIRMASS SETTLES INTO
THE AREA.
&&
.MARINE...
SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ON THE WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS
SHOULD STAY BELOW SCA CRITERIA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NECESSARY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT IN BREEZY EASTERLY FLOW AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF A
COASTAL LOW OFF OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FLOW.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
AN ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT IT WILL REMAIN
WEAK. THE FLOW MAY TURN MORE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST WHICH WOULD CAUSE
WATER LEVELS TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN RECENTLY.
THIS WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS TO BE CLOSE TO MINOR FLOODING
THRESHOLDS DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING.
&&
.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...HAS
NEAR TERM...HAS
SHORT TERM...HAS
LONG TERM...CEB
AVIATION...HAS/CEB
MARINE...HAS/CEB
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...LWX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
930 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY DROP SOUTH AND WEST AS A COLD FRONT FRIDAY
AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER NEW ENGLAND WILL EXTEND INTO OUR AREA FOR THE
WEEKEND. HOWEVER...UNSETTLED CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST DURING THIS TIME
DUE TO PLENTY OF MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE MID ATLANTIC THIS MORNING.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN ONGOING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY
AND APPALACHIAN MTNS AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE ALLEGHENY FRONT
THIS MORNING.
VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWS MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS WEST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE. FURTHER EAST...S-SE WINDS HAVE BANKED CLOUDS AGAINST THE BLUE
RIDGE MTNS SOUTH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER RESULTING IN LOW CLOUDS FOR
LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO THE MTNS THIS MORNING. THESE CLOUDS MAY
CREEP NORTHWARD BEFORE DISSIPATING THIS AFTERNOON. 12Z IAD RAOB
HAS ABOUT 500 J/KG OF SBCAPE AND AFTER MODIFYING IT FOR THE
AFTERNOON...INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 1000
J/KG. INSTABILITY SHOULD INCREASE MORE IF AN AREA RECEIVES MORE
HEATING. DEWPTS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY OR REACH THE UPPER 60S TO
AROUND 70 BY THE AFTERNOON AND AS MOISTURE MOVES IN FROM THE WEST...PWATS
WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO AROUND 1.8 INCHES. SHEAR IS
WEAK...AROUND 25KTS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STAY SUB-SEVERE
TODAY. HRRR HAS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD
THROUGH THE MORNING AND REACHING THE BLUE RIDGE BY EARLY
AFTERNOON AND THE I-95 CORRIDOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ACTIVITY IS
MORE ISO-SCT FURTHER SOUTH AND THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE
NORTH OF I-66 AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVES TO THE NORTH. MAIN THREAT
IN ACTIVITY WILL BE HEAVY RAIN IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
MAX TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MIDDLE
80S ACROSS MOST OTHER LOCATIONS.
COVERAGE IN CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH THE
BOUNDARY NEARBY AND SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING THROUGH...A FEW SHOWERS
CANNOT BE RULED OUT. AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT AS WELL. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WITH MIN
TEMPS RANGING FROM NEAR 60 IN THE ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS TO THE LOWER
70S IN DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE INTO NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH THE
AREA IN A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THE BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY FROM CENTRAL MARYLAND THROUGH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND THE
WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVERHEAD. MORE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH COVERAGE BEING SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. MAX
TEMPS THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID
AND UPPER 80S ACROSS MOST OTHER LOCATIONS. MIN TEMPS THURSDAY NIGHT
WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 60S IN THE ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS TO THE
LOWER 70S IN DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE. PATCHY LOW CLOUDS
AND FOG ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS MOISTURE GETS TRAPPED UNDERNEATH
THE NOCTURNAL INVERSION.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
H5 PTTN MUCH MORE AMPLIFIED/ACTIVE THAN NORMAL FOR LT AUG...BUT THEN
AGAIN THIS HASNT BEEN A TYPICAL SUMMER. A SUBTROPICAL RDG WL BE
ANCHORED OVER THE MS VLY THRU MUCH OF THE PD. THAT LEAVES CWFA IN NW
FLOW ALOFT...AND TEMPS COOLER THAN CLIMO. WUD LOVE TO BE AS
DEFINITIVE W/ POPS. HWVR...SUBSIDENCE WL BE CONFINED TO OVER NEW
ENGLAND. WHILE AMS LKLY WONT BE OUTRIGHT CAPPED...THERE ARENT
SPECIFIC DISCERNABLE FORCING MECHANISMS EITHER...BUT THERE WL BE THE
JETSTREAM ABV AREA AT HIER LVLS. THAT LEAVES SENSIBLE WX SUSCEPTIBLE
TO MID-UPA DYNAMICS SUCH AS S/WV IMPULSES EMBEDDED W/IN MEAN LYR
FLOW. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THERE WL BE SUCH A DISTURBANCE FRI NGT
INTO SAT. INSTBY MEAGER...AND BECOME INCREASINGLY LMTD AS SFC FLOW
BECOMES ELY.
BYD THAT...EVEN BROAD DETAILS BECOME PROBLEMATIC. BY ELY NXT WK...
RDGG SHUD RETROGRADE...PROVIDING A BETTER BET AT SOME DRY CONDS IN
THE CSTL PLAIN. STILL CANT RULE OUT A SHRA IN THE MTNS...BUT THE
CHCS FAR LESS.
&&
.AVIATION /13Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MVFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT CHO THIS MORNING. SCT MVFR
CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT IAD-DCA AS LOW CLOUDS CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHWARD AGAINST THE MTNS. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MORE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL
DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
FLGT RESTRICTIONS PROBABLE W/IN SHRA/TSRA THRU THE WKND. HWVR...
AREAL CVRG A WILD CARD. FRI NGT-SAT LOOK TO BE THE WETTEST PART OF
THE OUTLOOK ATTM.
&&
.MARINE...
A BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN NEAR THE WATERS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD BE WEAK ENOUGH TO PREVENT SCA CRITERIA
WINDS DURING THIS TIME. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND
AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
ATTM NO ADVYS XPCTD THRU THIS WKND. HWVR UNSTTLD CONDS WL PREVAIL...
AND CANNOT PRECLUDE A FEW MARINE WRNGS INVOF TSRA.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
AN ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT IT WILL REMAIN
WEAK. THE FLOW MAY TURN MORE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST WHICH WOULD CAUSE
WATER LEVELS TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN RECENTLY.
THIS WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS TO BE CLOSE TO MINOR FLOODING
THRESHOLDS DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING.
&&
.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...BJL
NEAR TERM...BJL/HAS
SHORT TERM...BJL
LONG TERM...HTS
AVIATION...BJL/HAS/HTS
MARINE...BJL/HAS/HTS
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...BJL
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS MARQUETTE MI
133 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 422 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
WV IMAGERY AND RUC ANALYSIS INDICATED A MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW FROM WRN
LAKE SUPERIOR INTO W UPPER MI. A SHORTWAVE NEAR THE LOW CENTER
SUPPORTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY...THROUGH CNTRL
UPPER MI. WITH THE SLOW FORWARD MOVEMENT...PWAT AROUND 1.5
INCHES...AND EFFICIENT WARM RAIN PROCESSES...NEARLY 2.0 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL AT THE NWS OFFICE BTWN 1915Z-1945Z. AN FLS WAS ISSUED TO
HIGHLIGHT THREAT FOR MINOR FLOODING WITH SMALL STREAMS AND LOW-LYING
AREAS. AT THE SFC...LOW PRES WAS LOCATED OVER NW UPPER MI.
EXPECT THE VERTICALLY STACKED LOW TO ONLY SLOWLY WOBBLE TO THE EAST
TO CNTRL/EAST UPPER MI BY 12Z/WED AND TO NEAR THE STRAITS BY 00Z/THU.
THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED THREAT FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH
THE SHRTWV MOVING THROUGH CNTRL UPPER MI THIS EVENING.
ONLY ISOLD TSRA ARE EXPECTED...GIVEN AFTERNOON TRENDS AND MUCAPE BLO
1K J/KG.
OTHERWISE...HIGH RES MODELS AND UPSTREAM RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST RAIN
WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH FURTHER
OVERNIGHT. WITH ABUNDANT DEEP MOISTURE REMAINING OVER THE REGION
THROUGH WED MORNING...SOME SCT LIGHT SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE N CNTRL AND EAST
EVEN WITH WEAK FORCING NEAR THE LOW. HOWEVER...ANY ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 402 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE AND ASSOCIATED WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT
ARE CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE UPPER
GREAT LAKES REGION INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE PULLING OUT ON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. AS THIS WAVE PULLS OUT...SHOULD SEE A DRY PERIOD OVER MUCH
OF THE U.P. FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING (ALTHOUGH
THERE COULD BE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHEAST ON
WEDNESDAY EVENING) BEFORE THE NEXT WAVE ARRIVES THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND REMAINS INTO FRIDAY. THE DRY PERIOD WILL BE AIDED BY THE WEAK
RIDGING ALOFT THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION AND
ATTEMPT TO BUILD INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
AS THAT RIDGING OCCURS...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL ESTABLISH ITSELF
OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND EJECT OUT A COUPLE PIECES OF ENERGY
THROUGH THE REST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THE FIRST WAVE WILL
MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN SHIFT NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD THURSDAY EVENING AND INTO ONTARIO ON
FRIDAY. THERE ARE STILL SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES WITH HOW PROGRESSIVE
THIS SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED WEAK LOW (AND WARM FRONT) ARE...AND IT
IS LARGELY TIED INTO THE STRENGTH OF THE SHORTWAVE. AT THIS
POINT...THE 12Z GFS APPEARS TO BE THE OUTLIER (KEEPS THE WARM FRONT
SOUTH OF THE CWA DUE TO WEAKER SHORTWAVE UNTIL THE NEXT WAVE
ARRIVES ON SATURDAY) WHILE THE 00Z ECMWF AND ITS ENSEMBLE
MEMBERS...ALONG WITH THE 12Z GEM/NAM...BRING THE WARM FRONT INTO THE
AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PUSHING NORTHEAST OF THE AREA ON
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THINK THE NON GFS CONSENSUS IS THE WAY
TO GO AT THIS POINT AND FOLLOWS THE GENERAL IDEA FROM THE PREVIOUS
SHIFT. THEREFORE...WILL INCREASE PRECIP CHANCES FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEN KEEP
CHANCE POPS INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. WILL NEED TO KEEP
AN EYE ON CONVECTION FIRING IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE WARM FRONT AND LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE TRANSPORT MAXIMUM IS LOCATED. COULD SEE SOME STRONG TO
POTENTIAL SEVERE STORMS IN THAT AREA...WHICH BASED OFF STORM MOTION
VECTORS WOULD TRY TO LIFT THEM EAST-NORTHEAST ALONG WITH THE FRONT
WHILE BUILDING TO THE SOUTHEAST. FAR WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN WOULD
HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SEEING THESE STRONGER STORMS HEADING
INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
ONCE THAT WAVE DECAYS AND SLIDES NORTHEAST OF THE
CWA...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DEPEND ON OTHER WAVES EJECTING OUT
OF THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. RIDGE AXIS WILL BE
RIGHT OVER THE U.P. THROUGH SUNDAY AND THEN SHIFT EAST FOR THE
BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER TROUGH GRADUALLY SHIFTS EAST.
WITH THAT RIDGE AXIS...IT APPEARS THAT SUNDAY WILL BE THE BEST
OPPORTUNITY FOR DRIER WEATHER BEFORE THE NEXT WAVE SLIDES NORTHEAST
OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
EXPECT IT TO BE FAIRLY MUGGY OVER THE AREA FRIDAY INTO THE
WEEKEND....ESPECIALLY WHEN COMPARED TO WHAT HAS BEEN SEEN IN THIS
REGION FOR MUCH OF THE SUMMER. AFTER THE NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES VALUES THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THEY ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL BACK BELOW NORMAL FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE THAT MOVES THROUGH ON SUNDAY
NIGHT.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 133 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
LOW PRES SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL VERY SLOWLY DRIFT
ESE OVER THE NEXT 24HRS. ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH
SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN LIFR TO POSSIBLY OCNL VLIFR CONDITIONS AT
KIWD/KCMX/KSAW THRU AT LEAST MID MORNING. -SHRA/-DZ MAY ALSO OCCUR
AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY AT KCMX. GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT SHOULD OCCUR THIS
AFTN...THOUGH ONLY KIWD SHOULD REACH VFR BY THE LATTER PART OF THE
AFTN. KCMX/KSAW MAY NOT GET ABOVE THE LOW MVFR RANGE. AFTER
SUNSET...CONDITIONS MAY AGAIN FALL AT KCMX/KSAW...BUT ESPECIALLY AT
KSAW WHICH WILL BE CLOSER TO DEPARTING SYSTEM.
&&
.MARINE...(FOR THE 4 PM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE)
ISSUED AT 422 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
SOME FOG IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER THE CNTRL AND ERN LAKE TONIGHT
GIVEN ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS. EXPECT WINDS
UNDER 20 KTS THROUGH SATURDAY AS A RELATIVELY WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT
DOMINATES THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ABOVE THE RELATIVELY COLD WATERS OF
LAKE SUPERIOR.
&&
.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UPPER MICHIGAN...
NONE.
LAKE SUPERIOR...
NONE.
LAKE MICHIGAN...
NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...JLB
LONG TERM...SRF
AVIATION...ROLFSON
MARINE...JLB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HASTINGS NE
715 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 700 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
THE 18Z NAM HAS FAILED TO CAPTURE THE ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS
OUR SOUTHEASTERN FORECAST AREA AND IS ESSENTIALLY DRY THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE HRRR MODEL SEEMS TO BE CATCHING ONTO
THINGS AND HAS BEEN GIVING FAIRLY REALISTIC SCENARIOS FOR HOW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVOLVE THIS EVENING. BASED ON RADAR AND THE
HRRR HAVE INCREASED POPS INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY FOR MOST OF OUR
KANSAS COUNTIES INTO NUCKOLLS...THAYER...AND FILLMORE COUNTIES.
ALSO SLIGHTLY INCREASED POPS NORTH OF THE RADAR FINE LINE BOUNDARY
THAT AT 7 PM WAS RUNNING FROM PHILLIPSBURG...TO BLUE HILL. THE LOW
LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH THE NOSE OF THE JET
RUNNING INTO OUR SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA. THE HRRR INDICATES THAT
THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM NORTH OF THE EXISTING THUNDERSTORMS LATER
THIS EVENING IN PLACES LIKE HASTINGS AS THE LOW LEVEL JET
INCREASES...BUT CONFIDENCE IN THIS IS STILL LESS THAN 50 PERCENT.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 341 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
MAP ANALYSIS INDICATES AN UPPER TROPOSPHERIC RIDGE OVER THE
CENTRAL CONUS...WITH TROUGHS OVER THE WESTERN AND EASTERN CONUS.
MAP ANALYSIS ALSO SHOWS A CLOSED UPPER TROPOSPHERIC LOW EMBEDDED
WITHIN THE BASE OF THE WESTERN CONUS TROUGH. ENHANCED UPPER
TROPOSPHERIC ENERGY EXTENDS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ALONG THE WESTERN
CONUS COAST...THEN NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS...AND
FINALLY BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THAT
BEING SAID...UPPER TROPOSPHERIC FLOW OVER OUR AREA REMAINS FAIRLY
WEAK...ONLY MAXING OUT AT AROUND 35KTS NEAR 38000FT AGL PER RAP
ANALYSIS DATA AT 12Z. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO SHOWS THE
AFOREMENTIONED RIDGE AND TROUGHS...AS WELL AS ENHANCED UPPER
TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE EXTENDING FROM HURRICANE LOWELL INTO THE
SOUTHWESTERN CONUS. THIS TROPICAL MOISTURE HAS YET TO REACH THE
CENTRAL PLAINS HOWEVER. AT THE SURFACE AN AREA OF LOW BAROMETRIC
PRESSURE EXISTS OVER SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...AND AN ASSOCIATED
SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS SOUTHWEST FROM THE LOW INTO NEBRASKA AND
KANSAS. AS OF 18Z THIS TROUGH WAS NOTED EXTENDING FROM NEAR
KODX...TO NEAR KHDE...TO NEAR KHLC. THE RESULTANT LOWER
TROPOSPHERIC WIND FIELD ACROSS OUR AREA REMAINS FROM THE SOUTH
ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA...BUT LOCATIONS FARTHER
WEST/NORTHWEST...BEHIND THE TROUGH...ARE NOW REPORTING A NORTHERLY
COMPONENT TO THE LOWER TROPOSPHERIC WIND FIELD.
GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE CLOSED UPPER TROPOSPHERIC LOW OVER THE
WESTERN CONUS WILL EJECT FROM THE BASE OF THE LONG WAVE TROUGH AS
A SHORT WAVE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...LIKELY MOVING INTO THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION BY 00Z SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS
THEN EXPECTED OVER WESTERN KANSAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SO ALTHOUGH
THE SURFACE TROUGH...CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER OUR AREA...WILL MAKE
AN ATTEMPT TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...THE TROUGH
SHOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME STATIONARY IF NOT RETROGRADE SOMEWHAT AS
IT STRENGTHENS INTO A WARM FRONT IN RESPONSE TO THE WESTERN KANSAS
CYCLOGENESIS. THE LOWER TROPOSPHERIC WIND FIELD ACROSS THE
SOUTH/SOUTHEASTERN ONE-HALF OF THE CWA WILL LIKELY REMAIN FROM THE
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS...BUT LOCATIONS FARTHER
NORTHWEST WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE MORE OF A NORTHEASTERLY WIND
FIELD.
ANY OMEGA DERIVED FROM UPPER TROPOSPHERIC KINEMATICS SHOULD
REMAIN ON THE WEAK SIDE THROUGH MUCH OF THE SHORT TERM FORECAST
PERIOD. THAT BEING SAID...GUIDANCE DOES SUGGEST THE AXIS OF A
~50KT LOWER TROPOSPHERIC JET STREAK JUST ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER
WILL DEVELOP FROM CENTRAL KANSAS INTO SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
TONIGHT...BEFORE SHIFTING OFF TO THE EAST SOMEWHAT BY DAYBREAK
FRIDAY. THERMAL ADVECTION ALONG THIS AXIS...AS WELL AS MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE NEAR THE NOSE OF THE JET STREAK...SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT
FOR PRECIPITATION PRODUCTION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR SOUTHEASTERN
CWA...A SOLUTION SUPPORTED BY QPF FIELDS FROM THE
NAM...OPERATIONAL GFS AND EC...AS WELL AS SIMULATED REFLECTIVITY
FROM THE HRRR. GIVEN ALL THIS...WENT AHEAD WITH 20-30% POPS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE CWA FOR TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS RELEGATED TO
THE SOUTHEASTERN CWA.
ANY PRECIPITATION THAT DOES DEVELOP TONIGHT SHOULD MOVE OFF TO
THE EAST BY SUNRISE FRIDAY AS THE AXIS OF THE LOWER TROPOSPHERIC
JET STREAK DOES THE SAME. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE A BREAK IN THE
PRECIPITATION ACROSS OUR AREA FRIDAY MORNING INTO LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO FRIDAY EVENING
HOWEVER...THERMAL ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING UPPER
TROPOSPHERIC SHORT WAVE SHOULD PROMOTE INCREASING OMEGA ACROSS THE
REGION. THIS OMEGA...WORKING IN CONCERT WITH ENHANCED LOWER
TROPOSPHERIC CONVERGENCE ALONG THE STRENGTHENING BAROCLINIC
ZONE...MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO
PERHAPS SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THIS IS A
SOLUTION SUPPORTED BY QPF FIELDS FROM THE NAM...OPERATIONAL GFS
AND EC. GIVEN ALL THIS..WENT AHEAD WITH 20-50% POPS ACROSS THE CWA
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS RELEGATED TO
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO
THE LOWER TROPOSPHERIC BAROCLINIC ZONE.
FORECAST PROXIMITY SOUNDINGS FROM THE ACROSS THE CWA...PER THE
NAM AND OPERATIONAL GFS...SUGGEST PARCELS ROOTED TO AROUND 800MB
SHOULD HAVE 500-1000J/KG WITH ANY CONVECTION THAT IS REALIZED
TONIGHT. GIVEN THIS...WILL GO AHEAD AND OUTLOOK THE POSSIBILITY
FOR LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS IN THE HWO FOR TONIGHT.
TURNING TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE NAM...OPERATIONAL
GFS AND EC SUGGEST 0-1KM MLCAPE VALUES OF 1000-3000J/KG WILL BE IN
EXISTENCE WITH DEEP-LAYER BULK SHEAR VALUES OF 15-30KTS. GIVEN
THIS...SEVERE WEATHER IS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM THAT DOES DEVELOP AND AS A RESULT...WILL GO AHEAD AND
OUTLOOK LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND IN THE HWO FOR LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING. ALSO...LOCALLY ENHANCED LOWER
TROPOSPHERIC HORIZONTAL VORTICITY ALONG THE AXIS OF THE BAROCLINIC
ZONE COULD PROMOTE A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WITH ANY STORM
THAT CAN LATCH ONTO THE BOUNDARY. GIVEN THIS...WILL ALSO OUTLOOK
THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADIC ACTIVITY.
.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 341 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. FORECAST CONCERN IN THE EXTENDED
CENTERS ON CONTINUING RAIN CHANCES ALONG WITH SLIGHT COOLING
TREND.
BEGINNING FRIDAY EVENING...MODELS CONSISTENT WITH BIG PICTURE AS
THEY HAVE AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
AND A LOW CENTERED OVER NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. THE LOW OVER SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AT PRESENT IS FORECAST TO EJECT OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN
PACIFIC NW CLOSED LOW AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND SHOULD MOVE
NORTHEAST AFFECTING THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE FRIDAY EVENING. IT
SHOULD HELP LIFT A SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT NORTH
THROUGH NEB OVERNIGHT. THE NAM AND GFS STILL DIFFER SOME ON THE
LOCATION BUT ARE SIMILAR IN LIFTING THE PRECIPITATION FROM OUR CWA
INTO NORTHERN NEB OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS THE SYSTEM
MOVES SLOWLY NORTH WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE. THE KS
PORTION OF OUR CWA MAY REMAIN CAPPED AND MISS OUT ON THE
ACTION...DEPENDING WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS FIRST FIRE UP. ML-CAPE
AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR APPEAR HIGH ENOUGH FOR SEVERE STORMS INTO THE
EVENING...ALTHOUGH BETTER SHEAR PROGGED TO BE IN THE WESTERN PART
OF NEB AS OF NOW. DECENT LOW LEVEL JET OF 30-40 KT ALSO FORECAST
TO DEVELOP AND RIDE OVER WARM FRONT WHICH SHOULD HELP SUSTAIN
STORMS. PLAN TO TRIM POPS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVERNIGHT.
RAIN CHANCES SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE WEEKEND WITH THE BEST TIME
FRAME FOR RAIN BEING LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE NIGHT. THE UPPER
TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE A BIT EASTWARD PUTTING US IN SOUTHWEST
FLOW. MEANWHILE A COLD FRONT SHOULD STALL OUT AS IS BECOMES
PARALLEL TO THE UPPER FLOW AND SHOULD BE SITUATED FROM THE EASTERN
DAKOTAS TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. RAIN CHANCES WILL DEPEND ON SEVERAL
FACTORS INCLUDING FRONTAL CONVERGENCE...LOW LEVEL JET
DEVELOPMENT...SHORTWAVE TROUGHS MOVING THROUGH...ETC. ONE THING
THAT WILL NOT BE A CONCERN IS MOISTURE AS PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES AVERAGE 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL DUE TO A GOOD SUBTROPICAL
TAP.
AS NOTED IN PREVIOUS AFD...RAIN CHANCES CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
PART OF NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS WEST OF US AND
VARIOUS SURFACE BOUNDARIES STALL OUT OVER THE AREA. THE LATEST GFS
OPERATIONAL RUN IS MOVING IT THROUGH A LITTLE FASTER AS IT NOW HAS
THE 500 MB TROUGH AXIS PASSING OUR CWA NEXT WED AFTERNOON. EC HAS
ALSO COME IN LINE WITH THIS SOLUTION AND IS ACTUALLY ABOUT 12
HOURS FASTER THAN THE GFS. THIS A QUITE A DIFFERENCE FROM PREVIOUS
EC WHICH DROPPED A SECOND LOW SOUTH BEHIND THE FIRST ONE AND DIDNT
CLEAR THE SECOND LOW UNTIL NEXT SATURDAY. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE
ON HOW THIS CHANGES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BUT IF LATEST
SOLUTIONS ARE ON TRACK...COULD SEE THINGS DRY OUT A BIT NEXT WED
INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY WHICH WOULD BE WELCOME NEWS FOR NEB STATE
FAIR ATTENDEES.
REGARDING TEMPERATURES...SOME COOLING EXPECTED ON SUNDAY WITH
PASSAGE OF WEAK COLD FRONT AND THEN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AS MAIN
TROUGH AND ANOTHER FRONT MOVES THROUGH. EXPECT HIGH TO BE IN THE
LOWER 80S NORTH TO LOWER 90S SOUTH ON AVERAGE...ONCE AGAIN
DEPENDING ON WHERE VARIOUS FRONTS STALL OUT.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 700 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STAY SOUTH OF THE KGRI AND
KEAR...WITH JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM AFTER
SUNSET AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA.
WILL KEEP THUNDER MENTION OUT OF THE TAF AT THIS POINT DUE TO THE
LOW POPS. THE SFC WINDS HAVE BEEN AND WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND
VARIABLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF VALID PERIOD WITH A WEAK SFC
BOUNDARY IN THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY THE CHANCE OF SLIGHT
VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS AT BOTH KEAR AND KGRI IN THE FEW HOURS
EITHER SIDE OF DAWN.
&&
.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...WESELY
SHORT TERM...BRYANT
LONG TERM...EWALD
AVIATION...WESELY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS NORTH PLATTE NE
357 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 354 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
RATHER DIFFICULT FORECAST TONIGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF MID LEVEL
CLOUDS HANGING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND HAVE KEPT
TEMPERATURES DOWN A BIT. CLOUDS HAVE BEGUN TO CLEAR SLOWLY...AND ARE
NOW ALLOWING FOR SOME HEATING AND INCREASING INSTABILITY. DO NOT
HAVE A GOOD FEEL IN TERMS OF CONVECTION TONIGHT...AS MODELS HAVE
BEEN INCONSISTENT AND PRIMARY FORCING REMAINS MOSTLY NORTH OF THE
AREA. FOR THESE REASONS...WILL LOWER POPS A BIT. AS
MENTIONED...INSTABILITY IS INCREASING WITH LITTLE SURFACE BASED CIN
REMAINING ACROSS THE AREA. AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDS
FROM WESTERN SD TO WESTERN KS...AND COULD BE THE FOCUS FOR ISOLATED
STORM DEVELOPMENT THOUGH THE EVENING. A WARM FRONT ALSO EXTENDS FROM
WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA...AND COULD ALSO SERVE AS A
FOCUS FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT. YET ANOTHER AREA TO WATCH WILL BE
ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING...AS HRRR MODEL CONTINUES TO
INDICATE STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS
EVENING. SO LOTS OF AREAS TO WATCH...BUT LOW CONFIDENCE ON ANY ONE
SCENARIO MATERIALIZING. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
WEAK COOL FRONT WILL SETTLE JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY.
OVERALL SHOULD BE A FAIRLY QUITE WEATHER DAY...WITH LIGHT NORTH
WINDS AND TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 354 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
MAIN FOCUS WILL BE THE STORM SYSTEM MOVING IN THIS WEEKEND WITH
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
LOWERED PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE
FORECAST AREA AS THE LATEST MODELS ARE TRENDING DRIER DUE TO LACK
OF MOISTURE. KEPT THE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AS MODELS SEEM TO
FAVOR STRONGER FORCING AND BETTER MOISTURE AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT
WAVE TROF PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA. HELD OFF HIGHER PRECIPITATION
CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS
CONFIDENCE IS GREATER IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AFTER 18Z. SYSTEM
CURRENTLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT
NORTHEASTWARD AND WILL COMBINE WITH THE NORTHERN SYSTEM CURRENTLY
ACROSS THE GULF OF ALASKA. THE SOUTHWEST SYSTEM WILL TRANSPORT
MOISTURE AND VORTICITY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
BY 00Z SATURDAY PRECIPITABLE WATER INCREASES TO 150 PERCENT.
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROF WILL
PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA PUSHING THE RIDGE EASTWARD BRINGING
COLDER TEMPERATURES WITH IT. HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL BE AROUND 10
DEGREES COOLER THAN SATURDAY. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH WED WHEN NEXT TROF IS SET TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA. THIS
SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG LIFT AS MODELS SUGGEST AN INCREASE IN OMEGA
VALUES AND AN ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S
CREATING A FAVORABLE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO BE IN PLACE THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 108 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
A WARM FRONT WILL BE LOCATED FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OTHER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO AND COULD MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. WILL NOT INCLUDE
MENTION IN THE OFFICIAL TAF FORECASTS...AS COVERAGE IS NOT
EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT THROUGH
TONIGHT.
&&
.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...TAYLOR
LONG TERM...GOMEZ
AVIATION...TAYLOR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS OMAHA/VALLEY NE
334 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 334 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE NEXT WEEK
WITH SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. TIMING THESE CHANCES
ALONG WITH INCREASE IN HEAT AND HUMIDITY ARE THE PRIMARY FORECAST
CONCERNS.
MORNING UPPER AIR CHARTS SHOWED MID LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE
CANADIAN ROCKIES INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW
AHEAD OF THE TROUGH RIDING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. UPPER RIDGE
AXIS WAS CURRENTLY OVER THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY...BUT IS FORECAST
TO SHIFT EAST AND FLATTEN A BIT ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL LEAVE OUR
AREA UNDER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...WITH PATH FOR EJECTING SHORTWAVES
OVER NEBRASKA AND THE DAKOTAS. ALSO OF NOTE WAS PLUME OF MID LEVEL
MOISTURE EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHERN BAJA INTO WESTERN KANSAS AND
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. WITH ONLY A SLOW DRIFT TO WESTERN
TROUGH...EXPECT THIS MOISTURE PLUME TO EXPAND OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA
AND WESTERN IOWA AND REMAIN IN PLACE AT LEAST INTO THE WEEKEND.
USING 700MB DEW POINT TEMPERATURES AS A PROXY...MODELS CONCUR WITH
THIS EXPECTATION. THE RESULT OF THESE PARAMETERS WILL BE AN
ATMOSPHERE PRIMED FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION AS SHORTWAVES ROLL INTO
THE PLAINS.
TIMING OF THOSE SHORTWAVES WILL PROVE DIFFICULT MORE THAN A DAY TO
TWO OUT. HOWEVER MODELS AGREE ON A SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO
THE PLAINS FRIDAY NIGHT...OUR MOST LIKELY TIME FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY
RAINS.
FOR TONIGHT...WATER VAPOR LOOPS IMPLY A SHORTWAVE IN WESTERN KANSAS
THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS OUR CWA LATER
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GREATER THAN 7 C/KM MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES WILL BE IN PLACE ALONG WITH ABUNDANT MID LEVEL MOISTURE.
EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO FIRE AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN LOW LEVEL
JET KICKS UP TO 35KT WITH APPROACH OF SHORTWAVE. MAIN AREA OF
CONCERN WILL BE OVER OUR NORTHERN CWA THEN. HOWEVER THIS
EVENING...CONVECTION FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING MOVING ACROSS IOWA
LAID DOWN AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA AND
NORTHERN MISSOURI. VISIBLE SATELLITE PICS SHOW A LINE OF CUMULUS
ALONG THIS BOUNDARY...AND RAP MODEL SUGGESTS MLCAPE IS APPROACHING
3500 J/KG IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ALONG WITH DIMINISHING CAP. LATEST
RAP AND HRRR FORECASTS KEEP CONVECTION IN CHECK THERE...BUT HAVE
ADDED SMALL POPS FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS EVENING.
OVERNIGHT CONVECTION SHOULD BE EXITING THE CWA OR DIMINISHING BY MID
MORNING. EXPECT CLOUDS TO CLEAR ALLOWING FOR PLENTY OF INSOLATION IN
THE AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90S AND DEW POINTS
CLOSE TO 70. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO SETTLE INTO
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SHORTWAVE...AND COULD FOCUS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THERE. RELATIVELY
WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL LIKELY SUPPRESS CONVECTION IN THE
AFTERNOON...WITH BETTER CHANCES COMING LATER IN THE EVENING AS THE
FRONT SETTLES SOUTH INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA AND
MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES COOL A BIT. CONTINUED ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE OVER
FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN MOIST ATMOSPHERE SUGGESTS AT LEAST SCATTERED
CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
MOST OF DAY FRIDAY SHOULD BE DRY AFTER MORNING STORMS IN THE SOUTH
MOVE OFF TO THE EAST. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN LIFTING TO THE
NORTH DURING THE DAY WITH APPROACH OF STRONG SHORTWAVE FRIDAY NIGHT.
INSTABILITY FORECASTS SHOW 2000-3000 J/KG OF SURFACE-BASED CAPE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT SOUNDINGS SUGGEST A MODEST CAP WILL HOLD OFF
STORMS UNTIL NEAR 00Z OR PROBABLY AFTER. CHANCES INCREASE MARKEDLY
FRIDAY NIGHT AS SHORTWAVE AND SURFACE LOW MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE
CWA. CURRENT TRACK PLACES NORTHEAST NEBRASKA IN THE CORRIDOR OF
HEAVIEST POTENTIAL RAINFALL WHERE PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL LIKELY
EXCEED 2 INCHES. CURRENT HPC QPF PROGS PAINT ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF
AN INCH OF RAIN IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...BUT WILL LIKELY SEE MUCH
MORE THAN THAT IN LOCAL AREAS GIVEN MOISTURE AVAILABLE AND POTENTIAL
FOR TRAINING OF STORMS. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO BE EXITING TO OUR
NORTHEAST SATURDAY MORNING...BUT LEFTOVER BAROCLINIC ZONE AND WIND
SHIFT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE STORMS LATER
IN THE DAY SATURDAY. WILL MAINTAIN A SMALL CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL
AFTERNOON STORMS...EXPECTING SUBSIDENCE BEHIND EXITING SHORTWAVE TO
SUPPRESS CONVECTION MOST OF THE AFTERNOON.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 334 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
CONTINUED CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN JUST ABOUT EACH
PERIOD IN THE LONGER TERM FORECAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WESTERN UPPER
TROUGH WILL SLOWLY DRIFT FROM THE ROCKIES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO THE
PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY. ECMWF IS A LITTLE MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN THE GFS
WITH THIS MOVEMENT...BUT EVEN THE ECMWF LEAVES SOME SEMBLANCE OF A
TROUGH/LOW IN THE PLAINS THEN.
USING A BLEND OF ECMWF AND GFS...AND WHERE SOME CONSISTENCY IS
SHOWN...BEST CHANCES FOR MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IS EXPECTED
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...THEN AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
BEFORE THEN...IMPULSES RIDING THROUGH MID LEVEL FLOW COULD SPARK
AREAS OF STORMS AT JUST ABOUT ANY TIME AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERS
NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH THE CWA AHEAD OF AND BEHIND EACH WAVE.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD MODERATE SOME THROUGH THE PERIOD...BEGINNING
WITH SUNDAY IN THE 80S TO NEAR 90...THEN RANGING FROM THE UPPER 70S
TO MIDDLE 80S MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...(18Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.)
ISSUED AT 1242 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
ONGOING CONVECTION OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA HAS BEEN LIFTING NORTH
DURING THE MORNING AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE
AFTERNOON AS WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH TO ALONG THE NEBRASKA SOUTH
DAKOTA BORDER BY 00Z. SOME CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 06Z AT
KOFK AS WEAK TROUGH MOVES INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BUT LESS
LIKELY AT KOMA AND KLNK WHERE SOME CAPPING EXPECTED. VFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
&&
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...DERGAN
LONG TERM...DERGAN
AVIATION...FOBERT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1252 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 323 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
MESO ANALYSIS THIS MORNING INDICATING HIGH DEGREE OF
MOISTURE/INSTABILITY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION WITH PWS OVER 1.5"
AND MUCAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG. MEANWHILE INTENSE LLVL MOISTURE ADV
WAS FEEDING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WHICH HAS BLOSSOMED OVER CNTRL NEB
AND CNTRL SD ALONG AXIS OF DEEP LYR MOIST CONVERGENCE/BNDRY LYR
THETA-E ADV/315K ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE.
LAST SEVERAL RUNS OF HIRES HRRR SUGGESTING LINE OF CONVECTION
ORIENTED NW-SE WILL FIRE OVER THE CWA SOMETIME TWD SUNRISE THIS
MORNING. HRRR THEN LIFTS ACTIVITY NEWD TWD THE UPPER MIDWEST AND OUT
OF THE CWA BY 18Z THIS AFTN.
HEADING INTO THIS WEEKEND...GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT HIGH PRESSURE DOME
WILL BUILD OVER THE SERN STATES WILL ACT AS A BLOCK RESULTING IN
UPSTREAM AMPLIFICATION OF UPPER TROF OVER THE WRN CONUS. IN
ADDITION...BULK OF PCPN ACTIVITY IS PROGGED TO BE NOCTURNAL IN
NATURE THE REST OF THIS WEEK WITH BULK OF RAINFALL FOUND MAINLY
NORTH OF THE CWA. HOWEVER...QUITE PROBABLE THE CWA WILL SEE ITS
FAIR SHARE OF MUCH NEEDED PCPN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
TONIGHT...EXPECT CONVECTION TO FIRE FROM ERN SD TO SW NEB ALONG
INSTABILITY AXIS WHERE BNDRY LYR THETA-E CONVG WILL BE MOST
PREVALENT. ACTIVITY PROGGED TO EVENTUALLY ORGANIZE INTO A COMPLEX
AND SLOWLY MIGRATE EWD OVER ERN SD OVERNIGHT. IS LIKELY THAT SRN
PORTION OF MCS WILL PUSH DEEP INTO THE CWA...THUS FEEL COMPELLED
PUSH POPS INTO THE LIKELY CAT DURING THE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
THURSDAY NIGHT CONVECTION NOT LOOKING ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE AT THIS
POINT AND ANY ACTIVITY THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL BE LIGHTLY SCATTERED
IN NATURE AT BEST. THEREFORE TOKEN LOW POPS SEEM TO BE THE BEST FIT
FOR NOW. FRIDAY NIGHT THOUGH LOOKING RATHER PROMISING FOR GENEROUS
RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH ANTICIPATED NIGHTTIME COMPLEX. ENVIRONMENT
AT THAT TIME WILL BE PRIME WITH WARM CLOUD DEPTH OF 4K METERS...PWS
MORE THAN 2"...KI AOA 40...LLVL JET MOISTURE TRANSPORT FEED. MOST
LIKELY THAT HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND OVER THE NRN
CWA...THUS WILL MENTION IN ZFP.
.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 323 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
FEATURE OF INTEREST STILL IS UPPER TROF OVER WRN CONUS RESPONSE TO
BLOCKING HIGH PRESSURE DOME OVER THE SERN CONUS WITH RATHER COOL
CANADIAN AIRMASS SWEEPING INTO THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
GOING FCST WITH MAX TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE MID/UPPER 70S
MON/TUES/WED STILL LOOK REASONABLE FOR NOW. PCPN CHANCES IN THE EXT
PDS REMAINS CENTERED AROUND VERY SLOW MOVING COLD FRONTAL LEADING
THE CANADIAN AIR MASS INTO THE REGION FOLLOWED BY POST FRONTAL PCPN
ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING UPPER TROF. WITH ECM/GFS QPF IN RATHER
GOOD AGREEMENT...HAVE DECIDED TO BUMP POPS UP MON-WED PDS.
&&
.AVIATION...(18Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.)
ISSUED AT 1242 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
ONGOING CONVECTION OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA HAS BEEN LIFTING NORTH
DURING THE MORNING AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE
AFTERNOON AS WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH TO ALONG THE NEBRASKA SOUTH
DAKOTA BORDER BY 00Z. SOME CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 06Z AT
KOFK AS WEAK TROUGH MOVES INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BUT LESS
LIKELY AT KOMA AND KLNK WHERE SOME CAPPING EXPECTED. VFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
&&
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...DEE
LONG TERM...DEE
AVIATION...FOBERT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS OMAHA/VALLEY NE
549 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 323 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
MESO ANALYSIS THIS MORNING INDICATING HIGH DEGREE OF
MOISTURE/INSTABILITY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION WITH PWS OVER 1.5"
AND MUCAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG. MEANWHILE INTENSE LLVL MOISTURE ADV
WAS FEEDING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WHICH HAS BLOSSOMED OVER CNTRL NEB
AND CNTRL SD ALONG AXIS OF DEEP LYR MOIST CONVERGENCE/BNDRY LYR
THETA-E ADV/315K ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE.
LAST SEVERAL RUNS OF HIRES HRRR SUGGESTING LINE OF CONVECTION
ORIENTED NW-SE WILL FIRE OVER THE CWA SOMETIME TWD SUNRISE THIS
MORNING. HRRR THEN LIFTS ACTIVITY NEWD TWD THE UPPER MIDWEST AND OUT
OF THE CWA BY 18Z THIS AFTN.
HEADING INTO THIS WEEKEND...GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT HIGH PRESSURE DOME
WILL BUILD OVER THE SERN STATES WILL ACT AS A BLOCK RESULTING IN
UPSTREAM AMPLIFICATION OF UPPER TROF OVER THE WRN CONUS. IN
ADDITION...BULK OF PCPN ACTIVITY IS PROGGED TO BE NOCTURNAL IN
NATURE THE REST OF THIS WEEK WITH BULK OF RAINFALL FOUND MAINLY
NORTH OF THE CWA. HOWEVER...QUITE PROBABLE THE CWA WILL SEE ITS
FAIR SHARE OF MUCH NEEDED PCPN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
TONIGHT...EXPECT CONVECTION TO FIRE FROM ERN SD TO SW NEB ALONG
INSTABILITY AXIS WHERE BNDRY LYR THETA-E CONVG WILL BE MOST
PREVALENT. ACTIVITY PROGGED TO EVENTUALLY ORGANIZE INTO A COMPLEX
AND SLOWLY MIGRATE EWD OVER ERN SD OVERNIGHT. IS LIKELY THAT SRN
PORTION OF MCS WILL PUSH DEEP INTO THE CWA...THUS FEEL COMPELLED
PUSH POPS INTO THE LIKELY CAT DURING THE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
THURSDAY NIGHT CONVECTION NOT LOOKING ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE AT THIS
POINT AND ANY ACTIVITY THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL BE LIGHTLY SCATTERED
IN NATURE AT BEST. THEREFORE TOKEN LOW POPS SEEM TO BE THE BEST FIT
FOR NOW. FRIDAY NIGHT THOUGH LOOKING RATHER PROMISING FOR GENEROUS
RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH ANTICIPATED NIGHTTIME COMPLEX. ENVIRONMENT
AT THAT TIME WILL BE PRIME WITH WARM CLOUD DEPTH OF 4K METERS...PWS
MORE THAN 2"...KI AOA 40...LLVL JET MOISTURE TRANSPORT FEED. MOST
LIKELY THAT HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND OVER THE NRN
CWA...THUS WILL MENTION IN ZFP.
.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 323 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
FEATURE OF INTEREST STILL IS UPPER TROF OVER WRN CONUS RESPONSE TO
BLOCKING HIGH PRESSURE DOME OVER THE SERN CONUS WITH RATHER COOL
CANADIAN AIRMASS SWEEPING INTO THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
GOING FCST WITH MAX TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE MID/UPPER 70S
MON/TUES/WED STILL LOOK REASONABLE FOR NOW. PCPN CHANCES IN THE EXT
PDS REMAINS CENTERED AROUND VERY SLOW MOVING COLD FRONTAL LEADING
THE CANADIAN AIR MASS INTO THE REGION FOLLOWED BY POST FRONTAL PCPN
ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING UPPER TROF. WITH ECM/GFS QPF IN RATHER
GOOD AGREEMENT...HAVE DECIDED TO BUMP POPS UP MON-WED PDS.
&&
.AVIATION...(12Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.)
ISSUED AT 550 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THIS MORNING SHOULD STAY NORTHEAST THROUGH
EAST OF THE TAF SITES WITH A GENERAL THINNING OF CLOUDS THIS
MORNING. OUTFLOW COULD BRING MORE OF A ENE COMPONENT TO SFC
WINDS EARLY...ESPECIALLY AT KOFK...BUT THEY SHOULD BECOME SSE BY
LATE MORNING AND BECOME GUSTY AT ALL LOCATIONS THIS AFTN. A LOW
LEVEL JET WILL STRENGTHEN AGAIN TONIGHT AND IF SFC WINDS DECREASE
ENOUGH...LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP. THIS WILL
BE FURTHER EVALUATED IN LATER TAFS. TSTMS WERE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
LATE THIS AFTN/TNGT EITHER NEAR A WARM FRONT ALONG THE SD BORDER
OR IN AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER WRN NEBR. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY
COULD APPROACH THE KOFK SITE AND A PROB30 GROUP WAS CARRIED TO
ACCOUNT FOR THE RISK THERE LATER TONIGHT.
&&
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...DEE
LONG TERM...DEE
AVIATION...CHERMOK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS OMAHA/VALLEY NE
325 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 323 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
MESO ANALYSIS THIS MORNING INDICATING HIGH DEGREE OF
MOISTURE/INSTABILITY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION WITH PWS OVER 1.5"
AND MUCAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG. MEANWHILE INTENSE LLVL MOISTURE ADV
WAS FEEDING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WHICH HAS BLOSSOMED OVER CNTRL NEB
AND CNTRL SD ALONG AXIS OF DEEP LYR MOIST CONVERGENCE/BNDRY LYR
THETA-E ADV/315K ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE.
LAST SEVERAL RUNS OF HIRES HRRR SUGGESTING LINE OF CONVECTION
ORIENTED NW-SE WILL FIRE OVER THE CWA SOMETIME TWD SUNRISE THIS
MORNING. HRRR THEN LIFTS ACTIVITY NEWD TWD THE UPPER MIDWEST AND OUT
OF THE CWA BY 18Z THIS AFTN.
HEADING INTO THIS WEEKEND...GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT HIGH PRESSURE DOME
WILL BUILD OVER THE SERN STATES WILL ACT AS A BLOCK RESULTING IN
UPSTREAM AMPLIFICATION OF UPPER TROF OVER THE WRN CONUS. IN
ADDITION...BULK OF PCPN ACTIVITY IS PROGGED TO BE NOCTURNAL IN
NATURE THE REST OF THIS WEEK WITH BULK OF RAINFALL FOUND MAINLY
NORTH OF THE CWA. HOWEVER...QUITE PROBABLE THE CWA WILL SEE ITS
FAIR SHARE OF MUCH NEEDED PCPN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
TONIGHT...EXPECT CONVECTION TO FIRE FROM ERN SD TO SW NEB ALONG
INSTABILITY AXIS WHERE BNDRY LYR THETA-E CONVG WILL BE MOST
PREVALENT. ACTIVITY PROGGED TO EVENTUALLY ORGANIZE INTO A COMPLEX
AND SLOWLY MIGRATE EWD OVER ERN SD OVERNIGHT. IS LIKELY THAT SRN
PORTION OF MCS WILL PUSH DEEP INTO THE CWA...THUS FEEL COMPELLED
PUSH POPS INTO THE LIKELY CAT DURING THE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
THURSDAY NIGHT CONVECTION NOT LOOKING ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE AT THIS
POINT AND ANY ACTIVITY THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL BE LIGHTLY SCATTERED
IN NATURE AT BEST. THEREFORE TOKEN LOW POPS SEEM TO BE THE BEST FIT
FOR NOW. FRIDAY NIGHT THOUGH LOOKING RATHER PROMISING FOR GENEROUS
RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH ANTICIPATED NIGHTTIME COMPLEX. ENVIRONMENT
AT THAT TIME WILL BE PRIME WITH WARM CLOUD DEPTH OF 4K METERS...PWS
MORE THAN 2"...KI AOA 40...LLVL JET MOISTURE TRANSPORT FEED. MOST
LIKELY THAT HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND OVER THE NRN
CWA...THUS WILL MENTION IN ZFP.
.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 323 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
FEATURE OF INTEREST STILL IS UPPER TROF OVER WRN CONUS RESPONSE TO
BLOCKING HIGH PRESSURE DOME OVER THE SERN CONUS WITH RATHER COOL
CANADIAN AIRMASS SWEEPING INTO THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
GOING FCST WITH MAX TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE MID/UPPER 70S
MON/TUES/WED STILL LOOK REASONABLE FOR NOW. PCPN CHANCES IN THE EXT
PDS REMAINS CENTERED AROUND VERY SLOW MOVING COLD FRONTAL LEADING
THE CANADIAN AIR MASS INTO THE REGION FOLLOWED BY POST FRONTAL PCPN
ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING UPPER TROF. WITH ECM/GFS QPF IN RATHER
GOOD AGREEMENT...HAVE DECIDED TO BUMP POPS UP MON-WED PDS.
&&
.AVIATION...(06Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.)
ISSUED AT 1131 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD.
HIGH BASED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN A NW-SE ARC ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. A FEW MVFR CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD AND HAVE CONTINUED A TEMPO GROUP
FOR THIS AT BOTH KOFK AND KOMA. KLNK SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE TSTMS.
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
TO NEAR 25KTS BEHIND A WARM FRONT PUSHING NORTH INTO SD.
&&
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...DEE
LONG TERM...DEE
AVIATION...KERN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NWS NORTH PLATTE NE
102 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 521 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
UPDATED TO INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM SWRN
NEBR INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA AS THIS EVENING PROGRESSES. LATEST
REGIONAL RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
SCOTTSBLUFF THROUGH FORT MORGAN AND LAST CHANCE COLORADO. THE
LATEST HRRR AND RAP13 INDICATE THIS TO PUSH NORTHEAST AND INCREASE
IN COVERAGE INTO WRN NEBR THIS EVENING. RECENT ISOLATED
DEVELOPMENT NOW IN SHERIDAN AND CHERRY COUNTY ATTM.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 337 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
SHORTWAVE RIDGING ALOFT CURRENTLY RESIDES OVER THE AREA...WITH VERY
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CLOUD COVER EXCEPT FOR SOME HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS.
SHORT TERM HRRR MODEL SUGGESTS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN DRIFT EAST
INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE TRENDS
CONFIRMS THIS THINKING...WITH QUITE A BIT IN THE WAY OF TOWERING
CUMULUS FROM CHEYENNE DOWN THROUGH THE DENVER METRO. SOUTHERLY LOW
LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 35 KTS THIS EVENING...WHICH MAY
HELP SUPPORT STORMS AS THEY TRACK EAST. NOT EXPECTING COVERAGE TO BE
WIDESPREAD...AND DUE TO THE RIDGING ALOFT...NOT REAL CONFIDENT ON
HOW FAR EAST STORMS WILL MAKE IT. LATER TONIGHT...DECENT MID LEVEL
INSTABILITY DEVELOPS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA...AND EXPECT AT LEAST SCATTERED COVERAGE OF ELEVATED
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WITHIN AREA OF ISENTROPIC ASCENT.
A SURFACE TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD BE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS. THE NAM MODEL IS THE FARTHEST EAST WITH THE
TROUGH...WHILE THE NMM...ARW AND GEM REGIONAL HOLD THE TROUGH BACK
FROM ROUGHLY AINSWORTH TO IMPERIAL. DECENT INSTABILITY DEVELOPS BY
AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF THE TROUGH...WITH SURFACE BASED CAPES
APPROACHING 4000 J/KG. A BELT OF STRONGER MID LEVEL WINDS WILL ALSO
BE PRESENT BY AFTERNOON ON THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF A SHORTWAVE
CROSSING THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE SYNOPTIC SET UP APPEARS SIMILAR TO
THE SUNDAY SEVERE EVENT...AND AGREE WITH THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER
SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS EAST OF HIGHWAY 83.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 337 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
THE WEAK FRONT WILL CROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
GENERATE A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS INDICATE PROBABILITY/
COVERAGE OF 20-30 PERCENT IN THE SANDHILLS AND 30-40 PERCENT IN
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THAT SEEMS REASONABLE. SURFACE
BASED CAPE IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA IS PRETTY HIGH AT
3500-4000J/KG WITH BULK SHEAR (0-6KM) AROUND 30KT. WITH STORM MOTION
240-260 AT 15-25KT...STORM RELATIVE HELICITY IS EXPECTED TO BE
110-200. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING...THOUGH WE
WILL NOT INCLUDE THE MENTION IN THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
A BOUNDARY LIFTING NORTH INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA WILL BRING THE
POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
THURSDAY NIGHT. AS THE BOUNDARY MAKES ITS WAY A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH
FRIDAY...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN NEBRASKA.
FINALLY...SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...A COOL FRONT COMES ACROSS
NEBRASKA AND THE PATTERN IS NOT AS FAVORABLE FOR STRONG CONVECTION.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 102 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
AN AREA OF LIGHT SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST INTO EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT. FOR WEDNESDAY...A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AT
KLBF AFTER 23Z/21ST AND INCLUDED IN A PROB30 FOR 5SM TSRA BKN070CB.
EXPECT TSRA TO DEVELOP AND REMAIN EAST OF KVTN TERMINAL AND DID NOT
INCLUDE THIS TAF ISSUANCE.
&&
.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...ROBERG
SHORT TERM...TAYLOR
LONG TERM...SPRINGER
AVIATION...POWER
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS BURLINGTON VT
1017 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL BRING SHOWERS AND A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN NEW YORK TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ON FRIDAY. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD SOUTH FROM CANADA FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL REMAIN OVER THE
NORTH COUNTRY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH FAIR AND DRY WEATHER
EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
AS OF 1017 PM EDT THURSDAY...FORECAST REMAINS IN OVERALL GOOD SHAPE
WITH SCT/NUMEROUS SHOWERS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...MOST PREVALENT
ACROSS THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AND INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL/SC VT.
FORECAST AREA LIES BENEATH LOW TO MID LEVEL SHEAR/DIFFLUENT ZONE
BETWEEN WEAKENING UPPER LOW ACROSS SRN ONTARIO INTO CENTRAL
NY...AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTHWARD FROM CENTRAL QUEBEC.
THIS WILL ALLOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT ACROSS
AFOREMENTIONED AREAS. IF YOU BELIEVE THE RAP OUTPUT
LITERAL...ACTIVITY MAY FILL IN QUITE SOLIDLY ACROSS VT OUTSIDE
NERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT...LEADING TO QUITE A SOAKER.
INDEED...3-HRLY ESTIMATES ALONG THE SHEAR ZONE HAVE RANGED FROM
0.25 TO 0.75 INCHES WITH SOME PORTIONS OF ADDISON/NRN WINDSOR
COUNTIES HAVING PICKED UP IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH. REST OF FORECAST
REMAINS ON TRACK WITH CLOUDY SKIES...PATCHY BR/FG HERE AND THERE
AND LOWS FROM THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /7 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 335 PM EDT THURSDAY...UPPER LOW THEN CONTINUES TO SHIFT
EASTWARD INTO THE COASTAL WATERS OF NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY. NAM AND
GFS DEPICT A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH ROTATING AROUND AND PASSING
THROUGH THE NORTH COUNTRY DURING PEAK HEATING. THEREFORE...EXPECT
AN INCREASE IN DIURNAL SHOWERS FRIDAY WITH CHANCE POPS FORECAST
DURING THE AFTN HOURS...TRENDING DRIER BY EVENING. MOSTLY
CLOUDY/OVERCAST TRENDS TO PARTLY/MOSTLY CLOUDY BY AFTN FROM SOUTH
TO NORTH WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT CLEARING EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HIGHS FRIDAY ARE COOLEST IN SOUTHERN VT AND ESSEX COUNTY NY AND
WARMEST NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER...UPPER 60S TO MID 70S WITH LOWS
IN THE UPPER 40S TO UPPER 50S.
HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH WITH DRY WEATHER
FOR SATURDAY. WHILE CLEARING SKIES AND WARMER TEMPS ARE EXPECTED
FOR MOST OF THE NORTH COUNTRY...EASTERLY TRAJECTORIES AND SATURATED
NAM/BTV-4 LOW-LEVEL RH PROGS SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR MARINE
LAYER/STRATUS IN EASTERN VT. WITH 850 MB TEMPS FROM +9C IN EASTERN
VT TO AROUND +11C ELSEWHERE...LOOKING AT HIGHS ONLY AROUND 70 IN
EASTERN VT TO MID/UPPER 70S FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH COUNTRY. GOOD
RADIATIONAL COOLING SATURDAY NIGHT ALLOWS LOWS TO RANGE FROM UPPER
40S TO UPPER 50S.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 335 PM EDT THURSDAY...NO BIG CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FORECASTS
FOR THE TIME. MUCH OF THE PERIOD WILL BE DOMINATED BY STRONG
RIDGING ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE (AKA: RIDGOSAUROUS). 12Z SUITE OF
MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS FAIRLY SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER AND PRIOR
RUNS. NOTED THAT THE 12Z ECMWF TRENDED TOWARD THE GFS FOR THE
SCENARIO ON WEDNESDAY AND IS NOW SHOWING A STRONGER RIDGE INTO MID
WEEK. MODELS DIVERGE FOR THURSDAY, WITH EURO SHOWING A FASTER/MORE
AMPLIFIED TROUGH BREAKING DOWN THE RIDGE. THE DIFFERENCES CONTINUE
FOR BEYOND THE OFFICIAL PERIOD I`M FORECASTING FOR, BUT AN EARLY
LOOK AT GUIDANCE FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND SEEMS TO INDICATE IT WILL
FEATURE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AND MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS. WE`LL
SEE. AS FOR THE DAILY SPECIFICS, JUST READ ON:
SUNDAY...SURFACE HIGH JUST A LITTLE NORTH OF HERE SO CONTINUED
LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW. 850 MPH TEMPERATURES RISE TO 11-13C (WARMEST
IN WESTERN HALF), WHICH WILL SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE MID 70S EAST TO
LOW 80S WEST. STRONG SUBSIDENCE WILL KEEP ANY CLOUDS TO A MINIMUM.
AT NIGHT, CLEAR AND CALM SO LOOK FOR PATCHY VALLEY FOG.
MONDAY...SURFACE HIGH OVERHEAD, SO HARDLY A BREEZE. 850MB
TEMPERATURES UP ANOTHER DEGREE TO ABOUT 12-14C, SO ADD ABOUT 1-3F
FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FROM SUNDAY -- LOWER 80S PRETTY MUCH AREA WIDE.
MONDAY NIGHT, MORE CLEAR/CALM/PATCHY FOG.
TUESDAY...HIGH SOUTH OF HERE, SO A BIT OF A WEST/SOUTHWEST FLOW
GETS ESTABLISHED. 850MB TEMPERATURES UP ANOTHER DEGREE. WITH WEST
FLOW, THIS SHOULD ALSO HELP WITH SOME DOWNSLOPE INTO THE CHAMPLAIN
VALLEY SO I`D EXPECT MID 80S TO BE A SOLID BET IN THE VALLEYS. THE
EURO RUNS SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER, SO HAVE LEANED MORE TOWARD THE
WARMER GFS TEMPERATURES. OVERNIGHT WILL FEATURE CLEAR/CALM/PATCHY FOG.
WEDNESDAY...HIGH SOUTH OF HERE, SO THE AREA IS SOLIDLY IN
WEST/SOUTHWEST FLOW. 850MB TEMPERATURES PUSHING 15-16C WHICH
SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S IN SPOTS. ADD IN SOME
DOWNSLOPING OFF THE ADIRONDACKS, AND I THINK PARTS OF THE
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY COULD MAKE A RUN AT 90F. I DID INCREASE
TEMPERATURES SEVERAL DEGREES OVER THE BLEND OF GUIDANCE WHICH WAS
BIASED A BIT COOL DUE TO THE EURO AND CLIMO IN THE MOS. THAT BLEND
GAVE ME 81F FOR BTV. MEX GUIDANCE WAS 83F. I WENT 85F. WE`LL SEE
HOW FUTURE GUIDANCE GOES AND IF THE TREND TO BE WARMER IS NEEDED.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AGAIN CLEAR/CALM/PATCHY FOG.
THURSDAY...THIS IS WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO
BREAK DOWN. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE EURO IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH
A SHORTWAVE. AT THIS POINT, BEST COURSE IS TO TAKE A BLEND. HAVE
PAINTED IN CHANCE LEVEL OF POPS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURES MAY AGAIN BE VERY WARM IF THE GFS IS RIGHT. OR COOLER
IF THE EURO IS RIGHT. STUCK WITH THE BLEND. WHICH STILL FEATURES
LOTS OF LOWER 80S.
&&
.AVIATION /02Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY...ESSENTIALLY LOOKING AT VFR AND MVFR
CONDITIONS THROUGH ABOUT 12Z WITH PLENTY OF CLOUDS...SHOWERS...AND
FOG LINGERING OVER THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. AFTER 12Z ANY PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END AND
VISIBILITIES IMPROVE WITH BROKEN CEILINGS ABOVE 3000 FEET. WINDS
WILL HAVE AN EASTERLY COMPONENT TO THEM TONIGHT...BUT AT SPEEDS
GENERALLY UNDER 10 KNOTS. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE AT KRUT
WHERE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 20 KNOTS THROUGH ABOUT 06Z.
OUTLOOK 00Z SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...VFR WITH THE FOLLOWING
EXCEPTIONS -- BRIEF MVFR IN ANY SHOWERS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY.
LOCALIZED IFR IN LATE NIGHT FOG (MAINLY AN ISSUE FOR MPV AND SLK).
&&
.BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VT...NONE.
NY...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...NASH
NEAR TERM...JMG
SHORT TERM...LOCONTO
LONG TERM...NASH
AVIATION...EVENSON/NASH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS RALEIGH NC
955 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
.SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST
INTO OUR REGION FROM THE OHIO VALLEY AND MIDWEST. A COLD FRONT
LOCATED ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC ON FRIDAY WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH
THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 310 PM WEDNESDAY...
NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES ALOFT. THE PIEDMONT TROUGH IS SET UP OVER
THE EASTERN PIEDMONT/COASTAL PLAIN...AND AREAS TO THE WEST HAVE SEEN
MORE MIXING THAN IN THE EAST WITH MORE WESTERLY FLOW AND DRIER AIR
ALOFT. MLCAPE RANGES FROM LESS THAN 1000 J/KG TO AS MUCH AS 2000
J/KG. THE CUMULUS FIELD OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN IN A BIT MORE
PRONOUNCED WHERE LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY OVERLAP. TO
THE NORTHWEST...A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES ARE MOVING ACROSS
KENTUCKY/WEST VIRGINIA. THE MEAN FLOW MAY CAUSE SOME OF THE
SCATTERED CONVECTION THAT TRIGGERS FROM THIS DISTURBANCE TO MOVE
SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHWEST OR NORTHERN PIEDMONT BY THIS EVENING.
HOWEVER...THE HRRR CONTINUES TO SHOW VERY LITTLE ACTIVITY THIS
AFTERNOON. EFFECTIVE SHEAR WILL INCREASE 25-30KT ACROSS THE NORTH
THIS EVENING...SO IF ANY STORMS CAN GET GOING THERE...THEY WILL
STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF BEING STRONG TO SEVER
WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING...THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR STORMS WIL
SLOWLY DIMINISH...THOUGH A CHANCE MAY LINGER ACROSS THE NORTH
THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS CONVECTION OVER VIRGINIA EVOLVES. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 70S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 235 PM THURSDAY...
FRIDAY WILL BE ANOTHER DAY WITH NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...SURFACE
TROUGHING IN THE EAST...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A DISTURBANCE OR TWO
TO CROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN DISTURBANCES IN QUESTION ARE LIKELY
ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST...AND ARE PROGGED
TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TIMING OF
SUCH A FEATURE IS STILL TOUGH THIS FAR OUT...SO CONFIDENCE IN ITS
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION IS LOW. DEEP MIXING IS
EXPECTED AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL TEMPER INSTABILITY
A LITTLE IN THE WEST WHERE DEWPOINTS SHOULD DROP BACK INTO THE MID
60S. THERMAL PROFILES ARE RELATIVELY SIMILAR TO TODAY...SO MLCAPE
SHOULD AGAIN RANGE FROM LESS THAN 1000 J/KG IN THE WEST TO OVER 1500
J/KG IN THE EAST. A BELT OF STRONGER WESTERLIES OVER THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS WILL LIKELY ENHANCE CONVECTION OVER VA...AND SOME OF
THIS ACTIVITY MAY DRIFT SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA
BY FRIDAY EVENING...SO WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE
NORTH...WHILE AREAS IN SOUTHERN PIEDMONT MAY STAY DRY.
H85 TEMPS ARE FORECAST TO BE ABOVE 20C AGAIN FRIDAY AND WITH DEEP
MIXING RESULTS IN MID TO POSSIBLY UPPER 90S. DEWPOINTS ARE FORECAST
TO MIX OUT A LITTLE MORE IN THE EAST THAN TODAY...THOUGH ONLY
SLIGHTLY...SO HEAT INDEX VALUES SHOULD AGAIN HOLD AROUND 100F IN THE
SOUTHEAST.
DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH CONVECTION THERE IS TO THE NORTH FRIDAY
EVENING...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A WEAK EFFECTIVE FRONT INTO THE
NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN FRIDAY NIGHT...NECESSITATING POPS THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM THURSDAY...
THE LONG TERM PERIOD REMAINS CHARACTERIZED BY A BUILDING UPPER RIDGE
ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WITH A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH OFF
THE EAST COAST...RESULTING IN A NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW REGIME ACROSS
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. AT THE SURFACE...A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY. DEEP MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED
OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. AS SUCH...THE
BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE ON SATURDAY GIVEN THE SURFACE
BOUNDARY AND POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM DISTURBANCES ALOFT
WITHIN THE NORTHWEST FLOW.
THE UPPER TROF AXIS SHIFTS FURTHER OFFSHORE...ALLOWING DRIER AIR TO
SURGE SOUTH AT THE MID LEVELS...WITH DEEPER MOISTURE SUPPRESSED SOUTHWEST
OF THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL
SHIFT EAST TO FURTHER AID IN DAMPENING CONVECTION AS WELL...SO PRECIP
CHANCES WILL BE MINIMAL FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
LOW LEVEL THICKNESS VALUES WILL GRADUALLY FALL THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK AS THE UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS DOWN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. IN
ADDITION...NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE FLOW WILL PERSIST AS HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGES INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHEAST. ALL OF THIS WILL RESULT IN
BELOW NORMAL TEMPS...WITH MID 80S TO NEAR 90 DEGREES ON SATURDAY
FALLING INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOW/MID 80S SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
TEMPS WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS THE UPPER
RIDGE SHIFTS EAST. OVERNIGHT LOWS THIS WEEKEND WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S
TO LOWER 70S...WITH MID TO UPPER 60S MONDAY MORNING AND FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 800 PM THURSDAY...
24-HR TAF PERIOD: SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
06Z AS THEY TRACK TOWARD THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST...THOUGH ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THAT TIME.
SUB-VFR FOG AND/OR LOW CEILINGS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NC...ESP WHERE MEASURABLE RAINFALL OCCURS
LATE THIS EVENING. DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRI
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE BEST CHANCE AT THE RDU/RWI
TERMINALS.
LOOKING AHEAD: DIURNAL CONVECTION IS EXPECTED AGAIN ON SAT...
ENHANCED BY THE PASSAGE OF A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTH/NE
SAT EVE/NIGHT. WIDESPREAD IFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF
THE BACKDOOR COLD FRONT SAT NIGHT/SUN MORNING...POSSIBLY PERSISTING
THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO SUN NIGHT. AN UNSEASONABLY AMPLIFIED
SYNOPTIC PATTERN KNOWN AS AN `OMEGA BLOCK` WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...CENTERED OVER THE APPALACHIANS. AS A RESULT...
AT THIS TIME EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS EARLY/MID NEXT WEEK...THOUGH A
PERSISTENT EAST/ENE LOW-LEVEL FLOW MAY ALLOW ENOUGH MOISTURE
ADVECTION FOR LOW-TOPPED SHOWER ACTIVITY AT SOME POINT. -VINCENT
&&
.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...BLAES
NEAR TERM...BLS
SHORT TERM...BLS
LONG TERM...MLM
AVIATION...VINCENT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WILMINGTON NC
633 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PREVAIL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
BEFORE SOME COOLING DURING THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH. LOCAL RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
AS OF 6:30 PM WEDNESDAY...CONVECTION HAS FADED AREA-WIDE AND WITH
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF TRIGGERS TO RE-INITIATE STORM DEVELOPMENT
HAVE DROPPED POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND
DRY AFTER MIDNIGHT. GIVEN SPEED OF STORM AND SHOWER
DISSIPATION...MAY FURTHER REDUCE CHANCES TO NEAR NIL IN AN HOUR
OR SO. RELEVANT PORTION OF PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS:
DAYBREAK THURSDAY LOW/MID 70S MOST LOCATIONS WITH UPPER 70S TO
NEAR 80 CLOSER TO THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND ICW LOCALS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 315 PM WEDNESDAY...THIS PERIOD WILL BE MARKED BY A RETURN OF
SWELTERING HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO THE EASTERN CAROLINAS. AN UPPER
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE GULF COAST WILL EXPAND
EASTWARD ON THU AS 500 MB HEIGHTS RISE OVER OUR CWA. 850 MB TEMPS
CLIMB TO 19-20C ON THU AND 20-21C ON FRI AS NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
RESULTS IN DOWNSLOPE ADIABATIC WARMING. EXPECT HIGHS ON THU/FRI TO
REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S EVERYWHERE AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE
COAST. GIVEN THE LARGE VARIATIONS BETWEEN GFS/NAM DEWPOINTS
ATTM...HAVE OPTED FOR A GMOS/NAM BLEND THAT GIVES DEWPOINTS IN THE
LOW TO MID 70S. THIS YIELDS HEAT INDICES OF 100-105F ACROSS THE
AREA BOTH DAYS. THE MOST OPPRESSIVE HEAT WILL BE FELT ACROSS
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...WHERE HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO
EXCEED HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 105F. I WILL RAISE A HEAT
ADVISORY FOR THU FOR ALL OF OUR SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES...EXCEPT
DILLON AND MARLBORO COUNTY. CONDITIONS MAY WARRANT A HEAT ADVISORY
FOR FRI AS WELL.
UPPER RIDGING ON THU WILL WORK TO SUPPRESS CONVECTION DURING PEAK
HEATING...AND THE LATEST GFS/NAM RUNS SHOW LITTLE TO NO ACTIVITY FOR
US DURING THE DAY. WILL STILL MAINTAIN SLIGHT CHC POPS DURING THE
AFTN HOURS AS MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES LIKE THE SEA BREEZE PROVIDE SOME
ENHANCED LIFT. MOST ACTIVITY WILL BE DISPLACED NORTH OF OUR CWA
ALONG WITH THE DEEPER MOISTURE. PWATS INCREASE TO AROUND 2.0 INCHES
ON FRI AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING BACKDOOR COLD FRONT. AN UPPER
DISTURBANCE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL ALSO MOVE
OVERHEAD LATE FRI. THIS WARRANTS CHC POPS FRI AFTN AND EVENING...
HIGHEST ACROSS THE CAPE FEAR AREA. SHEAR PROFILES ARE UNIMPRESSIVE
BOTH DAYS...BUT SOME DRY AIR ALOFT AND STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES
SUGGEST THAT AN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
HIGH CAPE VALUES ENSURE THAT MOST STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AS WELL. THE WEAK COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH OUR CWA BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 3 AM WEDNESDAY...THE WEEKEND WILL BRING AN EASING OF THE HEAT
AND HUMIDITY AS THE FRONT STALLS NEAR THE REGION. THE WEATHER MAY
STAY RATHER UNSETTLED THOUGH AS THE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE IS SLOW TO
MAKE MUCH SOUTHERN PROGRESS. AS MID LEVEL RIDGE VERY SLOWLY CREEPS
TOWARDS THE AREA FROM THE WEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY WE SHOULD SEE LESS
DEEP MOISTURE AND THUS LOWER RAIN CHANCES. MEANWHILE THE HIGH STILL
BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES RATHER SEASONABLE
DESPITE THE BUILDING HEIGHTS ALOFT.
&&
.AVIATION /22Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 18Z...ANOTHER SUMMER DAY...MORE CONVECTION EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...LESS MOISTURE TO WORK WITH THAN THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE
LEVEL OF FREE CONVECTION IS STILL FAIRLY HIGH...SO EXPECT CONVECTION TO
FIRE LATE...AROUND 20Z LOOKS TO BE A GOOD BET. MOST OF IT WILL BE
FOCUSED NEAR THE COAST...WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY INLAND. WILL STICK
WITH A TEMPO GROUP AS HRRR AND THE WRF MODEL DO HAVE DECENT COVERAGE
THE THE COAST. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH
THE RESULTANT BOUNDARY. TONIGHT...MODERATE CONFIDENCE FOR PATCHY IFR
FOG WITH LIGHT WINDS.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...CHC AFTERNOON/EVENING SHRA/TSRA THROUGH THE
SUNDAY. VFR MONDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 6:30 PM WEDNESDAY...NO CHANGES TO THE FORECAST WITH THE
LATEST UPDATE. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS:
NO ADVISORIES OR CAUTION STATEMENTS WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE MARINE
FORECAST THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY...WITH SW WINDS 15 KT OR LESS IN
PLACE AND SEAS OF 2-3 FEET. SEAS ARE A MIX OF S WAVES 2 FT EVERY 4
SECONDS AND SE WAVES 1-1.5 FT EVERY 8-9 SECONDS. STEERING WINDS
COULD GUIDE STORMS TOWARD THE SE OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS...AND
GETTING A RADAR UPDATE BEFORE DISEMBARKING IS A GOOD IDEA THROUGH
DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. HEAVY RAIN COULD REDUCE VSBYS TO 1NM AT TIMES.
SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 315 PM WEDNESDAY...WINDS OVER THE WATERS WILL BE PRIMARILY
SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE PERIOD...AOB 10 KTS ON THU BECOMING 10-15 KT
BY FRI MORNING. 2 FT SEAS DURING THU WILL BUILD TO 2-3 FT OVERNIGHT
THU AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS OFFSHORE. A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL
SLOWLY DROP SOUTHWARD ON FRI...CROSSING OUR WATERS NEAR THE END OF
THE PERIOD. STRENGTHENING SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT DURING
FRI WILL PRODUCE 3 FT SEAS. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT OVERNIGHT FRI AS
WINDS BECOME NORTHWEST 5-10 KT FOLLOWING FROPA EARLY SAT MORNING.
LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 3 AM WEDNESDAY...COLD FRONT TO LAZILY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE
ZONES ON SATURDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN VERY SLACK THROUGH FROPA
SO AS WIND DIRECTION TURNS FROM OFFSHORE TO ONSHORE SEAS WILL LIKELY
STAY AT THE 2 FT MARK OR LOWER. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE
NORTH AND EAST ON SUNDAY WILL ADD 5 KT OF WIND FOR A HIGHER CATEGORY
FORECAST. 3 FT SEAS SHOULD THUS RETURN TO MOST ZONES.
&&
.ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 6 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR SCZ023-032-
033-039-053>056.
NC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...BJR
NEAR TERM...MJC
SHORT TERM...BJR
LONG TERM...MBB
AVIATION...MJC/DL
MARINE...MJC/REK/MBB/BJR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WILMINGTON NC
316 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PREVAIL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS
BEFORE SOME COOLING DURING THE WEEKEND AS A FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
LOCAL RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
AS OF 315 PM WEDNESDAY...WARM H5 TEMPS OF -5 TO -6 ARE SQUELCHING
THE PROPENSITY FOR TOWERS TO ASCEND VERY MUCH ABOVE 45000
FEET...BUT A SNAKE PIT OF SURFACE BOUNDARIES FROM OUTFLOWS...A SEA
BREEZE LINE AND A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY COULD BRIEFLY PULSE
CELLS CLOSER TO SEVERE LIMITS IN ANY STRONG BOUNDARY COLLISION.
PWAT VALUES REMAIN ELEVATED ACROSS NE SC/SE NC...ALONG WITH HIGH
DEWPOINTS NEAR THE COAST AND AN APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH EVIDENT
IN VAPOR MOVIES. THESE FEATURES MAY SUSTAIN CONVECTION THROUGH
MUCH OF EVENING DESPITE A DIURNAL COOLING TREND AFTER DUSK. AT THE
SFC A WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL RESIDE OVER INLAND ZONES AND
SOME DEGREE OF LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE AS
WELL. LOCALIZED FLOODING APPEARS THE MAIN THREAT AT THIS
TIME...THOUGH ANY COLLIDING BOUNDARIES COULD SET THE STAGE FOR
STRONG WIND GUSTS ONCE THE ENSUING UPDRAFT COLLAPSES.
DAYBREAK THURSDAY LOW/MID 70S MOST LOCATIONS WITH UPPER 70S TO
NEAR 80 CLOSER TO THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND ICW LOCALS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 315 PM WEDNESDAY...THIS PERIOD WILL BE MARKED BY A RETURN OF
SWELTERING HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO THE EASTERN CAROLINAS. AN UPPER
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE GULF COAST WILL EXPAND
EASTWARD ON THU AS 500 MB HEIGHTS RISE OVER OUR CWA. 850 MB TEMPS
CLIMB TO 19-20C ON THU AND 20-21C ON FRI AS NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
RESULTS IN DOWNSLOPE ADIABATIC WARMING. EXPECT HIGHS ON THU/FRI TO
REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S EVERYWHERE AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE
COAST. GIVEN THE LARGE VARIATIONS BETWEEN GFS/NAM DEWPOINTS
ATTM...HAVE OPTED FOR A GMOS/NAM BLEND THAT GIVES DEWPOINTS IN THE
LOW TO MID 70S. THIS YIELDS HEAT INDICES OF 100-105F ACROSS THE
AREA BOTH DAYS. THE MOST OPPRESSIVE HEAT WILL BE FELT ACROSS
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...WHERE HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO
EXCEED HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 105F. I WILL RAISE A HEAT
ADVISORY FOR THU FOR ALL OF OUR SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES...EXCEPT
DILLON AND MARLBORO COUNTY. CONDITIONS MAY WARRANT A HEAT ADVISORY
FOR FRI AS WELL.
UPPER RIDGING ON THU WILL WORK TO SUPPRESS CONVECTION DURING PEAK
HEATING...AND THE LATEST GFS/NAM RUNS SHOW LITTLE TO NO ACTIVITY FOR
US DURING THE DAY. WILL STILL MAINTAIN SLIGHT CHC POPS DURING THE
AFTN HOURS AS MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES LIKE THE SEA BREEZE PROVIDE SOME
ENHANCED LIFT. MOST ACTIVITY WILL BE DISPLACED NORTH OF OUR CWA
ALONG WITH THE DEEPER MOISTURE. PWATS INCREASE TO AROUND 2.0 INCHES
ON FRI AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING BACKDOOR COLD FRONT. AN UPPER
DISTURBANCE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL ALSO MOVE
OVERHEAD LATE FRI. THIS WARRANTS CHC POPS FRI AFTN AND EVENING...
HIGHEST ACROSS THE CAPE FEAR AREA. SHEAR PROFILES ARE UNIMPRESSIVE
BOTH DAYS...BUT SOME DRY AIR ALOFT AND STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES
SUGGEST THAT AN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
HIGH CAPE VALUES ENSURE THAT MOST STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AS WELL. THE WEAK COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH OUR CWA BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 3 AM WEDNESDAY...THE WEEKEND WILL BRING AN EASING OF THE HEAT
AND HUMIDITY AS THE FRONT STALLS NEAR THE REGION. THE WEATHER MAY
STAY RATHER UNSETTLED THOUGH AS THE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE IS SLOW TO
MAKE MUCH SOUTHERN PROGRESS. AS MID LEVEL RIDGE VERY SLOWLY CREEPS
TOWARDS THE AREA FROM THE WEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY WE SHOULD SEE LESS
DEEP MOISTURE AND THUS LOWER RAIN CHANCES. MEANWHILE THE HIGH STILL
BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES RATHER SEASONABLE
DESPITE THE BUILDING HEIGHTS ALOFT.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 18Z...ANOTHER SUMMER DAY...MORE CONVECTION EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...LESS MOISTURE TO WORK WITH THAN THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE
LEVEL OF FREE CONVECTION IS STILL FAIRLY HIGH...SO EXPECT CONVECTION TO
FIRE LATE...AROUND 20Z LOOKS TO BE A GOOD BET. MOST OF IT WILL BE
FOCUSED NEAR THE COAST...WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY INLAND. WILL STICK
WITH A TEMPO GROUP AS HRRR AND THE WRF MODEL DO HAVE DECENT COVERAGE
THE THE COAST. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH
THE RESULTANT BOUNDARY. TONIGHT...MODERATE CONFIDENCE FOR PATCHY IFR
FOG WITH LIGHT WINDS.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...CHC AFTERNOON/EVENING SHRA/TSRA THROUGH THE
SUNDAY. VFR MONDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 315 PM WEDNESDAY...NO ADVISORIES OR CAUTION STATEMENTS WILL BE
NEEDED FOR THE MARINE FORECAST THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY...WITH SW
WINDS 15 KT OR LESS IN PLACE AND SEAS OF 2-3 FEET. SEAS ARE A MIX
OF S WAVES 2 FT EVERY 4 SECONDS AND SE WAVES 1-1.5 FT EVERY 8-9
SECONDS. STEERING WINDS COULD GUIDE STORMS TOWARD THE SE OVER THE
NEAR SHORE WATERS...AND GETTING A RADAR UPDATE BEFORE DISEMBARKING
IS A GOOD IDEA THROUGH DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. HEAVY RAIN COULD REDUCE
VSBYS TO 1NM AT TIMES.
SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 315 PM WEDNESDAY...WINDS OVER THE WATERS WILL BE PRIMARILY
SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE PERIOD...AOB 10 KTS ON THU BECOMING 10-15 KT
BY FRI MORNING. 2 FT SEAS DURING THU WILL BUILD TO 2-3 FT OVERNIGHT
THU AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS OFFSHORE. A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL
SLOWLY DROP SOUTHWARD ON FRI...CROSSING OUR WATERS NEAR THE END OF
THE PERIOD. STRENGTHENING SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT DURING
FRI WILL PRODUCE 3 FT SEAS. SEAS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT OVERNIGHT FRI AS
WINDS BECOME NORTHWEST 5-10 KT FOLLOWING FROPA EARLY SAT MORNING.
LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 3 AM WEDNESDAY...COLD FRONT TO LAZILY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE
ZONES ON SATURDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN VERY SLACK THROUGH FROPA
SO AS WIND DIRECTION TURNS FROM OFFSHORE TO ONSHORE SEAS WILL LIKELY
STAY AT THE 2 FT MARK OR LOWER. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE
NORTH AND EAST ON SUNDAY WILL ADD 5 KT OF WIND FOR A HIGHER CATEGORY
FORECAST. 3 FT SEAS SHOULD THUS RETURN TO MOST ZONES.
&&
.ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 6 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR SCZ023-032-
033-039-053>056.
NC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
NEAR TERM...MJC
SHORT TERM...BJR
LONG TERM...MBB
AVIATION...MJC/DL
MARINE...MJC/BJR/MBB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS RALEIGH NC
305 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IN NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS WEEK. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT IS
FORECAST TO SLIP INTO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 220 PM WEDNESDAY...
THE OVER ALL WEATHER PATTERN STILL CONSISTS OF RELATIVELY WEAK
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND A BROAD TROUGH AT THE SURFACE. ONE
UPPER DISTURBANCE...ATTENDANT TO A SHORTWAVE CROSSING THE
APPALACHIANS...CLIPPED THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA THIS
MORNING...BUT THE ASSOCIATED CONVECTION DIED AS IT MOVED INTO THE
TRIAD. A TRAILING DISTURBANCE IS EVIDENT IN WATER VAPOR AND RAP H5
ANALYSIS OVER SOUTHWEST VA AND NORTHEAST TN...AND IS PROGGED TO CROSS
THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE BEST INSTABILITY HAS DEVELOPED FROM THE
SANDHILLS TO THE WESTERN PIEDMONT WHERE HEATING WAS UNINHIBITED BY
MORNING STRATUS. WITHIN THE INSTABILITY AXIS...A ZONE OF LOW-LEVEL
CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE SANDHILLS HAS INITIATED SOME SLOW MOVING
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS FROM RAEFORD TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE
APPROACHING DISTURBANCE SHOULD HELP TO INITIATE SOME ADDITIONAL
CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH THE HRRR HAS YET TO LATCH ONTO
ANY TREND IN THE NEAR TERM. EXPECT SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE MORE
LIKELY FROM THE TRIAD DOWN TO FAYETTEVILLE...WITH JUST A SLIGHT
CHANCE FROM THO TRIANGLE NORTHEAST. IF CONVECTION DOES FIRE...A
RIBBON OF 30KT EFFECTIVE DEEP SHEAR AT THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH
WILL SUPPORT SOME STRONGER CLUSTERS OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SMALL HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
TONIGHT...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW SOME STEEP L;APSE RATES ABOVE THE
NOCTURNAL INVERSION...BUT THERE ISNT A CLEAR MECHANISM TO FORCE ANY
PARCELS OVERNIGHT...SO WILL LEAVE POPS OUT OF THE FORECAST AFTER
03Z. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOW LESS LOW-LEVEL MOISTENING TONIGHT
WITHOUT THE NORTHEASTERLY FLOW WE`VE SEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF
NIGHT...AND THEREFORE LESS POTENTIAL FOR STRATUS. LOWS IN THE UPPER
60S AND LOWER 70S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 305 PM WEDNESDAY...
MID-LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS OVER THE DEEP SOUTH ON THURSDAY...LEADING
TO WEAK HEIGHT RISES OVER THE CAROLINAS AND H85 TEMPS SURPASSING
20C. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW DEEP MIXING WITH WESTERLY FLOW...AND
DRY ADIABATIC MIXING YIELDS HIGHS WILL INTO THE 90S...WITH A
CONSENSUS OF 93-97. MIXING SHOULD ALSO HELP KNOCK DEWPOINTS BACK A
FEW DEGREES...HELPING KEEP HEAT INDICES AT 100F OR LESS. MLCAPE OF
AROUND 1000 J/KG IS FORECAST...BUT FORCING APPEARS TO BE LIMITED TO
THE RESIDUAL/THERMAL TROUGH WHICH SETS UP OVER THE EASTERN PIEDMONT.
WILL KEEP POPS AS ISOLATED UNLESS. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER
70S.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM WEDNESDAY...
THE INITIAL LONG TERM PERIOD REMAINS CHARACTERIZED BY A BUILDING
UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WITH AN UPPER
TROUGH/CLOSED LOW OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST...LEAVING CENTRAL NC UNDER
NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A BACKDOOR FRONT WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WHICH WILL
PRODUCE OUR BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION DUE TO LOW LEVEL LIFT FROM
THE COOL AIR ADVECTION POTENTIALLY AIDED BY MODEST UPPER LEVEL
SUPPORT. OUTSIDE OF THE SLIGHTLY INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN THIS EARLY
WEEKEND PERIOD... PRECIP CHANCES HINGE ON MESOSCALE DISTURBANCES
ALOFT WITHIN THE NORTHWEST FLOW...WHICH ARE JUST ABOUT IMPOSSIBLE TO
FORECAST THIS FAR IN ADVANCE. AS SUCH...WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CHANCE
POPS THROUGH MONDAY...AFTER WHICH THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EAST
ENOUGH TO DAMPEN PRECIP CHANCES.
HEIGHTS AND LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES PEAKING FRIDAY ARE INDICATIVE OF
HIGHS REACHING THE MID 90S OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. THESE HEIGHTS FALL
AS THE UPPER TROF DEEPENS ALONG THE EAST COAST CONCURRENT WITH COOL
AIR ADVECTION BY LATER SATURDAY IN UNIFORM LOW LEVEL NORTHEAST FLOW.
HIGHS WILL BE IN TRANSITION SATURDAY...FROM MID 80S NORTH TO 90
SOUTH...AND BOTTOMING OUT IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S SUNDAY AND
MONDAY AS DAMMING SETTLES DOWN THE EAST COAST. MORNING LOWS
INITIALLY IN THE LOWER 70S SATURDAY MORNING WILL GRADUALLY FALL INTO
THE LOW TO MID 60S BY TUESDAY MORNING.
THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL SHIFT EAST ON TUESDAY...WITH DRIER AIR AND
GRADUAL MODIFICATION OF THE AIR MASS IN PLACE. HIGHS TUESDAY WILL BE
MOSTLY IN THE LOW TO MID 80S...WARMING TO MOSTLY MID 80S ON
WEDNESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM WEDNESDAY...
MORNING STRATUS LIFTED TO VFR MOST PLACES PRIOR TO 17Z...THOUGH A
FEW LOCATIONS ARE STILL REPORTING MVFR CEILINGS. INCREASING
INSTABILITY AND AN APPROACHING WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE SHOULD LEAD TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH THERE IS
STILL NEAR TERM UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE
FOCUSED. BASED ON LATEST ANALYSIS IT APPEARS AREA FROM KGSO/KINT
TO KFAY WILL BE MOST FAVORED...AND THERE ARE ALREADY SOME SHOWERS
DEVELOPING JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF KFAY. OUTSIDE OF THE SHOWERS
AND/OR STORMS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL.
TONIGHT...LIGHT WINDS AND SOME CLEARING MAY LEAD TO LOW CLOUDS AND
FOG BY THURSDAY MORNING...THOUGH FORECAST SOUNDINGS DONT SHOW AS
MUCH POTENTIAL AS IN PREVIOUS NIGHTS. IF LOW CLOUDS OR FOG
DEVELOP...IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS WOULD BE ANTICIPATED.
OUTLOOK... EARLY MORNING STRATUS/FOG...ALONG WITH AFTERNOON SHOWERS
AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THIS WEEK. A BACKDOOR COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND...WHICH MAY BRING
ANOTHER PERIOD UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
&&
.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...BLS
NEAR TERM...BLS
SHORT TERM...BLS
LONG TERM...MLM
AVIATION...BLS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS RALEIGH NC
220 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IN NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS WEEK. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT IS
FORECAST TO SLIP INTO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 220 PM WEDNESDAY...
THE OVER ALL WEATHER PATTERN STILL CONSISTS OF RELATIVELY WEAK
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND A BROAD TROUGH AT THE SURFACE. ONE
UPPER DISTURBANCE...ATTENDANT TO A SHORTWAVE CROSSING THE
APPALACHIANS...CLIPPED THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA THIS
MORNING...BUT THE ASSOCIATED CONVECTION DIED AS IT MOVED INTO THE
TRIAD. A TRAILING DISTURBANCE IS EVIDENT IN WATER VAPOR AND RAP H5
ANALYSIS OVER SOUTHWEST VA AND NORTHEAST TN...AND IS PROGGED TO CROSS
THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE BEST INSTABILITY HAS DEVELOPED FROM THE
SANDHILLS TO THE WESTERN PIEDMONT WHERE HEATING WAS UNINHIBITED BY
MORNING STRATUS. WITHIN THE INSTABILITY AXIS...A ZONE OF LOW-LEVEL
CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE SANDHILLS HAS INITIATED SOME SLOW MOVING
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS FROM RAEFORD TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE
APPROACHING DISTURBANCE SHOULD HELP TO INITIATE SOME ADDITIONAL
CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH THE HRRR HAS YET TO LATCH ONTO
ANY TREND IN THE NEAR TERM. EXPECT SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE MORE
LIKELY FROM THE TRIAD DOWN TO FAYETTEVILLE...WITH JUST A SLIGHT
CHANCE FROM THO TRIANGLE NORTHEAST. IF CONVECTION DOES FIRE...A
RIBBON OF 30KT EFFECTIVE DEEP SHEAR AT THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH
WILL SUPPORT SOME STRONGER CLUSTERS OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SMALL HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
TONIGHT...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW SOME STEEP L;APSE RATES ABOVE THE
NOCTURNAL INVERSION...BUT THERE ISNT A CLEAR MECHANISM TO FORCE ANY
PARCELS OVERNIGHT...SO WILL LEAVE POPS OUT OF THE FORECAST AFTER
03Z. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOW LESS LOW-LEVEL MOISTENING TONIGHT
WITHOUT THE NORTHEASTERLY FLOW WE`VE SEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF
NIGHT...AND THEREFORE LESS POTENTIAL FOR STRATUS. LOWS IN THE UPPER
60S AND LOWER 70S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 245 AM WEDNESDAY...
LITTLE CHANGE ON THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN ON THURSDAY. CENTRAL NC WILL
REMAIN POISED TO SEE VORT DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN THE NW FLOW ALOFT
AS THE UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES WEAKENS THROUGH THE DAY AS IT
MOVES EAST INTO THE NE US. AT THIS TIME...CAN NOT FIND A DISCERNIBLE
FEATURE THAT WOULD SUPPORT MORE THAN ISOLATED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS
THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT...IN FACT...500MB HEIGHTS ACTUALLY INCREASE
OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY...WITH ASSOCIATED SUBSIDENCE/WARMING ALOFT
POSSIBLY SUPPRESSING CONVECTION TO A POINT WHERE IT COULD END UP
BEING ONE OF THE LEAST CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES...BOTH THE EC AND GFS INDICATE H8
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO 22C...WHICH SHOULD SUPPORT HIGHS THURSDAY
SOLIDLY IN THE MID 90S. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER 70S.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM WEDNESDAY...
THE INITIAL LONG TERM PERIOD REMAINS CHARACTERIZED BY A BUILDING
UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WITH AN UPPER
TROUGH/CLOSED LOW OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST...LEAVING CENTRAL NC UNDER
NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A BACKDOOR FRONT WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WHICH WILL
PRODUCE OUR BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION DUE TO LOW LEVEL LIFT FROM
THE COOL AIR ADVECTION POTENTIALLY AIDED BY MODEST UPPER LEVEL
SUPPORT. OUTSIDE OF THE SLIGHTLY INCREASED CONFIDENCE IN THIS EARLY
WEEKEND PERIOD... PRECIP CHANCES HINGE ON MESOSCALE DISTURBANCES
ALOFT WITHIN THE NORTHWEST FLOW...WHICH ARE JUST ABOUT IMPOSSIBLE TO
FORECAST THIS FAR IN ADVANCE. AS SUCH...WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CHANCE
POPS THROUGH MONDAY...AFTER WHICH THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EAST
ENOUGH TO DAMPEN PRECIP CHANCES.
HEIGHTS AND LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES PEAKING FRIDAY ARE INDICATIVE OF
HIGHS REACHING THE MID 90S OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. THESE HEIGHTS FALL
AS THE UPPER TROF DEEPENS ALONG THE EAST COAST CONCURRENT WITH COOL
AIR ADVECTION BY LATER SATURDAY IN UNIFORM LOW LEVEL NORTHEAST FLOW.
HIGHS WILL BE IN TRANSITION SATURDAY...FROM MID 80S NORTH TO 90
SOUTH...AND BOTTOMING OUT IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S SUNDAY AND
MONDAY AS DAMMING SETTLES DOWN THE EAST COAST. MORNING LOWS
INITIALLY IN THE LOWER 70S SATURDAY MORNING WILL GRADUALLY FALL INTO
THE LOW TO MID 60S BY TUESDAY MORNING.
THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL SHIFT EAST ON TUESDAY...WITH DRIER AIR AND
GRADUAL MODIFICATION OF THE AIR MASS IN PLACE. HIGHS TUESDAY WILL BE
MOSTLY IN THE LOW TO MID 80S...WARMING TO MOSTLY MID 80S ON
WEDNESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM WEDNESDAY...
MORNING STRATUS LIFTED TO VFR MOST PLACES PRIOR TO 17Z...THOUGH A
FEW LOCATIONS ARE STILL REPORTING MVFR CEILINGS. INCREASING
INSTABILITY AND AN APPROACHING WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE SHOULD LEAD TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH THERE IS
STILL NEAR TERM UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE
FOCUSED. BASED ON LATEST ANALYSIS IT APPEARS AREA FROM KGSO/KINT
TO KFAY WILL BE MOST FAVORED...AND THERE ARE ALREADY SOME SHOWERS
DEVELOPING JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF KFAY. OUTSIDE OF THE SHOWERS
AND/OR STORMS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL.
TONIGHT...LIGHT WINDS AND SOME CLEARING MAY LEAD TO LOW CLOUDS AND
FOG BY THURSDAY MORNING...THOUGH FORECAST SOUNDINGS DONT SHOW AS
MUCH POTENTIAL AS IN PREVIOUS NIGHTS. IF LOW CLOUDS OR FOG
DEVELOP...IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS WOULD BE ANTICIPATED.
OUTLOOK... EARLY MORNING STRATUS/FOG...ALONG WITH AFTERNOON SHOWERS
AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THIS WEEK. A BACKDOOR COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND...WHICH MAY BRING
ANOTHER PERIOD UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
&&
.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...BLS
NEAR TERM...BLS
SHORT TERM...CBL
LONG TERM...MLM
AVIATION...BLS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WILMINGTON NC
136 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PREVAIL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS
BEFORE SOME COOLING DURING THE WEEKEND AS A FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
LOCAL RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 135 PM WEDNESDAY...UPDATED THE LAND FORECASTS TO INCREASE
POP VALUES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY EVENING BASED ON RADAR TRENDS. ORIENTATION OF A WIND
CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY ALIGNED NEARLY ALONG THE PREVAILING STORM
MOTION IS LEADING TO TRAINING OF CELLS IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY AND
PORTIONS OF INLAND NC. FLOOD ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE
THROUGH EVENING DUE TO HIGH PWAT CONTENT AND POTENTIAL FOR
TORRENTIAL EPISODES OF RAINFALL. THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS.
HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER CONTENT BETWEEN 1.75 AND 1.85 INCHES
REMAINS LOADED IN THE COLUMN CURRENTLY AS REVEALED IN 12Z RAOBS
DATA FROM MHX/CHS. THE POTENT UPPER SWIRL YESTERDAY THAT MOVED
OFFSHORE LAST NIGHT...PUSHED A SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS EARLIER THIS MORNING. NO APPRECIABLE AIR MASS CHANGE IN
WAKE OF THIS FEATURE EXCEPT THAT DEWPOINTS REMAIN HIGHEST ALONG
THE COAST WHILE TAPERING INLAND AND A LIGHT W-NW WIND ACROSS
INLAND AREAS.
SIMILAR TO MON/TUE...PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE WILL ENSURE LOW-LEVEL
INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE INTO AFTERNOON IN A MOIST COLUMN. OF
SOME CONCERN IS THAT PROJECTED STEERING WINDS WILL CARRY
DEVELOPING AFTERNOON CONVECTION DIRECTLY PERPENDICULAR INTO A
ROBUST SEA-BREEZE BOUNDARY. THE LOW-LEVEL WIND FLOW APPEARS POISED
TO KEEP THIS MARINE BOUNDARY FASTENED CLOSE TO THE COAST...WHILE
UPPER WINDS GUIDE ACTIVITY TO THE BEACHES AND COASTAL INTERIOR
LATER TODAY. VAPOR ANALYSIS SHOWS SHORT-WAVE ENERGY IMPINGING THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS PRESENTLY...WHICH TIMING-WISE IS
SET TO ENTER OUR NECK OF THE WOODS INTO OR JUST AFTER PEAK HEAT
BUILD-UP...LIKELY SPARKING STORMS LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING.
APPARENT TEMPS/HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 ACROSS NC AND 101-104 OVER
OUR SC INTERIOR LOCATIONS TODAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 3 AM WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY WILL BRING UNSEASONABLE HEAT AND
HUMIDITY. A LATE DAY SHORTWAVE PASSING BY TO OUR NORTH COULD FAVOR
NORTHERN ZONES FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION WHILE ISOLATED CONVECTION
EXPECTED ALON THE SEABREEZE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE PIEDMONT TROUGH
WILL BE DISPLACED UNUSUALLY CLOSE TO THE COAST WHICH AND THIS SHOULD
MINIMIZE CONVECTION CHANCES OVER INLAND ZONES. SHEAR AND MOISTURE
PROFILES NOT INDICATIVE OF MUCH OF A SEVERE THREAT BUT STORMS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF WET MICROBURSTS AS WELL AS SOME HIGH LIGHTNING RATES.
STORMS MAY BE CLOSE BY TO OUR NORTH TOWARDS FRIDAY MORNING AS A
BACKDOOR COLD FRONT APPROACHES. NORTHWESTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW
STRENGTHENS ON FRIDAY AS THIS COLD FRONT CONTINUES ITS APPROACH. A
NW FLOW SQUALL LINE OF FORCED CONVECTION APPEARS POSSIBLE IF NOT
DOWNRIGHT INDICATED BY THE WRF. THE GFS IS SLOWER AND GENTLER WITH
ITS DEPICTIONS OF THE UPPER VORT AS WELL AS SURFACE BOUNDARY ARRIVAL
AND IS NOT AS SUGGESTIVE OF POSSIBLE STRONG STORMS ON FRIDAY.
INTERESTINGLY BOTH MODELS` MOS STRINGS NOW SHOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS
HOT IF NOT HOTTER THAN THURSDAY. FORECAST HAS BEEN ADJUSTED
ACCORDINGLY. NOW BOTH AFTERNOONS MAY FEATURE A MAX HEAT INDEX OF
AROUND 100 DEGREES OVER NRN ZONES TO 105 OR BETTER ALONG SC COASTAL
ZONES WHERE THE WARMEST TEMPS AND HIGHEST DEWPOINTS ARE JUXTAPOSED.
HEAT ADVISORY POSSIBLE FOR THOSE LATTER AREAS.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 3 AM WEDNESDAY...THE WEEKEND WILL BRING AN EASING OF THE HEAT
AND HUMIDITY AS THE FRONT STALLS NEAR THE REGION. THE WEATHER MAY
STAY RATHER UNSETTLED THOUGH AS THE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE IS SLOW TO
MAKE MUCH SOUTHERN PROGRESS. AS MID LEVEL RIDGE VERY SLOWLY CREEPS
TOWARDS THE AREA FROM THE WEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY WE SHOULD SEE LESS
DEEP MOISTURE AND THUS LOWER RAIN CHANCES. MEANWHILE THE HIGH STILL
BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES RATHER SEASONABLE
DESPITE THE BUILDING HEIGHTS ALOFT.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 18Z...ANOTHER SUMMER DAY...MORE CONVECTION EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...LESS MOISTURE TO WORK WITH THAN THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE
LEVEL OF FREE CONVECTION IS STILL FAIRLY HIGH...SO EXPECT CONVECTION TO
FIRE LATE...AROUND 20Z LOOKS TO BE A GOOD BET. MOST OF IT WILL BE
FOCUSED NEAR THE COAST...WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY INLAND. WILL STICK
WITH A TEMPO GROUP AS HRRR AND THE WRF MODEL DO HAVE DECENT COVERAGE
THE THE COAST. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH
THE RESULTANT BOUNDARY. TONIGHT...MODERATE CONFIDENCE FOR PATCHY IFR
FOG WITH LIGHT WINDS.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...CHC AFTERNOON/EVENING SHRA/TSRA THROUGH THE
SUNDAY. VFR MONDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 135 AM WEDNESDAY...WEAK MEANDERING BOUNDARY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ILM WATERS...WILL REVERT BACK TO NORTH OF
THE WATERS THIS AFTN AND TONIGHT. WILL MAINLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH
WIND DIRECTION CHANGES AS A RESULT...WITH OVERALL WIND SPEEDS 10
KT OR LESS DUE TO LACK OF ANY DECENT SFC PG. SIGNIFICANT SEAS WILL
RUN UP TO 3 FT...AND MAINLY COMPRISED OF WIND DRIVEN WAVES AT 5 TO
6 SECOND PERIODS. AN UNDERLYING 1-2 FOOT PSEUDO GROUND SWELL AT 7+
SECOND PERIODS WILL CONTINUE THRU THIS PERIOD.
SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 3 AM WEDNESDAY...PIEDMONT THROUGH WILL BE CLOSER TO THE COAST
THAN NORMAL ON THURSDAY KEEPING THE GRADIENT ACROSS THE WATERS VERY
LIGHT...CAPPED AT JUST 10 KTS WITH SOME INHERENT VARIABILITY
POSSIBLE IN DIRECTION. NO REAL SWELL TO SPEAK OF SO SEAS SIMILARLY
BENIGN AT JUST 2 FT OR LESS. LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY A FEW
KNOTS OF WIND MAY BE ADDED AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NW.
NO APPRECIABLE INCREASE IN SEAS IS EXPECTED SAVE FOR A POSSIBLE
APPEARANCE OF 3 FT SEAS OUT ALONG FRYING PAN SHOALS.
LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 3 AM WEDNESDAY...COLD FRONT TO LAZILY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE
ZONES ON SATURDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN VERY SLACK THROUGH FROPA
SO AS WIND DIRECTION TURNS FROM OFFSHORE TO ONSHORE SEAS WILL LIKELY
STAY AT THE 2 FT MARK OR LOWER. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE
NORTH AND EAST ON SUNDAY WILL ADD 5 KT OF WIND FOR A HIGHER CATEGORY
FORECAST. 3 FT SEAS SHOULD THUS RETURN TO MOST ZONES.
&&
.ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
NC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
NEAR TERM...COLBY
SHORT TERM...BACON
LONG TERM...BACON
AVIATION...DAVE/8
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1029 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA THIS MORNING...THEN LIFT BACK NORTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THEN FRONT WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN
FINALLY PUSH THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL EXTEND SOUTH INTO THE REGION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
AS OF 1015 AM WED...LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS FRONTAL BOUNDARY
SOUTH OF THE AREA IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE FEAR LATE THIS MORNING.
WIDESPREAD FOG ACROSS THE AREAS THIS MORNING IS BURNING OFF
QUICKLY PER VISIBLE SATELLITE AND EXPECT IT TO BE PRETTY MUCH
DISSIPATED AROUND 15Z. ISOLATED SHOWERS PUSHING SOUTH ACROSS THE
PAMLICO SOUND THAT WILL AFFECT DARE...HYDE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES
FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HRRR HAS THE SHOWERS SOUTH OF THE OBX
AROUND 17Z...OTHERWISE LITTLE CHANGE TO FORECAST TODAY. THE FRONT
WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH THE VERY SOUTHERN CWA THIS
MORNING...THEN LIKELY LIFT BACK NORTH THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
COMBINED WITH A WEAK SHORTWAVE PIVOTING THROUGH THE UPPER LOW
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES PROVIDING UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR
CONVECTION. THE AIRMASS REMAINS UNSTABLE AND MOIST WITH PWATS
AROUND 1.75-2" AND EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION TO
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. CONTINUED WITH SC/LOW CHANCE POPS. LOW
LEVEL THICKNESS VALUES SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 AM THURSDAY/...
AS OF 715 AM WED...WEAK BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT BACK INTO THE
AREA TONIGHT THEN STALL. ANY EVENING CONVECTION SHOULD WANE WITH
LOSS OF HEATING. THOUGH COULD SEE AN ISOLATED SHOWER/TSTM NEAR THE
ALBEMARLE SOUND REGION OVERNIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTWAVE MOVING
THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. AREAS OF FOG POSSIBLE AGAIN
OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO
LOWER 70S.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 230 AM WED...LOW LEVEL WSW FLOW IN COMBINATION WITH DEVELOPING
WNW FLOW PATTERN ALOFT AND RISING THICKNESSES WILL SET UP VERY WARM
CONDITIONS EARLY IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. HIGHS THURSDAY WILL REACH
LOW TO POSSIBLY MID 90S INLAND WITH UPPER 80S AT THE BEACHES, WITH
HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 INLAND. RELATIVE LACK OF FORCING SHUD LIMIT
PRECIP CHANCES THRU EARLY THU AFTN BUT LINGERING WEAK SFC BNDRY AND
SUBTLE SHORT WAVE ENERGY IN THE UPPER FLOW MAY HELP TRIGGER A FEW
TSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTN.
UPPER TROF WILL DEEPEN OFF THE COAST LATE IN THE WEEK AND MOVE ONLY
SLOWLY FARTHER OFFSHORE THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS BLOCKY
PATTERN SETS WITH STRONG UPPER RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY REGION. THIS DEVELOPING UPPER PATTERN WILL PLACE EASTERN NC
IN PERSISTENT NNW FLOW ALOFT AND SHORT WAVES MOVING THRU THE FLOW
WILL TRIGGER OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF PRECIPITATION THU NIGHT THRU SAT.
THIS PATTERN MAY ALSO FAVOR MCS DEVELOPMENT...HOWEVER TIMING THESE
SMALL SCALE SYSTEMS IN THE LONGER TERM WILL BE DIFFICULT. HAVE KEPT
CHANCE POPS IN THRU SAT. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN FROM THE N SUN AND
MON AND CONT INTO TUE WITH SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR AND LIMIT THREAT FOR
PRECIP...ESPCLY MON AND TUE. HIGHS WILL AGAIN REACH LOWER 90S INLAND
FRI THEN WITH NE FLOW SAT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK EXPECT HIGHS MAINLY
LOW TO MID 80S.
&&
.AVIATION /15Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 1015 AM WED...WIDESPREAD FOG ACROSS RTES THIS MORNING IS
BURNING OFF QUICKLY THIS MORNING PER VISIBLE SATELLITE AND EXPECT
IT TO BE DISSIPATED BY 15Z OR SHORTLY AFTERWARD WITH PRED VFR
RETURNING. ISOLATED/SCATTERED CONVECTION EXPECTED AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AREAS OF FOG POSSIBLE AGAIN OVERNIGHT AND
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 230 AM WED...SOME FOG/ST WILL BE POSS EARLY THU MORN THEN
MAINLY VFR REST OF DAY WITH SOME WIDELY SCT TO SCT CONVECTION POSS
LATE. BOUTS OF SHRA AND TSRA EXPECTED THU NIGHT THRU SAT WITH SHORT
WAVES MOVING ACROSS IN NW FLOW ALOFT. THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME BRIEF
PDS OF REDUCED CIGS/VSBYS WHEN SHRA/TSRA CROSS OTHERWISE MOSTLY VFR
EXPECTED. PRECIP CVRG EXPECTED TO DIMINISH A BIT SUNDAY AS HIGH
PRES AND A LITTLE DRIER AIR PUSHES IN FROM THE N...SHLD BE MAINLY
VFR.
&&
.MARINE...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 715 AM WED...WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO PUSH THROUGH
THE VERY SOUTHERN WATERS THIS MORNING...IT WILL THEN LIKELY LIFT
BACK NORTH THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. LATEST OBS SHOW NW/NE WINDS
5-15KT AND SEAS 2-4FT. WINDS LESS THAN 15KT EXPECTED TODAY...THEN
LESS THAN 10KT TONIGHT WITH SEAS 2-3FT. WIND DIRECTIONS HOWEVER
WILL BE CHALLENGING TODAY ESP SOUTH OF LOOKOUT. LIKELY N/NW BEHIND
THE BOUNDARY EARLY THEN BACKING BECOMING SW THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. NORTH OF LOOKOUT MAINLY N/NE TODAY BECOMING E/NE TONIGHT.
LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 230 AM WED...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THU MORN WILL BECOME S
AOB 10 KTS THU AFTN. SW WINDS EXPECTED 10 TO 15 KTS THU NIGHT AHEAD
OF APPROACHING FRONT. COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH S ACROSS THE WTRS
FRI AND FRI NIGHT WITH WINDS BECOMING N/NE IN ITS WAKE WITH SPEEDS
MAINLY BELOW 15 KTS. NE WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRES
BUILDS IN FROM THE N WITH WEAK LOW WELL OFF THE CST. ECMWF HAS
TIGHTER GRDNT WITH DEEPER LOW OFF THE CST AND SHOWS WINDS NEAR 20
KTS...FOR NOW LEANED CLOSER TO GFS WITH SPEEDS MAINLY 10 TO 15 KTS.
SEAS WILL BE MAINLY 2 TO 3 FEET THU THRU SAT MORN. AS NE FLOW GRAD
INCREASE LATER SAT AND SUN WILL HAVE 4 FOOT SEAS DEVELOP OUTER WTRS.
&&
.MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...RF/CQD
NEAR TERM...SK/CQD
SHORT TERM...CQD
LONG TERM...BTC/RF
AVIATION...RF/SK/CQD
MARINE...RF/CQD
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS BISMARCK ND
122 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 103 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
THE MAIN FOCUS THIS MORNING IS ON PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND THE
FLOOD RISK. THE 00 UTC HIRES ARW AND WRF AND HRRR ARE IN GOOD
AGREEMENT THAT THE PREVIOUS FORECAST IS TOO FAST WITH THE ONSET OF
CONVECTION. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A TREND TOWARD PUSHING CONVECTION
FURTHER NORTH...WHICH WOULD SPARE MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST FROM
HEAVIER AMOUNTS. DECISIONS WILL NEED TO BE MADE THIS MORNING
REGARDING ANY FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WATCHES.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 953 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO SKY COVER FOR THE LATE EVENING UPDATE.
LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS ISOLATED CONVECTION LIFTING THROUGH
SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...WHICH SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTH DAKOTA LATE
TONIGHT. THIS IS CURRENTLY HANDLED WELL. ALSO WEAK CONVECTION
CONTINUES TO FIRE OVER FAR NORTHEAST MONTANA INTO SOUTHERN
SASKATCHEWAN. MODELS DO SHOW AN INCREASING JET OVER WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA TONIGHT IN AN AREA OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND
INSTABILITY ALOFT. COULD POSSIBLY BE SOME ELEVATED CONVECTION
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL LATE TONIGHT SO
EXTENDED SOME SLIGHT POPS EAST ACROSS THESE AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 639 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN AN AREA OF CAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG AND 25-35
KNOTS OF BULK SHEAR. ONE HAS DISSIPATED AS IT MOVED FROM BOWMAN
INTO ADAMS COUNTY. THE SECOND IS STILL HOLDING TOGETHER OVER
CENTRAL SLOPE. WILL MAINTAIN OUR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE
SOUTHWEST. A FEW CELLS TRIED TO FIRE OVER THE NORTHWEST BUT WITH
LESS LUCK IN A LOW SHEAR ENVIRONMENT. SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER
NORTHEAST MONTANA CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST BUT IS HAVING A HARD
TIME MAINTAINING ITS STRENGTH AS IT APPROACHES NORTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA. WILL HOLD OFF ON BRINGING ANY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS INTO THE
FAR NORTHWEST. OTHERWISE QUIET ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA WITH NO CHANGES NEEDED TO THE GOING FORECAST.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 327 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM FORECAST PERIOD IS EXPECTED
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE PROBLEM IS LOW CONFIDENCE ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS
CAN BE EXPECTED.
CURRENTLY...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER SOUTHWESTERN SASKATCHEWAN
AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW/TROUGH OVER
UTAH. SURFACE DEWPOINTS WERE IN THE MID 50S WEST AND IN THE 60S OVER
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
TONIGHT THE UPPER LOW LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD AND APPROACHES
SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. IN RESPONSE...THE SURFACE LOW/TROUGH
SHOULD DEVELOP EASTWARD SO THAT BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY IT IS ALONG
THE MONTANA/DAKOTAS BORDER. SOME MODELS ARE DEPICTING SOME ISOLATED
SHOWERS/THUNDER BEFORE DAYBREAK IN THE WEST...AND HAVE KEPT
ISOLATED/SMALL CHANCE PROBABILITIES FOR THE WESTERN QUARTER OF THE
STATE THROUGH DAYBREAK.
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT SHORTLY AFTER/AT DAYBREAK THE
UPPER LEVEL ENERGY IMPULSES WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR INCREASING
CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT MORNING
HOURS. AROUND/AFTER NOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
WIDESPREAD AND NUMEROUS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
WEDNESDAY EVENING MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD BE IMPACTING ALL BUT THE FAR WESTERN PORTION OF NORTH
DAKOTA...WITH DECREASING CHANCES FROM WEST TO EAST LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THAT THE VARIOUS MODELS ARE NOT COMING TO A GOOD
CONSENSUS REGARDING PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION. THE NAM
MODEL IS FARTHEST NORTH WITH THE PLACEMENT OF HEAVY
PRECIPITATION...WITH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA (SOURIS
RIVER BASIN) TAKING THE BIGGEST HIT. THE GFS/ECMWF WANT TO SPLIT THE
ENERGY - AND HENCE RESULTING IN TWO HEAVIER PRECIP BULLS-EYES - WITH
ONE OVER THE SOURIS BASIN...AND ANOTHER OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
THE OTHER SHORT TERM HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS ARE FAVORING SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
FINAL PRECIPITATION FORECAST INVOLVES A SECTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA INCLUDING THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN...AND AROUND 0.75 TO 1 INCH OVER THE NORTHWEST/NORTH CENTRAL.
A HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK (ESF) HAS BEEN ISSUED TO ADDRESS THIS FIRST
WAVE OF PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN ALSO
ADDRESSES THE LONG TERM PERIOD EXPECTED PRECIPITATION THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 327 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
A VERY ACTIVE/WET PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL HIGHLIGHT THE
EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD.
WILL NOTE 12Z MODELS STILL SHOW CONSIDERABLE SPREAD IN REGARDS TO
PRECIPITATION...TIMING/PLACEMENT/AMOUNTS...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY. BETTER AGREEMENT THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
FOR THURSDAY...SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE PROCESS OF
LIFTING OFF TO OUR NORTHEAST DURING THE MORNING AS A MID LEVEL S/WV
IMPULSE EJECTS INTO CANADA AND ITS ASSOCIATED SFC TROUGH PUSHES EAST
INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT WILL BE
VERY POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AS WE REMAIN IN
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ALONG WITH AMPLE INSTABILITY AND DECREASING
CIN AS THE DAY PROGRESSES.
MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL ENTER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY
NIGHT AS ANOTHER EMBEDDED WAVE LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN
MONTANA INTO FAR SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA...ALONG WITH FORCING
ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL JET NOSING INTO THE REGION RESULTING
IN DIVERGENCE ALOFT OVERSPREADING THE NORTHERN PLAINS. BASED ON THE
PROJECTED TRACK OF THE MID LEVEL S/WV DEPICTED BY BOTH THE 12Z
GFS/ECMWF...MOST FAVORABLE AREAS FOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL BE
OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE AND INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL THURS
NIGHT-FRIDAY MORNING.
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS
FRIDAY-SATURDAY...THEN LIFTS NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE DAKOTAS SAT
NIGHT-SUN NIGHT. MODEL SPREADS RATHER HIGH IN REGARDS TO
PRECIPITATION DURING THE FRIDAY/SATURDAY TIMEFRAME...WITH LEAD S/WV
IMPULSES DIFFICULT FOR MODELS TO KEY IN ON AT THIS TIME. SOME
LOCATION DIFFERENCES AS WELL SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH THE TRACK OF
THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL WAVE WHEN IT MOVES ACROSS THE LOCAL REGION.
LOOKS TO BE WET MOST LOCATIONS.
WE REMAIN IN A QUASI-ACTIVE FLOW PATTERN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
WELL WITH A BROAD TROUGH IN PLACE ALOFT MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SIGNIFICANTLY FROM FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH
THE PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AND STRONG CAA ON SUNDAY IN THE WAKE OF A
STRONG SURFACE LOW AND UNDERNEATH THE UPPER WAVE. HIGHS SUNDAY WILL
BE IN THE 60S COMPARED TO UPPER 70S AND MID 80S ON THURSDAY. A
SLIGHT MODERATION IN HIGHS FORECAST NEXT WEEK MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 103 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY. THERE IS HIGH
UNCERTAINTY ON TIMING AND PLACEMENT BEYOND THAT TREND...SO THE
TIMING IN TAFS IS A BEST GUESS. THERE COULD BE MVFR VISIBILITIES
AND CEILINGS WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 327 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
THERE WILL BE POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT RAINS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY...AND THEN AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THOSE AREAS
OF THE STATE WHICH RECEIVE MULTIPLE PASSES OF HEAVY RAINS OF HEAVY
RAIN WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD
OF OVERLAND AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.
WHILE THE SOURIS RIVER BASIN OF NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN RELATIVELY DRY
TO NEAR NORMAL THE PAST FEW WEEKS...SOME OF THE MODELS DEPICT
WIDESPREAD RAINS BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES ACROSS THE UPPER
PORTIONS OF THE SOURIS IN NORTH DAKOTA AND SASKATCHEWAN. AREAS THAT
RECEIVE AN INITIAL WETTING DURING THE EARLIER EVENT ARE MORE LIKELY
TO EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF DURING THE LATTER RAINS. SEVERAL
MISSOURI RIVER TRIBUTARIES WERE PARTICULARLY HARD HIT BY HEAVY RAINS
LAST WEEKEND, INCLUDING THE KNIFE AND HEART RIVERS ALONG WITH APPLE
CREEK. THESE RIVERS WILL STILL BE RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL AS THE
NEXT FEW WEATHER SYSTEMS MOVE INTO THE STATE.
THE JAMES AND PIPESTEM CREEK BASINS HAVE NOT BEEN PARTICULARLY
AFFECTED BY RECENT HEAVY RAINS. HOWEVER...THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH RAIN
TO KEEP THE SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS AT OR ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR.
&&
.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...SCHECK
SHORT TERM...JV
LONG TERM...NH
AVIATION...SCHECK
HYDROLOGY...AJS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WILMINGTON OH
417 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A FRONTAL ZONE WILL SETTLE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING.
THIS FRONT WILL GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST
AIRMASS TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES THROUGH THE
PERIOD.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
CONVECTION THAT IS AFFECTING THE TRI-STATE REGION ATTM WASNT
HANDLED WELL BY THE MODELS. THE HRRR HAS TRIED TO DISSIPATE ALL
AFTERNOON. KEPT THE CONVECTION TOGETHER AND PUSHED IT THRU THE
OHIO RIVER COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
FIGURING OUT POPS FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT IS TOUGH....SINCE THE
MODEL GUIDANCE DIDNT COVER THIS CURRENT CONVECTION WELL. THAT
MAKES IT HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHEN TO TRANSITION FROM THE RADAR TO
MODEL. DEVELOPED SOME PCPN IN THE TRI- STATE REGION BETWEEN
00-06Z ALONG A WEAK FRONT. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE CMC/NAM
SOLUTION. THEN LET IT DISSIPATE AS FOCUS SHIFTS TO ENERGY TO OUR
NW.
LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE WARM AND MUGGY. TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DROP INTO
THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
THERE IS A LARGE VARIATION IN MODEL SOLUTIONS FOR THURSDAY. PREFER
A NAM/CMC REGIONAL/HIRES-WRF SOLUTION WHICH DROPS H5 ENERGY INTO
THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY MORNING IN THE NW FLOW. THEY PUSH THE
BEST PCPN CHANCE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE MORNING...AND EXIT
IT OUT OF THE EAST DURING THE AFTN.
THURSDAY NIGHT BETTER FORCING SHIFTS TO NRN OHIO AS CONVERGENCE
ALONG A LIFTING WARM FRONT MOVES ALSO. PUT HIGH CHANCE POPS IN THE
NORTHERN COUNTIES WITH DECREASING POPS DOWN TO THE SW.
ON FRIDAY...ADDITIONAL H5 ENERGY TOPS THE RIDGE AND DROPS SE
ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL HELP DEVELOP DAYTIME CONVECTION...BUT
CENTRAL OHIO WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE AT SEEING CONVECTION AS IT
IS CLOSER TO THE WARM FRONT.
CONVECTION TOMORROW WILL COMPLICATE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FORECAST.
ONLY WENT LOWER 80S IN THE NW COUNTIES SINCE THE CONVECTION SHOULD
LIMIT HEATING THERE. SOUTHERN COUNTIES SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THE
MID TO UPPER 80S. AFTER DROPPING DOWN TO ONLY AROUND 70 THURSDAY
NIGHT...FRIDAY IS LOOKING LIKE A HOT AND HUMID DAY. OHIO RIVER
COUNTIES SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURES PUSH INTO THE LOWER 90S WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. THIS WILL PUSH HEAT INDICES OVER 100.
WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE THREAT IN THE HWO.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT 12Z ON SATURDAY...THE 20.12Z ECMWF AND GFS ARE VERY GOOD
AGREEMENT ON THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN WITH AN AMPLIFIED FLOW PATTERN
OVER THE LOWER 48. A DEEP CLOSED LOW SHOULD BE OVER ID/MT WITH A
STRONG SUBTROPICAL RIDGE EXTENDING NORTHEAST FROM A 593DM HIGH OVER
ALABAMA. ANOMALOUS MOISTURE WILL STILL BE IN PLACE WITH PWAT FROM
1.5 TO 2.0 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE CLIMO. THROUGH THE WEEKEND THE
STRONG CLOSED LOW WILL SWING NORTHEAST INTO THE NRN HIGH PLAINS AND
EVENTUALLY INTO SASK...WHILE THE RIDGE EXPANDS NORTHEASTWARD INTO
TN/ARK. DESPITE WEAK FORCING...CONTINUED NORTHERLY/NORTHWESTERLY
FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE...THE PRESENCE OF A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH...AND
ANOMALOUS MOISTURE SHOULD CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR STRONG DAYTIME
INSTBY BOTH SAT AND SUN. THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE MORE CLUSTERS OF SSE
PROPAGATING STORM CLUSTERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GIVEN
THE MAGNITUDE OF INSTBY...EVEN WITH WEAKENING FLOW WITH TIME...THERE
COULD BE STRONG/SEVERE STORM THREAT ON EITHER OF THESE DAYS IF A
ORGANIZED COLD POOL COULD FORM. GETTING INTO MONDAY-TUESDAY...THE
RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD WITH HEAT/HUMIDITY. FLOW BECOMES VERY LIGHT
THROUGH THE BULK OF THE TROPOSPHERE AND IT BECOMES QUESTIONABLE IF
COVERAGE OF DAYTIME/EVE STORMS WARRANTS MENTION. RIGHT NOW HAVE RUN
15-25% RAIN CHANCES BOTH OF THESE DAYS...AND THAT MAY BE TOO HIGH.
INTO WEDNESDAY...SOME HINTS OF HEIGHT FALLS WHICH MAY ALLOW A LITTLE
STRONGER FLOW OR A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO CROSS THE GREAT LAKES.
SO A BETTER STORM THREAT THEN...HOWEVER AT THIS TIME RANGE THIS IS A
VERY LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST GIVEN CONDITIONAL NATURE OF THE RIDGE
BUCKLING.
SO ALL IN ALL...HAVE TENDED TO FOCUS RAIN CHANCES NEAR PEAK HEATING
INTO THE EVENING AND ALLOW FOR SOME DRY NIGHTS/EARLY MORNINGS. FLY
IN OINTMENT WILL BE ANY FORWARD PROPAGATING MCS THAT SURVIVES
THROUGH THE NIGHT...ORIGINATING TO OUR NORTHWEST AND FALLING DOWN
NNWLY FLOW EITHER SATURDAY MORNING OR SUNDAY MORNING. LOW CONFIDENCE
STORM CHANCE...BUT HIGH CONFIDENCE WARM/HUMID PATTERN IS THE STORY
FOR THE SAT-WED TIMEFRAME.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
CONVECTION TO THE WEST OF THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BEFORE
REACHING THE CINCINNATI TERMINALS. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF LEFT
OVER CLOUDS ALTHOUGH THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE VFR. ELSEWHERE
SCATTERED CUMULUS WILL DISSIPATE WITH LOSS OF HEATING.
QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS
DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. APPEARS THAT STORMS
COULD START TO DEVELOP AFTER 06Z. ONCE STORMS DO DEVELOP THERE
COULD BE REPEATED ACTIVITY OVER THE SAME AREA BEFORE A LULL OCCURS
LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD.
OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY.
&&
.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...SITES/SNYDER
NEAR TERM...SITES
SHORT TERM...SITES
LONG TERM...BINAU
AVIATION...
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS CLEVELAND OH
224 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE EASTERN
GREAT LAKES THROUGH THURSDAY...PUSHING A WEAK COLD FRONT SOUTH
ACROSS THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER LAKE ERIE BEHIND THIS
SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT...SHIFTING TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES ON
FRIDAY. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
MAIN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED EAST THROUGH THE AREA
WITH SOME POCKETS OF MORE ACTIVITY MOVING EAST INTO THE REGION AT
THIS TIME. ANOTHER LINE IS TRYING TO GET ORGANIZED OVER WESTERN
OHIO. POTENTIAL EXISTS THAT SOUTHERN PART OF THE LINE WILL TRY TO
FILL IN. NORTHERN PART IS NOT AS PROMISING. ALONG THIS LINE IS AN
AREA OF CONVERGENCE AND SOME INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITY AS
IT MOVES EAST. LATEST NAM OUTPUT SHOWS THIS AREA OF CONVERGENCE
MOVING HALFWAY EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE THE
CONVERGENCE WEAKENS WITH TIME. HOWEVER...LATEST HRRR MODEL DOES
SHOW THE WEAKENING A BIT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS AND THEN NEW
DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FURTHER EAST.
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPERATURES WITH THIS UPDATE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
NEARLY VERTICALLY STACKED UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE LOW WILL BE OVER
THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS
WILL RESIDE WITHIN THE AREA OF SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE SURFACE
LOW ACROSS MAINLY NE OHIO AND NW PA. CAPES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
TO AROUND 2500 J/KG WITH SEVERAL MECHANISMS FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION
DURING THE AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL FIRE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE
LOW SLOWLY MOVES EASTWARD. HIGHER RESOLUTION MODELS ALSO SHOW SOME
CONVERGENCE DOWNWIND OF LAKE ERIE THAT WILL SET UP SOUTH OF I-90.
LARGE SCALE FORCING WILL ALSO INCREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AS
A 35 KNOT MID-LEVEL JET STREAK MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROUGH. ALL OF THIS COMBINES TO MAKE
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ON THURSDAY ACROSS AT LEAST THE EASTERN HALF OF
THE FORECAST AREA. LESS CERTAIN IS IF ANYTHING CAN FIRE ACROSS NW
OHIO AHEAD OF THE JET STREAK WHICH CAN NOT BE ENTIRELY RULED OUT SO
WILL LEAVE A LOW POP IN THE NW OHIO. WHATEVER BREAKS EXIST IN THE
CLOUDS TO START THE DAY IN NE OHIO/NW PA WILL FILL IN QUICKLY AS
DIURNAL HEATING INCREASES...WHILE A GOOD DEAL OF SUN IS EXPECTED IN
THE DRIER AIR IN NW OHIO. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM 77-85 AND WILL BE
HIGHEST IN THE WEST WHERE THEY WILL RECEIVE MORE SUN.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY DRY AS WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH
WITH NEGATIVE THETA-E ADVECTION THROUGH THE COLUMN. WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE ALSO BUILDS IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING SURFACE LOW WHICH
SHOULD REDUCE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION DOWNWIND OF LAKE ERIE IN NE
OH/NW PA ON THURSDAY.
FARTHER SOUTH...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FIRE ALONG
STALLED BOUNDARY ON THURSDAY. THURSDAY NIGHT COULD ALSO BE ACTIVE
ACROSS THE SW HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA AS ENERGY MOVES AROUND THE
BUILDING RIDGE THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A WARM FRONT
STARTING TO LIFT BACK NORTH ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF
THE WARMING TREND FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH HIGHS REACHING THE MID TO
UPPER 80S IN THE WEST ON FRIDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
THE LONG TERM BEGINS ON SATURDAY WITH BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOWING
AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. A RIDGE
WILL EXTEND NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL LAKES. NOT MUCH CHANGES THROUGH
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY EXCEPT THAT LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN
CANADA WILL TILT THE AXIS OF THE RIDGE EAST A BIT HOWEVER IT SHOULD
STILL REMAIN WEST OF THE AREA. TUESDAY THE LOW MOVES TO NORTHERN
ONTARIO FLATTENING THE RIDGE ACROSS THE LAKES. GIVEN THE RIDGE
POSITION...WOULD EXPECT THAT ANY CONVECTION THAT GOES OVER THE TOP
OF THE RIDGE WILL DESCEND ON THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. FOR NOW
THOUGH IT WOULD BE FAIRLY DIFFICULT TO ANTICIPATE TIMING OTHER THAT
A SMALL CHANCE POP FOR AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CONVECTION. WILL
HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE POP IN FOR THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING
PERIODS. ALSO...GUIDANCE SUGGESTS MORE CLOUD COVER THEN SEEMS
REASONABLE GIVEN THE RIDGE SO LOWERED CLOUD PERCENTAGES TO GET
PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD. TEMPS AT OR ABOVE
NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA AS LOW
PRESSURE DIGS INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES. AFTER THIS EARLY
MORNING CONVECTION IT APPEARS MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
NEAR AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 71. AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE
TOWARD SUNRISE WHERE THE RAIN HAS STOPPED.
WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE BELOW 12 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST. HOWEVER WESTERN AREAS MAY SEE WINDS AROUND TO THE WEST
IN THE WAKE OF A WEAK FRONT.
OUTLOOK...NON VFR POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
FRIDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY INTO MID WEEK...EVENTUALLY REACHING WESTERN NEW YORK BY
THURSDAY MORNING. FLOW AROUND THE LOW IS NOT PARTICULARLY STRONG SO
AM EXPECTING VARIABLE BUT GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD
RESULTING IN WAVES OF 2 FEET OR LESS ON THE LAKE.
&&
.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...KEC
NEAR TERM...LOMBARDY
SHORT TERM...KEC
LONG TERM...TK
AVIATION...MULLEN
MARINE...TK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS CLEVELAND OH
1223 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE EASTERN
GREAT LAKES THROUGH THURSDAY...PUSHING A WEAK COLD FRONT SOUTH
ACROSS THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER LAKE ERIE BEHIND THIS
SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT...SHIFTING TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES ON
FRIDAY. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
MAIN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED EAST THROUGH THE AREA
WITH SOME POCKETS OF MORE ACTIVITY MOVING EAST INTO THE REGION AT
THIS TIME. ANOTHER LINE IS TRYING TO GET ORGANIZED OVER WESTERN
OHIO. POTENTIAL EXISTS THAT SOUTHERN PART OF THE LINE WILL TRY TO
FILL IN. NORTHERN PART IS NOT AS PROMISING. ALONG THIS LINE IS AN
AREA OF CONVERGENCE AND SOME INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITY AS
IT MOVES EAST. LATEST NAM OUTPUT SHOWS THIS AREA OF CONVERGENCE
MOVING HALFWAY EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE THE
CONVERGENCE WEAKENS WITH TIME. HOWEVER...LATEST HRRR MODEL DOES
SHOW THE WEAKENING A BIT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS AND THEN NEW
DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FURTHER EAST.
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPERATURES WITH THIS UPDATE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
NEARLY VERTICALLY STACKED UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE LOW WILL BE OVER
THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS
WILL RESIDE WITHIN THE AREA OF SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE SURFACE
LOW ACROSS MAINLY NE OHIO AND NW PA. CAPES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
TO AROUND 2500 J/KG WITH SEVERAL MECHANISMS FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION
DURING THE AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL FIRE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE
LOW SLOWLY MOVES EASTWARD. HIGHER RESOLUTION MODELS ALSO SHOW SOME
CONVERGENCE DOWNWIND OF LAKE ERIE THAT WILL SET UP SOUTH OF I-90.
LARGE SCALE FORCING WILL ALSO INCREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AS
A 35 KNOT MID-LEVEL JET STREAK MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROUGH. ALL OF THIS COMBINES TO MAKE
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ON THURSDAY ACROSS AT LEAST THE EASTERN HALF OF
THE FORECAST AREA. LESS CERTAIN IS IF ANYTHING CAN FIRE ACROSS NW
OHIO AHEAD OF THE JET STREAK WHICH CAN NOT BE ENTIRELY RULED OUT SO
WILL LEAVE A LOW POP IN THE NW OHIO. WHATEVER BREAKS EXIST IN THE
CLOUDS TO START THE DAY IN NE OHIO/NW PA WILL FILL IN QUICKLY AS
DIURNAL HEATING INCREASES...WHILE A GOOD DEAL OF SUN IS EXPECTED IN
THE DRIER AIR IN NW OHIO. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM 77-85 AND WILL BE
HIGHEST IN THE WEST WHERE THEY WILL RECEIVE MORE SUN.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY DRY AS WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH
WITH NEGATIVE THETA-E ADVECTION THROUGH THE COLUMN. WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE ALSO BUILDS IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING SURFACE LOW WHICH
SHOULD REDUCE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION DOWNWIND OF LAKE ERIE IN NE
OH/NW PA ON THURSDAY.
FARTHER SOUTH...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FIRE ALONG
STALLED BOUNDARY ON THURSDAY. THURSDAY NIGHT COULD ALSO BE ACTIVE
ACROSS THE SW HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA AS ENERGY MOVES AROUND THE
BUILDING RIDGE THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A WARM FRONT
STARTING TO LIFT BACK NORTH ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF
THE WARMING TREND FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH HIGHS REACHING THE MID TO
UPPER 80S IN THE WEST ON FRIDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
THE LONG TERM BEGINS ON SATURDAY WITH BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOWING
AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. A RIDGE
WILL EXTEND NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL LAKES. NOT MUCH CHANGES THROUGH
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY EXCEPT THAT LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN
CANADA WILL TILT THE AXIS OF THE RIDGE EAST A BIT HOWEVER IT SHOULD
STILL REMAIN WEST OF THE AREA. TUESDAY THE LOW MOVES TO NORTHERN
ONTARIO FLATTENING THE RIDGE ACROSS THE LAKES. GIVEN THE RIDGE
POSITION...WOULD EXPECT THAT ANY CONVECTION THAT GOES OVER THE TOP
OF THE RIDGE WILL DESCEND ON THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. FOR NOW
THOUGH IT WOULD BE FAIRLY DIFFICULT TO ANTICIPATE TIMING OTHER THAT
A SMALL CHANCE POP FOR AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CONVECTION. WILL
HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE POP IN FOR THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING
PERIODS. ALSO...GUIDANCE SUGGESTS MORE CLOUD COVER THEN SEEMS
REASONABLE GIVEN THE RIDGE SO LOWERED CLOUD PERCENTAGES TO GET
PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD. TEMPS AT OR ABOVE
NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
ONGOING CONVECTION WILL KEEP THINGS INTERESTING THIS EVENING. THE
WORST OF THE ACTIVITY REMAINS OVER LAKE ERIE BUT SCATTERED STORMS
ARE LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT OR SO. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE STORMS
APPROACHING KFDY TO MAKE SURE THEY DON`T BECOME SEVERE. OUTFLOW
FROM THE STORMS OVER THE LAKE WILL LIKELY IMPACT KCLE IN AN HOUR
OR SO AND COULD SEE SOME BRIEF GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS WITH ANY OF THE
STRONGER STORMS. WIDESPREAD MVFR FOG IS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH
PATCHY IFR AT THE USUAL INLAND SPOTS. THERE WILL LIKELY BE MORE
PRECIP IN THE EAST TOMORROW BUT WILL BROAD BRUSH IT FOR NOW. LIGHT
S TO SW FLOW WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME WESTERLY ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
OUTLOOK...NON VFR POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
FRIDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY INTO MID WEEK...EVENTUALLY REACHING WESTERN NEW YORK BY
THURSDAY MORNING. FLOW AROUND THE LOW IS NOT PARTICULARLY STRONG SO
AM EXPECTING VARIABLE BUT GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD
RESULTING IN WAVES OF 2 FEET OR LESS ON THE LAKE.
&&
.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...KEC
NEAR TERM...LOMBARDY
SHORT TERM...KEC
LONG TERM...TK
AVIATION...KUBINA
MARINE...TK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND LINGER FOR THE
REST OF THE WORK WEEK...RESULTING IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A
WEAK COLD FRONT WILL THEN PUSH INTO THE AREA FROM NORTHEAST SATURDAY
AND BRING SOME MINOR RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 155 PM...PERSISTENT SMALL STRONG TO OCCASIONALLY SEVERE
CONVECTIVE CLUSTER CONTINUES TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NC
FOOTHILLS. SCT CONVECTION IS FINALLY BEGINNING TO UNZIP A BIT ALONG
THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR INTO THE NW PIEDMONT.
OTHERWISE...THE LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS DEPICTS A MINIMUM IN CAPE
ACROSS THE AREA...WITH CAPE EXCEEDING 3000 J/KG JUST TO OUR EAST...
AND MORE THAN 4000 J/KG ACROSS EAST TENN INTO NRN/CTRL GEORGIA. THIS
IS WHERE THE BEST CONVECTIVE COVERAGE IS ONGOING. WE HAVE DELAYED
THE BEST POPS UNTIL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND TOWARD EARLY
EVENING...WHEN INSTABILITY SHOULD BE GREATEST AND CHANCES WILL ALSO
INCREASE FOR UPSTREAM ACTIVITY...POSSIBLY ORGANIZING UPSCALE...TO
MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA. BRIEF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...WITH DOWNBURST POTENTIAL ENHANCED WITH ANY
ORGANIZED CLUSTERS.
AS OF 11 AM...A SMALL CLUSTER OF DEEP CONVECTION IS APPROACHING THE
NORTHERN NC MTNS ATTM...THUS POPS HAVE BEEN INCREASED TO LIKELY IN
THE AREAS NORTH OF I-26 ALONG THE TENN BORDER. THE PREVIOUS REMNANT
CONVECTIVE AREA DISSIPATED AS IT MOVED EAST OF THE MTNS. HOWEVER...
THE ATMOSPHERE IS HEATING STRONGLY DOWNSTREAM OF THE HIGH TERRAIN.
REGIONAL RAOBS PAINTED A RATHER STARK CONTRAST FROM THIS TIME
YESTERDAY...ESP AT KFFC...WHERE A LAYER OF NEAR-DRY ADIABATIC LAPSE
RATES WERE OBSERVED BETWEEN H8 AND H6. AS A RESULT...THE AIRMASS IS
RAPIDLY DESTABILIZING EAST OF THE MTNS...WITH CAPE ALREADY EXCEEDING
1500 J/KG ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AS OF 14Z. IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT
CAPE WILL INCREASE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 3000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON.
CONVECTION IS ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF FANNING OUT ALONG THE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHEAST TENN...AND WITH CAPE INCREASING STRONGLY
DOWNSTREAM...IT SEEMS ENTIRELY PLAUSIBLE THAT SCATTERED CONVECTION
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS IT PUSHES EAST OF THE
MTNS BY EARLY AFTERNOON (THE LATEST HRRR IS SUGGESTING A SIMILAR
SCENARIO). AS SUCH...POPS HAVE BEEN INCREASED BY 10-20 PERCENT IN
MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 40 POPS NOW BEING FEATURED AS FAR
SOUTHEAST AS THE I-85 CORRIDOR.
POPS HAVE ALSO BEE INCREASED FOR THIS EVENING. AN AXIS OF CAPE >
3000 IS ALREADY BEING ANALYZED ACROSS MIDDLE TENN INTO SE KENTUCKY.
SHORT TERM GUIDANCE ALSO DEPICTS A CORRIDOR OF 20-30KTS OF LOW LEVEL
SHEAR THIS AFTERNOON FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY INTO SOUTHWEST NC. A
CONSENSUS OF MESOSCALE MODEL GUIDANCE WOULD SUGGEST ORGANIZED MCS
DEVELOPMENT IN THESE AREAS BY LATE AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY DROPPING
SOUTHEAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. HOW THIS PLAYS OUT
FOR OUR AREA MAY DEPEND LARGELY UPON THIS AFTERNOON/S CONVECTIVE
EVOLUTION...BUT IT SEEMS THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED WOULD
BE ACROSS (ROUGHLY) THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHERE
POPS WERE INCREASED TO 40-50 PERCENT THIS EVENING. LOWERING FREEZING
LEVELS AND LARGE DCAPE SHOULD SUPPORT A RISK OF ISOLATED LARGE HAIL
AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ENHANCED
DOWNBURST RISK WITH ANY UPSCALE ORGANIZATION.
1030 UTC UPDATE...POPS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED PER RADAR TRENDS...WITH A
DECREASE EARLY ON. SKY COVER WAS UPDATED FROM INFRARED SATELLITE
IMAGERY...ALSO RESULTING IN A DECREASE. AREAS OF FOG WERE REDUCED
BASED ON OBSERVATIONS AND DEW POINT DEPRESSIONS.
AT 300 AM EDT TUESDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY ALONG THE EAST
COAST TODAY...WHILE AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS NORTH OVER THE MS RIVER
VALLEY. SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVES WILL CROSS OUR AREA TODAY AND
TONIGHT IN NW FLOW ALOFT....WHILE A COLD FRONT ADVANCES SLOWLY FORM
THE NE. IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THE FRONT WILL MAKE IT VERY FAR INTO
OUR AREA...BUT ITS GENERAL PROXIMITY MAY FOCUS CONVECTION ACROSS OUR
NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. EVEN IF THE FRONT REMAINS OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST...OUR AREA WILL BE IN A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS...AND
PASSING SHORTWAVES WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CONVECTION. MOISTURE
WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED...AND STEERING FLOW GREAT ENOUGH TO KEEP
CELLS MOVING...LIMITING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. ROBUST
CAPE WILL BE PRESENT...AND DRY AIR WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR EVAPORATIVE
COOLING...PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.
SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT...AND IF ANY
MCS ROUNDING THE CORNER OF THE RIDGE REACHES OUR AREA...IT MAY WELL
SURVIVE. STEERING FLOW AND A LACK OF DEEP MOISTURE WILL LIMIT HEAVY
RAINFALL POTENTIAL. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL RUN ABOVE NORMAL IN A
MOIST AIRMASS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 AM WEDNESDAY...A LARGE UPPER RIDGE WILL PERSIST ACRS THE
LWR-MID MS VALLEY...EXTENDING EAST ACRS THE SOUTHEAST STATES THRU
THE SHORT TERM. THE LATEST GUIDANCE SHOWS THAT A RING OF FIRE
PATTERN WILL SET UP...WITH A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES AND ASSOCIATED
CLUSTERS OF CONVECTION WILL RIDE OVER TOP OF THE RIDGE...FROM THE
UPR MIDWEST/SRN GREAT LAKES...TO THE MID ATLANTIC. IT LOOKS LIKE
MOST OF THE ASSOCIATED ACTIVITY WILL STAY NORTH OF THE CWFA.
HOWEVER...THE NRN ZONES (GENERALLY I-40 CORRIDOR AND NORTH)...MAY
GET BRUSHED BY A POSSIBLE MCS AT SOME POINT. NOT MUCH CHANGE WAS
MADE TO THE POPS. STILL EXPECT AT LEAST A HANDFUL OF
DIURNALLY-DRIVEN CONVECTION...AS STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES REMAIN
ATOP THE REGION. MODELS ARE TRENDING WARMER FOR THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...SO I BUMPED UP TEMPS ABOUT A CATEGORY...EVEN MORE IN THE NW
NC PIEDMONT...WHERE WE PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT
WOULD PUSH IN BY FRIDAY. THIS RESULTS IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS...WITH
UPR 80S IN THE MTN VALLEYS AND MID-UPR 90S ACRS THE PIEDMONT.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 1230 PM WEDNESDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN DECENT ENUF
AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE MEAN PATTERN FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE
EXTENDED PERIOD FEATURING LLVL RIDGING POKING SSW INTO THE CWFA. THE
COMBINATION OF THE LLVL EASTERLY FLOW AND THE HIGHLY AMPLIFIED NLY
FLOW SHOULD RESULT IN ENUF FORCING FOR AT LEAST SCATTERED
SHOWERS...AND MAX TEMPERATURES A FEW DEG F BELOW PERSISTENCE AND A
CATEGORY OR TWO BELOW CLIMO SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
WITH LLVL RIDGING LIKELY TO LINGER THRU TUESDAY...THERE REMAINS ABOVE
NORMAL CONFIDENCE THAT MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE
BELOW CLIMO. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN ON JUST HOW MUCH FORCING IS
AVAILABLE TO TRIGGER SHOWER ACTIVITY...SO JUST A TOKEN SLIGHT AND/OR
SMALL POP WILL REMAIN.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION AT THIS MOMENT IS PRIMARILY
LIMITED TO A SMALL/PERSISTENT CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION
OVER THE SOUTHERN NC FOOTHILLS. THIS WILL NOT THREATEN ANY OF THE
TAF SITES IN THE NEAR TERM. HOWEVER...THERE ARE SIGNS THAT SCATTERED
CONVECTION MAY BE IN THE PROCESS OF /FANNING OUT/ ALONG THE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY LAID DOWN BY THIS CONVECTION. THEREFORE...TEMPOS FOR TSRA
WILL BE CONTINUED AT KCLT...AND INTRODUCED AT KGSP THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. THE TEMPO HAS BEEN SCALED BACK TO SHRA AT KHKY AND
COMPLETELY REMOVED AT KAVL...SINCE THE OUTFLOW HAS NOW ESSENTIALLY
PASSED THEM. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR
THESE SITES AND ALL OTHER TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION MAY
ALSO ORGANIZE ACROSS THE TENN VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND PUSH
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND SURROUNDING AREAS
INTO THE EVENING. THEREFORE...A VCTS/VCSH WILL BE CARRIED AT ALL
TERMINALS THROUGH ABOUT 03Z.
EVEN OUR MOST RELIABLE GUIDANCE IS ONCE AGAIN HITTING THE FOG HARD
LATE TONIGHT...AS IT HAS BEEN DOING THE PASTS SEVERAL MORNINGS...
WITH VERY POOR VERIFICATION RESULTS. THEREFORE...WE HAVE IMPROVED
THE VISBY FORECAST CONSIDERABLY OVER WHAT GUIDANCE IS ADVERTISING...
BUT THIS IS STILL RESULTING IN A 3SM FORECAST AT KAVL. OTHERWISE...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD OUTSIDE OF SHRA/
TSRA.
OUTLOOK...SCT AFTERNOON CONVECTION AND PATCHY EARLY MORNING FOG WILL
REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEK. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN
OUTSIDE CHANCE FOR REMNANT ORGANIZED CONVECTION APPROACHING THE
AREA FROM THE NW DURING THE LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING HOURS.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
18-24Z 00-06Z 06-12Z 12-18Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 95% HIGH 95% HIGH 95%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 95% HIGH 91%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...ARK
NEAR TERM...JAT/JDL
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...JDL
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1124 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND LINGER FOR THE
REST OF THE WORK WEEK...RESULTING IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A
WEAK COLD FRONT WILL THEN PUSH INTO THE AREA FROM NORTHEAST SATURDAY
AND BRING SOME MINOR RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 11 AM...A SMALL CLUSTER OF DEEP CONVECTION IS APPROACHING THE
NORTHERN NC MTNS ATTM...THUS POPS HAVE BEEN INCREASED TO LIKELY IN
THE AREAS NORTH OF I-26 ALONG THE TENN BORDER. THE PREVIOUS REMNANT
CONVECTIVE AREA DISSIPATED AS IT MOVED EAST OF THE MTNS. HOWEVER...
THE ATMOSPHERE IS HEATING STRONGLY DOWNSTREAM OF THE HIGH TERRAIN.
REGIONAL RAOBS PAINTED A RATHER STARK CONTRAST FROM THIS TIME
YESTERDAY...ESP AT KFFC...WHERE A LAYER OF NEAR-DRY ADIABATIC LAPSE
RATES WERE OBSERVED BETWEEN H8 AND H6. AS A RESULT...THE AIRMASS IS
RAPIDLY DESTABILIZING EAST OF THE MTNS...WITH CAPE ALREADY EXCEEDING
1500 J/KG ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AS OF 14Z. IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT
CAPE WILL INCREASE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 3000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON.
CONVECTION IS ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF FANNING OUT ALONG THE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHEAST TENN...AND WITH CAPE INCREASING STRONGLY
DOWNSTREAM...IT SEEMS ENTIRELY PLAUSIBLE THAT SCATTERED CONVECTION
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS IT PUSHES EAST OF THE
MTNS BY EARLY AFTERNOON (THE LATEST HRRR IS SUGGESTING A SIMILAR
SCENARIO). AS SUCH...POPS HAVE BEEN INCREASED BY 10-20 PERCENT IN
MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 40 POPS NOW BEING FEATURED AS FAR
SOUTHEAST AS THE I-85 CORRIDOR.
POPS HAVE ALSO BEE INCREASED FOR THIS EVENING. AN AXIS OF CAPE >
3000 IS ALREADY BEING ANALYZED ACROSS MIDDLE TENN INTO SE KENTUCKY.
SHORT TERM GUIDANCE ALSO DEPICTS A CORRIDOR OF 20-30KTS OF LOW LEVEL
SHEAR THIS AFTERNOON FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY INTO SOUTHWEST NC. A
CONSENSUS OF MESOSCALE MODEL GUIDANCE WOULD SUGGEST ORGANIZED MCS
DEVELOPMENT IN THESE AREAS BY LATE AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY DROPPING
SOUTHEAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. HOW THIS PLAYS OUT
FOR OUR AREA MAY DEPEND LARGELY UPON THIS AFTERNOON/S CONVECTIVE
EVOLUTION...BUT IT SEEMS THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED WOULD
BE ACROSS (ROUGHLY) THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHERE
POPS WERE INCREASED TO 40-50 PERCENT THIS EVENING. LOWERING FREEZING
LEVELS AND LARGE DCAPE SHOULD SUPPORT A RISK OF ISOLATED LARGE HAIL
AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ENHANCED
DOWNBURST RISK WITH ANY UPSCALE ORGANIZATION.
1030 UTC UPDATE...POPS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED PER RADAR TRENDS...WITH A
DECREASE EARLY ON. SKY COVER WAS UPDATED FROM INFRARED SATELLITE
IMAGERY...ALSO RESULTING IN A DECREASE. AREAS OF FOG WERE REDUCED
BASED ON OBSERVATIONS AND DEW POINT DEPRESSIONS.
AT 300 AM EDT TUESDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY ALONG THE EAST
COAST TODAY...WHILE AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS NORTH OVER THE MS RIVER
VALLEY. SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVES WILL CROSS OUR AREA TODAY AND
TONIGHT IN NW FLOW ALOFT....WHILE A COLD FRONT ADVANCES SLOWLY FORM
THE NE. IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THE FRONT WILL MAKE IT VERY FAR INTO
OUR AREA...BUT ITS GENERAL PROXIMITY MAY FOCUS CONVECTION ACROSS OUR
NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. EVEN IF THE FRONT REMAINS OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST...OUR AREA WILL BE IN A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS...AND
PASSING SHORTWAVES WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CONVECTION. MOISTURE
WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED...AND STEERING FLOW GREAT ENOUGH TO KEEP
CELLS MOVING...LIMITING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. ROBUST
CAPE WILL BE PRESENT...AND DRY AIR WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR EVAPORATIVE
COOLING...PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.
SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT...AND IF ANY
MCS ROUNDING THE CORNER OF THE RIDGE REACHES OUR AREA...IT MAY WELL
SURVIVE. STEERING FLOW AND A LACK OF DEEP MOISTURE WILL LIMIT HEAVY
RAINFALL POTENTIAL. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL RUN ABOVE NORMAL IN A
MOIST AIRMASS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 300 AM WEDNESDAY...A LARGE UPPER RIDGE WILL PERSIST ACRS THE
LWR-MID MS VALLEY...EXTENDING EAST ACRS THE SOUTHEAST STATES THRU
THE SHORT TERM. THE LATEST GUIDANCE SHOWS THAT A RING OF FIRE
PATTERN WILL SET UP...WITH A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES AND ASSOCIATED
CLUSTERS OF CONVECTION WILL RIDE OVER TOP OF THE RIDGE...FROM THE
UPR MIDWEST/SRN GREAT LAKES...TO THE MID ATLANTIC. IT LOOKS LIKE
MOST OF THE ASSOCIATED ACTIVITY WILL STAY NORTH OF THE CWFA.
HOWEVER...THE NRN ZONES (GENERALLY I-40 CORRIDOR AND NORTH)...MAY
GET BRUSHED BY A POSSIBLE MCS AT SOME POINT. NOT MUCH CHANGE WAS
MADE TO THE POPS. STILL EXPECT AT LEAST A HANDFUL OF
DIURNALLY-DRIVEN CONVECTION...AS STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES REMAIN
ATOP THE REGION. MODELS ARE TRENDING WARMER FOR THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...SO I BUMPED UP TEMPS ABOUT A CATEGORY...EVEN MORE IN THE NW
NC PIEDMONT...WHERE WE PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT
WOULD PUSH IN BY FRIDAY. THIS RESULTS IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS...WITH
UPR 80S IN THE MTN VALLEYS AND MID-UPR 90S ACRS THE PIEDMONT.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 315 AM WEDNESDAY...THE UPPER FLOW LOOKS TO BECOME MORE
NORTHERLY ATOP THE CWFA FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...AS RIDGE AXIS
DRIFTS SLIGHTLY EAST...WHILE A LARGE TROF REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY
JUST OFF THE EAST COAST. WHILE THE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE HAS DELAYED
THE TIMING OF A BACKDOOR COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE BY A FULL DAY...THEY
STILL SHOW IT COMING THRU...WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS AND INCREASED
CHC FOR PRECIP. BOTH THE 00Z/20 GFS AND ECMWF SHOW WEDGE-LIKE
CONFIGURATION FOR SUNDAY...WITH A 1021-1023 MB SFC HIGH OVER THE
CANADIAN MARITIMES...NOSING A RIDGE AXIS SW ALONG THE EAST COAST.
LIGHT NELY LLVL FLOW AND INCREASED CLOUDS SHUD KEEP TEMPS CLOSER TO
NORMAL...ESP SUNDAY.
FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THE SFC HIGH SINKS SOUTHWARD...KEEPING
COOLER LLVL THICKNESSES ACRS THE REGION...AND CONTINUED LIGHT ELY
LLVL FLOW. I WILL FCST TEMPS BACK TO NORMAL...EVEN SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL IN THE NW NC PIEDMONT...WITH CONTINUE SLGT CHC TO CHC POPS.
&&
.AVIATION /16Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...FOG HAS FAILED TO DEVELOP...AND THE DEW POINT DEPRESSION
REMAINS THREE DEGREES. CALM WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME LIGHT NE
THIS MORNING...THEN BACK TO SW BY AFTERNOON...BEFORE VEERING TO WNW
THIS EVENING. CONVECTIVE CHANCES REMAINS TOO LOW TO MENTION. LOW
CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TODAY...BUT WITHOUT ENOUGH COVERAGE
FOR A LOW VFR CIG. GUIDANCE DID NOT FAVOR FOG WEDNESDAY MORNING...
BUT IF IT RAINS THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...FOG WOULD BE MORE LIKELY.
ELSEWHERE...FOG HAS NOT DEVELOPED AS EXPECTED...EXCEPT IN A FEW NON
TAF SITES THAT RECEIVED BETTER RAINFALL YESTERDAY...AND THE LITTLE
TN RIVER VALLEY. CALM FOOTHILL WINDS MAY BRIEFLY COME UP FROM THE N
OR W THIS MORNING...BEFORE BACKING TO SW. KAVL WINDS WILL REMAIN
CHANNELED FROM THE NW. CONVECTIVE CHANCES ARE ONLY GREAT ENOUGH FOR
A MENTION AT KAVL THIS AFTERNOON. GUIDANCE FAVORED VERY LOW VSBY IN
FOG IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...BUT BASED ON RECENT PERFORMANCE...
ONLY MVFR VSBY WILL BE CARRIED AT KAVL.
OUTLOOK...SCT AFTERNOON CONVECTION AND PATCHY EARLY MORNING FOG WILL
REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEK. THERE WILL ALSO BE
INCREASING CHANCES FOR REMNANT ORGANIZED CONVECTION APPROACHING THE
AREA FROM THE NW DURING THE LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING HOURS.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
15-21Z 21-03Z 03-09Z 09-15Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 62%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...ARK
NEAR TERM...JAT/JDL
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...JAT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS SIOUX FALLS SD
1254 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1008 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
CURRENT CONVECTION IN EASTERN NEBRASKA CONTINUES TO FILTER
NORTHEASTWARD INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST IA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEB
AND FAR SOUTHEAST SD THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED
WITH A 700MB WAVE...MARKED BY DECENT MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS AND
STRONG MID LEVEL SPEED CONVERGENCE IN THAT AREA. SIGNALS BASED OFF
OF THE 12Z NAM CONTINUE TO POINT AT A GRADUAL WEAKENING OF THESE
FEATURES INTO MIDDAY...ALBEIT THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT THE
MID LEVEL CONVERGENCE MAY MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TOWARD THE IA GREAT
LAKES AREA AND STORM LAKE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SO THAT WILL NEED
MONITORED TO SEE IF WE NEED TO INCREASE AFTERNOON POPS IN THAT
AREA.
THIS CONVECTION HAS REALLY FOULED UP THE LOW LEVEL AND SURFACE
BOUNDARIES THIS MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE
CURRENT POSITION OF THE MAIN WARM FRONT IS STILL AROUND THE OMAHA
AREA PUSHED SOUTHWARD BY THE RAINFALL. THE VARIOUS SHORTER RANGE
MODELS ARE ALL OVER THE MAP IN HOW THEY LIFT THE FRONT...OR FRONTS...
NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FURTHERMORE...THE NEW 12Z
NAM HAS THE MAIN SHORT WAVE LIFTING OUT MUCH FURTHER TO THE
NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...WITH A LOBE OF
UPPER QG FORCING ARCING SOUTHWARD INTO OUR AREA THIS EVENING FROM
THE PARENT SHORT WAVE TO OUR NORTH. SO FOR TONIGHT...THE ACTUAL WAVE
MAY NOT BE MUCH OF A PLAYER FOR OUR FORECAST AREA. IN ADDITION...THE
SURFACE WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST DOES NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL TOMORROW.
SO ANY TORNADIC ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE CONFINED TO NEAR
THE NORTHWARD LIFTING WARM FRONT WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO PROG.
FOLLOWING THE 4KM NAM AND HRRR AS GUIDES SINCE THEY ARE VERY CLOSE...
IT APPEARS THAT ONE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY SCOOTS NORTHWARD WITH
THE WARM AIR ADVECTION TODAY...EVENTUALLY SETTING UP AND STALLING
GENERALLY FROM CENTRAL ND...TO NORTHEAST SD...AND DOWN TO JUST
NORTH OF MARSHALL MN THIS EVENING. BUT THERE IS A SECOND BOUNDARY
AS WAS SHOWN YESTERDAY GENERALLY EXTENDING FROM LOW PRESSURE IN
WEST CENTRAL SD...TO NEAR CHAMBERLAIN AND SIOUX CITY FROM 21Z TO
03Z TODAY...THEN WASHES OUT LIKELY DUE TO THE SHORT WAVE PASSAGE
TO OUR NORTHWEST. AFTER ALL OF THIS MORNING AND MIDDAY CONVECTION
IN OUR SOUTHERN ZONES...WORRIED THAT THE SOUTHERN PART OF THIS
SECOND WARM FRONT IN OUR SOUTHERN ZONES COULD BE CAPPED OFF INTO
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE SIOUX CITY...
YANKTON AND STORM LAKE AREAS. BUT FURTHER WEST TOWARD CENTRAL SD
WHERE STRONGER HEATING SHOULD OCCUR...THAT AREA COULD HAVE ENOUGH
LOW LEVEL CURVATURE TO SPAWN ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS EVENING...
AROUND THE CHAMBERLAIN AND MITCHELL AREAS...POSSIBLY EXTENDING
NORTHWARD THEN THROUGH THE EVENING CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 14 IN OUR
SOUTH DAKOTA ZONES. THE AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE LOW TO THE WEST
SHOULD ALSO AID IN LOW LEVEL CURVATURE IN OUR FAR WESTERN ZONES.
SO THIS APPEARS TO BE THE AREA RIGHT NOW FOR THE BEST CHANCE FOR
TORNADIC ACTIVITY THIS EVENING...AT LEAST WITH THE CURRENT
ANALYSIS. A BROADER RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS CERTAINLY WARRANTED
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ALONG THE
UPPER QG FORCING LOBE WHICH WAS MENTIONED ABOVE. WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR FOR THE LATEST TRENDS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 341 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPANDING THIS MORNING ALONG AND JUST
SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN AN AREA OF INCREASING ISENTROPIC LIFT
ON THE EDGE OF THE LOW LEVEL JET. THESE STORMS SHOULD GENERALLY
REMAIN SUB SEVERE WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...ALTHOUGH A FEW MARGINALLY
SEVERE HAIL REPORTS ARE POSSIBLE. NOT REALLY A STRAIGHT FORWARD
FORECAST AS WE GO THROUGH THE THE DAY TODAY INTO TONIGHT REGARDING
CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION. THOUGHT IS THE ELEVATED CONVECTION THIS
MORNING WILL GENERALLY BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE BY MID MORNING
AS THE AREA OF ISENTROPIC LIFT MOVES NORTH INTO DRIER AIR AND WE
HAVE THE DIURNAL WEAKENING OF THE LOW LEVEL JET. THIS IS SUPPORTED
BY A MAJORITY OF THE HI RES GUIDANCE. STILL SHOULD BE QUITE A BIT OF
MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS THAT STICKS AROUND THROUGH THE DAY...AND
POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED ELEVATED SHOWER OR STORM. BUT GENERALLY
THINKING THE DAY ENDS UP MAINLY DRY...UNTIL WE SEE A REGENERATION
THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT...WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED BELOW.
HIGHS TODAY TRICKY AS WELL GIVEN CLOUD COVER UNCERTAINTY. WILL
CONTINUE TO GO MIDDLE GROUND FOR HIGHS...WITH THE CLOUD COVER...HIGH
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE...AND SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS LIMITING MIXING.
STILL SHOULD SEE MID TO UPPER 80S...WHICH COMBINED WITH THE HIGH
DEWPOINTS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES FROM THE UPPER 80S TO MID
90S...HIGHEST ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER.
MAIN FOCUS OF THIS FORECAST IS ON SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THROUGH THE DAY A WARM FRONT WILL WORK ITS
WAY NORTH...SETTING UP SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE CWA BY THIS EVENING.
THIS WILL ENHANCE LOW LEVEL SHEAR...WITH 0 TO 1 KM SHEAR EXPECTED TO
BE 15 TO 20 KTS. GOOD TURNING OF THE WINDS WITH HEIGHT WILL ALSO
RESULT IN DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 40 OR MORE KTS...SUFFICIENT FOR
SUPERCELLS. MLCAPE SHOULD BE PLENTIFUL AS WELL WITH MOST LOW LEVELS
AND STEEP LAPSE RATES ALOFT RESULTING IN VALUES OF 2000 TO 3000
J/KG. AM CONCERNED ABOUT LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND STABILITY THOUGH.
MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW A PRETTY GOOD CAP IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY.
LOW LEVEL FORCING DOES NOT SEEM STRONG ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THIS FOR
MOST OF THE DAY...WHICH SHOULD KEEP SURFACE BASED CONVECTION AT BAY.
THE UPPER WAVE WILL PASS BY TO OUR NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...BUT SHOULD PASS TOO FAR NORTH TO AID TOO MUCH IN
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...AS 700 AND 500 MB HEIGHT FALLS ARE MINIMAL
TO NON EXISTENT. THUS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WILL RELY MAINLY ON
FORCING FROM THE WEST TO EAST MOVING COLD FRONT AND THE INCREASING
LOW LEVEL JET TOWARDS 0Z. PREFER TIMING AND PLACEMENT CLOSE TO THE
06Z 4KM NAM...AND 4KM NMMB. THIS WOULD GIVEN CONVECTIVE INITIATION
ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH STORMS MOVING TOWARDS CHAMBERLAIN
AND HURON BETWEEN 6PM AND 9PM. GIVEN THE AMPLE CAPE...STORMS SHOULD
BE ABLE TO THEN PROGRESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA...APPROACHING
INTERSTATE 29 AFTER 10 PM AND THE EASTERN CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT. GIVEN
THE GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT WENT WITH LIKELY POPS MOST AREAS...STAYED
SHY OF GOING CATEGORICAL GIVEN THAT THERE IS STILL A CHANCE THE
STORMS PEEL OFF TO THE NORTH CLOSER TO THE BETTER UPPER SUPPORT.
IN GENERAL THE SPC SLIGHT RISK AND PROBABILITIES SEEM GOOD. GIVEN
THE STEEP LAPSE RATES ALOFT AND GOOD SHEAR...LARGE HAIL OF TENNIS
BALL SIZE WILL INITIALLY BE A THREAT. THIS VERY LARGE HAIL THREAT
SHOULD MAINLY BE CLOSER TO WHERE STORMS INITIATE...LIKELY THE
VICINITY OF THE JAMES RIVER OR WEST. AS STORMS MOVE EAST...SOME
LARGE HAIL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT THE STRONG WIND THREAT
SHOULD ALSO INCREASE. TORNADO THREAT IS UNCERTAIN GIVEN THE
UNCERTAINTY ON WHETHER STORMS BECOME NEAR SURFACE BASED. BUT GIVEN
THE SHEAR MENTIONED ABOVE...CAN NOT RULE OUT A TORNADO OR
TWO...GREATEST THREAT AGAIN APPEARS TO BE WEST OF INTERSTATE
29...PROBABLY EVEN ALONG OR JUST WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. HEAVY RAIN
WILL ALSO BE LIKELY IN ANY STORMS...WITH PWATS UP TO 3 STANDARD
DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL. STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING ENOUGH TO PREVENT A
BIG FLASH FLOOD RISK...ALTHOUGH LOCALIZED FLOODING WOULD BE POSSIBLE
IN THE HEAVIER STORMS.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 341 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
THURSDAY LOOKS WARM...DRY AND HUMID AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS
ACROSS THE REGION. MAIN CONCERN ON THURSDAY WILL BE HEAT INDICES.
WHILE NOT QUITE TO ADVISORY LEVELS COULD SEE SOME LOWER TO MIDDLE
90S FOR HEAT INDICES WHICH WILL FEEL PRETTY HOT GIVEN THE EXPECTED 5
TO 10 MPH WIND.
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WILL SEE A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SWING
ONTO THE PLAINS WHICH WILL BRING A GRADUALLY INCREASING THREAT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS. JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE THURSDAY NIGHT THEN BECOMING
MUCH MORE LIKELY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A THREAT. FRIDAY
LIKELY TO BE PRETTY WARM AND HUMID...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST HALF
OF THE CWA. HEAT INDICES LIKELY 90 TO 95 IN THESE AREAS.
IN THE OUTER PERIODS (SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...A FAIRLY STRONG
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE TIMING AND STRENGTH ARE
FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN THE LATEST MODELS SO WILL CONTINUE WITH MID
RANGE POPS DURING THIS TIME. ALSO LOOKS LIKE A DECENT CHANCE FOR
SOME SPOTTY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW LOOKS TO POSSIBLY
BECOME PARALLEL TO THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY...WHICH COULD SUPPORT SOME
TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS. A LITTLE TOO FAR OUT TO REALLY NAIL THIS
DOWN BUT SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR. AS THE WAVE PASSES COOLER AIR WILL
SETTLE INTO THE AREA AND WITH CONTINUED TROUGHING TO THE WEST THE
THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL CLOUD
COVER...WILL ALSO CONTINUE. TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE IN THIS TIME FRAME
IS ALREADY BELOW NORMAL AND SEE NO REAL REASON TO STRAY TOO FAR FROM
THAT. STATISTICALLY A GOOD SIGNAL WITH THE GFS MEX GUIDANCE BELOW
CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS AND THE ENSEMBLE MEAN OUTPUT COOLER YET WHICH
IS USUALLY A BIG HINT TO STAY BELOW THE COLDER MEN TEMPERATURES.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1253 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
FOR STARTERS...VERY COMPLEX PATTERN IS NOT LENDING A LOT OF
CONFIDENCE TO THE 18Z TAFS. THE PRIMARY WARM FRONT IS STILL WELL
SOUTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME...WITH AN ELEVATED WARM
FRONT CONTINUING TO LIFT NORTHWARD. CONVECTION IS CURRENTLY FIRING
ALONG THE ELEVATED WARM FRONT...COUPLED WITH A SHORT WAVE NEAR
700MB ALONG OUR MO RIVER VALLEY ZONES. THOUGHTS ARE THAT THIS
ACTIVITY WILL LIFT NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE
PUT IN A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE SIOUX FALLS TAF SITE VERY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND VERY EARLY IN THE EVENING...BASED ON THE
TIMING OF THE ELEVATED WARM FRONTAL PASSAGE. DYNAMICS SHOULD BE
COMING TO A CLOSE AROUND SIOUX CITY BY MID AFTERNOON AS THE
ELEVATED WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD. THEREFORE ENDED THE PRECIP
THREAT FOR SIOUX CITY BY THAT TIME. AS THE PRIMARY UPPER SHORT
WAVE LIFTS THROUGH NORTHERN SD AND NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING...
CONTINUED TO PLACE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR THE KHON TAF SITE
DURING THE EVENING HOURS. BUT FURTHER SOUTH...THERE COULD BE A
BREAK IN THE KFSD TAF SITE AFTER EARLY EVENING UNTIL THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. RIGHT DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT...AS THE MAIN SHORT
WAVE LIFTS NORTH OF KFSD...THERE COULD BE A PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS WHICH WERE MENTIONED IN THE KFSD TAF ASSOCIATED WITH THE
MAIN WAVE IN NORTHERN SD...AS CONVECTION COULD DEVELOP SOUTHWARD
INTO A STOUT LOW LEVEL JET. BUT KSUX MAY BE TOO FAR SOUTH FOR
NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY TONIGHT...OR AT LEAST LESS CONFIDENT OF
CONVECTION...SO LEFT KSUX DRY FOR TONIGHT.
LASTLY...THE LATEST HIRES NAM IS HINTING AT STRATUS DEVELOPMENT
FOR KHON AND KFSD LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY BEHIND THE SHORT
WAVE DEPARTURE. IF RAIN PANS OUT TONIGHT...THIS IS A DISTINCT
POSSIBILITY AS WINDS ARE LIGHT WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE LINGERING.
FOR NOW...HEDGED MVFR CONDITIONS FOR THOSE TWO LOCATIONS FOR THIS
POSSIBILITY.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...MJ
SHORT TERM...CHENARD
LONG TERM...08
AVIATION...MJ
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS SIOUX FALLS SD
1008 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1008 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
CURRENT CONVECTION IN EASTERN NEBRASKA CONTINUES TO FILTER
NORTHEASTWARD INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST IA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEB
AND FAR SOUTHEAST SD THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED
WITH A 700MB WAVE...MARKED BY DECENT MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS AND
STRONG MID LEVEL SPEED CONVERGENCE IN THAT AREA. SIGNALS BASED OFF
OF THE 12Z NAM CONTINUE TO POINT AT A GRADUAL WEAKENING OF THESE
FEATURES INTO MIDDAY...ALBEIT THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT THE
MID LEVEL CONVERGENCE MAY MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TOWARD THE IA GREAT
LAKES AREA AND STORM LAKE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SO THAT WILL NEED
MONITORED TO SEE IF WE NEED TO INCREASE AFTERNOON POPS IN THAT
AREA.
THIS CONVECTION HAS REALLY FOULED UP THE LOW LEVEL AND SURFACE
BOUNDARIES THIS MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE
CURRENT POSITION OF THE MAIN WARM FRONT IS STILL AROUND THE OMAHA
AREA PUSHED SOUTHWARD BY THE RAINFALL. THE VARIOUS SHORTER RANGE
MODELS ARE ALL OVER THE MAP IN HOW THEY LIFT THE FRONT...OR FRONTS...
NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FURTHERMORE...THE NEW 12Z
NAM HAS THE MAIN SHORT WAVE LIFTING OUT MUCH FURTHER TO THE
NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...WITH A LOBE OF
UPPER QG FORCING ARCING SOUTHWARD INTO OUR AREA THIS EVENING FROM
THE PARENT SHORT WAVE TO OUR NORTH. SO FOR TONIGHT...THE ACTUAL WAVE
MAY NOT BE MUCH OF A PLAYER FOR OUR FORECAST AREA. IN ADDITION...THE
SURFACE WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST DOES NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL TOMORROW.
SO ANY TORNADIC ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE CONFINED TO NEAR
THE NORTHWARD LIFTING WARM FRONT WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO PROG.
FOLLOWING THE 4KM NAM AND HRRR AS GUIDES SINCE THEY ARE VERY CLOSE...
IT APPEARS THAT ONE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY SCOOTS NORTHWARD WITH
THE WARM AIR ADVECTION TODAY...EVENTUALLY SETTING UP AND STALLING
GENERALLY FROM CENTRAL ND...TO NORTHEAST SD...AND DOWN TO JUST
NORTH OF MARSHALL MN THIS EVENING. BUT THERE IS A SECOND BOUNDARY
AS WAS SHOWN YESTERDAY GENERALLY EXTENDING FROM LOW PRESSURE IN
WEST CENTRAL SD...TO NEAR CHAMBERLAIN AND SIOUX CITY FROM 21Z TO
03Z TODAY...THEN WASHES OUT LIKELY DUE TO THE SHORT WAVE PASSAGE
TO OUR NORTHWEST. AFTER ALL OF THIS MORNING AND MIDDAY CONVECTION
IN OUR SOUTHERN ZONES...WORRIED THAT THE SOUTHERN PART OF THIS
SECOND WARM FRONT IN OUR SOUTHERN ZONES COULD BE CAPPED OFF INTO
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE SIOUX CITY...
YANKTON AND STORM LAKE AREAS. BUT FURTHER WEST TOWARD CENTRAL SD
WHERE STRONGER HEATING SHOULD OCCUR...THAT AREA COULD HAVE ENOUGH
LOW LEVEL CURVATURE TO SPAWN ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS EVENING...
AROUND THE CHAMBERLAIN AND MITCHELL AREAS...POSSIBLY EXTENDING
NORTHWARD THEN THROUGH THE EVENING CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 14 IN OUR
SOUTH DAKOTA ZONES. THE AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE LOW TO THE WEST
SHOULD ALSO AID IN LOW LEVEL CURVATURE IN OUR FAR WESTERN ZONES.
SO THIS APPEARS TO BE THE AREA RIGHT NOW FOR THE BEST CHANCE FOR
TORNADIC ACTIVITY THIS EVENING...AT LEAST WITH THE CURRENT
ANALYSIS. A BROADER RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS CERTAINLY WARRANTED
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ALONG THE
UPPER QG FORCING LOBE WHICH WAS MENTIONED ABOVE. WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR FOR THE LATEST TRENDS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 341 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPANDING THIS MORNING ALONG AND JUST
SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN AN AREA OF INCREASING ISENTROPIC LIFT
ON THE EDGE OF THE LOW LEVEL JET. THESE STORMS SHOULD GENERALLY
REMAIN SUB SEVERE WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...ALTHOUGH A FEW MARGINALLY
SEVERE HAIL REPORTS ARE POSSIBLE. NOT REALLY A STRAIGHT FORWARD
FORECAST AS WE GO THROUGH THE THE DAY TODAY INTO TONIGHT REGARDING
CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION. THOUGHT IS THE ELEVATED CONVECTION THIS
MORNING WILL GENERALLY BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE BY MID MORNING
AS THE AREA OF ISENTROPIC LIFT MOVES NORTH INTO DRIER AIR AND WE
HAVE THE DIURNAL WEAKENING OF THE LOW LEVEL JET. THIS IS SUPPORTED
BY A MAJORITY OF THE HI RES GUIDANCE. STILL SHOULD BE QUITE A BIT OF
MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS THAT STICKS AROUND THROUGH THE DAY...AND
POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED ELEVATED SHOWER OR STORM. BUT GENERALLY
THINKING THE DAY ENDS UP MAINLY DRY...UNTIL WE SEE A REGENERATION
THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT...WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED BELOW.
HIGHS TODAY TRICKY AS WELL GIVEN CLOUD COVER UNCERTAINTY. WILL
CONTINUE TO GO MIDDLE GROUND FOR HIGHS...WITH THE CLOUD COVER...HIGH
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE...AND SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS LIMITING MIXING.
STILL SHOULD SEE MID TO UPPER 80S...WHICH COMBINED WITH THE HIGH
DEWPOINTS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES FROM THE UPPER 80S TO MID
90S...HIGHEST ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER.
MAIN FOCUS OF THIS FORECAST IS ON SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THROUGH THE DAY A WARM FRONT WILL WORK ITS
WAY NORTH...SETTING UP SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE CWA BY THIS EVENING.
THIS WILL ENHANCE LOW LEVEL SHEAR...WITH 0 TO 1 KM SHEAR EXPECTED TO
BE 15 TO 20 KTS. GOOD TURNING OF THE WINDS WITH HEIGHT WILL ALSO
RESULT IN DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 40 OR MORE KTS...SUFFICIENT FOR
SUPERCELLS. MLCAPE SHOULD BE PLENTIFUL AS WELL WITH MOST LOW LEVELS
AND STEEP LAPSE RATES ALOFT RESULTING IN VALUES OF 2000 TO 3000
J/KG. AM CONCERNED ABOUT LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND STABILITY THOUGH.
MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW A PRETTY GOOD CAP IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY.
LOW LEVEL FORCING DOES NOT SEEM STRONG ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THIS FOR
MOST OF THE DAY...WHICH SHOULD KEEP SURFACE BASED CONVECTION AT BAY.
THE UPPER WAVE WILL PASS BY TO OUR NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...BUT SHOULD PASS TOO FAR NORTH TO AID TOO MUCH IN
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...AS 700 AND 500 MB HEIGHT FALLS ARE MINIMAL
TO NON EXISTENT. THUS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WILL RELY MAINLY ON
FORCING FROM THE WEST TO EAST MOVING COLD FRONT AND THE INCREASING
LOW LEVEL JET TOWARDS 0Z. PREFER TIMING AND PLACEMENT CLOSE TO THE
06Z 4KM NAM...AND 4KM NMMB. THIS WOULD GIVEN CONVECTIVE INITIATION
ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH STORMS MOVING TOWARDS CHAMBERLAIN
AND HURON BETWEEN 6PM AND 9PM. GIVEN THE AMPLE CAPE...STORMS SHOULD
BE ABLE TO THEN PROGRESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA...APPROACHING
INTERSTATE 29 AFTER 10 PM AND THE EASTERN CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT. GIVEN
THE GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT WENT WITH LIKELY POPS MOST AREAS...STAYED
SHY OF GOING CATEGORICAL GIVEN THAT THERE IS STILL A CHANCE THE
STORMS PEEL OFF TO THE NORTH CLOSER TO THE BETTER UPPER SUPPORT.
IN GENERAL THE SPC SLIGHT RISK AND PROBABILITIES SEEM GOOD. GIVEN
THE STEEP LAPSE RATES ALOFT AND GOOD SHEAR...LARGE HAIL OF TENNIS
BALL SIZE WILL INITIALLY BE A THREAT. THIS VERY LARGE HAIL THREAT
SHOULD MAINLY BE CLOSER TO WHERE STORMS INITIATE...LIKELY THE
VICINITY OF THE JAMES RIVER OR WEST. AS STORMS MOVE EAST...SOME
LARGE HAIL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT THE STRONG WIND THREAT
SHOULD ALSO INCREASE. TORNADO THREAT IS UNCERTAIN GIVEN THE
UNCERTAINTY ON WHETHER STORMS BECOME NEAR SURFACE BASED. BUT GIVEN
THE SHEAR MENTIONED ABOVE...CAN NOT RULE OUT A TORNADO OR
TWO...GREATEST THREAT AGAIN APPEARS TO BE WEST OF INTERSTATE
29...PROBABLY EVEN ALONG OR JUST WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. HEAVY RAIN
WILL ALSO BE LIKELY IN ANY STORMS...WITH PWATS UP TO 3 STANDARD
DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL. STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING ENOUGH TO PREVENT A
BIG FLASH FLOOD RISK...ALTHOUGH LOCALIZED FLOODING WOULD BE POSSIBLE
IN THE HEAVIER STORMS.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 341 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
THURSDAY LOOKS WARM...DRY AND HUMID AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS
ACROSS THE REGION. MAIN CONCERN ON THURSDAY WILL BE HEAT INDICES.
WHILE NOT QUITE TO ADVISORY LEVELS COULD SEE SOME LOWER TO MIDDLE
90S FOR HEAT INDICES WHICH WILL FEEL PRETTY HOT GIVEN THE EXPECTED 5
TO 10 MPH WIND.
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WILL SEE A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SWING
ONTO THE PLAINS WHICH WILL BRING A GRADUALLY INCREASING THREAT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS. JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE THURSDAY NIGHT THEN BECOMING
MUCH MORE LIKELY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A THREAT. FRIDAY
LIKELY TO BE PRETTY WARM AND HUMID...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST HALF
OF THE CWA. HEAT INDICES LIKELY 90 TO 95 IN THESE AREAS.
IN THE OUTER PERIODS (SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...A FAIRLY STRONG
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE TIMING AND STRENGTH ARE
FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN THE LATEST MODELS SO WILL CONTINUE WITH MID
RANGE POPS DURING THIS TIME. ALSO LOOKS LIKE A DECENT CHANCE FOR
SOME SPOTTY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW LOOKS TO POSSIBLY
BECOME PARALLEL TO THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY...WHICH COULD SUPPORT SOME
TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS. A LITTLE TOO FAR OUT TO REALLY NAIL THIS
DOWN BUT SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR. AS THE WAVE PASSES COOLER AIR WILL
SETTLE INTO THE AREA AND WITH CONTINUED TROUGHING TO THE WEST THE
THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL CLOUD
COVER...WILL ALSO CONTINUE. TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE IN THIS TIME FRAME
IS ALREADY BELOW NORMAL AND SEE NO REAL REASON TO STRAY TOO FAR FROM
THAT. STATISTICALLY A GOOD SIGNAL WITH THE GFS MEX GUIDANCE BELOW
CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS AND THE ENSEMBLE MEAN OUTPUT COOLER YET WHICH
IS USUALLY A BIG HINT TO STAY BELOW THE COLDER MEN TEMPERATURES.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1054 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. LIGHT AND
VARIABLE WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 TO 20 KT
LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BUILD INTO THE MISSOURI VALLEY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK...BUT
ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY DIMINISH IN COVERAGE BY LATE MORNING THROUGH
THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP
IN OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES AFTER 21Z...LIKELY CLOSER TO 00Z.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA AFTER
00Z...WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL ALONG AND NORTH OF I-90.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...MJ
SHORT TERM...CHENARD
LONG TERM...08
AVIATION...
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS MORRISTOWN TN
1031 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
.DISCUSSION...SMALL CLUSTER OF GENERALLY WEAK THUNDERSTORMS HAS
MOVED SE OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA...AFFECTING MAINLY SW VA AND THE
NE TIP OF TN. RAP MODEL SEEMS TOO AGRESSIVE IN DEVELOPING MORE
SHOWERS AND STORMS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. FAVORING THE
DRIER NAM AND HRR MODELS...WHICH DON`T SHOW ANY MORE CONVECTION
UNTIL POSSIBLY TOWARD OR AFTER 12Z FRIDAY IN SW VA. THUS...OPTED TO
DROP POPS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT.
ADDED PATCHY FOG WHERE THE SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVED ACROSS...
AND TWEAKED A FEW TEMPS THAT WERE RAIN COOLED. NO OTHER CHANGES.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 71 96 73 96 / 20 20 20 20
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 70 92 73 93 / 30 30 30 40
OAK RIDGE, TN 69 92 72 93 / 30 30 30 40
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 65 89 68 90 / 60 50 50 40
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...NONE.
VA...NONE.
&&
$$
TG
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS NASHVILLE TN
500 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
.UPDATE...
12Z TAF DISCUSSION.
&&
.AVIATION...
PATCHY FOG WILL BRING BRIEF MVFR/IFR VIS TO CKV/CSV EARLY THIS
MORNING. OTHERWISE...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SCT CUMULUS THIS
MORNING WHICH WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE BY AFTERNOON...WITH VCTS
AT CSV AFTER 18Z. HRRR MODEL RUNS ARE RATHER AGGRESSIVE WITH
PRECIP ACROSS THE MID STATE LATER TODAY...SO CANNOT COMPLETELY
RULED OUT A -SHRA/-TSRA AT CKV/BNA EITHER. LIGHT SOUTHWEST TO WEST
WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TODAY WITH SPEEDS 5-10 KTS.
SHAMBURGER
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 244 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014/
DISCUSSION...
..TEMPS TO HEAT UP OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...
SHORT WAVE EVIDENT IN WIND FIELD AND SOMEWHAT IN VORTICITY PATTERN
WORKING THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY DOWN THROUGH EASTERN TENNESSEE
WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY TRYING
TO EXTEND DOWN ALONG TENNESSEE/KENTUCKY BORDER EAST OF MY CWA.
NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY AS WARM/HOT UPPER
LEVEL ANTICYCLONE BEGINS BUILDING IN THIS DIRECTION FROM SOUTHERN
PLAINS. MODELS ARE KEEPING SMALL POPS IN FOR TODAY ACROSS ALL OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH A LITTLE BETTER CHANCE OVER EASTERN AREAS
AND PLATEAU. HAVE LOW CONFIDENCE THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE MUCH
MORE THAN ISOLATED CONVECTION TODAY INTO THIS EVENING BUT DID
INCLUDE A SMALL POP IN FORECAST FOR TODAY AND EVENING. AS UPPER
RIDGE APPROACHES SUBSIDENCE GETS UNDERWAY WITH GOOD ADIABATIC
COMPRESSION WHICH WILL ACT TO DRY OUT TROPOSPHERE OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS WHICH MEANS LITTLE OR NO CHANCE FOR RAIN. ADIABATIC
COMPRESSION WILL ALSO HEAT TEMPS UP WELL INTO THE 90S LATTER PART
OF THIS WORK WEEK...OVER THE WEEKEND INTO THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK.
CLIMATE...THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS SUMMER IN NASHVILLE
HAS BEEN 97 DEGREES ON AUGUST 6TH. LAST SUMMER (2013) THE HOTTEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 97 DEGREES ON JULY 17TH.
HOTTEST SUMMER TEMPS SINCE 2000...
2013...97 JULY 17TH
2012...109 JUNE 29TH ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR NASHVILLE
2011...102 AUGUST 3RD
2010...101 AUGUST 4TH
2009...95 JUNE 22ND AND JUNE 27TH
2008...97 JULY 21ST AND AUGUST 5TH
2007...106 AUGUST 16TH ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR AUGUST
2006...100 JULY 19TH
2005...98 AUGUST 11TH...12TH AND 20TH
2004...94 JULY 13TH
2003...94 JULY 28TH
2002...97 AUGUST 5TH
2001...95 JULY 8TH
2000...100...AUGUST 17TH
&&
.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
55
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1251 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014
.AVIATION...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND GUSTY
THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE TERMINALS WITH VFR CONDITIONS. WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY LOWER TONIGHT TO AROUND 10 TO 15 KNOTS BEFORE
INCREASING INTO THURSDAY. MVFR STRATUS WILL BE REDEVELOP IN THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS BUT WILL BEGIN TO BREAK AS SE WINDS BEGIN TO
INCREASE AFTER 15Z THURSDAY.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX/
DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SLOWLY WEAKEN
JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. 15/16Z SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND
MORNING SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF SEABREEZE
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING UP IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE
COASTAL BEND AND MOVING INTO ROUGHLY THE EASTERN QUARTER OF THE
AREA...WHICH WORKS WELL WITH LAST FEW HOURS OF HRRR RUNS ON
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. TEMPERATURES AND WINDS ALSO LOOK ON
TRACK...NO SHORT TERM CHANGES PLANNED. /68-JGG/
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 624 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014/
AVIATION...
MVFR CONDITIONS HAVE BROKEN OUT ACROSS THE I-35 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING.
EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 17Z BEFORE VFR CIGS RETURN.
WITH THE MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO CONTINUING
WE EXPECT MVFR STRATUS TO RETURN TONIGHT AROUND 08Z. DEL RIO MAY
SEE A COUPLE HOURS OF MVFR CIGS THIS MORNING...SO HAVE MAINTAINED
THE TEMPO GROUP FROM 13Z TO 15Z FROM PREVIOUS TAF PACKAGES. WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THIS MORNING DRT WILL BE VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD.
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND GUSTY AT TIMES. SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10-15 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING
GUSTING AT TIMES TO 20 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS CALM SLIGHTLY
OVERNIGHT...BACK DOWN TO AROUND 10 KNOTS...BEFORE PICKING UP
AGAIN ON THURSDAY.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 311 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2014/
SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DISSIPATED ACROSS THE WESTERN
COUNTIES AND AM NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITY. THE UPPER TOUGH/SHEAR AXIS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 48 HOURS
OF ACTIVITY HAS WEAKENED AND LIFTED TO THE NORTHEAST. THERE IS A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEA BREEZE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
COASTAL PLAINS COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. PW VALUES THEN DROP OFF
AND WILL KEEP A DRY FORECAST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON
THURSDAY. HIGHS TODAY AND THURSDAY WILL BE PERSISTENT...IN THE
UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.
LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
A MOSTLY DRY FORECAST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. MOISTURE WILL
REMAIN RATHER SPARCE AND THIS SHOULD LIMIT THE ACTIVITY. CANT
COMPLETELY RULE OUT A STRAY SHOWER ON ANY GIVEN AFTERNOON...BUT
THE CHANCES WERE TOO LOW TO MENTION AT THIS TIME. PW VALUES
INCREASE TO NEAR 2 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES ON
MONDAY AND THIS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT A MENTION OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA MONDAY. MODELS ARE SHOWING THIS
INCREASE IN MOISTURE TO BE SHORT LIVED WITH PW VALUES RETURNING TO
BELOW 1.8 INCHES TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE EXTENDED WILL
CONTINUE TO BE PERSISTENT WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100
DEGREES AND LOWS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM / MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM / MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM
NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM / MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM
BURNET MUNI AIRPORT MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM / MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM / MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM
GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM / MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM
HONDO MUNI AIRPORT MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM / MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM
SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM / MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM
LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM / MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM / MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM
STINSON MUNI AIRPORT MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM / MMM MMM MMM MMM MMM
&&
.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
MESOSCALE/AVIATION...99
SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...99
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS BLACKSBURG VA
119 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH THE REST
OF THE WEEK. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRACKING EAST AND SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE BOUNDARY WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE
REGION EACH DAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
AS OF 955 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...
BAND OF DEEP CONVECTION CONTINUES TO PUSH SE OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN
EMPIRE REGION INTO THE BLUE RIDGE ATTM AND EXPECT THIS AXIS TO
PERSIST UNTIL PERHAPS TOPPING THE FOOTHILLS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR
SO. THIS DESPITE LACK OF INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE SHRA/TSRA
COMPLEX AS FEED OF BETTER CAPES AND THETA-E ADVECTION OFF TO THE
WEST PROVIDING SUPPORT. THIS AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE
TROUGH THAT IS CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE WESTERN SLOPES AND ALONG
THE RESIDUAL SURFACE FRONT THAT HAS BACKDOORED SW INTO SW VA EARLY
THIS MORNING.
ALTHOUGH EXPECTING THIS PRECIP TO FADE...COMBINATION OF EARLY
CLOUDS/SHRA OVER THE WEST AND LINGERING FOG/STRATUS IN THE EASTERN
WEDGE WILL MAKE THINGS TRICKY IN REGARDS TO POSSIBLE RENEWED
AFTERNOON CONVECTION. MOST EARLIER GUIDANCE AND CURRENT SHORT TERM
SOLUTIONS WANT TO REDEVELOP TSRA ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE BEFORE
SLIDING THIS EAST INTO EARLY EVENING AS THE TROUGH AXIS LIFTS NE.
HOWEVER THE LATEST HRRR ONLY SHOWS ISOLATED COVERAGE BLUE RIDGE
AFTER CURRENT SHRA FIZZLES WHILE THE 12Z NAM SLOWER IN HOLDING OFF
MOST NEW CONVECTION UNTIL LATE OR EARLY EVENING EAST WITH SOME
WEAK CAPPING ALOFT UNDER RESIDUAL CLOUDS IN THE WAKE OF THE
CURRENT COVERAGE. THUS HAVE ADJUSTED POPS DOWN SOME IN THE FAR
WEST AND TRIMMED LIKELYS DOWN BLUE RIDGE BEHIND THE ONGOING
COVERAGE BEFORE BEEFING UP OUT EAST MID/LATE AFTERNOON AS CAPES
RECOVER LATE TO 1-2K J/KG. HIGH TEMPS WILL AGAIN GET OFF TO A
SLOW START IN SPOTS WITH LATE DAY HIGHS MOST SPOTS PENDING ADDED
SHRA/TSRA WITH PERHAPS THE FAR WEST BEING THE WARMEST WITH MORE
SUN EARLIER BEHIND THE CURRENT COVERAGE.
PREVIOUS VALID DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT
LAKES WITH LOBE OF VORTICITY TRAILING SOUTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.
THIS FEATURE HAS RESULTED IN A PERSISTENT AREA OF LIFT ASSOCIATED
WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AS OF 08Z/4AM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND STORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM WESTERN PA INTO EASTERN OHIO AND
NORTHEAST KY. OUTFLOW FROM THIS COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO MAKE ITS WAY OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY.
MODELS DO NOT SEEM OVERLY CONFIDENT THIS OUTFLOW WILL MAKE IT
OVER THE MOUNTAINS...INDICATING WEAKENING AND A GRADUAL DEMISE OF
ACTIVITY. MATTER OF FACT THE SYNOPTIC MODELS DON`T PRODUCE MUCH IN
THE WAY OF RAINFALL AT ALL ACROSS OUR CWA...MOS POPS GENERALLY LESS
THAN 40 PERCENT.
ATTM PREFER NOT TO IGNORE THE OBVIOUS...WHICH IS A MODEST LOOKING
UPPER LEVEL TROF...ASSOCIATED WITH A HEALTHY LOOKING AREA OF
SHRA/TSRA...THE OUTFLOW OF WHICH SHOULD PASS THROUGH OUR FORECAST
AREA TODAY. THE ONLY THING THAT KEPT ME FROM GOING WITH
CATEGORICAL POPS IS THE POTENTIAL TIMING OF THE ACTIVITY AS IT
CROSSES THE MOUNTAINS. BASED ON CURRENT PROGRESSION...SHOWERS WILL
MOVE INTO THE WV MOUNTAINS DURING THE MORNING...THEN PROGRESS EAST
REACHING THE BLUE RIDGE TOWARD NOON...THEN EAST OF THE MTNS EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EARLIER SORT OF TIMING SUGGESTS DEBRIS CLOUDS
WILL OVERSPREAD THE CWA EARLY AND LIMIT FULL INSOLATION THUS
LIMITING INSTABILITY.
THAT SAID...THINK AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER WILL
CROSS THE FORECAST AREA...BUT IN A WEAKENED STATE. GREATEST
COVERAGE WILL BE FROM THE VIRGINIAS NORTHWARD CLOSER TO THE UPPER
SUPPORT FROM THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH...THE STRONGER DYNAMIC LIFT
MOVING FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO PA/NY. HAVE PLACED THE HIGHEST
POPS ACROSS WV/VA CLOSER TO THE SUPPORT FROM THE UPPER TROF...AND
WHERE THE OUTFLOW WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF MAKING IT OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND HELP FOCUS RENEWED DEEP CONVECTION. FARTHER
SOUTH...FROM THE VA/NC BORDER SOUTHWARD...COVERAGE WILL BE LESS
AND MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE. WITH LESS COVERAGE COMES THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE SUN. MORE SUN SUGGESTS WARMER
TEMPERATURES...AND WARMER TEMEPERATURES WILL YIELD GREATER
INSTABILITY PROVIDING STRONGER UPDRAFTS. AS SUCH CAN`T RULE OUT A
STRONG PULSE STORM OR TWO...ESPECIALLY WHERE MORE SUN
MATERIALIZES.
WENT BLO MOS GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE VIRGINIAS WHERE
MORE CLOUD COVER IS ANTICIPATED TODAY. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES
WILL BE ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA WHERE MORE SUN IS ANTICIPATED.
PASSAGE OF THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BRING AN END TO MOST OF THE STORM
ACTIVITY THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER FOGGY NIGHT WITH
AREAS OF FOG AND PATCHY DENSE FOG DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA. IF SKIES CAN COMPLETELY CLEAR...THIS WOULD BE MOST IDEAL FOR
RADIATION FOG. THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS IN THE NEW RIVER VALLEY
WITH DENSE FOG EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THINK IT WILL BE A REPEAT
AGAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM WEDNESDAY...
THE REGION WILL REMAIN IN AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN DURING THIS
PORTION OF THE FORECAST. A STRONG UPPER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE
SITUATED ACROSS THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A DEEPENING UPPER
LOW/TROUGH WILL BE POSITIONED OFF THE COAST OF NEW ENGLAND. OUR AREA
OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE TWO WITHIN NW-SE
ORIENTED MID-LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE...WITH AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE
BACKDOOR COLD FRONT EITHER OVER...OR VERY CLOSE TO THE REGION BY THE
START OF THE WEEKEND.
THE ABOVE SCENARIO POINTS TOWARD A PERIOD WITH AT LEAST SCATTERED
SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST EACH DAY AND NIGHT...AND SOME AFTERNOON AND
EVENING STORMS. WHAT IS A LITTLE HARDER TO NAIL DOWN WILL BE THE
WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL CHANCES OF
PRECIPITATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH PERIODICAL UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE
TROUGHS HEADING SOUTHEAST ALONG THIS BAROCLINIC ZONE AND THROUGH OUR
REGION. EACH MODEL SEEMS TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE ON TIMING AND
TRACK.
EYEBALLING A CONSENSUS OF THE GUIDANCE POINTS TOWARD THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS ONE POTENTIAL TIME THAT WOULD WARRANT
HIGHER POPS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF
THE REGION. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY MAY BE FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS MAINLY
NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA. FINALLY...SATURDAY NIGHT MAY
PROVE TO BE A THIRD OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY
CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS.
AT THIS TIME...CONFIDENCE IS NOT THERE TO OFFER A CATEGORICAL...75
PERCENT OR HIGHER...CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR ANY ONE OF THE THREE
SCENARIOS LISTED ABOVE. HOWEVER...WILL CONTINUE...OR ADD...A
FORECAST OF LIKELY POPS TO THE FIRST AND SECOND SCENARIOS. FOR THE
THIRD SCENARIO...WILL OFFER A FORECAST JUST SHY OF LIKELY POPS.
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY COOL AS
THE BAROCLINIC ZONE MAKES PROGRESS WESTWARD. THE COMBINATION OF MORE
CLOUD COVER AND MORE PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH LOWER HEIGHTS WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO THIS. BY SATURDAY...THE SURFACE COLD FRONT MAY BE
BISECTING THE REGION FROM NW-SE...THUS YIELDING NOTABLY COOLER
TEMPERATURES AT LEAST FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE
AREA.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM EDT TUESDAY...
THE WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY THE
BATTLE BETWEEN LARGE UPPER RIDGE TO OUR WEST TRYING TO BUILD INTO
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...WHILE TROUGH OFF NEW ENGLAND COAST DEEPENS
WHILE CLOSING OFF AND CONTINUES TO APPEAR THAT IT WILL SET UP CLOSE
ENOUGH TO COAST TO PUSH BACK DOOR FRONT THROUGH AND WELL SOUTH OF
THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BEFORE LIKELY WEAKENING AND ALLOWING
MORE INFLUENCE OF THE RIDGE TO BE FELT BY TUES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
WESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA IF WEAK/SHALLOW BOUNDARY LAYER WEDGE IS IN
PLACE EARLY IN THE DAY BEFORE MIXING OUT OVER THE EAST. WHILE
SURFACE WEDGE FRONT MAY BE WELL TO THE SOUTH DURING MUCH OF THIS
PERIOD...WITH STRONGEST SOUTHWARD PUSH ON SATURDAY...THE 850
BOUNDARY AND MOST LIKELY TRACK FOR UPPER S/WV ENERGY FROM THE NW IS
LIKELY TO BE RIGHT OVER THE BLACKSBURG FORECAST AREA...AND THUS GOOD
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PERIOD. TIMING
MOST LIKELY WINDOWS REMAINS TRICKY...AS MANY OF THESE WAVES ARE
STRONGLY INFLUENCE BY CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES THAT WILL DEVELOP WELL
UPSTREAM. LIKE THE TRENDS OVERALL THAT 12Z GFS IS TAKING...NOT ONLY
WITH RETURN TO SHARPER AMPLITUDE PATTERN...BUT IDEA OF TWO DISTINCT
WAVES HEADING FOR THE WESTERN PART OF OUR FORECAST AREA...ONE
SATURDAY AND ANOTHER ONE SUNDAY. EXACT TIMES MAY HELP DETERMINE IF
THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY...WHICH WOULD LIKELY BE LIMITED TO
THE FAR WEST NEAR EDGE OF WEDGE BOUNDARY...BUT PERHAPS THE BIGGER
CONCERN IS RAINFALL THAT IS LIKELY TO IMPACT THE SAME AREAS AT LEAST
A COUPLE OF DAYS IN A ROW.
THERE COULD BE ANOTHER WAVE FOR MONDAY...BUT AS RIDGE ATTEMPTS TO
BUILD IN AND TROUGH TO THE EAST AND ASSOCIATED WEDGE WEAKEN WHAT MAY
TEND TO OCCUR IS MORE DIURNAL POP-UP CONVECTION ALONG AND NEAR THE
WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE WEDGE BOUNDARY IN OUR WESTERN FORECAST AREA
AS THE ATMOS DESTABILIZES MORE. BY TUESDAY THE SUPPORT TO KEEP WEDGE
IN PLACE SHOULD BE WEAKENING AS TROUGH LIFTS AND SFC HIGH SHIFTS
MORE EAST OF THE AREA...AND OVERALL IT LOOKS A LITTLE DRIER...BUT
NOT SURE ALL POPS CAN BE REMOVED.
GIVEN PATTERN WE`VE BEEN IN...REALLY DON`T HAVE CONFIDENCE TO DRY IT
OUT OR WARM IT UP TOO FAST...SO WILL LEAN TOWARD STRONGER INFLUENCE
OF THE WEDGE THROUGH THIS PERIOD AND BETTER CHANCES FOR
PRECIP...WHICH WILL HELP STRENGTHEN THE WEDGE TOO. UNDERCUT EVEN
COOLER ECMWF A LITTLE BIT FOR HIGHS...WITH A BIT MORE WARMING FOR
TUESDAY. BUT IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST THINGS MAY BE ABLE TO WARM UP VERY
QUICKLY A DAY OR TWO EARLIER THAN THIS IF THE WEDGE CAN BREAK AND
SOME OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIG UPPER RIDGE CAN BE REALIZED. THIS
WILL EVENTUALLY RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT WARM UP FOR OUR ENTIRE
AREA...BUT AM THINKING IT WILL NOT COME UNTIL MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION /17Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 100 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...
ACTIVE AND VARIABLE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES THIS TAF PERIOD.
EARLY CONVECTION WITHERED ON THE VINE AS IT MOVED OFF THE BLUE
RIDGE AND HELPED STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE FOR A BIT. HOWEVER...
LATEST ANALYSES INDICATE INSTABILITY IS RECOVERING AND MESO MODELS
DO SHOW SOME CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. EASTERN
AREAS ARE ON THE FRINGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WEDGING DOWN THE COAST
WHERE THERE WAS EXTENSIVE LOW CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING. BELIEVE
CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY BE VFR BY ISSUANCE TIME AND WILL USE
VICINITY TO COVER EXPECTED SHOWER/STORM DEVELOPMENT. CONDITIONS
WILL DIP DOWN WITH ANY PRECIPITATION BUT FEEL A TEMPO GROUP WILL
BE TOO HEAVY HANDED SO WILL LEAVE OUT MENTION OF LOWER CONDITIONS.
TONIGHT WILL BE ANOTHER TOUGH CALL FOR FOG/LOW STRATUS DEVELOPMENT.
INDICATIONS IN MESO RH FIELDS ARE THAT IFR/LIFR WILL BE LESS
WIDESPREAD SO WILL TRY TO CONFINE LOW CONDITIONS TO A SMALLER PERIOD
TOWARD DAYBREAK...JUST IN TIME TO MENTION SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWER
ACTIVITY WITH THE NEXT WAVE OF ENERGY ENTERING FROM THE WEST. WINDS
WILL NOT BE PROBLEMATIC FOR AVIATION PURPOSES THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD.
EXTENDED AVIATION...
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BE MOVING THROUGH PERIODICALLY AND
INTERACTING WITH A STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT
FEW DAYS...RESULTING IN PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DUE
TO THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE AIR...EXPECT STRATUS AND FOG
DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIODS WITH AREAS OF MVFR/IFR MOST PRONOUNCED
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9AM EACH DAY. MODELS ARE INDICATED THAT A DEEPER
EASTERLY SORT OF WIND FLOW WILL SETUP FOR THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND.
THIS SUGGEST THAT LOW CIGS MAY PERSIST EVEN DURING THE DAYTIME
PERIODS...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND DUE TO MOISTURE BANKING UP AGAINST THE
EAST SIDE OF THE APPALACHIANS.
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
WV...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...SK
NEAR TERM...JH/PM
SHORT TERM...DS
LONG TERM...SK
AVIATION...MBS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS BLACKSBURG VA
1014 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH THE REST
OF THE WEEK. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRACKING EAST AND SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE BOUNDARY WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE
REGION EACH DAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
AS OF 955 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...
BAND OF DEEP CONVECTION CONTINUES TO PUSH SE OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN
EMPIRE REGION INTO THE BLUE RIDGE ATTM AND EXPECT THIS AXIS TO
PERSIST UNTIL PERHAPS TOPPING THE FOOTHILLS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR
SO. THIS DESPITE LACK OF INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE SHRA/TSRA
COMPLEX AS FEED OF BETTER CAPES AND THETA-E ADVECTION OFF TO THE
WEST PROVIDING SUPPORT. THIS AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE
TROUGH THAT IS CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE WESTERN SLOPES AND ALONG
THE RESIDUAL SURFACE FRONT THAT HAS BACKDOORED SW INTO SW VA EARLY
THIS MORNING.
ALTHOUGH EXPECTING THIS PRECIP TO FADE...COMBINATION OF EARLY
CLOUDS/SHRA OVER THE WEST AND LINGERING FOG/STRATUS IN THE EASTERN
WEDGE WILL MAKE THINGS TRICKY IN REGARDS TO POSSIBLE RENEWED
AFTERNOON CONVECTION. MOST EARLIER GUIDANCE AND CURRENT SHORT TERM
SOLUTIONS WANT TO REDEVELOP TSRA ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE BEFORE
SLIDING THIS EAST INTO EARLY EVENING AS THE TROUGH AXIS LIFTS NE.
HOWEVER THE LATEST HRRR ONLY SHOWS ISOLATED COVERAGE BLUE RIDGE
AFTER CURRENT SHRA FIZZLES WHILE THE 12Z NAM SLOWER IN HOLDING OFF
MOST NEW CONVECTION UNTIL LATE OR EARLY EVENING EAST WITH SOME
WEAK CAPPING ALOFT UNDER RESIDUAL CLOUDS IN THE WAKE OF THE
CURRENT COVERAGE. THUS HAVE ADJUSTED POPS DOWN SOME IN THE FAR
WEST AND TRIMMED LIKELYS DOWN BLUE RIDGE BEHIND THE ONGOING
COVERAGE BEFORE BEEFING UP OUT EAST MID/LATE AFTERNOON AS CAPES
RECOVER LATE TO 1-2K J/KG. HIGH TEMPS WILL AGAIN GET OFF TO A
SLOW START IN SPOTS WITH LATE DAY HIGHS MOST SPOTS PENDING ADDED
SHRA/TSRA WITH PERHAPS THE FAR WEST BEING THE WARMEST WITH MORE
SUN EARLIER BEHIND THE CURRENT COVERAGE.
PREVIOUS VALID DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT
LAKES WITH LOBE OF VORTICITY TRAILING SOUTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.
THIS FEATURE HAS RESULTED IN A PERSISTENT AREA OF LIFT ASSOCIATED
WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AS OF 08Z/4AM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND STORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM WESTERN PA INTO EASTERN OHIO AND
NORTHEAST KY. OUTFLOW FROM THIS COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO MAKE ITS WAY OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY.
MODELS DO NOT SEEM OVERLY CONFIDENT THIS OUTFLOW WILL MAKE IT
OVER THE MOUNTAINS...INDICATING WEAKENING AND A GRADUAL DEMISE OF
ACTIVITY. MATTER OF FACT THE SYNOPTIC MODELS DON`T PRODUCE MUCH IN
THE WAY OF RAINFALL AT ALL ACROSS OUR CWA...MOS POPS GENERALLY LESS
THAN 40 PERCENT.
ATTM PREFER NOT TO IGNORE THE OBVIOUS...WHICH IS A MODEST LOOKING
UPPER LEVEL TROF...ASSOCIATED WITH A HEALTHY LOOKING AREA OF
SHRA/TSRA...THE OUTFLOW OF WHICH SHOULD PASS THROUGH OUR FORECAST
AREA TODAY. THE ONLY THING THAT KEPT ME FROM GOING WITH
CATEGORICAL POPS IS THE POTENTIAL TIMING OF THE ACTIVITY AS IT
CROSSES THE MOUNTAINS. BASED ON CURRENT PROGRESSION...SHOWERS WILL
MOVE INTO THE WV MOUNTAINS DURING THE MORNING...THEN PROGRESS EAST
REACHING THE BLUE RIDGE TOWARD NOON...THEN EAST OF THE MTNS EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EARLIER SORT OF TIMING SUGGESTS DEBRIS CLOUDS
WILL OVERSPREAD THE CWA EARLY AND LIMIT FULL INSOLATION THUS
LIMITING INSTABILITY.
THAT SAID...THINK AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER WILL
CROSS THE FORECAST AREA...BUT IN A WEAKENED STATE. GREATEST
COVERAGE WILL BE FROM THE VIRGINIAS NORTHWARD CLOSER TO THE UPPER
SUPPORT FROM THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH...THE STRONGER DYNAMIC LIFT
MOVING FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO PA/NY. HAVE PLACED THE HIGHEST
POPS ACROSS WV/VA CLOSER TO THE SUPPORT FROM THE UPPER TROF...AND
WHERE THE OUTFLOW WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF MAKING IT OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND HELP FOCUS RENEWED DEEP CONVECTION. FARTHER
SOUTH...FROM THE VA/NC BORDER SOUTHWARD...COVERAGE WILL BE LESS
AND MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE. WITH LESS COVERAGE COMES THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE SUN. MORE SUN SUGGESTS WARMER
TEMPERATURES...AND WARMER TEMEPERATURES WILL YIELD GREATER
INSTABILITY PROVIDING STRONGER UPDRAFTS. AS SUCH CAN`T RULE OUT A
STRONG PULSE STORM OR TWO...ESPECIALLY WHERE MORE SUN
MATERIALIZES.
WENT BLO MOS GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE VIRGINIAS WHERE
MORE CLOUD COVER IS ANTICIPATED TODAY. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES
WILL BE ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA WHERE MORE SUN IS ANTICIPATED.
PASSAGE OF THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BRING AN END TO MOST OF THE STORM
ACTIVITY THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER FOGGY NIGHT WITH
AREAS OF FOG AND PATCHY DENSE FOG DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA. IF SKIES CAN COMPLETELY CLEAR...THIS WOULD BE MOST IDEAL FOR
RADIATION FOG. THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS IN THE NEW RIVER VALLEY
WITH DENSE FOG EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THINK IT WILL BE A REPEAT
AGAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM WEDNESDAY...
THE REGION WILL REMAIN IN AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN DURING THIS
PORTION OF THE FORECAST. A STRONG UPPER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE
SITUATED ACROSS THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A DEEPENING UPPER
LOW/TROUGH WILL BE POSITIONED OFF THE COAST OF NEW ENGLAND. OUR AREA
OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE TWO WITHIN NW-SE
ORIENTED MID-LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE...WITH AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE
BACKDOOR COLD FRONT EITHER OVER...OR VERY CLOSE TO THE REGION BY THE
START OF THE WEEKEND.
THE ABOVE SCENARIO POINTS TOWARD A PERIOD WITH AT LEAST SCATTERED
SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST EACH DAY AND NIGHT...AND SOME AFTERNOON AND
EVENING STORMS. WHAT IS A LITTLE HARDER TO NAIL DOWN WILL BE THE
WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL CHANCES OF
PRECIPITATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH PERIODICAL UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE
TROUGHS HEADING SOUTHEAST ALONG THIS BAROCLINIC ZONE AND THROUGH OUR
REGION. EACH MODEL SEEMS TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE ON TIMING AND
TRACK.
EYEBALLING A CONSENSUS OF THE GUIDANCE POINTS TOWARD THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS ONE POTENTIAL TIME THAT WOULD WARRANT
HIGHER POPS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF
THE REGION. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY MAY BE FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS MAINLY
NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA. FINALLY...SATURDAY NIGHT MAY
PROVE TO BE A THIRD OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY
CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS.
AT THIS TIME...CONFIDENCE IS NOT THERE TO OFFER A CATEGORICAL...75
PERCENT OR HIGHER...CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR ANY ONE OF THE THREE
SCENARIOS LISTED ABOVE. HOWEVER...WILL CONTINUE...OR ADD...A
FORECAST OF LIKELY POPS TO THE FIRST AND SECOND SCENARIOS. FOR THE
THIRD SCENARIO...WILL OFFER A FORECAST JUST SHY OF LIKELY POPS.
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY COOL AS
THE BAROCLINIC ZONE MAKES PROGRESS WESTWARD. THE COMBINATION OF MORE
CLOUD COVER AND MORE PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH LOWER HEIGHTS WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO THIS. BY SATURDAY...THE SURFACE COLD FRONT MAY BE
BISECTING THE REGION FROM NW-SE...THUS YIELDING NOTABLY COOLER
TEMPERATURES AT LEAST FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE
AREA.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM EDT TUESDAY...
THE WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY THE
BATTLE BETWEEN LARGE UPPER RIDGE TO OUR WEST TRYING TO BUILD INTO
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...WHILE TROUGH OFF NEW ENGLAND COAST DEEPENS
WHILE CLOSING OFF AND CONTINUES TO APPEAR THAT IT WILL SET UP CLOSE
ENOUGH TO COAST TO PUSH BACK DOOR FRONT THROUGH AND WELL SOUTH OF
THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BEFORE LIKELY WEAKENING AND ALLOWING
MORE INFLUENCE OF THE RIDGE TO BE FELT BY TUES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
WESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA IF WEAK/SHALLOW BOUNDARY LAYER WEDGE IS IN
PLACE EARLY IN THE DAY BEFORE MIXING OUT OVER THE EAST. WHILE
SURFACE WEDGE FRONT MAY BE WELL TO THE SOUTH DURING MUCH OF THIS
PERIOD...WITH STRONGEST SOUTHWARD PUSH ON SATURDAY...THE 850
BOUNDARY AND MOST LIKELY TRACK FOR UPPER S/WV ENERGY FROM THE NW IS
LIKELY TO BE RIGHT OVER THE BLACKSBURG FORECAST AREA...AND THUS GOOD
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PERIOD. TIMING
MOST LIKELY WINDOWS REMAINS TRICKY...AS MANY OF THESE WAVES ARE
STRONGLY INFLUENCE BY CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES THAT WILL DEVELOP WELL
UPSTREAM. LIKE THE TRENDS OVERALL THAT 12Z GFS IS TAKING...NOT ONLY
WITH RETURN TO SHARPER AMPLITUDE PATTERN...BUT IDEA OF TWO DISTINCT
WAVES HEADING FOR THE WESTERN PART OF OUR FORECAST AREA...ONE
SATURDAY AND ANOTHER ONE SUNDAY. EXACT TIMES MAY HELP DETERMINE IF
THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY...WHICH WOULD LIKELY BE LIMITED TO
THE FAR WEST NEAR EDGE OF WEDGE BOUNDARY...BUT PERHAPS THE BIGGER
CONCERN IS RAINFALL THAT IS LIKELY TO IMPACT THE SAME AREAS AT LEAST
A COUPLE OF DAYS IN A ROW.
THERE COULD BE ANOTHER WAVE FOR MONDAY...BUT AS RIDGE ATTEMPTS TO
BUILD IN AND TROUGH TO THE EAST AND ASSOCIATED WEDGE WEAKEN WHAT MAY
TEND TO OCCUR IS MORE DIURNAL POP-UP CONVECTION ALONG AND NEAR THE
WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE WEDGE BOUNDARY IN OUR WESTERN FORECAST AREA
AS THE ATMOS DESTABILIZES MORE. BY TUESDAY THE SUPPORT TO KEEP WEDGE
IN PLACE SHOULD BE WEAKENING AS TROUGH LIFTS AND SFC HIGH SHIFTS
MORE EAST OF THE AREA...AND OVERALL IT LOOKS A LITTLE DRIER...BUT
NOT SURE ALL POPS CAN BE REMOVED.
GIVEN PATTERN WE`VE BEEN IN...REALLY DON`T HAVE CONFIDENCE TO DRY IT
OUT OR WARM IT UP TOO FAST...SO WILL LEAN TOWARD STRONGER INFLUENCE
OF THE WEDGE THROUGH THIS PERIOD AND BETTER CHANCES FOR
PRECIP...WHICH WILL HELP STRENGTHEN THE WEDGE TOO. UNDERCUT EVEN
COOLER ECMWF A LITTLE BIT FOR HIGHS...WITH A BIT MORE WARMING FOR
TUESDAY. BUT IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST THINGS MAY BE ABLE TO WARM UP VERY
QUICKLY A DAY OR TWO EARLIER THAN THIS IF THE WEDGE CAN BREAK AND
SOME OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIG UPPER RIDGE CAN BE REALIZED. THIS
WILL EVENTUALLY RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT WARM UP FOR OUR ENTIRE
AREA...BUT AM THINKING IT WILL NOT COME UNTIL MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION /14Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 200 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...
BKN LINE OF SHRA/TSRA WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY.
SHRA/TSRA WILL PASS THROUGH THE MTNS THIS MORNING CROSSING
BLF/LWB/BCB BETWEEN 12-15Z/8-11AM...THEN MOVE EAST OF THE MTNS
AROUND MID-DAY WITH POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM VCNTY OF ROA/LYH/DAN DURING THE EARLY/MID AFTERNOON.
AN UPPER LEVEL TROF OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY TODAY...AND INTO NEW ENGLAND
THURSDAY. THE TROF AXIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING
AND INTO THE PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON.
STORMINESS SHOULD CLEAR THE FORECAST AREA BY 22Z/6PM THIS EVENING
WITH ACTIVITY MOVING EAST. AREAS OF FOG WILL THEN RE-DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF MVFR AND POTENTIAL FOR IFR
VSBYS AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING.
EXTENDED AVIATION... WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
UNSETTLED AND HIGHLY VARIABLE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS A
STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS STALLED OVER THE MID ATLANTIC.
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BE MOVING THROUGH PERIODICALLY
RESULTING IN PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
DUE TO THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE AIR...EXPECT STRATUS AND
FOG DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIODS WITH AREAS OF MVFR/IFR MOST
PRONOUNCED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9AM EACH DAY. MODELS ARE INDICATED
THAT A DEEPER EASTERLY SORT OF WIND FLOW WILL SETUP FOR THIS
UPCOMING WEEKEND. THIS SUGGEST THAT LOW CIGS MAY PERSIST EVEN
DURING THE DAYTIME PERIODS...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD
MVFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND DUE TO MOISTURE
BANKING UP AGAINST THE EAST SIDE OF THE APPALACHIANS.
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
WV...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...SK
NEAR TERM...JH/PM
SHORT TERM...DS
LONG TERM...SK
AVIATION...PM
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS PORTLAND OR
220 PM PDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION FOR MUCH
OF THE WEEK. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE INLAND NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY...COULD RESULT IN A SOME LIGHT
PRECIPITATION TO THE NORTHERN ZONES...AND A SLIM THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH OREGON CASCADES.
NORTHWEST TO NORTH FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES OVER THE WEEKEND MAINTAINING
ONSHORE LOW-LEVEL FLOW AND NEAR NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL
DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS JUST OFFSHORE EARLY
NEXT WEEK...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME LIGHT OFFSHORE LOW-LEVEL FLOW.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...MORNING STRATUS LAYER HAS
TRANSFORMED INTO A BROKEN STRATOCUMULUS FIELD WITH CIGS GENERALLY 035
TO 045. MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE LOW-LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY...AND EXPECT SIMILAR DRIZZLE COVERAGE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING COMPARED TO TODAY. SW WA LOWLANDS... OREGON
COAST...AND WEST SLOPES OF THE COAST RANGE SOME OF THE MORE FAVORED
DRIZZLE AREAS. KTTD-KDLS GRADIENT UP TO 4.0 MB AS OF 20Z...WHICH
NORMALLY RESULTS IN AT LEAST 25-30 MPH GUSTS NEAR HOOD RIVER.
AUGSPURGER...AN ELEVATED BPA SITE ON THE WASHINGTON SIDE OF THE
GORGE...GUSTING TO 35 MPH. EXPECT SIMILAR CONDITIONS THURSDAY.
MAIN FORECAST CHANGES CENTER ON LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
PERIOD. LATEST NAM AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO INDICATE AREAS OF LIGHT QPF
FURTHER WEST THAN PREVIOUS COUPLE OF RUNS. BOTH MODELS SHOW THE UPPER
TROUGH DIGGING AS A REINFORCING SHORT-WAVE DROPS SOUTH INTO THE
TROUGH BASE...AIDED BY A 80-100 KT 300 MB JET STREAK. NAM SHOWS
FAIRLY ROBUST 700 MB OMEGA FOCUSED OVER SW WA AND EXTREME NW OREGON
12Z FRI. WOULD EXPECT A MUCH DEEPER MARINE LAYER WITH ENOUGH LIFT FOR
AT LEAST AREAS OF DRIZZLE LATE THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI MORNING IN THE
LOWLANDS AND POSSIBLY SPOTTY LIGHT SHOWERS OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN. ANY
DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SHOWERS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE NORTHERN
TWO-THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA.
THERE IS STILL SOME VARIABILITY AMONG THE MODEL SOLUTIONS WITH REGARD
TO THE ACTUAL LOW TRACK BUT MODELS GENERATE ENOUGH INSTABILITY OVER
THE S WA AND FAR N OREGON CASCADES FRI AFTERNOON FOR A SLIM THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS. ANY STORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP AND TRY TO MOVE WEST TO
SOUTHWEST OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL RUN INTO A MORE STABLE AIR MASS
OVERALL ON TOP OF THE ALREADY STABLE LOW LEVEL MARINE INFLUENCED LOW
LEVELS. CYCLONIC JET FROM THE DEPARTING LOW CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
CASCADE CREST TO LEAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THERE SAT...PRIMARILY IN
THE MORNING. WEISHAAR
.LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...A SHORTWAVE ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THE TROUGH WILL PASS OVER OUR AREA SATURDAY
NIGHT...SEEN AT 500 AND 850 MB. THIS WILL ONLY BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF RAIN IN THE NORTH OREGON AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES...AS
MOISTURE IS VERY LIMITED FROM NORTHERLY CONTINENTAL FLOW AND
NEGATIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION WILL PROMOTE DOWNWARD MOTION OVER THE
WESTERN 2/3 OF OUR AREA. AS THE LONGWAVE TROUGH PROGRESSES
EASTWARD...THE RIDGE CURRENTLY OVER A GOOD PORTION OF THE NORTH
PACIFIC WILL MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE WEST COAST WHICH WILL BRING
TEMPERATURES UP AND DRY CONDITIONS EARLY NEXT WEEK. -MCCOY
&&
.AVIATION...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCT CLOUDS
AND SOME CIGS 3000 TO 4000 FT. CLEARING TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INLAND WHILE ONSHORE FLOW BRINGS MVFR CIGS
BACK TO COAST AFT 02Z. MARINE STRATUS WILL PUSH INLAND AGAIN
TONIGHT WITH CIGS AROUND 2500 FT BUT LATEST GUIDANCE SHOWS BEST
LIKELIHOOD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIVER. COULD SEE SOME
SCATTERED CLOUDS FARTHER SOUTH IN THE VALLEY BUT GENERALLY VFR
CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL SOUTH OF PDX.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...VFR WITH CLEARING SKIES THIS AFTERNOON.
COULD SEE SOME MVFR CIGS AROUND 2500 FT THURSDAY MORNING AFTER
13Z BUT NOT AS WIDESPREAD AS THIS MORNING. BOWEN
&&
.MARINE...BUOYS SHOWING 4 TO 6 FT SEAS AT 10 SECONDS BUT THERE`S
ALSO ENERGY AT 8 SECONDS SO SEAS WILL BE A BIT STEEP THROUGH THIS
EVENING. NW WINDS REMAIN RATHER LIGHT...LESS THAN 15 KT. VERY
LITTLE CHANGE IN THE PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH CONTINUED NW
WIND AND SWELL. PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS SOME FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY AFTERNOONS AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NE PACIFIC
STRENGTHENS A BIT WITH THERMAL LOW OVER NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA...INCREASING WINDS TO 15 TO 20 KT WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER
GUSTS. BOWEN
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
WA...NONE.
PZ...NONE.
&&
$$
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THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
FROM THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1120 AM PDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
Cooler temperatures and the occasional threat of showers and
thunderstorms will linger the rest of the week and into the
weekend. However, the vast majority of this precipitation will be
in the North Idaho Panhandle.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Forecast update to increase precip chances across the northern
mountains for this afternoon. Some residual elevated convection
is continuing to march eastward along the Canadian border in the
Northern Panhandle late this morning. This is expected to push
across some thunderstorms near Bonners Ferry and Porthill. Once
this cloud cover associated with the nocturnal convection clears
the region, we will see a redevelopment of showers and
thunderstorms over the higher terrain from west to east. This set
up looks very similar to what happened yesterday. The HRRR model
has been consistent with thunderstorms developing over the East
Slopes of the Northern Cascades into the Okanogan Highlands around
noon. These storms will generally push to the east at approximately
20 mph through the afternoon. A redevelopment of thunderstorms
today will be more toward the mid and late afternoon hours for the
Northeast Mountains and the Northern Panhandle. Looks like there
will be a slight northwesterly component to the steering flow for
these thunderstorms today, so the northern Upper Columbia Basin to
the Spokane/Coeur d`Alene corridor will see a chance for isolated
to scattered thunderstorms as well. Thunderstorms are expected to
hold off for the Spokane/Coeur d`Alene corridor until the late
afternoon and evening hours.
The 12Z model runs continue to show upwards of 700-1000 J/KG of
surface based CAPE across the northern mountains this afternoon.
The 0-6 km bulk shear will be slightly stronger today at around
20 kts or so. This shear is still a bit weak for much in the may
of concern for strong to severe thunderstorms; however, we did see
a storm pulse up quickly to severe levels yesterday over the
northern Upper Columbia Basin in a weakly sheared environment, so
it will not be out of the realm of possibility today as well. Due
to the weak shear though, thunderstorms will be of the pulse
variety. Any stronger storms that due develop will likely collapse
fairly quickly. I did add small hail, heavy rain, and frequent
lightning to the forecast across the northern mountains today
considering that these impacts were observed with the thunderstorm
activity yesterday. /SVH
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS: An are of isolated thunderstorm activity will track
across the Northern Panhandle late this morning. A resurgence of
thunderstorms is expected across the northern mountains today once
we warm to our convective temperature. These thunderstorms are
expected to push into the vicinity of KGEG, KSFF and KCOE by late
this afternoon and early evening. Impacts from convection today
will include: outflow winds up to 35 mph, small hail and brief
downbursts of heavy rain. Showers and thunderstorms will wind down
after 06Z this evening. /SVH
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 80 56 79 52 75 52 / 20 40 10 10 20 30
Coeur d`Alene 79 55 77 50 74 50 / 10 50 10 10 30 40
Pullman 80 50 79 46 76 51 / 10 0 10 10 20 40
Lewiston 85 59 85 57 83 58 / 10 0 0 0 20 30
Colville 76 54 79 52 78 50 / 70 50 50 50 40 30
Sandpoint 77 52 73 51 72 50 / 60 60 50 50 50 30
Kellogg 75 53 73 51 71 49 / 20 40 20 20 40 50
Moses Lake 86 56 84 53 82 56 / 0 0 10 10 20 20
Wenatchee 84 60 83 59 80 59 / 0 0 10 10 20 20
Omak 86 59 84 55 80 55 / 40 20 20 40 30 20
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...None.
WA...None.
&&
$$
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS LA CROSSE WI
908 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 908 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IS WITH CONVECTIVE TRENDS
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD FOG.
SO FAR THIS EVENING...THE MAIN CONVECTION HAS BEEN TIED TO A
NARROW CORRIDOR ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SURFACE COLD FRONT/LOW THAT
RUNS FROM NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
22.01Z RAP ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT SBCAPE IS ON THE WANE WITH THE TWO
MAIN AREAS OF CONVECTION ALONG THE NORTHERN GRADIENT IN
INSTABILITY...NW WI...AND THE OTHER MAIN CELLS ALONG THE HIGHEST
INSTABILITY AXIS POKING INTO NW IOWA. THE MAIN CONVERGENCE WILL
REMAIN WITH THIS SLOW MOVING FRONT THROUGH THE NIGHT THOUGH
SURFACE/LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BE DECREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT THUS
WEAKENING THIS CONVERGENCE. WHILE SFC/ML INSTABILITY WILL BE
DECREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT...0-3KM MUCAPE ACTUALLY GETS A BUMP
UP PER THE 22.01Z RAP AS THE FRONT APPROACHES LATE. THERMAL
PROFILES ARE FAIRLY WARM...SO IT WILL TAKE QUITE THE UPDRAFT TO
GET ANY OF THE CONVECTION TO GO SEVERE WHICH DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT
WILL HAPPEN BASED ON THE WEAKENING CONVERGENCE. STILL MAY MANAGE
TO SEE A FEW SHOWERS...JUST NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING THAT WOULD GET
OUT OF HAND.
WITH A HUMID AIR MASS IN PLACE WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE LOW
70S...FOG STILL LOOKS LIKE A POSSIBILITY OVERNIGHT. THE 21.21Z
SREF IS LOCKING ONTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN WHERE IT APPEARS THAT A
WEAK WARM FRONT IS LOCATED AND SOME LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY STARTED
TO DROP BELOW 1SM. WITH WINDS LIGHTENING UP AS THE LOW/FRONT
APPROACHES...SOME MORE SITES COULD DEVELOP FOG OVERNIGHT IF THE
SKIES CAN CLEAR OUT. HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER IS BLOWING OFF OF THE
CONVECTION IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND COULD INITIALLY SLOW THINGS
DOWN...BUT EXPECT THAT SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR AND LEAD TO
THIS FOG DEVELOPMENT. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH IN THE
WHEN/WHERE TO ISSUE A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...BUT SOME PORTION OF THE
AREA MAY NEED ONE LATER.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 340 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING THE STRONG MID-LEVEL WAVE THAT GAVE THE
AREA MAINLY MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER EASTERN WI.
SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF THIS WAVE PROVIDED SOME PARTIAL SUNSHINE
TO THE ARX FORECAST AREA WITH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MID
70S TO THE LOWER 80S. ALSO...DEW POINTS WERE CREEPING UPWARD INTO
THE MIDDLE 60S TO THE LOWER 70S FOR A BIT MORE MUGGY FEEL TO THE
ATMOSPHERE.
MODEL CONSENSUS SHOWS WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINING JUST TO OUR
SOUTH OVERNIGHT WITH MODELS INDICATING SOME 850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT
INTO/OVER IT. THIS IS IN ADVANCE OF A WEAKER MID-LEVEL WA
DETERMINISTIC MODELS LOOK BIT OVERDONE WITH QPF BASED ON THIS WEAKER
SIGNAL...SO WENT WITH SMALLER-END SHOWER/THUNDER CHANCES. WITH
RECENT RAINFALL AND RELATIVELY WEAK WINDS OVERNIGHT...ANY BREAKS IN
THE CLOUD COULD ALSO LEAD TO SOME FOG DEVELOPMENT.
FRIDAY IS LOOKING MAINLY DRY ACROSS THE AREA WITH MID-LEVEL RIDGE
AMPLIFYING OVERHEAD. HOWEVER...THE BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN JUST TO OUR
SOUTH BUILDING INSTABILITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NO REAL TRIGGER
MECHANISM TO FOCUS CONVECTION OTHER THAN WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG THE
BOUNDARY. AS SUCH...WILL GO WITH A 20-30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IA/SOUTHWEST WI.
OTHERWISE...PLAN ON HIGHS IN THE 80S WITH HEAT INDICES CREEPING INTO
THE 95-100 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST IA/FAR SOUTHWEST WI.
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...LOOKING FOR THAT BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH LIFT NORTH
AS A WARM FRONT. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS OVER
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN KEEPING BEST 850MB
MOISTURE TRANSPORT FOCUSED MORE ACROSS WESTERN IA/MN. AS SUCH...KEPT
HIGHER POPS FOCUSED MORE ACROSS NORTHEAST IA/SOUTHEAST MN...TAPERING
EASTWARD OF THE MISSISSIPPI. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL BE QUITE
HIGH IN THE 1.5-2 INCH RANGE...SO ANY STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF SOME
HEAVIER RAINFALL.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 340 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
LOOK FOR THE WARM FRONT TO CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
AREA SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE POTENTIAL FOR
POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL GIVEN HIGHER-END PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES. SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING MAY ALSO HAVE TO BE
WATCHED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL AS NAM INDICATING 0-3KM
MUCAPE IN THE 2000-4500J/KG RANGE WITH BULK SHEAR IN THE 20-25KT
RANGE. LOOKS LIKE THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA WOULD BE ALONG AND WEST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
SUNDAY LOOKING HOT/MUGGY/CAPPED AS THE AREA BECOMES ENTRENCHED IN
THE WARM SECTOR OF SURFACE LOW LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE DAKOTAS INTO
CANADA. NAM DRAWING IN 27-31C 925MB AIR INTO AREAS ALONG/WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN THIS WARM SECTOR WHICH WOULD DICTATE
TEMPERATURES NEARING 100. TOOK A MODEL CONSENSUS FOR NOW...YIELDING
HIGHS IN THE 90S. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S...RESULTING HEAT INDICES
WILL BE IN THE 100-105 DEGREE RANGE FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-
90. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO FOR A POSSIBLE
HEAT HEADLINE.
SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS A
COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE AREA. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOOKS LIKE IT
WILL LINGER ACROSS AREA THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY FOR A CONTINUED
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 643 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
RECENT ANALYSIS SHOWS CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL AT KRST/KLSE CONTINUES
TO DIMINISH...WITH THE MAIN FOCUS NOW ON FOG DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT.
MOIST AIRMASS...LIGHT WINDS...AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT
SHOULD SET THE STAGE FOR A PERIOD OF DENSE FOG AT BOTH KRST/KLSE.
ENVIRONMENT LOOKS MORE FAVORABLE AT KLSE FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
LIFR VISIBILITY AND CEILINGS. FOG SHOULD BURN OFF BY MID
MORNING...THEN GIVE WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND SOUTH WINDS.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...TODAY INTO TONIGHT
ISSUED AT 340 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SERVE AS A TRIGGER FOR
SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL BE
IN THE 1.5 TO 2 INCH RANGE. AS SUCH...ANY STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF
HEAVY RAINFALL. NOT THINKING ANY FLOOD HEADLINES WILL BE NEEDED AT
THIS TIME BUT CERTAINLY WARRANTS A WATCHFUL EYE.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...HALBACH
SHORT TERM...DAS
LONG TERM....DAS
AVIATION.....ZT
HYDROLOGY....DAS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS LA CROSSE WI
1151 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 252 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY COUPLED WITH RAP 500MB ANALYSIS SHOWING A MID-
LEVEL LOW OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. COLD POOL ALOFT ASSOCIATED
WITH THE LOW PRODUCING WIDESPREAD CUMULUS/STRATOCUMULUS FIELD ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA WITH RADAR EVEN SHOWING A FEW SHOWERS POPPING UP
ACROSS NORTHERN MN INTO NORTHERN WI. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURE ACROSS
THE ARX FORECAST AREA WERE IN THE 70-80 DEGREE RANGE.
FOR TONIGHT...COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS NORTHEAST OF I-94 THIS EVENING
BUT THEN EXPECTING CLOUDS TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE EVENING AND
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES
OVERHEAD. THIS WILL SET UP FAVORABLE FOG POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT/EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY FAVORED RIVER VALLEY LOCATIONS.
THINKING AREAS SOUTHWEST OF I-94 WILL BE MOST IMPACTED WHERE
CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER FOR CLEARING SKY CONDITIONS EXISTS. HELD OFF ON
DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR NOW BASED ON INPUT FROM SURROUNDING
OFFICES...BUT EVENING FORECASTER WILL HAVE TO MONITOR CLOSELY FOR
POSSIBLE FOG HEADLINE. LOOK FOR LOWS TONIGHT IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO
THE LOWER 60S.
AFTER AREAS OF MORNING FOG...PLAN ON THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO
KEEP THE FORECAST AREA DRY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN APPROACHING WARM
FRONT FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS/MID-MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL
LIKELY SPARK A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...BUT PRETTY CONFIDENT
THESE WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA. OTHERWISE...EXPECTING HIGH
TEMPERATURES TO TOP OFF IN THE MID 70S TO THE LOWER 80S.
LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME LIKELY BY LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE REGION.
ALL MODELS SHOW 850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT INCREASING INTO/OVER THE
FRONT...WITH BEST AXIS OF MOISTURE PLUME REMAINING JUST WEST OF THE
FORECAST AREA. IN FACT...THE GFS/NAM SHOWING PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES SURGING INTO THE 1.5-2 INCH RANGE. THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME
LOCALIZED HEAVIER RAINFALL AS WARM CLOUD LAYER DEPTH INCREASE TO
AROUND 4KM BY MORNING. MAY NEED TO MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL INITIALLY WITH THE INCOMING
CONVECTION AS NAM INDICATING 1-6KM MUCAPE IN THE 2500-3500J/KG RANGE
COUPLED WITH 25-35KT BULK SHEAR.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 252 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
MODELS SHOWING THE WARM FRONT PUSHING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA ON
THURSDAY FOR THE CONTINUED LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODELS ALSO SHOWING 850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT WANING THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS AND EVENTUAL CAPPING ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AS SUCH...DIVIDED POPS INTO
MORNING/AFTERNOON TIME PERIODS. STILL LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR
SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES LINGERING IN THE 1.5 TO 2 INCH RANGE.
OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR SUBSTANTIALLY MORE HUMID CONDITIONS AS DEW
POINTS CREEP UP INTO THE LOWER 70S. THESE DEW POINTS COMBINED WITH
DAYTIME HIGHS WELL INTO THE 80S FOR MOST OF THE AREA ARE EXPECTED
TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES IN THE 90 TO 100 DEGREE...HIGHEST ALONG AND
WEST/SOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI/WISCONSIN RIVERS.
FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD...FORECAST
CONFIDENCE WANES FAIRLY RAPIDLY. MODEL CONSENSUS SHOWS A MID-LEVEL
RIDGE TRYING TO ESTABLISH ITSELF OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS.
HOWEVER...MESSY FLOW WITH MONSOONAL TAP WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE
INTERMOUNTAIN/PLAINS REGION. TIMING OF THESE WAVES PRETTY UNCERTAIN
AT THIS TIME. AS SUCH...WILL KEEP LOW-MEDIUM RANGE
SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES
THROUGH THE PERIOD LOOK TO STAY AT OR A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH PERHAPS SOME COOLING EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1151 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
CONFIDENCE REMAINS FAIRLY HIGH THAT VALLEY FOG WILL DEVELOP
OVERNIGHT WITH THE MAIN CONCERN JUST BEING WITH SOME SCATTERED MID
LEVEL CLOUDS THAT HAVE BEEN DROPPING SOUTHEAST FROM
MINNESOTA/NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. OTHERWISE...DEW POINT SPREADS ARE
LOW...WINDS ARE CALM AT THE SURFACE AND LIGHT ON UP THROUGH THE
LOWEST 3KFT. THE MAIN QUESTION IS JUST WITH HOW FAST THE FOG WILL
FORM AND THEN DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT. ONSET STILL APPEARS TO BE
AROUND 9Z WITH DISSIPATION COMING AROUND 14-15Z BASED ON
CLIMATOLOGY. WITH THE RIDGE OVERHEAD...WINDS WILL REMAIN CALM WITH
SKIES CLEAR FOR MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS CONVECTION LOOKS LIKE IT WILL
DEVELOP ALONG A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BAND AND COULD BE HEAVY AT
TIMES...BRINGING VISIBILITY CONDITIONS TO IFR/MVFR.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
ISSUED AT 252 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
THERE IS THE LIKELIHOOD FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
EXPECTING FAIRLY WIDESPREAD 1/4 TO 3/4 INCH RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED
GREATER THAN 1 INCH AMOUNTS. THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH RECENT
POCKETS OF HEAVY RAINS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA COULD
LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING CONCERNS. WILL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON
LOCALIZED FLOODING CONCERN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
HEADLINE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING ONCE CONFIDENCE
INCREASES ON EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL OCCUR.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...DAS
LONG TERM....DAS
AVIATION...HALBACH
HYDROLOGY...DAS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS CHEYENNE WY
330 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 330 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
CURRENT KCYS RADAR LOOP SHOWS SHOWERS AND FEW THUNDER SHOWERS
DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND THE CHEYENNE RIDGE THIS
AFTERNOON...AND SLOWLY MOVING EASTWARD. ACTIVITY HAS BEEN WEAK
WITH ONLY A FEW ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY
TO CONTINUE THROUGH INTO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING WHILE DEVELOPING FURTHER EAST INTO THE HIGH PLAINS OF
SOUTHEAST WYOMING. EXPECT ANY THUNDERSTORMS TO QUICKLY DIMINISH
AROUND SUNSET.
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL LIKELY BE LOWER ON THURSDAY ACROSS MOST
OF THE FORECAST AREA AS WARMER AIR ALOFT MOVES INTO THE AREA AND
500MB HEIGHTS INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. A COLD FRONT BOUNDARY WILL
BECOME MORE NOTICEABLE FURTHER NORTH ACROSS MONTANA AND NORTHERN
WYOMING AS IT SLOWLY DRIFTS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY.
THEREFORE...EXPECT THE BEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TO BE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND WELL NORTH OF I80. CAN NOT RULE OUT
A THUNDER SHOWER OR TWO ALONG THE I80 CORRIDOR DURING THE EVENING
HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL AND GENERALLY IN THE
UPPER 70S WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE AND LOW 80S TO LOW 90S ACROSS
THE EASTERN PLAINS.
THIS PERSISTENT WEATHER PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE ON FRIDAY AND
ESPECIALLY THIS WEEKEND. MODELS INDICATE A PRETTY STRONG COLD
FRONT FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR PUSHING SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST
WYOMING. THIS FRONT WILL STALL SOMETIME ON FRIDAY AND BE THE MAIN
FOCUS FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTORMS AS AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH FROM WESTERN CANADA MOVE SOUTH AND EVENTUALLY
EASTWARD INTO IDAHO. LOWERED MAX AND MIN TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT AND INCREASED POP BETWEEN 25 TO 45 PERCENT ACROSS THE
HIGH PLAINS...AND NEAR 70 PERCENT OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF BRING A SHORTWAVE THROUGH THE AREA IN
SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ECMWF ROUGHLY 12
HOURS SLOWER THAN THE GFS...BUT BOTH ARE IN CLOSE AGREEMENT WITH
MOVEMENT OF FIRST DISTURBANCE...THEN MOVING THE MAIN TROUGH
THROUGH ON SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT. JUST ABOUT EVERYONE SHOULD SEE
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY WITH BEST CHANCES
FOR THE PANHANDLE SATURDAY NIGHT. MAIN SHORTWAVE THROUGH THE AREA
BY SUNDAY...WITH MAINLY ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
NEXT COLD FRONT LOOKS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO
TUESDAY. ECMWF A LITTLE COLDER THAN GFS IN 700MB
TEMPERATURES...BUT NOT AS BAD AS A FEW DAYS AGO. PROBABLY NEED TO
GO COLDER WITH THIS SETUP. DISCREPANCY MUCH GREATER ON TUESDAY
WITH THE ECMWF FORECASTING 700MB TEMPERATURES OF +4 TO +6C AND GFS
SHOWING +10 TO +12C.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 330 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
FOLLOWED LATEST HRRR GUIDANCE FOR TIMING ON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
AIRPORTS THIS AFTERNOON. HRRR HAS BEEN DOING WELL ON THE EARLY
MORNING CONVECTION...SO SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 156 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
MINIMAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SUBTROPICAL
MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST
WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF WETTING
RAINS BY FRIDAY AND THIS WEEKEND AS THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE
HIGHER. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND COOLER BY LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO
THIS WEEKEND AS A STRONG COLD FRONT FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR
MOVES INTO THE REGION LATE ON SATURDAY.
&&
.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...TJT
LONG TERM...CLAYCOMB
AVIATION...CLAYCOMB
FIRE WEATHER...TJT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS CHEYENNE WY
1034 AM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 350 AM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
INITIAL SHORTWAVE TROUGH ALOFT MOVES ACROSS OUR COUNTIES
EARLY IN THE DAY...WITH A WEAKER...SECONDARY SHORTWAVE TROUGH
APPROACHING OUR WESTERN COUNTIES IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. SOME LOW
LEVEL DRYING NOTED IN THE WAKE OF THE MORNING SHORTWAVE TROUGH...
THOUGH IT APPEARS THERE WILL BE ENOUGH LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE
THIS AFTERNOON TO SPARK ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...MOST NUMEROUS WEST OF INTERSTATE 25.
TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDING IN THE EVENING WITH THE
LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND ABSENCE OF ANY OTHER LIFTING MECHANISMS.
THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES AND WITH ADEQUATE LOW AND
MID LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE...WILL SEE ISOLATED LATE DAY
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND WEST OF A LUSK TO CHEYENNE LINE.
THURSDAY NIGHT...WEAK COLD FRONT ENTERS FROM THE NORTH...THOUGH WITH
MINIMAL LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE...RAIN CHANCES WILL BE SLIM. LATE
IN THE NIGHT...WILL GO WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT EAST OF
A DOUGLAS TO SIDNEY LINE IN LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY.
FRIDAY...INCREASED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THURSDAY AS A NEGATIVELY TILTED SHORTWAVE TROUGH ALOFT PROPAGATES
ACROSS OUR WESTERN NEBRASKA COUNTIES...WITH ENHANCED SOUTHEAST LOW
LEVEL WINDS ADVECTING MOISTURE IN...AND PROVIDING MECHANICAL LIFT TO
HELP GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS.
.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 350 AM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
00Z MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE ARE CONSISTENT IN SWINGING AN UPPER
TROUGH THRU THE NRN ROCKIES OVR THE WEEKEND. THIS IS AN EARLY
INDICATION OF THE SEASONAL PATTERN CHANGE THAT WILL CONTINUE OVR
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. SATURDAY STILL LOOKS RELATIVELY WARM IN THE
PREFRONTAL AIR MASS...ESPECIALLY OVR THE ERN PLAINS. MODELS PROG
1000-1500 J/KG AHEAD OF THE FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE
FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE COMBINED WITH THE PROXIMITY OF RRQ
OF A JET STREAK SUGGESTS AT LEAST THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW
STRONGER STORMS OVR THE PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. OF
COURSE...MUCH OF THIS SCENARIO IS DEPENDENT UPON THE CURRENT
TIMING OF LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING FROPA. CONVECTION
WILL TURN MORE SHOWERY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT.
SUNDAY WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER POST-FRONTAL WITH HIGHS ONLY
REACHING 70S AT MOST LOCATIONS. LEFT MOSTLY SHOWER CHANCES ALONG
WITH ISOLD THUNDER MENTION GOING FOR SUNDAY. THIS WILL DEPEND UPON
JUST HOW MUCH CLEARING OCCURS. TEMPERATURES RETURN TO MORE
SEASONAL VALUES FOR MON-TUE TIMEFRAME. HARD TO REMOVE MENTION OF
DAILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
PERSISTENT SOUTHWEST FLOW EJECTS IMPOSSIBLE TO TIME EMBEDDED
SHORTWAVES. PRECIP DEFINITELY WONT BE AN ALL DAY OCCURRENCE...BUT
CANT RULE OUT ITS POSSIBILITY MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. THE PATTERN LOOKS TO TREND DRIER FOR THE LATTER
HALF OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 1033 AM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
FOLLOWED LATEST HRRR GUIDANCE FOR TIMING ON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
AIRPORTS THIS AFTERNOON. HRRR HAS BEEN DOING WELL ON THE EARLY
MORNING CONVECTION...SO SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 350 AM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
HUMIDITIES AND WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THE
NEXT FEW DAYS...THUS MINIMAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
&&
.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...RUBIN
LONG TERM...HAHN
AVIATION...CLAYCOMB
FIRE WEATHER...RUBIN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS CHEYENNE WY
1216 AM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 958 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES HAVE ENDED FOR THE REST OF
TONIGHT. WILL MAINLY SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF TONIGHT.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 250 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE IS WHERE THE
CONVECTION WILL BREAK OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND HOW MUCH CONVECTION
WILL BREAK OUT AHEAD OF THE JET STREAK MOVING ACROSS THE ROCKIES
TONIGHT.
LATEST VISIBLE IMAGERY WAS SHOWING SOME ACCAS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST
COLORADO NEAR THE SURFACE TROF. THIS AREA MAY END UP BEING THE
FIRST AREA TO FIRE UP THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...IT MAY TRY TO
IGNITE JUST EAST OF THE LARAMIE AND FRONT RANGES AS WELL WHERE WE
HAVE HAD QUITE A BIT OF SUNSHINE. IN FACT...WE ARE STARTING TO SEE
A LITTLE BIT OF ACCAS OVERHEAD AND CONVECTION DEVELOPING ALONG THE
FRONT RANGE. MODELS ARE PROJECTING MIXED LAYER CAPES TO APPROACH 1500
J/KG THIS AFTERNOON WITH VERY LIMITED CAP. 0-6KM SHEAR VALUES
(~30KTS) MAY ALSO BE FAVORABLE FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS.
AT THIS POINT...IT LOOKS THE HRRR IS STARTING TO BREAK OUT
CONVECTION JUST EAST OF CHEYENNE AFTER 21Z WITH THE BULK OF THIS
CONVECTION PUSHING GENERALLY EAST AT AROUND 20KTS. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL IN THE
PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS WAS ALSO SHOWING
SOME WINDS BACKING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE PANHANDLE. WE WILL ALSO
NEED TO WATCH THAT AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON...ESPECIALLY IF THE
STORMS GET GOING IN THAT REGION.
ANOTHER CONCERN IS THE NAM IS SHOWING A 500MB JET STREAK MOVING
OUT OF NORTHEAST COLORADO EARLY THIS EVENING WHICH MAY HELP
ENHANCE THE SHEAR ACROSS THE PANHANDLE. IF CONVECTION IS ON GOING
IN THAT REGION AS THIS JET STREAK MOVES ACROSS WE MAY HAVE MORE OF
A SEVERE POTENTIAL. THEREFORE...IT WILL BE A MATTER OF TIMING ON
HOW THINGS COME TOGETHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
TONIGHT THE MODELS ARE SHOWING A FAIRLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET
MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN COLORADO AND LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO
NORTHEAST WYOMING BY DAYBREAK WHICH WILL HELP ENHANCE UPPER LEVEL
DIFFLUENCE. THE MODELS ARE EVEN IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN
SHOWING A MID LEVEL CIRCULATION WITH THIS JET STREAK. AS A
RESULT... WE WOULD NOT SURPRISED TO SEE A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA
OVERNIGHT ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO PRECIPITABLE
WATER VALUES AROUND 1 INCH. NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF
FLOODING SINCE THIS COMPLEX SHOULD BE FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE. WE DID
BUMP UP POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA TONIGHT TO
REFLECT THIS POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY NIGHT:
THE MID LEVEL CIRCULATION IS PROGGED TO CONTINUE LIFTING NORTHEAST
WHICH WILL TAKE THE BULK OF THE CONVECTION NORTHEAST OF THE
FORECAST AREA BY MID MORNING. THIS WILL LEAVE A FAIRLY BROAD AREA OF
SUBSIDENCE IN THE MORNING IN THE WAKE OF THE CONVECTION...BUT WE
MAY MORE CONVECTION DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
AS UPSLOPE FLOW COMMENCES WITH LEFTOVER RESIDUAL MOISTURE.
OTHERWISE...THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE
SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY DRY WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE 80S. THE
NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS PROGGED TO TAKE PLACE
ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL WAVE LIFTS NORTHEAST
OUT OF COLORADO AND PUSHES THROUGH AREAS EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 250 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
AN UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NW FRIDAY WILL
MOVE SLOWLY EAST TOWARDS THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
SWINGING BY THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH AT LEAST
RESIDUAL MONSOONAL MOISTURE TO KEEP CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND TSTMS
GOING OVER MOST AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO
LEAN TOWARDS THE EC SOLUTION AS IT HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH
THIS FEATURE. WARM TEMPS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY THEN A
DECENT COOL FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS SAT NIGHT LEAVING A DRIER AND
MILD DAY FOR THE CWA SUNDAY. CONTINUED MILD ON MONDAY WITH THE CWA
ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BROAD CYCLONIC UPPER FLOW THAT WILL BE
OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. A SECOND UPPER SHORTWAVE
SHOULD PASS BY TUESDAY BRINGING A REINFORCING SHOT OF COOLER AIR
AND A CHANCE FOR SOME PRECIPITATION.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1215 AM MDT WED AUG 20 2014
SHOWERS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST TERMINALS WITH CIGS BETWEEN
5K AND 10K FEET AGL. BRIEF MVFR CIGS OR VSBYS COULD OCCUR WITH ANY
HEAVIER PRECIPITATION AFTER 06Z. ISOLATED SHOWERS OR WEAK TSTMS
COULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF MOST TERMINALS THROUGH MOST OF THE TAF
PERIOD. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE BELOW 15 KTS...EXCEPT GUSTY AND
VARIABLE NEAR ANY SHOWERS.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 1056 AM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS TO REMAIN MINIMAL FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK
WITH NON-CRITICAL WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SOME WETTING RAINS
SHOULD OCCUR OVER AT LEAST PARTS OF THE AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
DAYS AS A SURGE OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE PASSES OVER THE REGION AND
INCREASES PRECIPITATION.
&&
.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...SML
SHORT TERM...REC
LONG TERM...RE
AVIATION...HAMMER
FIRE WEATHER...RE
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS PHOENIX AZ
157 AM MST FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...HOWEVER
ONLY A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. DRIER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND ALONG
WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A RETURN TO A MORE
TYPICAL MONSOON PATTERN IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK...WITH AFTERNOON AND
EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING TO THE REGION.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WAS SITUATED OVER NORTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA
THIS MORNING AS OF 0830Z...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE STORM ACTIVITY
WELL AHEAD OF THE LOW IN NEW MEXICO. WHILE THERE WERE A FEW SHOWERS
NOTED ON RADAR BENEATH THE UPPER LEVEL DEFORMATION ZONE /LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY ALONG INTERSTATE 17/...THE STORMS FROM THURSDAY
EVENING HAD LARGELY DISSIPATED ACROSS THE DESERTS. IN THE WAKE OF
THIS STORM...TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER
70S ACROSS THE DESERTS...APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR
MID/LATE AUGUST.
STRONG ISENTROPIC DESCENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AS THE
TROUGH MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. BL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT
ELEVATED AS 1000-700MB MEAN MIXING RATIOS WILL STILL LINGER IN THE
8-12 G/KG RANGE...HOWEVER THE LACK OF UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT SHOULD
PRECLUDE MUCH IN THE WAY OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
GIVEN THE CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE DEPARTING LOW...I WOULD EXPECT TO
SEE A FEW POP-UP SHOWERS NORTH AND EAST OF PHOENIX WITH LITTLE OF
CONSEQUENCE ACROSS THE DESERTS. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME ACTIVITY
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THAT GLANCES PINAL COUNTY...BUT
THAT WOULD BE ABOUT IT. HI-RES WRF MODELS ALONG WITH THE HRRR PAINT
A SIMILAR SOLUTION FOR TODAY. MORE SUBSTANTIAL BL DRYING IS EXPECTED
THIS WEEKEND AS ALL OPERATIONAL MODELS SUGGEST MIXING RATIOS WILL
DROP TO AROUND 3-4 G/KG ACROSS SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND TO 6-8 G/KG
ACROSS ARIZONA. WITH EVEN LESS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT THIS
WEEKEND...POPS WILL REMAIN SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW CLIMO THIS WEEKEND.
NEXT WEEK WILL SEE A RETURN TO A MORE TYPICAL MONSOON SETUP AS HIGH
PRESSURE SLIDES EAST AND LOW LEVEL WINDS TURN AROUND OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST. WHILE THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS REGARDING
A TROUGH MOVING THROUGH UTAH BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...BOTH THE
GFS AND EUROPEAN...AS WELL AS THE 12Z NAEFS INDICATE A NOTEWORTHY
INCREASE IN MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY/TUESDAY NEXT WEEK. THIS
COULD BE THE RESULT OF THE PASSAGE OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM WELL SOUTH
OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA...OR IT COULD SIMPLY BE OUTFLOW DRIVEN
FROM CONVECTION OVER SONORA. REGARDLESS...MIXING RATIOS EXPECTED TO
RETURN TO THE 10-12 G/KG RANGE EARLY NEXT WEEK WHICH SHOULD SET THE
STAGE FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH AT
LEAST FRIDAY. TOUGH TO PICK OUT ONE ACTIVE DAY OVER ANOTHER...BUT
POPS HAVE BEEN NUDGED TOWARD CLIMO /AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER EAST OF
PHOENIX/ FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
AS FOR TEMPERATURES...THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL STRUGGLE TO RECOVER
TODAY AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW NORMAL. SOME RECOVERY IS
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WITH A RETURN TO NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
SUNDAY THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...
SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA INCLUDING KPHX...KIWA...AND KSDL...
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW LINGERING EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
AFFECT THE PHOENIX TERMINALS THROUGH AROUND 06Z BEFORE GRADUALLY
DIMINISHING AND LIFTING OUT OF THE AREA TO THE NORTHEAST. GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST WILL LAST INTO LATE
EVENING...BUT DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY BY MIDNIGHT. NOW EXPECTING A
DELAYED ONSET TO DOWNSLOPE EASTERLY WINDS...LIKELY NOT SWITCHING
AROUND UNTIL 09-10Z. CIGS AT 10-12K FEET WILL LINGER THROUGH MUCH OF
THE OVERNIGHT...BEFORE SCATTERING OUT AROUND DAYBREAK. AN ISOLATED
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE FOR FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...BUT CONFIDENCE IN AFFECTING AREA TERMINALS IS FAIRLY LOW
AT THIS POINT.
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA INCLUDING KIPL AND KBLH...
THE UPPER LOW CENTER HAS PUSHED INTO SOUTHWEST ARIZONA WITH CLOUDS
BEGINNING TO SCATTER OUT FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA. A GENERAL WESTERLY WIND COMPONENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT. SKIES WILL LIKELY CLEAR OUT SOMETIME FRIDAY MORNING
WITH ONLY SOME LINGERING HIGH CIRRUS POSSIBLE FOR THE REST OF FRIDAY.
AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...HOWEVER HUMIDITIES WILL
INCREASE AS WE GET INTO NEXT WEEK WITH A BIG JUMP EXPECTED ON MONDAY
INTO TUESDAY. CONSEQUENTLY...THE CHANCES OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEK. THE GREATEST
STORM CHANCES WILL BE IN THE USUAL LOCATIONS NORTH AND EAST OF
PHOENIX...WITH LESSER CHANCES ACROSS THE DESERTS. AS FOR
HUMIDITIES...OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL BE GOOD THROUGH NEXT WEEK
WITH NO MAJOR WIDESPREAD WIND EVENTS EXPECTED.
&&
.PSR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AZ...NONE.
CA...NONE.
&&
$$
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DISCUSSION...LEINS
AVIATION...KUHLMAN
FIRE WEATHER...LEINS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS TAUNTON MA
147 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
SHOWERS CONTINUING ACROSS WESTERN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT INTO
FRIDAY...DISSOLVING SOUTHWEST AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE
NORTH. HIGH PRESSURE OUT OF THE MARITIMES WILL BRING DRIER AND
COOLER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND. MILDER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN
EARLY NEXT WEEK. UNSETTLED CONDITIONS MAY RETURN LATE WEDNESDAY OR
NEXT THURSDAY AS A FRONT MAY APPROACH OUT OF QUEBEC.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
10 PM UPDATE...
WV IMAGERY SHOWS WEAKENED UPPER LVL CUTOFF VORTMAX NOW SLIDING SE
THROUGH NY INTO PA/NJ THIS EVENING. LATEST RAP ALSO SHOWS THAT
AXIS OF LEFTOVER INSTABILITY RESIDES TO THE W AS WELL. HENCE WHY
MUCH OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS TAKING ON A MORE N-S
PROPAGATION THIS EVENING AND WHY ONLY LEFTOVER CONVECTION IN THE
FORM OF LIGHT-MOD -SHRA ARE MAKING IT/S WAY INTO THE WRN ZONES.
FEEL THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE TREND MUCH OF THE
NIGHT...ALTHOUGH EXPECT THAT THE BULK OF THE STRONGER CONVECTION
IS LIKELY TO WEAKEN WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING.
ELSEWHERE...FURTHER E...SPOTTY -SHRA CONTINUE TO FORM AHEAD OF THE
VORTMAX ALONG AN AXIS OF 30+ K-INDEX VALUES SUGGESTIVE OF MODERATE
COLUMN MOISTURE IN THE LOW-MID LVLS AND JUST ENOUGH CONDITIONAL
INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT THE LIFT PROVIDED BY THE APPROACHING WAVE.
THESE ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE FORMING IN-SITU ACROSS THE
REGION...SO AN AXIS OF HIGH CHANCE TO LOW LIKELY POPS WILL BE
USED. SOME OF THESE ARE LIKELY TO HOLD TOGETHER INTO THE
PROVIDENCE-BOSTON CORRIDOR AS WELL.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT...
LOW TRANSITIONS AS AN OPEN WAVE LOW TOWARDS THE SE. ACCOMPANYING
MAIN CRUX OF ENERGY YIELDS ASCENT OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE FUELED BY
A SW-PLUME OF HIGHER THETA-E AIR WRAPPING AHEAD OF THE LOW /1.5
PWAT AIRMASS/ CONVERGING AGAINST HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY AIR
BUILDING SW BELOW H8. THIS YIELDS NW-SE ORIENTED AREAS OF F-GEN
FORCING WITHIN THE LOW-LEVELS THAT WILL LIKELY PARENT WITH MID-
LEVEL FORCING.
A CONSENSUS WEIGHTING OF MODEL GUIDANCE PUTS THE LIKELIHOOD OF
SHOWERS TOWARDS THE W/SW FORECAST ZONE WHICH WOULD BE EXPECTED BUT
CAN NOT RULE OUT OF CHANCE OF SHOWERS ELSEWHERE. ONLY THE
IMMEDIATE E/SE MAY BE SPARED OF WET WEATHER...BUT AM NOT HOLDING
MY BREATH. LOW CONFIDENCE OF THUNDER WITH THE STABLE ENVIRONMENT.
WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR FOG AND LOW CLOUDS. HIGHEST CONFIDENCE
IS IN AREAS OF STRONG LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND SHOWERS...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. YET WITH E-ONSHORE FLOW
DRIVING IN HIGHER DEWPOINT AIR...ALONG WITH THE GREATER CAPACITY
FOR AREAS TO RADIATE EFFICIENTLY THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS...FOG
AND LOW CLOUDS MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR E/SE PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND.
INCREASING CLOUDS FROM THE W MAY COMPLICATE THE MATTER.
WILL GO WITH LOWS AROUND THE UPPER-50S TO LOW-60S WITH THE COOL
SPOTS TO THE N/W WHICH BARELY SAW ANY SUN...AND THE E/SE IMMEDIATE
INTERIOR.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY/...
FRIDAY...
WITH THE LOW SWUNG SE OF THE REGION...CUTOFF ENERGY WRAPS REARWARD
AND SE INTO THE REGION INVOKING A HANGING TROUGH. RISING HEIGHTS IN
WAKE OF THE TROUGH ALLOW FOR ENHANCED RIDGING OF HIGH PRESSURE SW
AHEAD OF WHICH F-GEN FORCING IS MAXIMIZED WITHIN THE LOW-LEVELS.
PARENTING WITH MID-LEVEL ASCENT PER CUTOFF ENERGY...THERE IS THE
LIKELIHOOD FOR CONTINUED SHOWERY WEATHER OVER SW PORTIONS OF NEW
ENGLAND.
WILL HOLD WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS FAR W/SW PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA BENEATH AN ABUNDANCE OF CLOUDS. AM NOT GOING TO GET
SPECIFIC WITH THE FORECAST POPS BUT RATHER BROAD BRUSH AN AREA
WHERE THERE IS HIGHEST CONFIDENCE. CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS E.
COMBINATION OF CLOUDS AND RAIN COULD MAKE FOR A VERY CHILL DAY
ESPECIALLY FOR MID- TO LATE-AUGUST. THE DREARY WEATHER COULD YIELD
HIGHS AROUND THE LOW- TO MID-60S FOR THE S/W...WARMER E WHERE THE
GREATER CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SUNSHINE YET ONLY INTO THE UPPER-60S
WITH THE BRISK ONSHORE E-FLOW SURGING INTO INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND.
FRIDAY NIGHT...
ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH WITH SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR BUILDING SW AS
HEIGHTS RISE IN RESPONSE TO THE HANGING TROUGH SWINGING S/E. LOW-
LEVEL F-GEN FORCING AND MID-LEVEL FORCING SHOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH SW
INTO NY/PA AHEAD OF CONTINUED RIDGE ENHANCEMENT.
WHILE CONSENSUS WEIGHTING OF MODEL GUIDANCE YIELDS A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS FOR S/W PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...THE LONG E-FETCH
OFF THE WATERS LIKELY RESULTING IN MOISTURE POOLING WITHIN THE LOW-
LEVELS COULD RESULT IN LOW CLOUDS AND FOG...PERHAPS EVEN DRIZZLE AS
THE FLOW UNDERGOES OROGRAPHIC LIFT ALONG THE E-SHORELINE.
A TOUGH FORECAST AND A LIKELY COOL AND DREARY NIGHT WITH LOWS
GETTING DOWN AROUND THE MID-50S. WITH DEWPOINTS AT SIMILAR VALUES...
ANTICIPATING A PLETHORA OF PATCHY DENSE FOG WHERE THE E-FLOW IS
LIGHT.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
HIGHLIGHTS...
* QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THIS PERIOD
* MILDER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS RIDGE TRIES
TO BUILD EAST
* TIMING OF APPROACHING FRONT BY LATE NEXT WEEK REMAINS UNCERTAIN
BLOCKING UPPER LEVEL PATTERN LOOKS TO REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH
AMERICA AS H5 CUTOFF LOW PRES REMAINS PERSISTENT S OF GREENLAND
THROUGH MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. SOME QUESTIONS DO
COME INTO PLAY AS THE NORTHERN STREAM UPPER FLOW TRIES TO
RECONFIGURE EARLY NEXT WEEK. NW FLOW TRIES TO FLATTEN OUT LATER THIS
WEEKEND...THEN UPPER LEVEL RIDGING APPEARS TO BUILD IN BRIEFLY
AROUND MONDAY OR TUESDAY. OPERATIONAL MODEL RUN DIFFERENCES MAY BE
RESOLVING...BUT STILL SOME TIMING ISSUES CONTINUE LATE NEXT WEEK.
THIS LENDS TO LOWER FORECAST CONFIDENCE BEYOND TUESDAY.
DETAILS...
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
EXPECT HIGH PRES RIDGING TO CONTINUE TO NOSE IN FROM THE MARITIMES.
THE ORIENTATION OF THIS RIDGE WILL KEEP COOL ONSHORE WINDS. SEVERAL
OPERATIONAL MODEL SOLUTIONS...MAINLY THE 12Z GFS/ECMWF...TRY TO WORK
CLOUDS AND SOME LIGHT PRECIP OFF THE OCEAN DURING SAT WITH LONG
FETCH OFF THE GULF OF MAINE. CAN NOT RULE OUT ISOLD SHOWERS THAT MAY
MOVE ONSHORE SATURDAY MORNING THEN PUSH W. COULD EVEN SEE SOME LIGHT
DRIZZLE AROUND SUNRISE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. HAVE MENTIONED
ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AT THIS POINT...THOUGH...BECAUSE OF
UNCERTAINTY OF HOW MUCH MOISTURE WILL BE REALIZED. ONE CERTAINTY
THOUGH IS THAT COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS WILL REMAIN WITH THE ONSHORE
WINDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...
LOOKS LIKE THE MARITIMES RIDGE AXIS TRIES TO PUSH OFFSHORE AS H5
RIDGE PUSHES SE OUT OF ONTARIO AND THE GREAT LAKES AND ACTUALLY
BUILDS INTO QUEBEC...A SET UP THAT HAS BEEN RARE THIS SUMMER. WILL
REMAIN DRY BUT LOOKS LIKE MILDER TEMPS ON THE HORIZON AS WINDS BACK
AROUND TO W AND SW. TEMPS LOOK BE CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMS FOR LATE
AUGUST...THOUGH WILL REMAIN A BIT COOLER ALONG THE S COAST. HUMIDITY
WILL ALSO START TO INCREASE DURING TUESDAY.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...
WHILE THE LAST SEVERAL ECMWF OP RUNS HAVE BEEN MUCH FASTER THAN THE
COUNTERPART GFS...THE 12Z RUN LOOKS MUCH CLOSER WITH ITS SOLUTION IN
KEEPING RIDGING ACROSS MOST OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD. ONE BIG FLY IN
THE OINTMENT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A SYSTEM THAT WILL TRY TO MAKE
THE TURN AROUND THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE OFFSHORE...BUT THAT IS HIGHLY
UNCERTAIN. WEAK COLD FRONT MAY STILL TRY TO WORK OUT OF QUEBEC LAST
WED OR THU...THEN COULD STALL SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION. STILL A
TOUGH CALL. ALSO...DEPENDING UPON AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY...MIGHT SEE SOME SHOWERS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS IN
VICINITY OF THE FRONT. LEANED TOWARD A BLEND OF THE 12Z GFS RUN
ALONG WITH GFS/EC ENSEMBLES FOR THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE...30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
SHORT TERM...THROUGH SATURDAY...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
THROUGH 12Z...
A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS SRN NH AND POINTS W OF THE WORCESTER HILLS. THESE ARE THE
MOST LIKELY SPOTS TO EXPERIENCE MVFR CONDITIONS. VFR DOMINATES
ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT ACK...WHERE IFR CIGS LINGER THROUGH THE
MORNING.
TODAY INTO TONIGHT...
CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO VFR MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH THE DAY ALTHOUGH
LOW VFR CIGS ARE LIKELY ESPECIALLY AREAS W OF THE WORCESTER
HILLS. SHOWERS LINGER IN THIS REGION AS WELL. BY TONIGHT...SHOWERS
DISSIPATE BUT THERE MAY BE MORE WIDESPREAD FOG IN THE W AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF LOWER CIGS IN THE E. THEREFORE...COMPLEX OVERNIGHT
SCENARIO...WHERE SOME OCCASIONAL MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
SAT...
CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO VFR ALL LOCATIONS EXCEPT MAYBE AREAS E OF
THE WST-ORH-AFN...WHERE SOME MVFR CONDITIONS MAY LINGER INTO THE
DAY IN LOW CIGS. BY AFTERNOON...LIKELY TO SEE VFR ALL LOCATIONS.
KBOS TERMINAL...MODERATE CONFIDENCE. MAINLY VFR TODAY EXCEPT FOR
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING. OVERNIGHT...EASTERLY FLOW
COULD YIELD A PERIOD OF LOW CLOUDS WITH MVFR/IFR CIGS POSSIBLE.
SHOULD THESE BE ESTABLISHED...ITS POSSIBLE THEY LINGER INTO THE
MORNING HOURS SAT.
KBDL TERMINAL...MODERATE CONFIDENCE. MVFR/VFR MAY BOUNCE BACK AND
FORTH THROUGH THE MORNING WITH SHOWERS. BY AFTERNOON...CONDITIONS
IMPROVE TO VFR AND MAY STAY THAT WAY THEREAFTER.
OUTLOOK...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR VFR. LOW PROBABILITY OF PATCHY FOG WITH BRIEF
LOCAL MVFR-IFR CONDITIONS EACH NIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE...30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
SHORT-TERM...THROUGH FRIDAY...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
NE-WINDS INCREASING IN RESPONSE TO INTERIOR LOW PRESSURE SHIFTING
SE ACROSS THE WATERS WITH SOME MILD STRENGTHENING AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN FROM THE N. SUBSEQUENT PRESSURE-GRADIENT MAY YIELD SOME
DECENT FETCH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KTS TO CAUSE SEAS TO RISE...BUT
WILL HOLD AT 4 FEET. FEEL BRISK WINDS WILL DIMINISH FOG POTENTIAL
YET LOW CLOUDS AND SHOWERS MAY BE AN ISSUE FOR AREAS TOWARDS THE
SW.
OUTLOOK...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
HIGH CONFIDENCE.
EXPECT WINDS AND SEAS BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA THROUGH THE PERIOD.
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT E SWELLS COULD BUILD CLOSE TO 5 FT ON THE
OUTER WATERS THIS WEEKEND WITH LONG E FETCH...EVEN WITH WIND SPEEDS
LESS THAN 15 KT. MAY SEE PATCHY OVERNIGHT FOG REDUCING VISIBILITIES
EACH NIGHT.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
NH...NONE.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...SIPPRELL/EVT
NEAR TERM...DOODY/SIPPRELL
SHORT TERM...SIPPRELL
LONG TERM...EVT
AVIATION...DOODY/EVT
MARINE...SIPPRELL/EVT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS COLUMBIA SC
149 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER RIDGE WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED HOT CONDITIONS
FRIDAY. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SW INTO THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL MIDLANDS SATURDAY...AND SHIFT TOWARDS THE CSRA SUNDAY.
THIS WILL LEAD TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS BEHIND
IT. THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO OUR SOUTH EARLY TO MID NEXT
WEEK...LEADING TO GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER WITH NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
UPPER RIDGE AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/GULF COAST CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER
ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. 88D
REGIONAL RADAR COMPOSITE SHOWS DECAYING LINE OF SHOWERS MOVING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL/EAST NC. THIS WAS ONCE A PART OF A LARGER
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT BOTH THE HRRR AND WRF
INDICATED WOULD WEAKEN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SATELLITE LOOP
SHOWS SOME DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM THIS CONVECTION THAT WILL BE
SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NC/SC
BORDER. OTHERWISE...SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR AND
TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER/MIDDLE 70S BY SUNRISE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
LITTLE CHANGE FRIDAY. UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN CENTERED JUST TO OUR
WEST...WITH SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE COASTAL CAROLINAS. THIS AND
A LOW LEVEL DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED HOT MAX TEMPS.
MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE MAX TEMPS NEAR 100 DEGREES AGAIN MOST
AREAS...AND ALSO CONTINUES TO INDICATES DEW POINTS MIXING DOWN
INTO THE 60S ACROSS MOST OF OUR FA TO NEAR 70 SE FA...KEEPING HEAT
INDICES BELOW OUR HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 110F. ONLY ISOLATED TO
SLIGHT CHANCE DIURNAL TSTMS AT BEST DUE TO BUILDING RIDGE
ALOFT...AND FAIRLY DRY LOW LEVEL AIR LEADING TO HIGH LEVELS OF
FREE CONVECTION/HIGH CONVECTIVE TEMPS.
MAIN ISSUE FOR SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY IS TIMING OF APPROACHING
BACK DOOR FRONT. LATEST NAM A LITTLE FASTER THAN GFS. GUIDANCE
BLEND AND SHORT RANGE ENSEMBLE SUGGEST FRONT WITH ASSOCIATED BAND
OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FA SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. CHANCE POPS SHOULD GENERALLY SUFFICE.
WARM MAX TEMPS STILL POSSIBLE SAT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH
WARMEST TEMPS FAVORING THE CSRA WHERE TEMPS COULD REACH 100 AGAIN.
WITH NAM BEING SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN GFS WITH THE BACK DOOR FRONT...THE
NAM MOS IS SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN THE GFS MOS FOR SAT MAX
TEMP...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND CENTRAL. EVEN IF TEMPS NEAR 100
REACHED AGAIN SAT...GUIDANCE STILL SUGGESTS DEWPOINTS LOW ENOUGH
TO PRECLUDE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM REACHING OUR HEAT ADVISORY
CRITERIA OF 110F.
FRONT EXPECTED TO SHIFT SW THRU THE FA SAT NT THRU SUN NT. EXPECT
CHANCE POPS NEAR AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH COOLING TEMPS
ALONG AND NORTH OF IT. SO...POPS SUN AFTN FAVORING THE CSRA. HIGH
TEMPS SUNDAY SHOULD BE NOTICEABLY LESS BEHIND THE FRONT.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
FRONT TO PUSH TO OUR SOUTH EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK WITH SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD...WITH UPPER RIDGE
ALOFT. SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH
RIDGE ALOFT WILL REDUCE CONVECTIVE CHANCES...TO SLIGHT CHANCE AT
BEST. TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH EARLY MORNING MVFR
POSSIBLE AT AGS/OGB.
SOME CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CONTINUES TO CROSS THE REGION WITH MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MIDLANDS AND CSRA. EXPECT THE
DEBRIS CLOUDS TO LIMIT FOG POTENTIAL...HOWEVER THERE IS ENOUGH
POTENTIAL TO INCLUDE A TEMPO GROUP FOR AGS/OGB BETWEEN 08 AND 12Z
THIS MORNING. FOG WHICH DEVELOPS WILL RAPIDLY ERODE WITH SUNRISE
WITH SOME DIURNAL CUMULUS FORMING THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON HOURS. CHANCES FOR CONVECTION AT THE TAF SITES REMAINS
TOO LOW TO INCLUDE ATTM. WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE WEST TO
NORTHWEST AT 7 KNOTS OR LESS.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN LATE
NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING FOG SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BRING RESTRICTIONS.
&&
.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
GA...NONE.
&&
$$
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS INDIANAPOLIS IN
421 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW.
&&
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
AN ACTIVE AND WARM WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR
TO PUSH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. MEANWHILE...SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL
WEATHER DISTURBANCES ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL INDIANA ALONG A LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN DAILY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS OR STORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
NEXT WEEK ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL CHANCES
FOR RAIN AND WILL EVENTUALLY BRING A RETURN TO NEAR AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES.
&&
.NEAR TERM /TODAY/...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
SURFACE ANALYSIS EARLY THIS MORNING SHOWS A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY
IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA...STRETCHING FROM
NEAR CHICAGO TO MUNCIE AND WINCHESTER. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW
SHOWER AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT.
ALOFT A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS IN PLACE OVER THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...ALLOWING FOR UPPER LEVEL WEATHER
DISTURBANCES TO RIDE THE RIDGE AND SPILL ACROSS THE WARM FRONT
ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA...ALL THE WHILE BEING A
TRIGGER FOR TSRA. MEANWHILE...A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS
REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WITH DEW POINTS IN THE
UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. SKIES WERE CLOUDY...FILLED WITH DEBRIS
FROM EARLIER CONVECTION.
MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY WILL BE POPS.
GFS AND NAM AGREE TO AN AMPLIFICATION OF THE UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TODAY...HOWEVER THIS WILL STILL RESULT
IN MORE OF THE SAME AS THE UPPER FLOW WILL BE POISED TO SPILL
ALONG THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
INDIANA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY CONTINUE TO SHOW
PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE WITH OVER 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITABLE
WATER. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO IMPLY CONDITIONAL INSTABILITY WITH
CAPE IN EXCESS OF 200 J/KG...HOWEVER CONVECTIVE TEMPS ARE IN THE
LOWER 90S...WHICH SEEM A LITTLE HIGH. CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW IN
ANY SPECIFIC TIMING FOR TSRA TODAY AS GFS AND NAM BOTH FAIL TO
SUGGEST ANY SPECIFIC ORGANIZED WAVE TO PASS ALOFT. HRRR DOES
SUGGEST CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA
THIS MORNING...AN GIVEN THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS WILL STEER TOWARD
THIS SOLUTION. HOWEVER GIVEN THE MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE ALONG
WITH THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WILL KEEP POPS IN PLACE
THROUGH THE DAY.
AS FOR TEMPS...WITH CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE RAIN TODAY...WILL TREND
TOWARD PERSISTENCE...WHICH SHOULD BE COOLER THAN MAVMOS. WARMER
TEMPS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE SW FORECAST AREA WHERE POPS CHANCES
AND CLOUDS WILL BE MUCH LESS...DUE TO PROXIMITY TO THE FRONT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
GFS AND NAM SUGGEST LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE IN THE ONGOING PATTERN
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE TO THE WEST CONTINUES TO ALLOW WEAK
UPPER DISTURBANCES TO SPILL SOUTHEAST INTO INDIANA. THE
WARM...HUMID AND CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS REMAIN DEEPLY SATURATED WITH VERY HIGH
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES. LINGERING SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINS IN
PLACE ALSO. THUS WILL RAISE POPS TONIGHT AND ON SATURDAY AS THESE
FEATURES CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN PLACE. GIVEN THE EXPECTED CLOUDS
AND RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO TREND OF LEANING WARMER THAN MAVMOS ON
LOWS AND COOLER ON HIGHS.
ON SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS BEGINS TO
DRIFT EAST...WHICH BEGINS TO ALLOW DRIER AIR TO ENTER THE FORECAST
COLUMN. THE UPPER STEERING FLOW BEGINS TO SHIFT ANY RIDGE RIDING
SHORT WAVES WELL EAST OF INDIANA. WITH ET DRIER AIR ARRIVING
PRECIPITABLE WATER IN THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS FALLS TO LESS THAN
1.75 IN. ALSO 700MB TEMPS RISE TOWARD 10C...OFTEN A KEY CAPPING
TEMPERATURE. THUS WILL TREND POPS AT OR BELOW MAVMOS ON SUNDAY
THROUGH MONDAY. AS FOR TEMPS...WILL TREND HIGHS AND LOWS WARMER
THAN MAVMOS GIVEN THE VERY WARM AIR MASS THAT IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY/...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
ENSEMBLES SUGGEST UPPER RIDGE INITIALLY OVER THE AREA AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WILL EVENTUALLY GET SUPPRESSED BACK TO THE
SOUTH AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN MIDWEST OR GREAT
LAKES BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
ENSEMBLES SUGGEST PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE
AREA STARTING NEXT TUESDAY AS UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO FLATTEN
OUT...WITH THE BEST CHANCES NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A FRONTAL
SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH MOVES IN. WILL
KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING IN THE FORECAST FROM TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT
THURSDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 220900Z KIND TAF UPDATE/...
ISSUED AT 421 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS AND NORTHERN INDIANA. SHORT TERM MODELS SUGGEST 850MB FLOW
INTO THE CLUSTERS MAY BEGIN TO WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS...BUT STILL LOOKS LIKE A GOOD CHANCE FOR AN IMPACT AT KIND
AFTER 221200Z-221300Z.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY
THIS OVERNIGHT ALONG STATIONARY FRONT THAT EXTENDS SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE NORTHERN TAF SITES AND OVER AN UPPER RIDGE. THE 01Z RAPID
REFRESH REFLECTIVITY PROGS LOOK REASONABLE BRINGING THIS ACTIVITY IN
THE VICINITY OF THE NORTHERN TAF SITES OVERNIGHT. WILL GO WITH VCSH
AT THE START OF THE 06Z TAFS AT LAF AND IND BASED ON RADAR AND
LIGHTNING TRENDS AND THEN VCTS SHORTLY THEREAFTER. WILL ALSO KEEP
VCTS AT LAF AND IND TOMORROW AFTER 20Z AS A COLD FRONT DROPS
SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS. CAP WILL LIKELY KEEP ACTIVITY TO
SCATTERED AT THE OTHER SITES...TOO LITTLE COVERAGE FOR ANY
THUNDERSTORM MENTION.
COULD SEE SOME MVFR AND WORSE FOG OVERNIGHT AS WINDS BECOMING VERY
LIGHT. OTHERWISE...SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND WEST
TOMORROW MORNING BUT STILL LESS THAN 10 KNOTS.
&&
.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...PUMA
NEAR TERM...PUMA
SHORT TERM...PUMA
LONG TERM...JAS
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS INDIANAPOLIS IN
235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
THE SYNOPSIS...NEAR TERM...SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM SECTIONS HAVE
BEEN UPDATED BELOW.
&&
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
AN ACTIVE AND WARM WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR
TO PUSH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. MEANWHILE...SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL
WEATHER DISTURBANCES ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL INDIANA ALONG A LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN DAILY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS OR STORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
NEXT WEEK ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL CHANCES
FOR RAIN AND WILL EVENTUALLY BRING A RETURN TO NEAR AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES.
&&
.NEAR TERM /TODAY/...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
SURFACE ANALYSIS EARLY THIS MORNING SHOWS A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY
IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA...STRETCHING FROM
NEAR CHICAGO TO MUNCIE AND WINCHESTER. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW
SHOWER AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT.
ALOFT A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS IN PLACE OVER THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...ALLOWING FOR UPPER LEVEL WEATHER
DISTURBANCES TO RIDE THE RIDGE AND SPILL ACROSS THE WARM FRONT
ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA...ALL THE WHILE BEING A
TRIGGER FOR TSRA. MEANWHILE...A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS
REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WITH DEW POINTS IN THE
UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. SKIES WERE CLOUDY...FILLED WITH DEBRIS
FROM EARLIER CONVECTION.
MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY WILL BE POPS.
GFS AND NAM AGREE TO AN AMPLIFICATION OF THE UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TODAY...HOWEVER THIS WILL STILL RESULT
IN MORE OF THE SAME AS THE UPPER FLOW WILL BE POISED TO SPILL
ALONG THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
INDIANA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY CONTINUE TO SHOW
PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE WITH OVER 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITABLE
WATER. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO IMPLY CONDITIONAL INSTABILITY WITH
CAPE IN EXCESS OF 200 J/KG...HOWEVER CONVECTIVE TEMPS ARE IN THE
LOWER 90S...WHICH SEEM A LITTLE HIGH. CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW IN
ANY SPECIFIC TIMING FOR TSRA TODAY AS GFS AND NAM BOTH FAIL TO
SUGGEST ANY SPECIFIC ORGANIZED WAVE TO PASS ALOFT. HRRR DOES
SUGGEST CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA
THIS MORNING...AN GIVEN THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS WILL STEER TOWARD
THIS SOLUTION. HOWEVER GIVEN THE MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE ALONG
WITH THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WILL KEEP POPS IN PLACE
THROUGH THE DAY.
AS FOR TEMPS...WITH CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE RAIN TODAY...WILL TREND
TOWARD PERSISTENCE...WHICH SHOULD BE COOLER THAN MAVMOS. WARMER
TEMPS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE SW FORECAST AREA WHERE POPS CHANCES
AND CLOUDS WILL BE MUCH LESS...DUE TO PROXIMITY TO THE FRONT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
GFS AND NAM SUGGEST LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE IN THE ONGOING PATTERN
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE TO THE WEST CONTINUES TO ALLOW WEAK
UPPER DISTURBANCES TO SPILL SOUTHEAST INTO INDIANA. THE
WARM...HUMID AND CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS REMAIN DEEPLY SATURATED WITH VERY HIGH
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES. LINGERING SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINS IN
PLACE ALSO. THUS WILL RAISE POPS TONIGHT AND ON SATURDAY AS THESE
FEATURES CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN PLACE. GIVEN THE EXPECTED CLOUDS
AND RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO TREND OF LEANING WARMER THAN MAVMOS ON
LOWS AND COOLER ON HIGHS.
ON SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS BEGINS TO
DRIFT EAST...WHICH BEGINS TO ALLOW DRIER AIR TO ENTER THE FORECAST
COLUMN. THE UPPER STEERING FLOW BEGINS TO SHIFT ANY RIDGE RIDING
SHORT WAVES WELL EAST OF INDIANA. WITH ET DRIER AIR ARRIVING
PRECIPITABLE WATER IN THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS FALLS TO LESS THAN
1.75 IN. ALSO 700MB TEMPS RISE TOWARD 10C...OFTEN A KEY CAPPING
TEMPERATURE. THUS WILL TREND POPS AT OR BELOW MAVMOS ON SUNDAY
THROUGH MONDAY. AS FOR TEMPS...WILL TREND HIGHS AND LOWS WARMER
THAN MAVMOS GIVEN THE VERY WARM AIR MASS THAT IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY/...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
ENSEMBLES SUGGEST UPPER RIDGE INITIALLY OVER THE AREA AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WILL EVENTUALLY GET SUPPRESSED BACK TO THE
SOUTH AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN MIDWEST OR GREAT
LAKES BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
ENSEMBLES SUGGEST PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE
AREA STARTING NEXT TUESDAY AS UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO FLATTEN
OUT...WITH THE BEST CHANCES NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A FRONTAL
SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH MOVES IN. WILL
KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING IN THE FORECAST FROM TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT
THURSDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 220600Z TAF ISSUANCE/...
ISSUED AT 1234 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY
THIS OVERNIGHT ALONG STATIONARY FRONT THAT EXTENDS SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE NORTHERN TAF SITES AND OVER AN UPPER RIDGE. THE 01Z RAPID
REFRESH REFLECTIVITY PROGS LOOK REASONABLE BRINGING THIS ACTIVITY IN
THE VICINITY OF THE NORTHERN TAF SITES OVERNIGHT. WILL GO WITH VCSH
AT THE START OF THE 06Z TAFS AT LAF AND IND BASED ON RADAR AND
LIGHTNING TRENDS AND THEN VCTS SHORTLY THEREAFTER. WILL ALSO KEEP
VCTS AT LAF AND IND TOMORROW AFTER 20Z AS A COLD FRONT DROPS
SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS. CAP WILL LIKELY KEEP ACTIVITY TO
SCATTERED AT THE OTHER SITES...TOO LITTLE COVERAGE FOR ANY
THUNDERSTORM MENTION.
COULD SEE SOME MVFR AND WORSE FOG OVERNIGHT AS WINDS BECOMING VERY
LIGHT. OTHERWISE...SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND WEST
TOMORROW MORNING BUT STILL LESS THAN 10 KNOTS.
&&
.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...PUMA
NEAR TERM...PUMA
SHORT TERM...PUMA
LONG TERM...JAS
AVIATION...MK/JAS
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS NORTHERN INDIANA
145 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 310 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY REGIONS TONIGHT. THESE DISTURBANCES WILL
INTERACT WITH A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE REGION AND
ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO PRODUCE A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH HOT AND
HUMID CONDITIONS...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER
60S AND LOWER 70S. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE
LOWER TO MID 80S ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...TO AROUND 90
ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL INDIANA.
&&
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 142 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
RADAR TRENDS CONTINUE TO EXPAND WITH A NARROW LINE OF
SHOWERS/STORMS IN WEST INDIANA AND A LARGE CLUSTER OF STORMS
MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN/CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE INITIAL
LINE WAS MOVING ESE WITH THE CLUSTER GENERALLY EAST AT ONLY AROUND
20 TO 25 MPH. SPC MESO ANALYSIS INDICATED UPWARDS OF 2000 J/KG OF
MOST UNSTABLE CAPE (AN INCREASE OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS) WITH
PRECIPITABLE WATERS OVER 2 INCHES AND CORFIDI VECTORS BARELY 10
KNOTS. THIS COMBINED WITH THE RECENT RAINFALL IN THE SW MAY LEAD
TO AN INCREASED THREAT OF FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. WILL MONITOR
OVER THE NEXT HOURS OR 2 TO SEE WHERE THE HEAVIEST PRECIP MAY
TRACK AND DECIDE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION FOR ANY HYDRO CONCERNS
AS HRRR AND RUC SEEM TO POINT TOWARDS THE HEAVIEST RAIN REMAINING
JUST TO THE NE OF THE GREATEST AREA OF CONCERN. ANOTHER GRID
UPDATE WILL BE NEEDED TO REFLECT THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED CONCERN
FOR EXPANSION OF ACTIVITY FURTHER NORTH.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 310 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF SMALL SCALE SHORT WAVES ACROSS SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN WILL DROP EAST SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS
RESULTING IN INCREASING COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CONVECTION EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAS STABILIZED CONDITIONS
SOMEWHAT FOR SFC BASED PARCELS...BUT WELL-ESTABLISHED AXIS OF
POOLED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR MODERATE ELEVATED
INSTABILITY AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS ALSO APPEAR TO BE
FOCUSING LATE THIS AFTERNOON ON AXIS OF DIFFERENTIAL HEATING FROM
VPZ-RCR-AOH. SHEAR PROFILES WILL BE STEADILY ON THE INCREASE OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS HOWEVER...AS BELT OF STRONGER UPPER LEVEL
WESTERLIES OVERSPREADS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION. LIMITING
FACTORS TO INSTABILITY SHOULD TEND TO MITIGATE SEVERE POTENTIAL
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. NEXT UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE
PROGRESSING THROUGH MEAN RIDGE ACROSS EASTERN IOWA/NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR CONTINUED BROAD ISENTROPIC ASCENT OVER
LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE REGION...WITH CONTINUED THUNDER
CHANCES LATE EVENING INTO THE EARLY PORTION OF THE OVERNIGHT. SOME
LOW END SEVERE POTENTIAL MAY EXIST IF UPSTREAM CONVECTION CAN
CONGEAL LATER THIS EVENING...WHICH CANNOT BE RULED OUT GIVEN
STRENGTHENING BACKGROUND SHEAR PROFILES. OTHER CONCERN FOR TONIGHT
WILL BE POSSIBLE HYDRO IMPACTS. SHOWERS/STORMS EARLIER TODAY LAID
OUT AN AXIS OF 1-2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM WESTERN STARKE
COUNTY INTO GRANT COUNTY. THIS CORRIDOR SHOULD REPRESENT BEST
OVERALL ELEVATED INSTABILITY TONIGHT...AND WITH LITTLE
DISPLACEMENT OF NEARLY 2 INCH PWAT AXIS AND WARM CLOUD DEPTHS
GREATER THAN 12K FT...CANNOT RULE SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL.
WITH STILL SOME UNCERTAINTIES ON HOW UPSTREAM CONVECTION WILL
EVOLVE TONIGHT...AND A FAIRLY SIZABLE TEMPORAL GAP FROM THIS
MORNINGS HEAVY RAINFALL...HAVE OPTED TO HOLD OFF ON ANY HYDRO
HEADLINES AT THIS TIME.
AFOREMENTIONED IOWA SHORT WAVE WILL BECOME MORE SHEARED IN NATURE
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY/SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT INTO EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING AND PROVIDE BEST FORCING TO EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
AREA BY AFTERNOON. MID LEVEL HEIGHT RISES WILL SLOWLY BUILD IN
FROM THE WEST DURING THE DAY ALSO...WHICH SHOULD TEND TO
LIMIT CONVECTIVE COVERAGE ACROSS FAR WESTERN AREAS BY LATE
AFTERNOON. HAVE MAINTAINED HIGH CHANCE POPS INTO FRIDAY
MORNING...WITH GRADUALLY DIMINISHING POPS FROM WEST TO EAST
DURING THE AFTERNOON. IF GOOD DEAL OF INSOLATION CAN BE
REALIZED...TEMPERATURES COULD REACH INTO THE LOWER 90S ACROSS
SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA LATE AFTERNOON...WITH HEAT INDICES
PUSHING NEAR THE 100 DEGREE MARK. GREATER CLOUD COVER/PRECIP
SHOULD ALLOW FOR HEAT INDICES REMAINING IN THE LOWER 90S ACROSS
THE EASTERN HALF.
&&
.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 310 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION
THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WHICH WILL SUPPORT A TREND TOWARD
HOT/MAINLY DRY WX. RETAINED LOW CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/STORMS FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...MAINLY SOUTHWEST WHERE LOW LEVEL THETA-E
GRADIENT REMAINS ANCHORED AS COOLER EASTERLY DRAINAGE FLOW INTO
OUR NORTHEASTERN ZONES LIMITS NORTHEAST MIX OF DIFFUSE INSTABILITY
GRADIENT/BOUNDARY. PRECIP CHANCES REMAIN NONZERO INTO SUNDAY AND
MONDAY GIVEN AN INCREASINGLY MOIST/UNSTABLE BOUNDARY
LAYER...ALTHOUGH WARMING/DRYING ALOFT UNDER UPPER RIDGE AXIS SUGGEST
HOLDING WITH A DRY FCST (10 POP) STILL THE WAY TO GO.
GRADUAL EASTWARD DRIFT OF A WESTERN CONUS UPPER TROUGH INTO THE
NORTH-CENTRAL US WILL EVENTUALLY FLATTEN UPPER RIDGE IN PLACE...
WITH MOISTURE CHANNEL/THETA-E FOLD INTO THE LOWER LAKES SUPPORTING
INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/STORMS. MODELS CONTINUE TO DIFFER
WITH TIMING/AMPLITUDE OF THIS FEATURE RESULTING IN LOW CONFIDENCE
POP/TEMP FCST TUESDAY AND BEYOND.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 130 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
STORMY 3 TO 6 HOUR PERIOD LOOKS TO BE IN STORE FOR AT LEAST KSBN
AND LIKELY KFWA (JUST DELAYED AN HOUR OR 2) AS CONVECTION
CONTINUES TO EXPAND ACROSS FAR WESTERN INDIANA BACK INTO NORTHERN
ILLINOIS. A DEVELOPING LINE OF SHOWERS/STORMS WILL DRIFT EAST AND
IMPACT KSBN AROUND 7Z. A LARGER CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS LOCATED WEST
OF KJOT AND WORKING EAST AND SOMEWHAT SE. THIS MAY AFFECT KSBN BUT
THINK IMPACTS ON FWA COULD BE GREATER. HAVE HANDLED WITH TEMPO
GROUPS FOR NOW AND WILL MONITOR COVERAGE.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD DEVELOP JUST ABOUT ANY TIME THROUGH
THE TAF PERIOD BUT WILL LEAVE ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS OUT FOR NOW.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...NONE.
MI...NONE.
OH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...FISHER
SYNOPSIS...MARSILI
SHORT TERM...MARSILI
LONG TERM...STEINWEDEL
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS QUAD CITIES IA IL
329 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
LOFT...UPPER RIDGE PERSISTS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SURFACE
LOW NEAR KLSE THIS MORNING WITH A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING TO ITS
SOUTHWEST INTO COLORADO AND ALSO TO ITS EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES.
THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING FUELED BY LLJ...WARM SECTOR DEW POINTS IN
THE 70S...AND APPROACHING MCV.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
AREA OF CONVECTION OVER SOUTHCENTRAL IOWA SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH
SUNRISE AND AFFECT SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SHORT RANGE
MODELS INCLUDING THE HRRR AND RUC WEAKEN THE CONVECTION AFTER
SUNRISE...WHICH MAKES SENSE GIVEN THE DIURNAL TREND OF THE LLJ.
HOWEVER...MODELS HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN TOO QUICK TO SQUELCH
CONVECTION...AND THUS BELIEVE IT WILL LINGER A BIT LONGER THAN
PROGGED AND WILL HANG ON TO POPS IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA
LONGER THAN MESOSCALE MODELS WOULD SUGGEST.
ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE LOW
CONTINUES TO SAG EVER SO SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTH AND THE FRONT
REMAINS STALLED OVER NRN MO/SRN IA. OF COURSE EXACT POSITIONING OF
STORMS REMAINS UNCERTAIN...IN PARTICULAR WITH SO MANY BOUNDARIES
AROUND. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT FAVORED AREA IS ALONG AND JUST
SOUTH OF I80 WHERE THE 850 MB FRONT IS PROGGED TO SET UP.
REGARDLESS OF EXACT LOCATION...EXPECT INTENSE RAINFALL RATES DUE TO
HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATERS AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES.
ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT WITH BOUNDARIES LINGERING
AND POTENTIAL FOR UPPER WAVES COMING OUT OF THE WSW.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE PERSISTENT RING OF FIRE PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND
PRESENTING A THREAT FOR HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OUTSIDE THE
OCCASIONAL MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES LIKELY TO IMPACT PARTS OF
THE REGION. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS THEN EXPECTED TO BREAK DOWN AND
SHIFT EASTWARD BY THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD INTO THE AREA...RETURNING
TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO LATE AUGUST NORMALS AND PROVIDING A PERIOD OF
DRIER WEATHER.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WILL LIFT THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY/WARM FRONT
NORTHWARD THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY. THE ASSOCIATED WARM
ADVECTION AND STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL CAP WILL LIMIT THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES TO THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH DEW POINTS
EASILY IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S...VERY MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE DUE TO
UNCERTAINTY IN CONVECTIVE TRENDS AND ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER. WITH
SURFACE WINDS MORE SOUTHEASTERLY...WILL BIAS TOWARD THE LOWER END OF
GUIDANCE WITH HIGHS FROM THE MID 80S NORTHEAST TO LOWER 90S SOUTH.
THIS WOULD STILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX READINGS NEAR TO JUST ABOVE
100 SOUTH OF I-80 IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY...THE AREA WILL FALL INTO THE MORE DEEPLY MIXED BUT CAPPED
WARM SECTOR WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES SUPPORTIVE OF WIDESPREAD HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S AND POSSIBLY WARMER DEPENDING ON THE
AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER. THIS WOULD RESULT IN POSSIBLY ANOTHER DAY OF
100 PLUS HEAT INDEX VALUES AND MAY REQUIRE HEAT HEADLINES OVER AT
LEAST THE SOUTH.
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MODEL SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO DIFFER IN THE
TIMING OF THE BOTH THE INITIAL EARLY WEEK FRONTAL PASSAGE AND THE
STRONGER COLD FRONT AROUND WED AND THU. THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN HAVE
THE INITIAL FRONT PUSHING THROUGH INTO CENTRAL IL AND MO
MONDAY...WHILE THE GFS HOLDS IT WELL TO THE NW. OUR FORECAST WILL
CONTINUE A LOW CONFIDENCE BLENDED APPROACH WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
RETURNING LATE MONDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. THE PAST
COUPLE RUNS WERE TRENDING TOWARD A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF A DRY
THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. WARM TO VERY WARM AND CONTINUED
HIGH HUMIDITY SUGGEST A POSSIBLE NEED FOR HEAT HEADLINES AT LEAST IN
THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHERE HIGHS ARE
MAINTAINED IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS HOLDING
IN THE 70S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES ARE TRENDING A BIT
COOLER...FOR WED AND THU AS THE CONTINUITY IN SUCCESSIVE MODEL RUNS
BACK THE TIMING OF THE PATTERN CHANGE AND PLACEMENT OF THE IN-COMING
HIGH.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1130 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
LATEST TAFS UPDATED TO FAVOR HRRR/RAP SOLUTIONS...WHICH ARE
MODELING THE CURRENT DEVELOPING CONVECTION WELL. NOW THINKING
STORMS WILL BE MOST PREVALENT AT KMLI/KBRL OVERNIGHT AND HAVE
INTRODUCED 3-4 HOUR TEMPO GROUPS. MORE ISOLATED COVERAGE EXPECTED
AT KCID/KDBQ WITH VCTS GROUPS SUFFICIENT. RECENT TRENDS ALSO
SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF IFR CIGS AND/OR VSBYS AT
KCID/KDBQ OVERNIGHT.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...DMD
SHORT TERM...DMD
LONG TERM...SHEETS
AVIATION...RP KINNEY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS TOPEKA KS
1148 PM CDT Thu Aug 21 2014
...AVIATION UPDATE...
.UPDATE...
Issued at 732 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
Will be updating the forecast soon to remove the heat advisory as
HI values have fallen below 105 already and temps will continue to
cool. Am a little concerned that we may be dealing with convection
across northern KS for much of the evening. A 00Z objective
surface analysis suggests a weak trough axis or boundary has laid
over more west to east into northeast KS and the outflow from
convection over north central KS will likely help better define
this boundary. Once the low level jet increases this evening,
there could be enough lift along this boundary for scattered
storms to fester through much of the night. This seems to be the
idea anyways from the HRRR and RAP, although they may be a little
to far south with the QPF. Not sure how long a downbust threat
may last as cooling of the boundary layer should increase
convective inhibition. But locally heavy rainfall could be a
concern as models show more than enough moisture (PWs around 2
inches) available for moderate and heavy rainfall. With this in
mind will have tweaked POPs up a little for at least this evening
across north central and northeast KS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Friday)
Issued at 356 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
At 3 PM, surface low pressure was situated over the Oklahoma
panhandle...connected by a weak cold front to another surface low in
southwest Minnesota. There was a second weak boundary, more of a
moisture discontinuity extending from just north of Russel, KS to
near Marysville, KS. immediately north of this moisture boundary,
low-level convergence and the presence of deeper moisture/more
instability have led to persistent showers and a few storms in
southern Nebraska and extreme northern Kansas. Aloft, a stream of
very weak disturbances were moving out of the desert southwest into
the central Plains, and will continue to do so through tomorrow.
Southwest flow aloft on the west side of an upper ridge has allowed
for continuous warm advection and a very hot regime locally.
Temperatures today have been in the upper 90s to lower 100s (with
the exception of areas very close to the NE border where there have
been more clouds) while dewpoints especially north and east have
held in the lower 70s. This has led to heat index values in the 102
to 108 range with the highest values east. Have issued a heat
advisory for northeast and east central KS where the highest T/Td
combinations should be in place through this evening.
This evening into tonight, will be watching a few features for
potential thunderstorm development. The first is the frontal zone in
north central KS. Surface based CAPE greater than 1000 J/kg is in
place in the airmass just north of the weak boundary. Wind shear is
rather weak, but between the ample afternoon heating of the boundary
and what seems to be an incoming weak short wave trough, could see
scattered thunderstorm development in north central KS. If storms
can develop through early evening, the very steep low level lapse
rates would support localized strong downbursts. However, severe
potential appears low as there may not be sufficient
lift/instability to support the precip loading needed for severe
winds. Will need to monitor regardless as the depth of the steep
lapse rates would support damaging winds with only moderate
mid-level downdrafts. As the evening progresses, expect a low level
jet to increase a bit with some weak convergence into north central
KS and a zone of more aggressive moisture transport from south
central into northeast KS. This may further support north central KS
thunderstorms by around 03Z, and could support further development
into northeast KS by late evening and early morning. The chances are
slight for thunderstorms at any given point, and the potential for
severe weather overnight appears even lower yet given the expected
elevated nature of the storms.
Friday is a bit uncertain regarding temperatures and potential heat
headlines. This is mainly due to uncertainty in how long any
scattered precip or remnant cloud cover will be over the area. The
current forecast leans toward a mainly cloud-free late morning and
early afternoon. This, along with slightly warmer 850 temps would
suggest temperatures near or slightly warmer than Thursday with
dewpoints near or slightly lower than Thursday. IF this scenario
plays out, a heat advisory could be needed for parts of the area
again, but given at least some potential for convective debris and
lower temps, have not issued at this time. Will then look to late
afternoon for more potential for scattered storm development, mainly
in northern KS.
.LONG TERM...(Friday Night through Thursday)
Issued at 356 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
The mid-level pattern is expected to remain fairly unchanged Friday
night into the weekend as models show the mid-level ridge staying
anchored over much of the southeastern U.S. with the mid-level
trough in place over the western U.S. Friday night into Saturday
this mid-level trough currently over the Pacific Northwest is
expected to deepen and dig southward along the western Rockies
before a strong embedded shortwave trough lifts northeastward toward
the Northern Plains Saturday night into Sunday. As this shortwave
trough pivots northward, it will help to slowly push the stationary
front that will remain stalled out over north central Kansas and
along the Kansas/Nebraska border eastward through the forecast area
Sunday into Monday. Ahead of this frontal passage, southwesterly
surface winds will prevail as surface low pressure remains anchored
over the High Plains. As a result, warm air advection will persist
through the weekend with unseasonably hot conditions. Highs for
Saturday are expected to reach into the mid/upper 90s with afternoon
heat indices rising into the 98F to 102F degree range. As winds
shift to the north with the frontal passage, a slight cool-down is
expected by early next week with highs in the upper 80s to low/mid
90s on Monday. As for precipitation chances through this period,
there is a chance for some isolated nocturnal showers and
thunderstorms Friday night and Saturday night with the help of the
low-level jet, primarily focused over north central Kansas and along
the Kansas/Nebraska border. Thunderstorm chances increase by Sunday
night into Monday with the frontal passage. Models continue to show
this front lifting northward over the region as a warm front by
Monday night, however there are still some model discrepancies with
regards to just how far north this warm front will lift. At this
time though, models seem to be trending toward much of the southern
half of the forecast area being in the warm sector as this boundary
will likely become stationary once again near the Kansas/Nebraska
border through Tuesday night, so expect temperatures to warm up once
again into at least the low/mid 90s and possibly into the upper 90s
for some locations. Tuesday night into Wednesday we may see a repeat
of events as models are showing the stationary boundary once again
transitioning to a cold front that will progress eastward across the
region as a stronger mid-level trough develops and deepens across
the Rockies. This stronger trough should help to finally push this
system east of the area mid-week, with increased precipitation
chances Tuesday night and Wednesday followed by slightly cooler
temperatures in the mid 80s to near 90 degrees.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFs through 06Z Friday Night)
Issued at 1148 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
Am quite uncertain whether TS will hold together long enough to
make it into MHK. Profiler data shows a 40KT low level jet from
the south and southwest with the gust front approaching MHK from
the northwest. Think if the gust front was not going to make it
into the terminal, I`d be inclined to keep storms out of the
forecast. However seeing some isolated stuff develop over Lincoln
CO is good enough for me to add a VCTS thinking the gust front
could provide enough lift for some elevated storms. For TOP and
FOE, thinking is the further east the storms move, the more CIN
the will encounter as they move into the heart of the mid level
ridge axis. So will maintain a VFR forecast and continue to
monitor convective trends. Confidence in any model solution is low
as none have done a very good job with this evenings storms.
&&
.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...Wolters
SHORT TERM...Barjenbruch
LONG TERM...Hennecke
AVIATION...Wolters
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS JACKSON KY
325 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 159 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY SLIDING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF OHIO. THIS COMPLEX IS WEAKENING AS EVIDENCED BY
THE WARMING CLOUD TOPS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. STILL...FEEL
THAT THIS WILL SKIRT THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA
WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL IN THE 06 TO 10Z TIME RANGE...SO BEEFED UP
THE POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS FEATURE. UPDATES HAVE BEEN SENT.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 1031 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
A NEW FORECAST UPDATE WAS JUST SENT OUT ADDRESSING THE POSSIBILITY OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FURTHER SOUTH INTO OUR FORECAST AREA LATER
TONIGHT THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. BASED ON CURRENT SATELLITE AND RADAR
IMAGERY...IT APPEARS THAT THE NORTHERN 2 OR 3 TIERS OF COUNTIES OF
OUR FORECAST AREA COULD EXPERIENCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT IS
CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL
OHIO. THE SKY COVER...PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY...WEATHER TYPE...AND
PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FORECAST GRIDS WERE ALL UPDATED TO REFLECT
CURRENT TRENDS AND THE LATEST HRRR FORECAST DATA. THE HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK WAS ALSO UPDATED TO REFLECT THE NEW THUNDERSTORM
PROBABILITIES AND THE FURTHER SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS
THEMSELVES.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 758 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
SOME SIGNIFICANT UPDATES WERE MADE TO THE FORECAST GRIDS FOR THE REST
OF THE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. WILL BE ISSUING A NEW
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT WITH THE PREFIRST PERIOD FROM DAY SHIFT
REMOVED. THE GRIDS AND THE TEXT FORECAST PRODUCT HAVE BOTH BEEN
UPDATED TO REFLECT THE FACT THAT ALL PRECIPITATION HAS NOW MOVED OUT
OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE LATEST NAM12 AND HRRR MODELS BOTH ARE
KEEPING PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE AREA UNTIL 8 OR 9Z TONIGHT. BASED ON
THIS...AND THE LATEST RADAR IMAGERY...WHICH HAS A LARGE THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...IT APPEARS THAT THE MODEL
DATA IS ON TRACK AND THAT THE STORMS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS INDIANA
WILL STAY MOSTLY NORTH OF THE AREA AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW. WE MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS
FIRE UP ALONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS IN OUR NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES
ALONG AND NORTH OF I-64 AROUND 8Z TONIGHT. THE SKY COVER GRIDS AND
FORECAST WERE ALSO UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS OF PARTLY TO
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT
OF RAIN EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS RECEIVED THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...AND
WITH CLOUDS BREAKING UP A BIT TONIGHT...WE SHOULD STILL SEE AREAS OF
FOG IN OUR VALLEYS. LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED RAINFALL
TODAY...INCLUDING RIDGETOP LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE JACKSON WEATHER
OFFICE...COULD ALSO SEE SOME MVFR FOG OVERNIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL ALSO BE UPDATED SHORTLY TO REFLECT THE LACK OF
THUNDER THROUGH DAWN TOMORROW. A NEW SET OF ZONES WILL ALSO BE ISSUED
SHORTLY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 355 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
19Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A SEASONALLY STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER
THE HIGH PLAINS WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. THIS NEARBY
HIGH IS NOT ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE LATEST INCARNATION OF MCS ACTIVITY
FROM DIVING THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY. THIS IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
HIGH INSTABILITY THROUGHOUT THE AREA GIVEN TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
80S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THREAT...HIGH PWS...LOW FFG...AND A POTENTIAL FOR
TRAINING WILL KEEP FLASH FLOODING A CONCERN THROUGH THE EVENING.
THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ALOFT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PORTION
OF THE FORECAST WITH A LARGE AREA OF RIDGING STRETCHING FROM THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. AS IT DOES SO...A
DEEP LOW TO THE NORTHEAST WILL SEND PACKETS OF ENERGY THROUGH THE
OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS IN FAIRLY FAST
NORTHWEST FLOW. THIS WILL PLACE AT LEAST NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE JKL
CWA IN THE STORM TRACK AND AS PRIME REAL ESTATE FOR MCS ACTIVITY.
GIVEN THE MODEL AGREEMENT HAVE FAVORED A BLEND WITH EXTRA EMPHASIS ON
THE HRRR AND NAM12 FOR THE FIRST 12 TO 24 HOURS.
SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL FEATURE ON GOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
DIMINISHING INTO THE EVENING...BUT PROGRESSING SOUTH WITH THE FAVORED
INSTABILITY. LATER TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDS SKIES AND THE MOISTURE
FROM THE RAIN OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
AREAS OF FOG...LOCALLY DENSE. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE NEXT ROUND OF
STORMS STAY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CWA TONIGHT. AFTER THE FOG BURNS
OFF ON FRIDAY MORNING THE INSTABILITY WILL BUILD AGAIN WITH ANOTHER
VERY HUMID AND WARM DAY. THIS WILL BE A SIMILAR SETUP FOR SEVERE AND
EXCESSIVE RAIN POTENTIAL...MAINLY IN THE NORTHEAST BASED ON THE
EXPECTATION OF EARLY STORMS TRACKING JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CWA AND
DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR SOUTHWEST FLANKS. LIKEWISE...PATCHY FOG WILL BE
AN ISSUE FOR THE AREA LATER FRIDAY NIGHT GIVEN A SIMILAR SETUP...
BUT STILL DEPENDENT ON THE RAINS EARLY IN THE DAY AND EVENING.
USED THE CONSSHORT AS A STARTING POINT FOR THE T...TD...AND WINDS
THROUGH THE FIRST 24 HOURS AND THE SUPERBLEND THEREAFTER. MADE SOME
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON TERRAIN FOR LOWS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
AS FOR POPS...ENDED UP HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE...EXCEPT FOR THE MET
NORTH OF JKL ON FRIDAY NIGHT...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING OWING TO THE
TENDENCY FOR STORMS TO EXPAND SOUTHWEST OF THEIR DEPICTIONS IN THE
MODELS.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 324 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL REMAIN IN PLAY DURING THE DURATION OF THE
EXTENDED...WITH HEIGHTS EXPECTED TO BUILD AS THE HIGH SHIFTS NEWARD
ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. BUILDING HEIGHTS WILL THEN TRANSLATE
TO RISING TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER...MID AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL
GENERALLY REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTH DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE
EXTENDED. THIS...COUPLED WITH CLOUD COVER THAT WILL HAMPER MAXIMUM
SOLAR RADIATION...WILL KEEP HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S THROUGH
TUESDAY. TEMPS MAY THEN COOL DOWN A COUPLE DEGREES AFTER TUESDAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE SITS OVERHEAD AND UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE RIDGE BECOME MORE STATIC.
BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST SOUNDINGS...WILL AGREE WITH PREVIOUS
FORECAST THAT EACH DAY SHOULD POSE A SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM THREAT
MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AND GIVEN THE MID LEVEL DRYING
FROM MONDAY ON...WOULDN/T BE SURPRISED IF SOME OF THESE STORMS
PRODUCE SOME POTENTIAL HAIL. IN PROMISING NEWS...GIVEN THE RIDGING
PATTERN IN PLACE...WE WILL EXPERIENCE NO BOUNDARY FORCING UNTIL VERY
LATE IN THE FORECAST...SO THIS WILL HAMPER SOME OF THE BEST
INSTABILITY AND WIDESPREAD INITIATION. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AT THE
SURFACE...AND REMAIN SO AS WE HEAD UP HIGHER INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
THAT BEING SAID...AFTERNOON CAPE VALUES WILL BE ABOVE THE 2K J/KG
RANGE THROUGH MUCH OF THE EXTENDED...AND LAPSE RATES WILL RISE
SLIGHTLY BY TUES/WED TO 6 TO 6.5 C/KM...SO AFTERNOON HEATING AND
INSTABILITY MAY BE ALL THAT IS NECESSARY FOR SCATTERED CELL
DEVELOPMENT EACH DAY. A BOUNDARY WILL FINALLY PUSH INTO THE AREA BY
THURS/FRI DAY 7/8 /PER THE LATEST GFS MODEL RUN/. THIS WILL BRING A
MORE WIDESPREAD CHANCE FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA.
HOWEVER...THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF DISAGREEMENT IN THE EXTENDED
MODELS THIS FAR OUT...SO DECIDED TO LEAN ON THE ALLBLEND FOR POPS AT
THIS TIME.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 159 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL WEAKEN AS IT SKIRTS BY ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN 06 AND 10Z. THIS WILL LIKELY AFFECT A
LINE FROM KSYM TO KSJS BETWEEN 07 AND 09Z. MVFR VISIBILITIES ALONG
WITH SOME GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS UP TO AROUND 20 KTS WILL
ACCOMPANY THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS. EXPECT MVFR OR
WORSE FOG WILL SET IN ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH DAWN...WITH
IFR OR WORSE FOG RESTRICTED TO THE DEEPER VALLEYS...PARTICULARLY
THOSE THAT SAW RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL. ONCE THE FOG BURNS OFF THROUGH
AROUND 13Z...A RENEWED THREAT OF CONVECTION WILL RETURN...MAINLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
&&
.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...GEOGERIAN
SHORT TERM...GREIF
LONG TERM...JMW
AVIATION...GEOGERIAN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NWS JACKSON KY
159 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 159 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY SLIDING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF OHIO. THIS COMPLEX IS WEAKENING AS EVIDENCED BY
THE WARMING CLOUD TOPS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. STILL...FEEL
THAT THIS WILL SKIRT THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA
WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL IN THE 06 TO 10Z TIME RANGE...SO BEEFED UP
THE POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS FEATURE. UPDATES HAVE BEEN SENT.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 1031 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
A NEW FORECAST UPDATE WAS JUST SENT OUT ADDRESSING THE POSSIBILITY OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FURTHER SOUTH INTO OUR FORECAST AREA LATER
TONIGHT THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. BASED ON CURRENT SATELLITE AND RADAR
IMAGERY...IT APPEARS THAT THE NORTHERN 2 OR 3 TIERS OF COUNTIES OF
OUR FORECAST AREA COULD EXPERIENCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT IS
CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL
OHIO. THE SKY COVER...PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY...WEATHER TYPE...AND
PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FORECAST GRIDS WERE ALL UPDATED TO REFLECT
CURRENT TRENDS AND THE LATEST HRRR FORECAST DATA. THE HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK WAS ALSO UPDATED TO REFLECT THE NEW THUNDERSTORM
PROBABILITIES AND THE FURTHER SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS
THEMSELVES.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 758 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
SOME SIGNIFICANT UPDATES WERE MADE TO THE FORECAST GRIDS FOR THE REST
OF THE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. WILL BE ISSUING A NEW
ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT WITH THE PREFIRST PERIOD FROM DAY SHIFT
REMOVED. THE GRIDS AND THE TEXT FORECAST PRODUCT HAVE BOTH BEEN
UPDATED TO REFLECT THE FACT THAT ALL PRECIPITATION HAS NOW MOVED OUT
OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE LATEST NAM12 AND HRRR MODELS BOTH ARE
KEEPING PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE AREA UNTIL 8 OR 9Z TONIGHT. BASED ON
THIS...AND THE LATEST RADAR IMAGERY...WHICH HAS A LARGE THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...IT APPEARS THAT THE MODEL
DATA IS ON TRACK AND THAT THE STORMS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS INDIANA
WILL STAY MOSTLY NORTH OF THE AREA AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW. WE MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS
FIRE UP ALONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS IN OUR NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES
ALONG AND NORTH OF I-64 AROUND 8Z TONIGHT. THE SKY COVER GRIDS AND
FORECAST WERE ALSO UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS OF PARTLY TO
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT
OF RAIN EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS RECEIVED THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...AND
WITH CLOUDS BREAKING UP A BIT TONIGHT...WE SHOULD STILL SEE AREAS OF
FOG IN OUR VALLEYS. LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED RAINFALL
TODAY...INCLUDING RIDGETOP LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE JACKSON WEATHER
OFFICE...COULD ALSO SEE SOME MVFR FOG OVERNIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL ALSO BE UPDATED SHORTLY TO REFLECT THE LACK OF
THUNDER THROUGH DAWN TOMORROW. A NEW SET OF ZONES WILL ALSO BE ISSUED
SHORTLY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 355 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
19Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A SEASONALLY STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER
THE HIGH PLAINS WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. THIS NEARBY
HIGH IS NOT ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE LATEST INCARNATION OF MCS ACTIVITY
FROM DIVING THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY. THIS IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
HIGH INSTABILITY THROUGHOUT THE AREA GIVEN TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
80S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THREAT...HIGH PWS...LOW FFG...AND A POTENTIAL FOR
TRAINING WILL KEEP FLASH FLOODING A CONCERN THROUGH THE EVENING.
THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ALOFT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PORTION
OF THE FORECAST WITH A LARGE AREA OF RIDGING STRETCHING FROM THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. AS IT DOES SO...A
DEEP LOW TO THE NORTHEAST WILL SEND PACKETS OF ENERGY THROUGH THE
OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS IN FAIRLY FAST
NORTHWEST FLOW. THIS WILL PLACE AT LEAST NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE JKL
CWA IN THE STORM TRACK AND AS PRIME REAL ESTATE FOR MCS ACTIVITY.
GIVEN THE MODEL AGREEMENT HAVE FAVORED A BLEND WITH EXTRA EMPHASIS ON
THE HRRR AND NAM12 FOR THE FIRST 12 TO 24 HOURS.
SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL FEATURE ON GOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
DIMINISHING INTO THE EVENING...BUT PROGRESSING SOUTH WITH THE FAVORED
INSTABILITY. LATER TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDS SKIES AND THE MOISTURE
FROM THE RAIN OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
AREAS OF FOG...LOCALLY DENSE. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE NEXT ROUND OF
STORMS STAY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CWA TONIGHT. AFTER THE FOG BURNS
OFF ON FRIDAY MORNING THE INSTABILITY WILL BUILD AGAIN WITH ANOTHER
VERY HUMID AND WARM DAY. THIS WILL BE A SIMILAR SETUP FOR SEVERE AND
EXCESSIVE RAIN POTENTIAL...MAINLY IN THE NORTHEAST BASED ON THE
EXPECTATION OF EARLY STORMS TRACKING JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CWA AND
DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR SOUTHWEST FLANKS. LIKEWISE...PATCHY FOG WILL BE
AN ISSUE FOR THE AREA LATER FRIDAY NIGHT GIVEN A SIMILAR SETUP...
BUT STILL DEPENDENT ON THE RAINS EARLY IN THE DAY AND EVENING.
USED THE CONSSHORT AS A STARTING POINT FOR THE T...TD...AND WINDS
THROUGH THE FIRST 24 HOURS AND THE SUPERBLEND THEREAFTER. MADE SOME
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON TERRAIN FOR LOWS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
AS FOR POPS...ENDED UP HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE...EXCEPT FOR THE MET
NORTH OF JKL ON FRIDAY NIGHT...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING OWING TO THE
TENDENCY FOR STORMS TO EXPAND SOUTHWEST OF THEIR DEPICTIONS IN THE
MODELS.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 315 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
STRONG RIDGING WILL LIKELY HOLD OVER THE AREA FOR THE BALANCE OF THE
EXTENDED PART OF THE FORECAST. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL
CONTINUE EACH DAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. IN
ADDITION...WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ANCHORED BENEATH
THE RIDGE. BEST TIME FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EACH
AFTERNOON/EVENING...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM
AT ANY TIME INTO NEXT WEEK. GFS MOS IS LIKELY A BIT TOO HIGH AND
WILL CONTINUE TO GO BETWEEN GFS AND MET MOS THROUGH SATURDAY. ECMWF
SEEMS TO BE A GOOD COMPROMISE WITH REGARDS TO TEMPERATURES.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 159 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL WEAKEN AS IT SKIRTS BY ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN 06 AND 10Z. THIS WILL LIKELY AFFECT A
LINE FROM KSYM TO KSJS BETWEEN 07 AND 09Z. MVFR VISIBILITIES ALONG
WITH SOME GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS UP TO AROUND 20 KTS WILL
ACCOMPANY THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS. EXPECT MVFR OR
WORSE FOG WILL SET IN ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH DAWN...WITH
IFR OR WORSE FOG RESTRICTED TO THE DEEPER VALLEYS...PARTICULARLY
THOSE THAT SAW RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL. ONCE THE FOG BURNS OFF THROUGH
AROUND 13Z...A RENEWED THREAT OF CONVECTION WILL RETURN...MAINLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
&&
.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...GEOGERIAN
SHORT TERM...GREIF
LONG TERM...KAS
AVIATION...GEOGERIAN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
402 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY
ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FRONT
WILL PUSH SOUTHWEST AS A COLD FRONT SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD SOUTH FROM NEW ENGLAND INTO THE MID ATLANTIC THIS WEEKEND
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
THIS WEEK HAS BEEN FAIRLY CUT/PASTE EACH DAY W/ THE CONDITIONS OF
TEMPS...HUMIDITY...SKY CONDITIONS AND POPS. THIS MOIST AIRMASS WILL
FINALLY UNDERGO A TRANSITION AND BEGIN TO EXIT THE REGION...BUT NOT
UNTIL SAT EVE. TILL THEN...ANOTHER SIMILAR DAY TO AT LEAST THE LAST
TWO IS EXPECTED FOR THE AREA. DEWPOINTS CONTINUE TO HOVER WITHIN THE
65-70F RANGE WHICH IS PLENTY HUMID AND PREVENTING OUR TEMPS FROM
DROPPING BELOW THE 70F MARK FOR MANY AREAS.
GROUND FOG/LOW STRATUS NOT AS DENSE OR PREVALENT AT THIS TIME
COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT...EVEN W/ CALM WINDS AND ANOTHER DAY OF RAIN
ACCUMULATION STRANDS ACROSS THE REGION. UPPER DEBRIS CARRIED OUT
AHEAD OF DISSIPATED CONVECTION FROM THE NW HAS OVERCOME MUCH OF THE
AREA AND LIKELY LIMITING FOG FORMATION. STILL EXPECTING A BRIEF FEW
HRS OF LOW STRATUS JUST W/IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER TOWARD DAWN WHEN THE
TEMPS ARE AT THEIR MIN AND RADIATIONAL EFFECTS FROM THE RISING SUN
BEGIN TO TRANSITION THE NEAR SFC LAYER - BUT ONLY PATCHY DENSE VLY
FOG OR STRAITED BANDS OF LOW STRATUS FOR LOCALIZED AREAS.
OUR AREA IS SURROUNDED TO THE EAST AND WEST BY CONTINUED SHOWER AND
TSTM ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT...W/ THE ERN STORMS HEADING OFF THE COAST
AND ANOTHER BATCH APPROACHING THE CNTRL APLCNS. A LOCAL UPPER
IMPULSE LIKELY KICKING-OFF ANOTHER ROUND OF CELLS IN A LINEAR
FASHION FROM ERN OH DOWN INTO NRN WV. HRRR AND MOST OTHER LOCAL WRF
MEMBERS CARRYING THIS ACTIVITY OVER THE MTNS BUT THEN QUICKLY
DISSIPATE IT TO AN INNOCUOUS BATCH OF LIGHT STRATIFORM SHOWERS. LIKE
THE PREV FEW DAYS...TODAY WILL BE MOSTLY DRY - THOUGH HUMID - AND
DODGING SCT SHOWERS/ISLD TSTMS LATER THIS AFTN/EVE. THE EARLIEST
ACTIVITY WILL DICTATE THE LATER ACTIVITY...W/ LOCALLY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS EXPECTED AND GUSTY WINDS W/ THE STRONGER CELLS. THE 00Z
4/22 KIAD SOUNDING SHOWS GOOD LAPSE RATES IN THE LOW LEVELS AND
MOIST ADIABATIC HEADING UP THRU THE REST OF THE COLUMN...MUCH MORE
MOIST THAN 24HRS PRIOR. THIS PROFILE IS EXPECTED TO CARRY OVER FOR
TODAY`S ACTIVITY BUT END UP MORE STABLE THAN THU`S...AND A LESS
FAVORABLE WIND PROFILE.
WINDS BELOW 10KFT MAY HAVE A BULK AND MEAN SHEAR OF ONLY AROUND 5KT
W/ A MUCH STRONGER UPPER FLOW. A POTENT UPPER JET OF 80-100KT WON`T
HELP LOW-TOP CONVECTION MUCH AND MAY IN-FACT SHEAR OFF TALLER CELLS.
THE LACK OF GOOD MID/LOW LEVEL STEERING FLOW INCREASES THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IN LOCALIZED AREAS...W/ A REGIME
THAT MAY ALLOW FOR TRAINING CELLS UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS OR
ALONG A PRE-EXISTING BOUNDARY. WILL KEEP THIS THE HIGHLIGHT IN THE
HWO...WHICH WILL BE THE BIGGEST THREAT OUTSIDE OF A FEW
STRONG/MARGINALLY SVR TSTMS.
SUNSET WILL AGAIN BE THE START OF TSTM DISSIPATION W/ ONLY A HANDFUL
OF SHOWERS CONTINUING TO SLIDE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE LATE NIGHT
HRS. DEWPOINTS WILL CONTINUE TO HOVER NEAR 70F FOR ANOTHER HUMID
OVERNIGHT. BATCHES OF MID CLOUD DECKS WILL ALSO HELP SHELTER THE
AREA AND KEEP OVERNIGHT LOWS MODERATED NEAR THE 70F MARK.
TOWARD SUNRISE SAT...THE DYNAMIC TRANSITION WILL BEGIN TO TAKE PLACE
OFF TO OUR NORTH AND EAST. THE UPPER LOW SITTING OVER THE GREAT
LAKES FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS WILL BE ABSORBED INTO THE UPPER
FLOW AND HELP DIG THE RETROGRADED PORTION OF AN UPPER TROUGH BACK
OVER THE AREA ON SAT. THE LAST ARM OF THIS FEATURE WILL DRIFT ACROSS
THE REGION DURING THE DAYTIME HRS AND BRING MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE THEIR COOLEST IN DAYS BUT STILL
REACHING THE L80S BY MID AFTN. HOWEVER...THE INSTABILITY PROFILE
WILL LOOK MORE LIKE THU`S...W/ SFC-BASED CAPES POTENTIALLY IN THE
1-1.5K RANGE W/ A COOLER UPPER LEVEL TEMP PROFILE FROM THE UPPER
TROUGH PASSAGE. STABILITY MAY COME HOWEVER IN THE FORM OF AN ELY LOW
LEVEL WIND...WHICH COULD LIMIT THE CONVECTIVE INITIATION POTENTIAL
IF THE CAP IS TOO STRONG AND SFC TEMPS DON`T REACH THE APPROPRIATE
LEVELS - ESPEC CLOSER TO THE BAY AND NEAR THE MASON-DIXON LINE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
SFC HIPRES WL BE BLDG DOWN THE COAST SAT NGT-SUN. AS H5 RDG AXIS
CONTS TO SHARPEN...DRIER AIR WL BE ENTRAINED...AND GRDLY ERODE THE
LLVL MARITIME SATURATION. THAT WL HPPN FIRST ALONG I-95 SAT EVNG.
THINK WE/LL NEED TO HOLD ONTO POPS FOR THE MTNS ALL NGT SAT. FIRST
CLRG WL COME TO METRO BALT ELY SUN...AND WL SPREAD THAT TO THE SW
ACRS THE REMAINDER OF THE CWFA THRUT THE DAY. SUNDAY WL BE A NICER
DAY THAN SAT...EVEN FOR THE MTNS WHICH MAY AVG OUT AS PTSUN VS MOSUN
/OR EVEN SUNNY/.
SINCE ITLL BE CLDY...AND DEWPTS WL BE DROPPING THRU THE 60S...DIDNT
LWR MIN-T AS MUCH AS I CUD HV. AM TAKING A RESERVED APPROACH...W/
MIN-T IN THE 60S AS WELL. DID GO ON THE COOLER EDGE OF MAXT GDNC FOR
SUN...BUT BELIEVE PROLONGED ELY FETCH WL KEEP TEMPS FAIRLY CLOSE TO
WATER TEMPS.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
SFC HIPRES AND H5 RDG AXIS CONT TO BUILD OVER THE MID ATLC THRU THE
XTNDD PD. FLOW WL BE LGT...BUT TEMPS WL GRDLY BE MODERATING BY
MIDWEEK.
A CDFNT DROPPING TWD THE AREA LT WK WL PROVIDE THE ONLY PCPN RISK
DURING THE WORK WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION /08Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
SOME AREAS OF GROUND/VLY FOG IN TYPICAL PIEDMONT AND COASTAL AREAS
BUT NOT SEEING A DEVELOPING DENSE LOW CLOUD BANK EITHER ATTM. THE
NEXT FEW HRS MAY SEE BATCHES OF LOW-END MVFR CIGS/VSBYS DEVELOP BUT
LIKELY NOT IFR OR LOWER...OUTSIDE OF A BRIEF PERIOD. SKIES AFTER
SUNRISE WILL AGAIN WAVER IN/OUT OF PARTLY SUNNY/MOSTLY CLOUDY SINCE
WE STILL HAVE A MOIST ATMOS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LATE-DAY TSTMS
POSSIBLE AGAIN ACROSS THE REGION. CONDS WILL IMPROVE AGAIN
OVERNIGHT...THOUGH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND MORE DENSE CLOUD COVER
IS EXPECTED INTO EARLY SAT W/ MORE SHOWER/TSTMS EXPECTED ON SAT.
MAY HV SOME LOW CLDS OR PATCHY FOG TO START THE DAY SUN...OTRW VFR
WL PREVAIL THRU TUE.
&&
.MARINE...
SCA CONDITIONS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. A FEW TSTMS
POSSIBLE THIS AFTN/EVE OVER THE WATERS. ELY ONSHORE FLOW WILL
STRENGTHEN INTO EARLY SAT...W/ SOME POSSIBLY MARGINAL SCA CONDITIONS
ALONG THE WRN SHORES AND MAIN STEM OF THE MD BAY.
ELY/NELY FLOW WL PREVAIL SAT NGT INTO SUN AS HIPRES DRAINS
COOLER/DRIER AIR ACRS WATERS. GDNC SUGGESTS WNDS WL REMAIN AOB 15 KT
DURING THIS TIME. WL GO THAT ROUTE IN THE FCST ATTM...BUT WUDNT BE
SHOCKED IF A FEW HIER GUSTS APPROACHED SCA CRIT IN THE MAIN CHANNEL
OF THE MID BAY. BYD THAT...WNDS WL LESSEN AS HIPRES BLDS.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
WATER LEVELS ONLY INCHES HIGHER THAN ASTRO NORMALS. SHOULD BE
PROBLEM FREE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. FLOW TURNS ONSHORE AGAIN
THIS WEEKEND.
&&
.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...HTS
NEAR TERM...GMS
SHORT TERM...HTS
LONG TERM...HTS
AVIATION...GMS/HTS
MARINE...GMS/HTS
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...HTS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WAKEFIELD VA
307 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE AREA INTO
THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE FROM NEW ENGLAND IS SLOW TO
BUILD OVER THE REGION FROM SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
UPDATE THIS EVENING TO MAKE MINOR TWEAK TO TIMING AND LONATION
OVERNIGHT POPS. MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS BREAKING OUT ACROSS
CENTRAL VA ARE IN RESPONSE TO THE SHORTWAVE JUST MOVING INTO THE
REGION FROM THE NW. THE RAP IS HANDLING THIS FEATURE AND FORCING
VERY WELL. EXPECT THE PRECIP TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND SOMEWHAT IN
COVERAGE AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS CENTRAL VA AND THEN THE COAST
INCLUDING MD...EASTERN SHORE AND SOUTHEAST VA. THUNDER ACTIVITY
WITH THIS SHOULD BE LIMITED THOUGH CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW RUMBLES
ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL VA...MD AND THE EASTERN SHORE.
OVERALL TEMP FORECASTS REMAIN ON TRACK.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
THE CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES WEAK BROAD LOW PRESSURE IN
VICINITY OF THE GREAT LAKES WITH A BOUNDARY EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM
E-CENTRAL PA THROUGH THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE BOUNDARY OVER PA AHEAD OF A
~100KT UPPER JET DIVING ACROSS THE ERN GREAT LAKES. SPC MESOANALYSIS
INDICATES 35-40KT OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR FROM SE PA THROUGH THE LOWER MD
ERN SHORE ALONG WITH AN AXIS OF 1500J/KG OF MLCAPE. THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE ERN SHORE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THE JET DIVES SE. A FEW STRONGER
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BASED ON FAVORABLE DYNAMIC AND THERMODYNAMIC
PARAMETERS...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING STRONG WIND GUSTS. THE
MAIN LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE RATHER WEAK LAPSE RATES. OTHERWISE...A
CHC (30-40%) OF GENERAL THUNDER IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS THE UPPER
JET ENERGY PASSES OVER THE AREA AND THE SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINS IN
PLACE. LESS FOG IS EXPECTED DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF MID/UPPER LEVEL
CLOUD COVER. OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S TO LOW
70S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MID/UPPER NW FLOW REMAINS OVER THE REGION FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. A
MORE VIGOROUS WAVE DROPS THROUGH THE FLOW ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY
NIGHT. THIS WILL PROVIDE BEST CHC OF AND GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE OF
SHOWERS/TSTMS ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA DURING THE SHORT-TERM PERIOD DUE
TO MORE FAVORABLE/STRONGER UPPER JET SUPPORT. POCKETS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE GIVEN MODEST MOISTURE AND FAVORABLE UPPER
SUPPORT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY AND SLOWLY
PUSHES INTO THE REGION BY SUNDAY. THIS WILL PUSH THE REMNANT FRONT S
OF THE AREA. CHC POPS WILL CONTINUE EARLY SATURDAY...WITH A STEADY
DRYING TREND COMMENCING SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM NNE-SSW AS THE HIGH
BUILDS INTO THE REGION.
HIGHS FRIDAY SHOULD BE MAINLY 85-90...AND THEN FROM THE LOW TO MID
80S SATURDAY (UPPER 70S ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES)...WITH UPPER 70S
TO LOW 80S SUNDAY. LOWS SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S
SATURDAY...AND IN THE 60S SUNDAY MORNING.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD WILL CONSIST OF MAINLY NE FLOW AS HIGH
PRESSURE TO THE NORTH RIDGES SOUTH WHILE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
EMERGES FROM THE BAHAMAS. THIS PATTERN WILL MAINTAIN A COOLER
MARITIME AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA THROUGH WED BEFORE HIGH
PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT BEGIN TO CENTER THEMSELVES OVER
THE FA. AT THIS POINT SUBSIDENCE WILL PREVAIL AND WILL HELP TO DRY
THE ATMOSPHERE. PRECIP ALONG THE VA/NC COAST CAN NOT BE COMPLETELY
RULED OUT DUE TO THE INFLUX OF MOISTURE NORTH AS THE SURFACE LOW
FORMS TO THE SOUTH. THERE IS SOME MODEL DISCREPANCY IN REGARDS TO
THE POSITION AND STRENGTH OF THE LOW OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC. AND
DUE TO THE LARGE DEGREE OF CHANGE IN MODEL RUNS...AT THIS POINT...
WILL NOT MODIFY THE PREVIOUS FORECAST TOO MUCH.
TEMPS WILL REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD
WITH HIGHS AROUND 80 MON AND TUES...WARMING SLIGHTLY INTO THE MID 80S
WED AND THUR. SEASONAL LOW TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S ARE LIKELY
AS THE MARITIME AIRMASS WILL LIMIT SIGNIFICANT OVERNIGHT COOLING.
&&
.AVIATION /07Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 06Z...A WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEAR WASHINGTON DC THROUGH
EASTERN VIRGINIA (BETWEEN RICHMOND AND HAMPTON ROADS) AND INTO
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. WINDS WERE MAINLY FROM THE W/SW WEST OF
THE BOUNDARY AND FROM THE E/SE TO THE EAST OF IT. THIS FRONT WILL
MOVE TOWARD THE COAST OVERNIGHT. LOW PRESSURE MAY DEVELOP JUST OFF
THE COAST TODAY WHICH WOULD HELP SHIFT THE WINDS BRIEFLY TO NW/N
DURING THE DAY.
SBY HAS A T/TD SPREAD OF AROUND 3 DEGREES AND WITH RAIN HAVING
FALLEN LATE THURSDAY...THERE MAY BE SOME IFR/LIFR FOG THERE. AN
OVERCAST HIGH CEILING SHOULD LIMIT FOG FORMATION AT OTHER LOCATIONS
AND PRESENTLY NONE IS FORECAST AT THE OTHER TAF SITES. VCTS ALSO
INCLUDED AT SBY.
DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING...BUT AN UPPER
LEVEL SHORT WAVE MAY BRING A ROUND OF TSTMS LATE IN THE DAY OR
TONIGHT.
OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY WITH DRY
WEATHER FORECAST BEGINNING SUNDAY. MVFR/IFR DUE TO STRATUS OR FOG
WILL BE A POTENTIAL A FEW HOURS AROUND SUNRISE THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING.
&&
.MARINE...
LOW PRESSURE FORMS ALONG A STATIONARY BOUNDARY THAT IS CURRENTLY
POSITIONED OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT.
THIS WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST FRIDAY AFTN.
EARLY SAT MORNING...HIGH PRESSURE NOSES SOUTH FROM THE NORTHEASTERN
US CAUSING A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. ENERGY
STREAMING SE WILL HELP FORM AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CAROLINA
COAST. THIS SYNOPTIC SETUP WILL ENHANCE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS
THE WATERS CAUSING NEAR SCA WIND GUST OVER THE BAY(18-20KT) AND THE
COASTAL WATERS(23-25KT) ON SATURDAY. DUE TO THE WIND DIRECTION AND
FETCH...EXPECT WAVES TO BUILD TO 4-6FT ACROSS MOST OF THE COASTAL
WATERS LASTING EARLY SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE
BEGINS TO POSITION OVER THE AREA BY TUESDAY BUT LOW PRESSURE
EMERGING FROM THE SOUTH MAY HELP TO MAINTAIN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
AND ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH WED.
&&
.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...AJZ/ALB
NEAR TERM...AJZ/JAO
SHORT TERM...AJZ/ALB
LONG TERM...DAP
AVIATION...MAS/LSA
MARINE...DAP
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS DULUTH MN
337 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 308 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
MID LVL RIDGING CONTINUES OVER THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING AS A
BROAD AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE SHIFTS SLOW EAST UNDERNEATH.
LATEST RUC SHOWS A 925 LOW OVER WCTRL WISC WITH AN INVERTED SHEAR
AXIS EXTENDING NORTHWEST TOWARDS KBJI AND KROX. THIS IS FOLLOWED
BY A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM ERN MANITOBA SOUTH TO CENTRAL
SODAK. MAIN STORY OVER CWA THIS MORNING IS TRAPPED MOIST LAYER...
ABOUT 5K FT IN DEPTH...UNDERNEATH SUBSIDENCE INVERSION. BR/FG AND
EVEN SOME DRIZZLE IS OCCURRING IN MANY AREAS. A FEW CONVECTIVE
CELLS HAVE TRIED TO DEVELOP OVER SERN WISC ZONES IN AN AREA OF LOW
LVL THETAE RIDGE AXIS. LIMITED INSTABILITY HAS ALLOWED FAIRLY
SHORT TEMPORAL NATURE TO DEVELOPMENT.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 308 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
TODAY...FCST MDL SNDGS SUGGEST IT MAY TAKE QUITE SOME TIME TO
DISSIPATE THE CANOPY OF STRATUS AND BR ACROSS THE REGION. COND
PRES DEFICITS SHOW A TREND TO DIMINISHING BR BY 14/15Z....THEN A
RELATIVELY SATURATED CLOUD LAYER FINALLY BREAKING AFTER 2PM.
PRECIP CHC SEEMS QUITE LIMITED BY RIDGING ALOFT AND LACK OF LOW
LVL FOCUS FOR CONVERGENCE. THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY MAY ARISE IN
THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF APPROACHING FRONTAL BDRY PUSHING TOWARDS
NWRN CWA. MID LVL WARMTH WILL LIMIT MUCH DEVELOPMENT UNTIL
AFTERNOON AS 70H THERMAL COOLING COMMENCES OVER WRN CWA.
TONIGHT...MID LVL RIDGE AMPLIFIES OVERHEAD TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO
UPSTREAM STRENGTHENING OF TROF OVER ROCKIES. FRONTAL BDRY WILL
STALL NORTH AND WEST OF CWA HOWEVER ITS ASSOCIATED PREFRONTAL
THETAE RIDGE WILL BE NEARBY. ALTHOUGH THE DRY FORECAST WAS CARRIED
OVER FROM PREVIOUS FCSTR...WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR SOME DEVELOPMENT
OF CONVECTION MAKING IT INTO NWRN CWA TONIGHT.
TOMORROW...HEIGHT FALLS MOVE INTO WRN HIGH PLAINS WITH SFC LOW
ORGANIZING OVER SODAK. A SWRLY MID LVL FLOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE
CWA AS THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EAST. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL INCREASE
OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WITH DISTINCT ONSHORE COMPONENT TO BDRY LYR
WIND. TOUGH FCST FOR PRECIP AS MAIN FOCUS APPEARS TO BE SHAPING UP
OVER THE WRN CWA BY LATE IN THE DAY. CLOUDS/PRECIP FCST FOR NORTH
SHORE BASED ON A COMBINATION OF TERRAIN LIFT AND A GRADUAL
DEEPENING OF SYNOPTIC SCALE MOIST LAYER.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 308 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE STRONG SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE WESTERN MINNESOTA
BORDER SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY THE THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. HAVE GONE AHEAD AN INCREASED POPS TO
CATEGORICAL THERE...WITH HIGH END CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS ELSEWHERE AS
THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. MODELS ARE GETTING
CLOSE ENOUGH TOGETHER TO HAVE A FAIRLY HIGH CONFIDENCE...THOUGH THE
TRACK IS STILL SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC. WITH THE SURFACE LOW MOVING
NORTHEAST OF THE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT....A COLD FRONT IS
DRAGGED THROUGH THE AREA. DEPENDING ON THE MODEL...THE TIMING
DIFFERS...BUT EITHER WAY WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE CHANCE TO LIKELY
POPS. THE ECMWF...WHICH IS FARTHER WEST THAN THE GFS IMPLIES WE MAY
HAVE SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS...AS THE FRONT COMES THROUGH
LATER AND ALLOWS FOR HEATING DURING THE DAY TO BUILD INSTABILITY
AHEAD OF IT. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS CAREFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. HAVE GONE WITH SOME FAIRLY WARM HIGH TEMPS ON SUNDAY...BUT IF
THE ECMWF WORKS OUT...THESE WILL NEED TO BE RAISED. THIS STORM
LINGERS OVER WESTERN ONTARIO FOR MONDAY BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...KEEPING SOME CHANCE POPS
GOING OVER THE AREA BOTH PERIODS WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES.
OUR NEXT SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM COMES BY ON TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. MODELS ARE VARYING SIGNIFICANTLY BY THIS POINT...WITH
THE THE GFS BRINGING AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA...AND THE ECMWF KEEPING IT FARTHER SOUTH AND DRIER FOR
US. FOR NOW HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND APPROACH WITH SOME CHANCE POPS
AND WE WILL HAVE TO REVISIT WITH LATER FORECASTS. A STRONG SURFACE
RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY....BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HOPEFULLY A BIT MORE
SUNSHINE TO THE REGION. LOWS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT
MAY DIP INTO THE 40S AGAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1240 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
MAINLY IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS COVERED THE NORTHLAND AS OF LATE EVENING.
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO IFR/LIFR OVERNIGHT IN
FOG/STRATUS. VSBYS WILL IMPROVE FRIDAY MORNING...AND CEILINGS WILL
GRADUALLY LIFT AS WELL. SOME AREAS WILL SEE VFR CONDITIONS BY MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON.
A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE NORTHLAND WAS PARTIALLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL.
THE COVERAGE OF THE SHOWERS/STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WANE OVERNIGHT
WITH A FEW POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL BUILD FRIDAY
AND THAT SHOULD HELP LIMIT THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/STORMS FRIDAY
INTO FRIDAY EVENING. MORE FOG/STRATUS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH 71 60 70 61 / 20 10 20 60
INL 76 56 76 58 / 30 10 30 70
BRD 79 61 75 64 / 10 10 50 70
HYR 80 61 78 64 / 20 10 40 60
ASX 71 59 73 62 / 20 10 20 60
&&
.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
LS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR
LSZ142>146.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...CANNON
SHORT TERM...CANNON
LONG TERM...LE
AVIATION...MELDE
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS ST LOUIS MO
314 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014
.SHORT TERM: (Through Sunday)
Issued at 312 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014
Well it finally feels like summer. Heat index values yesterday
afternoon topped out around 105 degrees in the immediate St. Louis
Metropolitan Area where the EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING remains in
effect until Sunday evening. Elsewhere, heat indices remained
within the 100 to 104 degree range, including locations across
northeast Missouri and west central Illinois. Will be adding the
northeast Missouri and west central Illinois counties to the HEAT
ADVISORY to account for heat index values reaching longevity
criteria of 100 degree heat index for four or more days. I expect
that the longevity of the heat wave (now likely extending into
next week) will lead to future extensions in time as confidence
increases.
Have introduced some low chance POPs for thunderstorms this
afternoon and evening across the northern half of the CWA. Hard to
ignore mesoscale model guidance suggesting a secondary warm front
developing across the northern CWA by this evening as low pressure
deepens across the Central Plains. Both 00Z 4KM NCEP and NSSL WRF
runs depict an active late afternoon and evening across the northern
CWA - with the potential for an outflow to move south toward I-70.
Again, for now, I have only increased POPs so that there is a
mention in the forecast. Day shift will have to reevaluate as HRRR
and RAP comes into range later this morning.
CVKING
.LONG TERM: (Monday through Thursday)
Issued at 312 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014
Hot and dry conditions extend into next week ahead of a cold front
that is now forecast to arrive on Wednesday. This front should
bring a chance of rain and utlimately cooler temperatures by
Thursday.
CVKING
&&
.AVIATION: (For the 06z TAFs through 06z Friday Night)
Issued at 1125 PM CDT Thu Aug 21 2014
VFR conditions are expected to continue over the next 24 hours
outside of any convection. Some activity has developed over far
south-central Iowa over and will have to be watched as some of
these storms may approach KUIN. Left KUIN dry though for now as
mid/upper level winds suggest aforementioned storms should move
east and stay north of site. Otherwise...hot/humid weather to
continue with winds by day out of the southwest and at night
backing to a more southeasterly direction. Did add a VCTS group at
KUIN for Friday evening as a warm front will move northeast with
some convection firing near this boundary per latest model guidance.
Specifics for KSTL:
VFR conditions are expected to continue over the next 30 hours
outside of any convection. Hot/humid weather to
continue with winds by day out of the southwest and at night
backing to a more southeasterly direction. Could be some widely
scattered storms Friday afternoon as a boundary lifts to the north
and east...but left out of TAF for now as probability of
occurrence of a storm affecting the terminal is quite low.
Gosselin
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS:
Saint Louis 98 80 99 80 / 10 20 5 5
Quincy 94 75 95 75 / 20 30 5 5
Columbia 97 75 98 74 / 10 10 5 5
Jefferson City 98 76 99 74 / 10 10 5 5
Salem 93 75 95 75 / 10 20 5 5
Farmington 96 77 97 75 / 10 10 5 5
&&
.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES:
MO...HEAT ADVISORY until 7 PM CDT Sunday FOR Audrain MO-Boone MO-
Callaway MO-Cole MO-Franklin MO-Gasconade MO-Jefferson MO-
Knox MO-Lewis MO-Lincoln MO-Madison MO-Marion MO-Moniteau
MO-Monroe MO-Montgomery MO-Osage MO-Pike MO-Ralls MO-Shelby
MO-St. Charles MO-St. Francois MO-Ste. Genevieve MO-Warren
MO.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING until 7 PM CDT Sunday FOR St. Louis City
MO-St. Louis MO.
IL...HEAT ADVISORY until 7 PM CDT Sunday FOR Adams IL-Bond IL-Brown
IL-Calhoun IL-Clinton IL-Fayette IL-Greene IL-Jersey IL-
Macoupin IL-Marion IL-Monroe IL-Montgomery IL-Pike IL-
Randolph IL-Washington IL.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING until 7 PM CDT Sunday FOR Madison IL-St.
Clair IL.
&&
$$
WFO LSX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HASTINGS NE
338 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 320 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
FOCUS IS THUNDERSTORM AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
THE PATTERN ALOFT WAS DOMINATED BY A RIDGE IN THE NORTHERN
PACIFIC...A TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST AND RIDGING FROM THE GULF
COAST TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE WAS
ORIENTED FROM NORTHEAST NM TO SOUTHERN MN...AND THE SFC TROUGH/WARM
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS ACTIVE FOR CONVECTION DURING THE EVENING
HOURS.
AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...THE SURFACE LOW WILL DEEPEN AND
LIFT NORTH ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS WITH THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY
ORIENTING NEAR THE KS/NEB STATELINE TOWARD EVENING. THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY COMBINED WITH A DECENT WAVE AS SEEN ON WV IMAGERY IN
AZ...WILL LIFT NORTHEAST AHEAD OF THE MEAN UPPER TROUGH IN THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND AID IN INITIATING ANOTHER ROUND OF
CONVECTION LATER TODAY/TONIGHT. HIGH INSTABILITY WILL EXIST ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE FRONT WITH 4000 J/KG EXPECTED FM THE NEB/KS
STATELINE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEB. SHEAR PARAMETERS IN GENERAL
AVERAGE 30KTS BUT INCREASE OVER 30KTS ACROSS OUR WESTERN ZONES IN
CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE SURFACE LOW. MODELS SUGGEST THE BRUNT OF
THE CONVECTION WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA AND KANSAS...BUT
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS BEEN ACTIVE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND
BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE CASE TODAY. WITH THE HIGH
INSTABILITY...GOOD SHEAR AND BOUNDARY IN PLACE...CONDITIONS WILL
BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL OF GOLF BALL
SIZE OR GREATER POSSIBLE AND DAMAGING TSTM WIND GUSTS. CANNOT RULE
OUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A TORNADO ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE
FRONT OR NEAR SFC LOW. HIGH DPS AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF
AN IN INCH AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL/LOCALIZED FLOODING ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS
WHICH HAVE RECEIVED DECENT RAINFALL AMOUNTS THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS. FFG IS STILL IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE SO NOT LOOKING FOR A
LOT OF HYDRO ISSUES JUST YET.
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE TOASTY SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT IN
KANSAS WITH READINGS WELL INTO THE 90S TO AROUND 100F...WHILE TO
THE NORTH OF THE FRONT UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S ARE FORECAST.
THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIFT NORTH TONIGHT WITH THE
PROGRESSING UPPER WAVE...AND THE NOSE OF A 40KT LLVL JET ORIENTS
ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEB. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE IN COVERAGE ALONG/NORTH OF THE FRONT DURING THE EVENING
BEFORE LIFTING INTO NORTHERN NEB OVERNIGHT.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 320 AM CDT FRI
AUG 22 2014
ALOFT: AMPLIFIED SW FLOW WILL DOMINATE THRU TUE WITH A TROF OVER THE
WRN USA. THE MOST DYNAMIC EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE TROF WILL EJECT ACROSS
THE NRN PLAINS SUN LEAVING A +TILT REMNANT TROF REMAINING IN ITS
WAKE. THIS TROF WILL BECOME PROGRESSIVE AND SLIDE THRU HERE TUE-WED
WITH DEAMPLIFICATION. THE EC/GEM/GFS/UKMET ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT.
AS FOR THE SHORTER WAVELENGTHS...PLEASE SEE THE 1213 AM MODEL
DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION /PMDHMD/ FOR DETAILED MODEL ASSESSMENT. THE
LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE DESERT SW WILL OPEN UP AND LIFT THRU HERE
SAT. THE DIGGING/POTENT LOW OVER THE NRN ROCKIES WILL TAKE ON -TILT
SUN /JUST NW OF THE FCST AREA/ AS AN 80 KT UPPER-LVL JET SWINGS
AROUND ITS BASE. WSW FLOW FOLLOWS MON-TUE WITH THE LAGGING TROF
MOVING THRU LATE TUE. SUBSIDENT NW FLOW MAY MOVE IN WED-THU. THE
12Z/00Z GEM AND NOW THE 00Z EC CUT-OFF A LOW AT THE BASED OF THE
TROF WITH THE WESTERLIES BECOMING RE-ESTABLISHED OVER CANADA.
SURFACE: LOW PRES AND A CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE WARM FRONT WILL BE
LIFTING THRU THE FCST AREA SAT. A WEAK COOL FRONT WILL SLIDE THRU
BEHIND IT SUN. A STRONGER SECONDARY FRONT WILL FOLLOW SUN NIGHT.
THIS FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY ALONG THE KS-NEB BORDER MON UNTIL
THE UPPER TROF MOVES THRU...SHOVING THE FRONT DOWN INTO THE SRN
PLAINS TUE. CANADIAN HIGH PRES WILL ARRIVE WED WITH RETURN FLOW
AND A NEW LEE-SIDE TROF DEVELOPING THU.
HAZARDS: MULTIPLE EPISODES OF TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE SAT-TUE. HEAT
BURSTS COULD BE A PROBLEM SAT NIGHT. AS OF NOW THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS
THREATS OF SEVERE TSTMS...BUT THERE CERTAINLY WILL BE POTENTIAL.
THE DAILY DETAILS...
SAT: OVERNIGHT TSTM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE OFF TO THE N BY DAYBREAK.
DOESNT LOOK LIKE MUCH LOW-LVL FORCING TO INITIATE AFTERNOON TSTMS
AND THE LOW-LVL MOIST TONGUE WILL LIFT N WITH THE WARM FRONT. FCST
NAM/EC/GFS SOUNDINGS MINIMAL CAPPING THOUGH. WE MAY ALSO BE TOO HIGH
ON OUR FCST DWPTS BY 5F. FOR NOW HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A TSTM
AFTER 4 PM. IF TSTMS DEVELOP THEY WILL BE HIGH-BASED AND GUSTY WITH
CONVECTIVE CONDENSATION LVLS AROUND 10K FT.
BREEZY FROM HWY 281 E AS MIXING RESULTS IN DOWNWARD TRANSFER OF THE
LLJ.
SAT NIGHT: STRONG CONVERGENCE AS THE COOL FRONT MOVES IN. AGAIN TSTM
INITIATION IS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN. SO ONLY HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE POP IN
THE FCST. WITH SKINNY CAPE ABOVE 10K FT AND AN INVERT-V LOOK TO THE
SOUNDINGS...HAVE TO WONDER IF HEAT BURSTS MAY BE A PROBLEM "IF"
TSTMS CAN DEVELOP.
SUN: COOL FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH COOL/DRY AIR ADVECTION. TEMPS DROP
BACK TO NEAR NORMAL. LOOKING VERY NICE AND COMFORTABLE FOR OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES.
SUN NIGHT: UPSLOPE FLOW COULD RESULT IN TSTMS JUST TO THE W OF THE
FCST AREA. THE FCST COULD BE OVERDONE ON POPS. THE EC/GFS DO NOT
AGREE ON THE LOCATION OF THE FRONT. BELIEVE THE EC/GEM FURTHER S
POSITION IS BEST GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM ALOFT.
MON: WEAK LEE CYCLOGENESIS RESULT IN THE FRONT LIFTING BACK N.
SUBSTANTIAL TSTM/MCS ACTIVITY EXPECTED MON NIGHT AS THE LLJ IMPINGES
ON THE FRONT AND WAA/FRONTOGENESIS DEVELOP.
THIS HAS HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL WRITTEN ON IT. GEM/EC/GFS QPF IS
IMPRESSIVE WITH POCKETS OF 1-3".
TUE: BELOW AVERAGE CONFIDENCE ON TEMPS. THERE COULD BE SUBSTANTIAL
CLOUD COVER UNDERNEATH THE FRONT. CANT RULE OUT MORE TSTM ACTIVITY
INTO TUE NIGHT AS THE STRONGER COOL FRONT MOVES IN.
WED-THU: FAIR AND DRY. HOWEVER...WE ARE CARRYING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
TSTMS WED. THIS PROBABLY IS OVERDONE. COMFORTABLY BELOW NORMAL WED
WITH TEMPS RETURNING TO NORMAL THU.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1216 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
AT FIRST GLANCE...CONVECTION DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT
SHOULD REMAIN TO THE EAST OF THE TERMINALS BUT A HIT OR MISS STORM
MAY STILL DEVELOP PRIMARILY TOWARDS KGRI IN THE VCNTY OF A LLVL
BOUNDARY. WITH FAIRLY LIGHT WINDS AND IN PRESENCE OF LLVL MOISTURE
FOG DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE TOWARD MORNING WITH THE HRRR THE MOST
ROBUST WITH DEVELOP ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER AND MORE SO FOR KGRI VS
KEAR. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRENDS FOR THIS. A WARM FRONTAL
BOUNDARY IS PROGGED TO STALL SOUTH OF THE TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON
THEN LIFT NORTHWARD THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL AGAIN
BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE. BEST TIMING FOR CONVECTION IS DURING THE LATTER TAF
HOURS.
&&
.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...FAY
LONG TERM...HALBLAUB
AVIATION...FAY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HASTINGS NE
1222 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 700 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
THE 18Z NAM HAS FAILED TO CAPTURE THE ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS
OUR SOUTHEASTERN FORECAST AREA AND IS ESSENTIALLY DRY THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE HRRR MODEL SEEMS TO BE CATCHING ONTO
THINGS AND HAS BEEN GIVING FAIRLY REALISTIC SCENARIOS FOR HOW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVOLVE THIS EVENING. BASED ON RADAR AND THE
HRRR HAVE INCREASED POPS INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY FOR MOST OF OUR
KANSAS COUNTIES INTO NUCKOLLS...THAYER...AND FILLMORE COUNTIES.
ALSO SLIGHTLY INCREASED POPS NORTH OF THE RADAR FINE LINE BOUNDARY
THAT AT 7 PM WAS RUNNING FROM PHILLIPSBURG...TO BLUE HILL. THE LOW
LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH THE NOSE OF THE JET
RUNNING INTO OUR SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA. THE HRRR INDICATES THAT
THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM NORTH OF THE EXISTING THUNDERSTORMS LATER
THIS EVENING IN PLACES LIKE HASTINGS AS THE LOW LEVEL JET
INCREASES...BUT CONFIDENCE IN THIS IS STILL LESS THAN 50 PERCENT.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 341 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
MAP ANALYSIS INDICATES AN UPPER TROPOSPHERIC RIDGE OVER THE
CENTRAL CONUS...WITH TROUGHS OVER THE WESTERN AND EASTERN CONUS.
MAP ANALYSIS ALSO SHOWS A CLOSED UPPER TROPOSPHERIC LOW EMBEDDED
WITHIN THE BASE OF THE WESTERN CONUS TROUGH. ENHANCED UPPER
TROPOSPHERIC ENERGY EXTENDS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ALONG THE WESTERN
CONUS COAST...THEN NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS...AND
FINALLY BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THAT
BEING SAID...UPPER TROPOSPHERIC FLOW OVER OUR AREA REMAINS FAIRLY
WEAK...ONLY MAXING OUT AT AROUND 35KTS NEAR 38000FT AGL PER RAP
ANALYSIS DATA AT 12Z. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO SHOWS THE
AFOREMENTIONED RIDGE AND TROUGHS...AS WELL AS ENHANCED UPPER
TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE EXTENDING FROM HURRICANE LOWELL INTO THE
SOUTHWESTERN CONUS. THIS TROPICAL MOISTURE HAS YET TO REACH THE
CENTRAL PLAINS HOWEVER. AT THE SURFACE AN AREA OF LOW BAROMETRIC
PRESSURE EXISTS OVER SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...AND AN ASSOCIATED
SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS SOUTHWEST FROM THE LOW INTO NEBRASKA AND
KANSAS. AS OF 18Z THIS TROUGH WAS NOTED EXTENDING FROM NEAR
KODX...TO NEAR KHDE...TO NEAR KHLC. THE RESULTANT LOWER
TROPOSPHERIC WIND FIELD ACROSS OUR AREA REMAINS FROM THE SOUTH
ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA...BUT LOCATIONS FARTHER
WEST/NORTHWEST...BEHIND THE TROUGH...ARE NOW REPORTING A NORTHERLY
COMPONENT TO THE LOWER TROPOSPHERIC WIND FIELD.
GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE CLOSED UPPER TROPOSPHERIC LOW OVER THE
WESTERN CONUS WILL EJECT FROM THE BASE OF THE LONG WAVE TROUGH AS
A SHORT WAVE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...LIKELY MOVING INTO THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION BY 00Z SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS
THEN EXPECTED OVER WESTERN KANSAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SO ALTHOUGH
THE SURFACE TROUGH...CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER OUR AREA...WILL MAKE
AN ATTEMPT TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...THE TROUGH
SHOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME STATIONARY IF NOT RETROGRADE SOMEWHAT AS
IT STRENGTHENS INTO A WARM FRONT IN RESPONSE TO THE WESTERN KANSAS
CYCLOGENESIS. THE LOWER TROPOSPHERIC WIND FIELD ACROSS THE
SOUTH/SOUTHEASTERN ONE-HALF OF THE CWA WILL LIKELY REMAIN FROM THE
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS...BUT LOCATIONS FARTHER
NORTHWEST WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE MORE OF A NORTHEASTERLY WIND
FIELD.
ANY OMEGA DERIVED FROM UPPER TROPOSPHERIC KINEMATICS SHOULD
REMAIN ON THE WEAK SIDE THROUGH MUCH OF THE SHORT TERM FORECAST
PERIOD. THAT BEING SAID...GUIDANCE DOES SUGGEST THE AXIS OF A
~50KT LOWER TROPOSPHERIC JET STREAK JUST ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER
WILL DEVELOP FROM CENTRAL KANSAS INTO SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
TONIGHT...BEFORE SHIFTING OFF TO THE EAST SOMEWHAT BY DAYBREAK
FRIDAY. THERMAL ADVECTION ALONG THIS AXIS...AS WELL AS MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE NEAR THE NOSE OF THE JET STREAK...SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT
FOR PRECIPITATION PRODUCTION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR SOUTHEASTERN
CWA...A SOLUTION SUPPORTED BY QPF FIELDS FROM THE
NAM...OPERATIONAL GFS AND EC...AS WELL AS SIMULATED REFLECTIVITY
FROM THE HRRR. GIVEN ALL THIS...WENT AHEAD WITH 20-30% POPS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE CWA FOR TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS RELEGATED TO
THE SOUTHEASTERN CWA.
ANY PRECIPITATION THAT DOES DEVELOP TONIGHT SHOULD MOVE OFF TO
THE EAST BY SUNRISE FRIDAY AS THE AXIS OF THE LOWER TROPOSPHERIC
JET STREAK DOES THE SAME. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE A BREAK IN THE
PRECIPITATION ACROSS OUR AREA FRIDAY MORNING INTO LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO FRIDAY EVENING
HOWEVER...THERMAL ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING UPPER
TROPOSPHERIC SHORT WAVE SHOULD PROMOTE INCREASING OMEGA ACROSS THE
REGION. THIS OMEGA...WORKING IN CONCERT WITH ENHANCED LOWER
TROPOSPHERIC CONVERGENCE ALONG THE STRENGTHENING BAROCLINIC
ZONE...MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO
PERHAPS SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THIS IS A
SOLUTION SUPPORTED BY QPF FIELDS FROM THE NAM...OPERATIONAL GFS
AND EC. GIVEN ALL THIS..WENT AHEAD WITH 20-50% POPS ACROSS THE CWA
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS RELEGATED TO
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO
THE LOWER TROPOSPHERIC BAROCLINIC ZONE.
FORECAST PROXIMITY SOUNDINGS FROM THE ACROSS THE CWA...PER THE
NAM AND OPERATIONAL GFS...SUGGEST PARCELS ROOTED TO AROUND 800MB
SHOULD HAVE 500-1000J/KG WITH ANY CONVECTION THAT IS REALIZED
TONIGHT. GIVEN THIS...WILL GO AHEAD AND OUTLOOK THE POSSIBILITY
FOR LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS IN THE HWO FOR TONIGHT.
TURNING TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE NAM...OPERATIONAL
GFS AND EC SUGGEST 0-1KM MLCAPE VALUES OF 1000-3000J/KG WILL BE IN
EXISTENCE WITH DEEP-LAYER BULK SHEAR VALUES OF 15-30KTS. GIVEN
THIS...SEVERE WEATHER IS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM THAT DOES DEVELOP AND AS A RESULT...WILL GO AHEAD AND
OUTLOOK LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND IN THE HWO FOR LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING. ALSO...LOCALLY ENHANCED LOWER
TROPOSPHERIC HORIZONTAL VORTICITY ALONG THE AXIS OF THE BAROCLINIC
ZONE COULD PROMOTE A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WITH ANY STORM
THAT CAN LATCH ONTO THE BOUNDARY. GIVEN THIS...WILL ALSO OUTLOOK
THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADIC ACTIVITY.
.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 341 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. FORECAST CONCERN IN THE EXTENDED
CENTERS ON CONTINUING RAIN CHANCES ALONG WITH SLIGHT COOLING
TREND.
BEGINNING FRIDAY EVENING...MODELS CONSISTENT WITH BIG PICTURE AS
THEY HAVE AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
AND A LOW CENTERED OVER NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. THE LOW OVER SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AT PRESENT IS FORECAST TO EJECT OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN
PACIFIC NW CLOSED LOW AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND SHOULD MOVE
NORTHEAST AFFECTING THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE FRIDAY EVENING. IT
SHOULD HELP LIFT A SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT NORTH
THROUGH NEB OVERNIGHT. THE NAM AND GFS STILL DIFFER SOME ON THE
LOCATION BUT ARE SIMILAR IN LIFTING THE PRECIPITATION FROM OUR CWA
INTO NORTHERN NEB OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS THE SYSTEM
MOVES SLOWLY NORTH WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE. THE KS
PORTION OF OUR CWA MAY REMAIN CAPPED AND MISS OUT ON THE
ACTION...DEPENDING WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS FIRST FIRE UP. ML-CAPE
AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR APPEAR HIGH ENOUGH FOR SEVERE STORMS INTO THE
EVENING...ALTHOUGH BETTER SHEAR PROGGED TO BE IN THE WESTERN PART
OF NEB AS OF NOW. DECENT LOW LEVEL JET OF 30-40 KT ALSO FORECAST
TO DEVELOP AND RIDE OVER WARM FRONT WHICH SHOULD HELP SUSTAIN
STORMS. PLAN TO TRIM POPS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVERNIGHT.
RAIN CHANCES SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE WEEKEND WITH THE BEST TIME
FRAME FOR RAIN BEING LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE NIGHT. THE UPPER
TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE A BIT EASTWARD PUTTING US IN SOUTHWEST
FLOW. MEANWHILE A COLD FRONT SHOULD STALL OUT AS IS BECOMES
PARALLEL TO THE UPPER FLOW AND SHOULD BE SITUATED FROM THE EASTERN
DAKOTAS TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. RAIN CHANCES WILL DEPEND ON SEVERAL
FACTORS INCLUDING FRONTAL CONVERGENCE...LOW LEVEL JET
DEVELOPMENT...SHORTWAVE TROUGHS MOVING THROUGH...ETC. ONE THING
THAT WILL NOT BE A CONCERN IS MOISTURE AS PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES AVERAGE 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL DUE TO A GOOD SUBTROPICAL
TAP.
AS NOTED IN PREVIOUS AFD...RAIN CHANCES CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
PART OF NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS WEST OF US AND
VARIOUS SURFACE BOUNDARIES STALL OUT OVER THE AREA. THE LATEST GFS
OPERATIONAL RUN IS MOVING IT THROUGH A LITTLE FASTER AS IT NOW HAS
THE 500 MB TROUGH AXIS PASSING OUR CWA NEXT WED AFTERNOON. EC HAS
ALSO COME IN LINE WITH THIS SOLUTION AND IS ACTUALLY ABOUT 12
HOURS FASTER THAN THE GFS. THIS A QUITE A DIFFERENCE FROM PREVIOUS
EC WHICH DROPPED A SECOND LOW SOUTH BEHIND THE FIRST ONE AND DIDNT
CLEAR THE SECOND LOW UNTIL NEXT SATURDAY. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE
ON HOW THIS CHANGES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BUT IF LATEST
SOLUTIONS ARE ON TRACK...COULD SEE THINGS DRY OUT A BIT NEXT WED
INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY WHICH WOULD BE WELCOME NEWS FOR NEB STATE
FAIR ATTENDEES.
REGARDING TEMPERATURES...SOME COOLING EXPECTED ON SUNDAY WITH
PASSAGE OF WEAK COLD FRONT AND THEN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AS MAIN
TROUGH AND ANOTHER FRONT MOVES THROUGH. EXPECT HIGH TO BE IN THE
LOWER 80S NORTH TO LOWER 90S SOUTH ON AVERAGE...ONCE AGAIN
DEPENDING ON WHERE VARIOUS FRONTS STALL OUT.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1216 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
AT FIRST GLANCE...CONVECTION DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT
SHOULD REMAIN TO THE EAST OF THE TERMINALS BUT A HIT OR MISS STORM
MAY STILL DEVELOP PRIMARILY TOWARDS KGRI IN THE VCNTY OF A LLVL
BOUNDARY. WITH FAIRLY LIGHT WINDS AND IN PRESENCE OF LLVL MOISTURE
FOG DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE TOWARD MORNING WITH THE HRRR THE MOST
ROBUST WITH DEVELOP ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER AND MORE SO FOR KGRI VS
KEAR. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRENDS FOR THIS. A WARM FRONTAL
BOUNDARY IS PROGGED TO STALL SOUTH OF THE TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON
THEN LIFT NORTHWARD THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL AGAIN
BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE. BEST TIMING FOR CONVECTION IS DURING THE LATTER TAF
HOURS.
&&
.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...WESELY
SHORT TERM...BRYANT
LONG TERM...EWALD
AVIATION...FAY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS LAS VEGAS NV
255 AM PDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...A CIRCULATION OVER SOUTHWEST ARIZONA WILL CONTINUE
TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TODAY. A FEW LINGERING STORMS MAY
OCCUR OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
BRUSHING NORTHERN NEVADA WILL LEAD TO DRY CONDITIONS WITH
TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.SHORT TERM...THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHWEST ARIZONA NOW WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE
FOUR CORNERS THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST. REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS SOME LIGHT RAIN AROUND
FLAGSTAFF WITH NOTHING IN OUR FORECAST AREA. HRRR SUGGESTS
CONVECTION WILL GET ANOTHER EARLY START (BY 10 AM) OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY WHERE SUFFICIENT
MOISTURE/INSTABILITY REMAIN. IT WILL BE MUCH QUIETER ACROSS
SOUTHEAST NEVADA AND EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AS SOME DRYING
AND STABILIZATION OF THE AIR MASS OCCURS. FOR FAR NORTHERN LINCOLN
COUNTY, MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL OF SOME
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN PROXIMITY OF A STATIONARY FRONT OVER
CENTRAL NEVADA. ON SATURDAY, THE ONLY MENTIONABLE POPS ARE ACROSS
NORTHEAST LINCOLN AGAIN NEAR THE STATIONARY FRONT. ELSEWHERE, DRYING
FROM THE WEST WILL OCCUR OVER THE WEEKEND. DUE TO THE APPROACHING
TROUGH SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE
DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA. HI RES MODELS ALSO SHOWING A WEAK DOWNSLOPE EVENT
ALONG THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES SAY BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM THIS
EVENING. PLEASANT TEMPERATURES TO THE START EACH DAY WHILE DAYTIME
HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN AROUND 3 TO 6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
AFTER FLYING SOLO LAST NIGHT, THE OPERATIONAL ECMWF RETURNED BACK TO
A PROGNOSTICATION MORE SIMILAR TO WHAT IT HAD BEEN SHOWING ON
PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS PUTS IT IN MUCH BETTER
AGREEMENT WITH THE OTHER OPERATIONAL MODELS AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF
THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS WITH HOW IT HANDLES THE UPCOMING PATTERN.
THE NEXT MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS
NEVADA MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO UTAH BY TUESDAY.
THE 00Z OPERATIONAL GFS WAS MORE SHALLOW WITH THE TROUGH THAN THE
GEM AND ECMWF SO THE FORECAST SHOWS A BLEND BETWEEN THE TWO. UNLESS
THIS TROUGH ENTRAINS ENOUGH SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE INTO IT, IT SHOULD
PASS ON BY WITH LITTLE MORE THAN SOME HIGH CLOUDS AND PERHAPS SOME
ENHANCED WINDS. TEMPS SHOULD BE HELD DOWN A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
DUE TO THE LOWER HEIGHTS, BY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY, A RIDGE ALOFT
IS SHOWN TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST WHICH SHOULD YIELD A WARMING
TREND WITH HIGHS EDGING BACK TO OR A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RIDGE
EITHER LOOKS TO GET STRETCHED OUT OR SHUNTED EAST BY FRIDAY AS
ANOTHER MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SLICES ACROSS NORCAL AND NORTHERN
NEVADA. EITHER WAY, THERE DOES NOT LOOK TO BE ANY GREAT SIGN FOR
MONSOON MOISTURE TO MAKE A RETURN BACK ON IN, SO THE FORECAST
REMAINS DRY. TEMPS WERE A BLEND OF BIAS CORRECTED CONS MODELS WITH A
LITTLE ECMWF AND MEX MOS MIXED ON IN.
&&
.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...PREVAILING WIND DIRECTION WILL BE FROM
THE SOUTH THROUGH THE MORNING. DRIER AIR ARRIVES TODAY ALTHOUGH
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KTS POSSIBLE.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL START TO SPREAD ACROSS MOST
OF THE REGION TODAY WITH ANY THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS CONFINED TO THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF MOHAVE COUNTY. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR
ELSEWHERE. SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AROUND 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON IN
THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN.
&&
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME.
&&
$$
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS GRAND FORKS ND
405 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 403 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
WITH THE UPPER AIR PATTERN, THE GFS AND ECMWF WERE SIMILAR AND
FASTER THAN THE NAM AND THE GEM. NAM WAS THE SLOWEST MODEL. AT THE
SURFACE, THE ECMWF WAS THE SLOWEST SOLUTION OF THE SET. WILL PREFER
THE ECMWF.
WATER VAPOR LOOP INDICATED A SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE MT/ND
BORDER. SHORT WAVE TROUGH FORECAST TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MAN THIS
AFTERNOON. WILL HAVE SCATTERED PRECIP OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES FOR
TODAY.
ALSO WATER VAPOR LOOP INDICATED UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST IS FORECAST TO AMPLIFY TODAY, THEN WEAKENS A BIT. TROUGH
MOVES OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND TAKES ON A NEGATIVE TILT AND
INTENSIFIES AGAIN AFTER 72 HOURS.
ALSO UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS SAT/SAT NIGHT/SUN AND PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF
PRECIP. 700 THETA-E RIDGE ALSO MOVES OVER THE AREA. PRECIPITABLE
WATER RISES TO TO OVER 2 INCHES BY SAT. WILL ADD THREAT OF HEAVY
RAIN FOR SAT AFTERNOON AND SAT NIGHT.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 403 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
/MON THROUGH FRI/
THE LONG RANGE MODELS ARE SOMEWHAT IN AGREEMENT FOR NEXT WEEK WITH A
CHANGING UPPER LEVEL PATTERN...HOWEVER THE GFS IS FASTER WITH A
SHARP SHORT WAVE CROSSING THE NORTHERN PLAINS MID WEEK. IT IS ALSO
MUCH DRIER WITH THE ECMWF KEEPING PRECIP ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
CWA. DRY POPS FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA (MOST OF ND AND NW MN) ON
MON/TUE SEEM REASONABLE WITH UPPER PATTERN KEEPING BEST ENERGY FROM
CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. BY WED/THU THE GFS BUILDS A
RIDGE OVER SASKATCHEWAN WHILE THE ECMWF IS A BIT FURTHER WEST WITH
THE RIDGE AXIS AND ALSO LESS AMPLIFIED. DAY SIX SHOWING SOME LIGHT
PRECIP OVER AREA WITH THE NW FLOW PATTERN BECOMING DRY AT
NIGHT...WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE FOR NW UPPER FLOW PATTERN. FOR LATE
IN THE WEEK THE GFS CONTINUES TO AMPLIFY THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE
NORTHERN TIER AND MB...KEEPING THINGS DRY...WHILE THE ECMWF HAS MORE
ZONAL FLOW WITH WAVES MOVING ACROSS SRN CANADA. WILL LOWER INHERITED
CHANCE POPS FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN MODEL
SOLUTION BEGIN ON FRI...WITH THE GFS SHOWING A STRONG LOW BRINGING
PRECIP TO THE AREA AND THE ECMWF CONTINUES THE ZONAL FLOW
PATTERN...GIVING ME VERY LOW CONFIDENCE IN SOLUTION FOR DAY 7.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1135 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
THE HRRR INDICATES A FAIRLY STRONG SIGNAL FOR IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS
DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...GIVEN THE HIGH SFC MOISTURE WILL
TAKE CIGS DOWN INTO THE IFR CATEGORY FOR ALL SITES OVERNIGHT. LOW
CIGS AND FOG COULD LINGER WELL INTO FRI MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON
WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...BUT WILL ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE
CONDITIONS INTO MVFR CATEGORY BY AFTERNOON.
&&
.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...HOPPES
LONG TERM...SPEICHER
AVIATION...DK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS GRAND FORKS ND
1136 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1135 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
WE ARE STILL GETTING SOME SHOWERS MAINLY IN THE NORTH
WHERE LINGERING INSTABILITY NEAR THE SFC BOUNDARY PERSISTS. THIS
CONVECTION COULD LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND WITH A SHORTWAVE
MOVING INTO THE NORTH LATE TONIGHT...WILL MENTION SOME LOW POPS
FOR SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. OTHERWISE...NO CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS
UPDATE.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 320 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE CONCERNS PCPN CHANCES AND
TEMPERATURES. NAM/RUC INITIALIZED BEST HOWEVER NAM LOOKS TO BE
THE ODD MODEL OUT IN LATER PERIODS AND DISCARDED. OPERATIONAL
MODELS CONTINUE TO OVER FORECAST PCPN ACROSS THE REGION
SIGNIFICANTLY. ABOUT THE ONLY THING MODELS AGREE ON IS THAT THE
REGION WILL PERSIST IN SW FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE PERIOD.
FOR TONIGHT SURFACE LOW ALONG ND/SD/MN BORDER AREA WILL CONTINUE
TO DRIFT EAST. TRAILING SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL ROUGHLY BISECT FA
FROM NW-SE. WATER VAPOR LOOP INDICATING WEAK IMPULSE MOVING INTO
THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS WHICH WILL LIFT NE TONIGHT. WITH IMPULSE AND
BOUNDARY WILL MAINTAIN SOME MODEST POPS THROUGH THE EVENING. ONCE
THE WAVE LIFTS NE LATER TONIGHT A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE NOSING IN
SHOULD KEEP MOST AREAS DRY. CLOUDS MOST AREAS AT LEAST PART OF THE
NIGHT AND ELEVATED DEWPOINTS WILL KEEP MINIMUMS GENERALLY IN THE
60S.
WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FA ON
FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT. ALOFT IN SW FLOW ANOTHER WEAK WAVE WILL TO LIFT
NE. POTENTIALLY THE MOST ACTIVE AREA WILL BE TO OUR WEST HOWEVER
SOME PCPN MAY CLIP DVL BASIN SO WILL MAINTAIN SOME LOW POPS.
REMAINDER OF THE FA SHOULD FOR THE MOST PART BE DRY. TEMPERATURES
WILL HINGE ON CLOUD TRENDS SO HELD PRETTY CLOSE TO CURRENT VALUES.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 320 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
POOR MODEL AGREEMENT THROUGH SUNDAY AS UPPER LOW CROSSES NORTHERN
ROCKIES INTO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS. ALL SHOWING DIFFERENT
SOLUTIONS ON TRACK/TIMING OF UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE
FEATURES. GENERAL THOUGHT IS THAT LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE OVER
THE CENTRAL PLAINS/HIGH PLAINS AND LIFT NE THROUGH THE LATER HALF
OF THE WEEKEND. WITH DIFFERING SOLUTIONS ON LOW LEVEL FEATURES
TRYING FINE TUNE FAVORED LOCATIONS FOR SIGNIFICANT PCPN VERY
DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME. AS A RESULT MADE MINIMAL CHANGES TO POPS
IN LATER PERIODS. LITTLE CHANGE IN THERMAL PROFILES SO AGAIN
TEMPERATURES WILL HINGE ON CLOUD COVER BUT LIKELY TO REMAIN BLO
AVERAGE.
FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MODELS COMING INTO BETTER
AGREEMENT AT THIS POINT...BUT GFS SFC FEATURES AND PCPN BECOME THE
OUTLIER. THEREFORE...A BLENDED ECMWF/GEM SOLN IS PREFERRED ATTM.
OTHERWISE...SFC LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST IS
EXPECTED TO LIFT TO THE NE. UPPER LEVEL TROF LOOKS TO CROSS THE AREA
BRINGING COOLER AIR BEHIND THE SYSTEM...AND FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING
TO TRIGGER -SHRA/-TSRA ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LOW. SUFFICIENT LL
MOISTURE AVAILABLE TO WRAP BEHIND THE SYSTEM...KEEPING SKIES MOSTLY
CLOUDY. AS THE UPPER TROF DIGS IN...LOOK FOR COOLER TEMPS TO ROUND
OUT THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1135 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
THE HRRR INDICATES A FAIRLY STRONG SIGNAL FOR IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS
DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...GIVEN THE HIGH SFC MOISTURE WILL
TAKE CIGS DOWN INTO THE IFR CATEGORY FOR ALL SITES OVERNIGHT. LOW
CIGS AND FOG COULD LINGER WELL INTO FRI MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON
WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...BUT WILL ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE
CONDITIONS INTO MVFR CATEGORY BY AFTERNOON.
&&
.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...DK
SHORT TERM...VOELKER
LONG TERM...HOPKINS/VOELKER
AVIATION...DK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS CHARLESTON WV
415 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE WITH OCCASIONAL
DOWNPOURS...AS WEAK DISTURBANCES RIDE SE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL TRY TO
NOSE IN FROM THE NORTHEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
ENTERING INTO THE PEAK OF THE FLASH FLOOD CONCERN - NOW INTO TONIGHT.
BEST LOW LEVEL INFLOW AT 925 MB IS ONGOING WITH 20 TO 30 KNOT
UNDISTURBED FEED UP THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE WNW TO ESE
BAROCLINIC ZONE. 925 MB REDUCES TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER 18Z TODAY.
SEVERAL SMALL MID LEVEL 500 MB VORT MAXIMUMS IN THE NW FLOW ALOFT.
ONE PASSES CROSSES SRN WV MOUNTAINS AROUND 12Z. 07Z RAP HAS ANOTHER
ALONG INDIANA/OHIO BORDER BY THEN. HOWEVER...EVEN AT 08Z...MORE
STORMS HAVE REACHED INTO WESTERN OHIO. SO...DOING HOURLY POPS WAS
CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE ON THIS GRAVEYARD SHIFT.
EVEN THOUGH THE PKB-CKB AREA DID NOT GET MUCH RAIN ON
THURSDAY...MOST COUNTIES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED PAST WEEK. DID NOT WANT
TO OVER FORECAST WHERE EACH CLUSTER OF STORMS MAY GO AND TRY TO
NARROW DOWN THE WATCH. POSTED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ENTIRE CWA
THROUGH 05Z SATURDAY. STILL SEEMS THE HEART OF THE CWA MOST
VULNERABLE. EVEN THE 07Z RAP HAS THE AXIS OF MAXIMUM PW FM NRN IL
ESE INTO CENTRAL WV AOA 2 INCHES. HOWEVER...THE SOUTHERN COAL
FIELDS HAVE BEEN THE WETTEST LATELY AND WOULD HAVE THE HIGHEST
RUNOFF PERCENTAGE.
STEERING FLOW TURNS MORE NORTH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...SO PICTURING THE
TREND WILL BE FOR THE HIGHER POPS TO SINK INTO SOUTHERN COUNTIES
OVERNIGHT. THOUGH AS MENTIONED...LOW LEVEL INFLOW...AS
MENTIONED...NOT AS STRONG.
IN THIS PATTERN...COULD EVEN SEE STRONG RISES ON SOME HEADWATER
RIVERS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
BOUNDARY CONTINUES SINKING SOUTH SATURDAY...BUT STILL ENOUGH
MOISTURE AROUND TO KICK OFF SOME DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND
STORMS...MAINLY IN THE COAL FIELDS AND WV MOUNTAINS. PRECIP CHANCES
WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...EVENTUALLY DRYING OUT ACROSS THE NORTH AS HEIGHTS BUILD
AND A SURFACE HIGH NOSES IN FROM THE NE BY SUNDAY NIGHT.
DESPITE THE BOUNDARY HEADING SOUTH...STILL EXPECTING VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES. MADE ONLY MINIMAL CHANGES TO PREVIOUS HIGHS AND LOWS
BY BLENDING IN BIAS-CORRECTED CONSENSUS GUIDANCE.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO AREA BUT THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT
SHOULD STAY W OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...WE WILL STILL BE CONTENDING
WITH THE MUGGIES WITH TEMPS RUNNING NEAR NORMAL TO PERHAPS
SLIGHTLY ABOVE. A FRONT APPROACHES LONG ABOUT THURSDAY WITH
INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHRA/TSRA.
&&
.AVIATION /08Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
ONE ROUNDS OF CONVECTION MOVES THROUGH 06Z TO 12Z WITH LOCALIZED
DOWNPOURS AND IFR VSBY AND CEILING. OTHER DISTURBANCES IN ITS WAKE
WILL RIDE SE AND MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL CLUSTERS DURING THE
MORNING...FIGURING MORE IN SOUTHERN OHIO INTO WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA
FOR THE 12Z TO 15Z TIME FRAME...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW.
CEILINGS BECOMING MAINLY 2 TO 3 THSD FT BKN WITH LAYERS AND VSBY 5
TO 6 MILES IN HAZE AFTER ABOUT 16Z. YET...ADDITIONAL CLUSTERS OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS LIKELY...INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AGAIN WITH IFR
VSBY AND CEILINGS.
MVFR VSBY LIKELY 03Z TO 06Z SATURDAY WITH SHOWERS WANING.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY...
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: LOW.
ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: DURATION AND TIMING ROUNDS OF CONVECTION WILL
VARY. AT LEAST SOME AREAS OF PCPN MAY EVEN LINGER LONGER FRIDAY
NIGHT...BUT NOT MENTIONED IN TAFS.
EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH: TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW: TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
DATE FRI 08/22/14
UTC 1HRLY 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
EDT 1HRLY 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
CRW CONSISTENCY H H M M M H H M M M M M
HTS CONSISTENCY L M M H H M M M M M M M
BKW CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M H H H M M
EKN CONSISTENCY H H M H H H H H H H H H
PKB CONSISTENCY M M M M M L H H H M H M
CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H M
AFTER 06Z SATURDAY...
IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN LOW STRATUS IN LINGERING LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE 06Z TO AFTER 12Z SATURDAY.
&&
.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR WVZ005>011-013>020-
024>040-046-047.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR OHZ066-067-075-076-
083>087.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR KYZ101>103-105.
VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR VAZ003-004.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...KTB/MZ
NEAR TERM...KTB
SHORT TERM...MZ
LONG TERM...30
AVIATION...KTB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS LUBBOCK TX
421 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SHORT TERM...
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LIVE ANOTHER DAY. A
CLOSED LOW CURRENTLY OVER ARIZONA WILL OPEN UP AS IT MOVES ACROSS
THE ROCKIES AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH. HOWEVER...IT REMAINS
QUESTIONABLE ON WHETHER WE WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS TROUGH AS ITS JET
MAX WILL BE PLACED WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE REGION. WE STILL STILL
LIKELY SEE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION UNDERNEATH A MONSOONAL
MOISTURE PLUME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TROUGH TO THE WEST AND RIDGE TO
THE EAST. CONVENTION WILL BE WITHIN THE SURFACE PRESSURE TROUGH AND
THE RAP INDICATES A FARTHER EASTWARD MOVEMENT TO THE TROUGH AXIS.
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE MAY BE MORE TO THE EAST IF THE RAP IS MORE
CORRECT IN ITS SOLUTION ALLOWING FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP FARTHER
EAST ON THE CAPROCK.
A NOTABLE DECREASE IN PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL OCCUR TODAY
MOSTLY FOR AREAS EAST OF THE I27 CORRIDOR. THIS WILL BE DUE TO DRIER
AIR ADVECTING INTO THE AREA AT MID LEVELS. THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH
CHANGE FOR AREAS WEST OF I27 WITH CONTINUED ANOMALOUSLY HIGH
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES. AN AXIS OF HIGHER INSTABILITY IS PROGGED
TO BE AROUND 2000 J/KG WITHIN THE PRESSURE TROUGH WHERE THE HIGHEST
LOW LEVEL THETA-E AIR WILL BE LOCATED. FURTHERMORE...STORM
PROPAGATION VECTORS TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE TRAINING
OF CONVECTION AND REPEATED HEAVY RAINFALL DESPITE RELATIVELY HIGH
CLOUD BASES.
&&
.LONG TERM...
A THINNING BAND OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER TROUGH SKIRTS BY TO THE NORTH.
LIMITED IF ANY SIGNIFICANT LIFT IS EXPECTED THOUGH MODEST SURFACE
TROUGHING AND STRONG HEATING MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A FEW AFTERNOON
STORMS IN AND NEAR THAT TROUGH. HEIGHTS WILL REBUILD EARLY NEXT
WEEK WITH THE MONSOON FLOW IMPROVING AGAIN...THOUGH SHIFTING BACK
TO THE WEST. UNCLEAR JUST YET IF THIS WILL REMAIN NEAR ENOUGH OUR
WESTERN BORDER AREAS FOR MENTIONABLE THUNDER CHANCES. UNCERTAINTY
INCREASES THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK INVOLVING THE NEXT PROGRESSIVE
PACIFIC TROUGH CROSSING THE NORTHERN TIER. BOTH AMPLITUDE AND
TIMING ARE MUCH IN QUESTION...THUS PRECLUDING THUNDER MENTION AS
WELL FOR NOW. BUT THIS MAY YET REPRESENT OUR NEXT REAL OPPORTUNITY
FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS BEEN HANGING
ACROSS NORTHERN STATES COULD SAG INTO OUR AREA. IN THE DAYS AHEAD
WE WILL WATCH FOR THOSE TIMING AND STRENGTH ISSUES TO BECOME
BETTER RESOLVED. RMCQUEEN
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FRIONA 92 64 93 62 92 / 30 40 20 20 20
TULIA 94 65 95 65 93 / 20 20 20 20 20
PLAINVIEW 93 65 94 65 92 / 20 20 20 20 20
LEVELLAND 94 64 93 64 92 / 20 20 20 20 20
LUBBOCK 95 67 96 67 94 / 20 20 20 20 20
DENVER CITY 94 65 94 65 93 / 20 20 10 10 10
BROWNFIELD 95 65 95 66 94 / 20 20 10 10 10
CHILDRESS 100 70 100 72 99 / 10 10 10 10 10
SPUR 97 68 97 67 96 / 10 10 10 10 10
ASPERMONT 99 71 100 71 99 / 0 0 10 10 10
&&
.LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
01/05
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
232 AM PDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
Friday will bring another round of showers and thunderstorms to
the region with the potential for more flash flooding over the
Cascades burn scars. The threat of scattered showers and
thunderstorms will continue through the weekend. A drier and
warmer weather pattern is expected for the new work week.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Friday: A deep upper-level low pressure system will pass through the
region today delivering widely scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Storms containing heavy rainfall and very little movement will be
the main concern as the risk for flash flooding and debris flows
remains elevated over the East Slopes and Okanogan Highlands.
Additional urban and rural areas could also experience localized
flooding impacts if a storm was to setup overhead. An isolated
stronger storm could also bring brief hail and gusty outflow
winds on the order of 40 mph.
2AM satellite reveals the center of the low crossing over the
Columbia Gorge near the Dalles. The low will shift east toward
the Tri Cities this morning...then continue toward the OR/WA/ID
border by midday before tracking into SE Idaho this evening. With
the low overhead, an unstable air mass will be in place with
500mb temperatures cooling near -17C. Meanwhile, a tongue of
richer moisture and instability...marked well by the 850-700mb
theta-e progs will wrap around the eastern and northern periphery
of the low...wrapping back south on its western edge. This richer
moisture in conjunction with little to no steering flow is a good
recipe for storms containing heavy rainfall. The good news is that
this lack of steering flow (storm movement) only resides through
late afternoon then as the system departs the east, increasing
northerly flow will give any lingering storms a push. Needless to
say, we saw what these storms are capable of Thursday afternoon
with numerous debris flows and mudslides within the Carlton
Complex burn scar.
As of 2AM...thunderstorms continue to go strong across the
northern mountains with additional development now over the lower
ID Panhandle. This activity is tied to the placement of the higher
theta-E axis and lift along the northeastern periphery of the
upper low dropping into the Pac NW. HRRR and local Hi-Res model
simulated radar suggest the larger area of showers/storms over
Ferry County will pivot to the west this morning, fall apart after
sunrise, allowing cells to redevelop after a few hours of
sunshine. Convective temperatures are only in the upper 60`s to
lower 70`s so it won`t take much. Whether the cloud cover from
this activity completely falls apart or just thins will be a major
challenge related to storm intensity this afternoon. For NE WA and
the ID panhandle, looks as if isolated storms will be possible
through morning then afternoon heating and a few vorticity
maximums will promote widely scattered storms again after the
12PM-3PM timeframe...continuing through the evening. Slightly
deeper wind shear over the lower ID Panhandle could support a few
organized cells capable of hail and wind gusts in excess of 40 mph
but overall, the threat for severe storms (hail and damaging
winds) remains low region-wide.
Saturday: The upper-low will continue its march east Friday night
and Saturday into Central Montana Saturday morning then North
Dakota by the evening. Look for drier north to northwest flow over
the Cascades and Western Basin Saturday morning to translate east
into the Idaho Panhandle by Saturday evening. The main
precipitation threat will concentrate over the ID Panhandle and
into Western Montana. Some models are more aggressive with the
drying so we may be on the high end for precipitation chances in
Idaho, especially west of a line from Mullan to the Blue Mtns.
Given the lingering cold pool aloft, a few convective showers will
be possible in the mountains all the way to the Cascade Crest but
these will be the weak and shallow variety producing little to no
rainfall.
We will also see breezy northerly winds as the low deepens today
then pulls out Saturday. Winds will be strongest through the
narrow Okanogan Valley and Purcell Trench. Winds sustained 10-20
mph with gusts to 35 mph are a strong possibility. Temperatures
will remain on the cool side of normal. /sb
Saturday night through Wednesday...General agreement exists
between the latest medium range models with the overall field of
motion. The general troffy and unsettled pattern will persist
through Sunday featuring a continued threat of showers and at
least isolated thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon and
evening hours and concentrated over the northern mountains...with
a few showers persisting well into the night over the Idaho
Panhandle. Temperatures in this polar influenced air mass will run
at or slightly below normal through Monday.
Monday appears to bring a transition from a general trough to a
new ridging cycle...with only a few lingering showers over the
northeast and panhandle while the remainder of the forecast area
dries out and stabilizes under the ridge driven warming aloft.
Tuesday through Wednesday bring high confidence of dry and
clear/partly cloudy conditions throughout the region as the polar
storm track retreats to the north with temperatures once again
cresting well above normal. /Fugazzi
Wednesday Evening through Thursday Night: Starting Wednesday
evening the strength of the ridge will be on the decline as the
next trough of low pressure approaches the region. Models are
still wavering a bit on the breakdown, but one thing in common for
now is Wednesday will be the warmest day of the forecast period.
Considering model differences for the breakdown, the GFS continues
to be much more aggressive bringing a deep trough swinging
through late Thursday. This solution would support another round
of widespread rain as the system would have both mid latitude
Pacific moisture as well as topical moisture from decaying
Tropical Storm Lowell to work with. The euro on the other hand
keeps the trough further north leading to a much drier zonal flow
pattern for the Pac NW. Either way, we are looking at breezy to
windy conditions for the later part of the week as cold air
advection coupled with a tightened pressure gradient increases the
winds. Both models have been fairly consistent in their respective
solutions, so the DGEX was used to help lean in one models favor.
It more closely followed the Euro leading to higher confidence in
it.
So leaning towards the euro, it delays the major threat of precip
beyond the reaches of this forecast so POPs were kept relatively low.
Temperatures were also raised a bit Thursday to show the
transition to a more zonal pattern rather than the cold incoming
trough from the GFS. One thing to keep in mind is that when models
try to ingest this tropical storm moisture, it often leads to some
inconsistent runs. Knowing this, the extended will need to be
tinkered with throughout the next couple of days as models align
better. /Fliehman
&&
.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS: A SOMEWHAT MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS ASSOCIATED WITH
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE AVIATION
AREA FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS SURFACE BASED
CONVECTIVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR, PRIMARILY OVER
AND NEAR MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS BUT MOST TAF LOCATIONS WILL BE UNDER
THREAT FOR A CLOSE MISS OR BRIEF THUNDERSTORM FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. /MJF
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 75 55 75 54 79 56 / 40 40 10 10 20 30
Coeur d`Alene 73 54 73 51 77 53 / 50 50 10 10 20 30
Pullman 75 51 74 49 79 51 / 40 50 20 20 20 20
Lewiston 80 60 79 56 85 59 / 60 50 30 20 10 20
Colville 72 51 78 49 81 52 / 60 50 10 10 20 30
Sandpoint 69 50 71 46 75 49 / 70 50 10 20 20 30
Kellogg 68 52 67 47 72 53 / 70 60 40 20 30 30
Moses Lake 81 58 83 56 86 58 / 30 50 10 0 10 10
Wenatchee 80 63 82 58 84 64 / 40 50 10 10 20 10
Omak 79 59 82 53 85 58 / 50 40 10 10 20 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...None.
WA...Flash Flood Watch through this evening for East Slopes Northern
Cascades-Okanogan Valley-Wenatchee Area.
&&
$$
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS LA CROSSE WI
1149 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 908 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IS WITH CONVECTIVE TRENDS
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD FOG.
SO FAR THIS EVENING...THE MAIN CONVECTION HAS BEEN TIED TO A
NARROW CORRIDOR ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SURFACE COLD FRONT/LOW THAT
RUNS FROM NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
22.01Z RAP ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT SBCAPE IS ON THE WANE WITH THE TWO
MAIN AREAS OF CONVECTION ALONG THE NORTHERN GRADIENT IN
INSTABILITY...NW WI...AND THE OTHER MAIN CELLS ALONG THE HIGHEST
INSTABILITY AXIS POKING INTO NW IOWA. THE MAIN CONVERGENCE WILL
REMAIN WITH THIS SLOW MOVING FRONT THROUGH THE NIGHT THOUGH
SURFACE/LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BE DECREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT THUS
WEAKENING THIS CONVERGENCE. WHILE SFC/ML INSTABILITY WILL BE
DECREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT...0-3KM MUCAPE ACTUALLY GETS A BUMP
UP PER THE 22.01Z RAP AS THE FRONT APPROACHES LATE. THERMAL
PROFILES ARE FAIRLY WARM...SO IT WILL TAKE QUITE THE UPDRAFT TO
GET ANY OF THE CONVECTION TO GO SEVERE WHICH DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT
WILL HAPPEN BASED ON THE WEAKENING CONVERGENCE. STILL MAY MANAGE
TO SEE A FEW SHOWERS...JUST NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING THAT WOULD GET
OUT OF HAND.
WITH A HUMID AIR MASS IN PLACE WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE LOW
70S...FOG STILL LOOKS LIKE A POSSIBILITY OVERNIGHT. THE 21.21Z
SREF IS LOCKING ONTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN WHERE IT APPEARS THAT A
WEAK WARM FRONT IS LOCATED AND SOME LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY STARTED
TO DROP BELOW 1SM. WITH WINDS LIGHTENING UP AS THE LOW/FRONT
APPROACHES...SOME MORE SITES COULD DEVELOP FOG OVERNIGHT IF THE
SKIES CAN CLEAR OUT. HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER IS BLOWING OFF OF THE
CONVECTION IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND COULD INITIALLY SLOW THINGS
DOWN...BUT EXPECT THAT SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR AND LEAD TO
THIS FOG DEVELOPMENT. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH IN THE
WHEN/WHERE TO ISSUE A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...BUT SOME PORTION OF THE
AREA MAY NEED ONE LATER.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 340 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING THE STRONG MID-LEVEL WAVE THAT GAVE THE
AREA MAINLY MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER EASTERN WI.
SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF THIS WAVE PROVIDED SOME PARTIAL SUNSHINE
TO THE ARX FORECAST AREA WITH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MID
70S TO THE LOWER 80S. ALSO...DEW POINTS WERE CREEPING UPWARD INTO
THE MIDDLE 60S TO THE LOWER 70S FOR A BIT MORE MUGGY FEEL TO THE
ATMOSPHERE.
MODEL CONSENSUS SHOWS WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINING JUST TO OUR
SOUTH OVERNIGHT WITH MODELS INDICATING SOME 850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT
INTO/OVER IT. THIS IS IN ADVANCE OF A WEAKER MID-LEVEL WA
DETERMINISTIC MODELS LOOK BIT OVERDONE WITH QPF BASED ON THIS WEAKER
SIGNAL...SO WENT WITH SMALLER-END SHOWER/THUNDER CHANCES. WITH
RECENT RAINFALL AND RELATIVELY WEAK WINDS OVERNIGHT...ANY BREAKS IN
THE CLOUD COULD ALSO LEAD TO SOME FOG DEVELOPMENT.
FRIDAY IS LOOKING MAINLY DRY ACROSS THE AREA WITH MID-LEVEL RIDGE
AMPLIFYING OVERHEAD. HOWEVER...THE BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN JUST TO OUR
SOUTH BUILDING INSTABILITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NO REAL TRIGGER
MECHANISM TO FOCUS CONVECTION OTHER THAN WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG THE
BOUNDARY. AS SUCH...WILL GO WITH A 20-30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IA/SOUTHWEST WI.
OTHERWISE...PLAN ON HIGHS IN THE 80S WITH HEAT INDICES CREEPING INTO
THE 95-100 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST IA/FAR SOUTHWEST WI.
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...LOOKING FOR THAT BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH LIFT NORTH
AS A WARM FRONT. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS OVER
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN KEEPING BEST 850MB
MOISTURE TRANSPORT FOCUSED MORE ACROSS WESTERN IA/MN. AS SUCH...KEPT
HIGHER POPS FOCUSED MORE ACROSS NORTHEAST IA/SOUTHEAST MN...TAPERING
EASTWARD OF THE MISSISSIPPI. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL BE QUITE
HIGH IN THE 1.5-2 INCH RANGE...SO ANY STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF SOME
HEAVIER RAINFALL.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 340 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
LOOK FOR THE WARM FRONT TO CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
AREA SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE POTENTIAL FOR
POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL GIVEN HIGHER-END PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES. SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING MAY ALSO HAVE TO BE
WATCHED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL AS NAM INDICATING 0-3KM
MUCAPE IN THE 2000-4500J/KG RANGE WITH BULK SHEAR IN THE 20-25KT
RANGE. LOOKS LIKE THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA WOULD BE ALONG AND WEST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
SUNDAY LOOKING HOT/MUGGY/CAPPED AS THE AREA BECOMES ENTRENCHED IN
THE WARM SECTOR OF SURFACE LOW LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE DAKOTAS INTO
CANADA. NAM DRAWING IN 27-31C 925MB AIR INTO AREAS ALONG/WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN THIS WARM SECTOR WHICH WOULD DICTATE
TEMPERATURES NEARING 100. TOOK A MODEL CONSENSUS FOR NOW...YIELDING
HIGHS IN THE 90S. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S...RESULTING HEAT INDICES
WILL BE IN THE 100-105 DEGREE RANGE FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-
90. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO FOR A POSSIBLE
HEAT HEADLINE.
SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS A
COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE AREA. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOOKS LIKE IT
WILL LINGER ACROSS AREA THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY FOR A CONTINUED
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1149 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
THE MAIN FOCUS IS ON THE FOG OVERNIGHT AS MUCH OF THE CONVECTION
IS STAYING WELL OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE TAF SITES. WITH A
HUMID AIR MASS IN PLACE AND WINDS LIGHTENING UP...SOME WIDESPREAD
FOG IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY DENSE. CONDITIONS SHOULD
IMPROVE BY LATE MORNING AS TEMPERATURES JUMP UP AND CAUSE THE FOG
TO MIX OUT. THE MAIN NEGATIVE FOR THE FOG IS WITH SOME MID LEVEL
CLOUDS THAT ARE COMING ACROSS THE REGION FROM EARLIER CONVECTION
THAT OCCURRED ALONG THE MINNESOTA/IOWA BORDER. ONCE THAT CLEARS
OUT...THE FOG SHOULD DEVELOP.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...TODAY INTO TONIGHT
ISSUED AT 340 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SERVE AS A TRIGGER FOR
SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL BE
IN THE 1.5 TO 2 INCH RANGE. AS SUCH...ANY STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF
HEAVY RAINFALL. NOT THINKING ANY FLOOD HEADLINES WILL BE NEEDED AT
THIS TIME BUT CERTAINLY WARRANTS A WATCHFUL EYE.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...HALBACH
SHORT TERM...DAS
LONG TERM....DAS
AVIATION...HALBACH
HYDROLOGY....DAS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NWS PHOENIX AZ
550 AM MST FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
UPDATED AVIATION AND FIRE WEATHER SECTIONS.
&&
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...HOWEVER
ONLY A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. DRIER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND ALONG
WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A RETURN TO A MORE
TYPICAL MONSOON PATTERN IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK...WITH AFTERNOON AND
EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING TO THE REGION.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WAS SITUATED OVER NORTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA
THIS MORNING AS OF 0830Z...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE STORM ACTIVITY
WELL AHEAD OF THE LOW IN NEW MEXICO. WHILE THERE WERE A FEW SHOWERS
NOTED ON RADAR BENEATH THE UPPER LEVEL DEFORMATION ZONE /LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY ALONG INTERSTATE 17/...THE STORMS FROM THURSDAY
EVENING HAD LARGELY DISSIPATED ACROSS THE DESERTS. IN THE WAKE OF
THIS STORM...TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER
70S ACROSS THE DESERTS...APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR
MID/LATE AUGUST.
STRONG ISENTROPIC DESCENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AS THE
TROUGH MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. BL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT
ELEVATED AS 1000-700MB MEAN MIXING RATIOS WILL STILL LINGER IN THE
8-12 G/KG RANGE...HOWEVER THE LACK OF UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT SHOULD
PRECLUDE MUCH IN THE WAY OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
GIVEN THE CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE DEPARTING LOW...I WOULD EXPECT TO
SEE A FEW POP-UP SHOWERS NORTH AND EAST OF PHOENIX WITH LITTLE OF
CONSEQUENCE ACROSS THE DESERTS. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME ACTIVITY
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THAT GLANCES PINAL COUNTY...BUT
THAT WOULD BE ABOUT IT. HI-RES WRF MODELS ALONG WITH THE HRRR PAINT
A SIMILAR SOLUTION FOR TODAY. MORE SUBSTANTIAL BL DRYING IS EXPECTED
THIS WEEKEND AS ALL OPERATIONAL MODELS SUGGEST MIXING RATIOS WILL
DROP TO AROUND 3-4 G/KG ACROSS SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND TO 6-8 G/KG
ACROSS ARIZONA. WITH EVEN LESS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT THIS
WEEKEND...POPS WILL REMAIN SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW CLIMO THIS WEEKEND.
NEXT WEEK WILL SEE A RETURN TO A MORE TYPICAL MONSOON SETUP AS HIGH
PRESSURE SLIDES EAST AND LOW LEVEL WINDS TURN AROUND OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST. WHILE THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS REGARDING
A TROUGH MOVING THROUGH UTAH BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...BOTH THE
GFS AND EUROPEAN...AS WELL AS THE 12Z NAEFS INDICATE A NOTEWORTHY
INCREASE IN MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY/TUESDAY NEXT WEEK. THIS
COULD BE THE RESULT OF THE PASSAGE OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM WELL SOUTH
OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA...OR IT COULD SIMPLY BE OUTFLOW DRIVEN
FROM CONVECTION OVER SONORA. REGARDLESS...MIXING RATIOS EXPECTED TO
RETURN TO THE 10-12 G/KG RANGE EARLY NEXT WEEK WHICH SHOULD SET THE
STAGE FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH AT
LEAST FRIDAY. TOUGH TO PICK OUT ONE ACTIVE DAY OVER ANOTHER...BUT
POPS HAVE BEEN NUDGED TOWARD CLIMO /AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER EAST OF
PHOENIX/ FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
AS FOR TEMPERATURES...THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL STRUGGLE TO RECOVER
TODAY AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW NORMAL. SOME RECOVERY IS
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WITH A RETURN TO NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
SUNDAY THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...
SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA
INCLUDING KPHX...KIWA...KSDL...KIPL..AND KBLH...
A WEAKENING UPPER LOW WAS CENTERED JUST WEST OF PHX AT 12Z AND WILL
CONTINUE SHIFTING EAST DURING THE DAY WITH FURTHER WEAKENING.
ANTICIPATE FEW-SCT BASES AT 8-10 KFT MSL...BECOMING SCT-BKN BY
MIDDAY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR AND EAST OF PHOENIX METRO. A STRAY
SHOWER CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA INCLUDING
PHOENIX AREA...MORE LIKELY FURTHER EAST...BUT PROBABILITY TOO LOW TO
REFLECT IN TAFS. EXPECT CLEAR SKIES THIS EVENING AS THE SYSTEM
SHIFTS INTO NEW MEXICO AND WEAKENS EVEN FURTHER. SURFACE WINDS OVER
PHOENIX AREA WILL FAVOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST DIRECTIONS THIS MORNING
BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO WESTERLY AROUND MIDDAY. SURFACE WINDS OVER
SOUTHWEST AZ AND SOUTHEAST CA WILL HOLD ON TO SOUTHERLY COMPONENT
LONGER BEFORE TRENDING TOWARD SOUTHWEST AND WEST THIS
EVENING...LOCAL GUSTS TO 20 KTS THIS EVENING IMPERIAL VALLEY.
AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
HUMIDITIES WILL TREND UPWARD MONDAY AND TUESDAY BEFORE STARTING TO
TREND DOWNWARD THURSDAY. OVERNIGHT RECOVERY WILL REMAIN GOOD THROUGH
THE WEEK. STORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN SLIGHT AND FAVOR THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA HOWEVER THEY WILL EXPAND SLOWLY
WESTWARD TO NEAR THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY.
HAINES INDEX VALUES PEAK AT 5 OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA
AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA SUNDAY AND MONDAY BEFORE TRENDING DOWNWARD.
EXPECT LOWER VALUES OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA DUE TO BETTER
ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CONTENT.
&&
.PSR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AZ...NONE.
CA...NONE.
&&
$$
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DISCUSSION...LEINS
AVIATION...AJ
FIRE WEATHER...AJ
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS PUEBLO CO
502 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 450 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
...POTENT STORM SYSTEM TO WILL BRING FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND LIGHTNING TO
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...WITH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS BY AFTERNOON...
UPPER LOW OVER WESTERN AZ IS FORECAST TO EJECT TO THE NORTHEAST
TODAY...AS THE KICKER SYSTEM DROPS THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
ALREADY HAVE A ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST COLORADO ALONG/NORTH OF THE FRONT AS THE FIRST UPPER
JET LIFTS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THESE WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT OFF TO
THE NORTHEAST THIS MORNING...AND FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION WILL TO
SHIFT INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING AS
MOISTURE AND LIFT INCREASES WITH THE NEXT IMPULSE AHEAD OF THE
ADVANCING SYSTEM. SO FAR...RAINFALL RATES OUT WEST DO NOT LOOK HEAVY
ENOUGH TO CAUSE CONCERNS FOR THE WEST FORK BURN SCAR...BUT THIS WILL
HAVE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY THROUGH THE MORNING.
OF GREATER CONCERN WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AS UPPER TROF LIFTS ACROSS THE
AREA DURING PEAK HEATING PERIOD. SFC LOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CO IS
PROGGED TO LIFT BACK NORTHWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH FRONTAL
BOUNDARY BECOMING THE FOCUS FOR STRONG TO EVEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AS IT LIFTS BACK NORTHWARD. VARIOUS SHORT RANGE
MODELS SHOW THIS LIFTING BACK NORTHWARD TO ALONG A LINE FROM
COLORADO SPRINGS TO EADS AS OF 21Z. DEPENDING ON SFC DEW
POINTS...CAPES COULD BE RUNNING ANYWHERE FROM 1000 J/KG TO 1500 J/KG
TO THE NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...AND WITH NEXT UPPER JET SHIFTING
NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION...COULD SEE DEEP LAYER SHEARS 40KTS...ESP
WHERE LOW LEVEL SFC WINDS REMAIN EASTERLY. SEEMS BEST THREAT AREA
FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST EL PASO AND KIOWA
COUNTIES...AND POINTS TO THE NORTHEAST. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS.
WITH UPPER LEVEL FORCING MOVING ACROSS DURING THE AFTERNOON...HIGH
RES AND CONCEPTUAL MODELS SUGGEST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
THE MAIN STORM THREATS. QUESTION IS...WILL THUNDERSTORMS BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING ENOUGH RAINFALL TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON AREA BURN
SCARS. STORM MOTIONS TODAY WILL BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30-
35 MPH...WHICH SHOULD MITIGATE THIS THREAT SOME. HOWEVER THE WALDO
BURN SCAR WITH ITS VERY LOW FLASH FLOOD THRESHOLD LOOKS TO MOST
UNDER THE THREAT TODAY. IF SUFFICIENT HEATING CAN TAKE PLACE...WE
COULD SEE CAPES OF NEAR 1000 J/KG (WITH SFC DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER
50S). IF FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFTS BACK NORTHWARD INTO THIS REGION AND
STALLS...THEN THIS COULD ALSO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR A COUPLE OF ROUNDS
OF THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...MODELS ARE NOT ALL IN AGREEMENT OF
WHERE THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL FALL. 06Z NAM12 IS THE
HEAVIEST HANDED WITH QPF AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH FALLING ACROSS
NORTHERN EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES DURING THE NOON TO 6 PM TIME
FRAME. HOWEVER RAP13...GFS...AND ECMWF ALL KEEP PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS MUCH LIGHTER AROUND .25 TO CLOSE TO .50...AND ALL MODELS
SEEM TO POINT AT THE QPF MAXIMUM OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO
GIVEN THE CURRENT STORM TRACK. STILL CONTEMPLATING ISSUING A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR WALDO BURN SCAR TODAY. SOME FACTORS THAT FAVOR
FLASH FLOODING TODAY FOR THE WALDO WOULD BE HIGHER PRECIPITABLE
WATERS...GOOD FORCING WITH SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS DURING THE
AFTERNOON...SOME POTENTIAL INSTABILITY IN THE AFTERNOON...AND EVEN A
BRIEF PERIOD OF SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE BEFORE 00Z. SOME FACTORS THAT DO
NOT PARTICULARLY FAVOR FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL FOR WALDO INCLUDE FAST
STORM MOTIONS...EXTENSIVE MORNING CLOUD COVER...WARMING H5
TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW TODAY...AND QUICK SHIFT TO A
SOUTHWEST DOWNSLOPE FLOW BY 00Z AS SYSTEM LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST OF
THE AREA. WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FEW RUNS OF THE HRRR RESOLVE SOME OF
THESE MESOSCALE DETAILS BEFORE COMMITTING TO A WATCH. AM CONFIDENT
THAT SOMEWHERE CLOSE BY...LIKELY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE BURN
SCAR...QPF AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS. BUT NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN ON
WALDO TO GO WITH A WATCH. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATEST HIGH RES
MODELS THROUGH THE MORNING AND MAY HOIST A WATCH AS DETAILS BECOME
BETTER RESOLVED. REGARDLESS...ANYONE IN OR NEAR THE BURN SCARS TODAY
NEEDS TO MAINTAIN A HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OF THE WEATHER TODAY.
TIMEFRAME WITH THE GREATEST THREAT APPEARS TO BE BETWEEN NOON AND 6
PM.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AS THE SYSTEM LIFTS
OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. SOME SHOWERS MAY LINGER ALONG THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE PAST MIDNIGHT AS THE NEXT UPPER TROF DROPS IN FROM THE
NORTHWEST. -KT
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 450 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
PRIMARY LONGER TERM METEOROLOGICAL CHALLENGES INCLUDE
POPS...TEMPERATURES AND EVEN SOME GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES.
LATEST COMPUTER SIMULATIONS AND FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST
THAT ADEQUATE ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL INTERACT WITH SEVERAL
UPPER DISTURBANCES INTO THE MIDDLE PORTION OF NEXT WEEK. IN
ADDITION...A NORTHERLY SURGE IS PROJECTED TO PUSH ACROSS EASTERN
SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE COMBINATION OF THESE FEATURES IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POPS AT TIMES OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE
FORECAST DISTRICT FROM FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEDNESDAY(ESPECIALLY IF
THE LATEST VERSION OF THE ECMWF IS CORRECT) WITH SOME DRYING
THEN ANTICIPATED BY LATER NEXT WEEK.
IN ADDITION...MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
RUN WITHIN A CATEGORY OR SO OF LATE AUGUST CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES
DURING THE LONGER WHILE GUSTY GRADIENT WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT
TIMES(PRIMARILY OVER FAR EASTERN SECTIONS) FROM SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 450 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH WILL KEEP ERRATIC
GUSTY NORTH WINDS GUSTY ACROSS THE KCOS AND KPUB TERMINALS THIS
MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST DURING
THE AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS MORNING WILL SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING LOWERING CIGS TO KALS THROUGH THE LATE
MORNING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS
AROUND 18Z...AND MOVE OFF INTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS AFFECTING THE
KCOS AND KPUB TERMINALS AFTER 19-20Z. THE MAIN STORM THREATS TODAY
WILL BE BRIEF MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS WITH TSRA...SOME BRIEF SMALL
HAIL...AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 45 KTS. HOWEVER...A FEW STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST
OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM KCOS TO EADS THIS AFTERNOON WHERE LARGE
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 KTS OR BETTER WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LIFT OFF TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE EARLY
EVENING WITH -TSRA THREAT ENDING FOR ALL THREE TERMINALS BY 00Z-01Z.
-KT
&&
.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS TAUNTON MA
726 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WEST
THROUGH TONIGHT. DRIER AND COOLER WEATHER FOLLOWS THIS WEEKEND. A
WARM-UP IS POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK PRIOR TO AN UNSETTLED PATTERN AHEAD
OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SWEEPING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
725 AM UPDATE...
LATEST RUNS OF THE HRRR APPEAR TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE
SHOWERS THIS MORNING...AT LEAST IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL TRENDS.
AS SUCH...USED THE HRRR TO TWEAK POPS FOR THIS MORNING. ALSO
TWEAKED TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS TO REFLECT THE LATEST
OBSERVED TRENDS.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN-SITU THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION
AS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF VORT-MAX/S MOVES THROUGH THE REGION
EARLY THIS MORNING. PWATS ARE MARGINAL /AROUND TO JUST BELOW 1.5
INCHES/ WITH K-VALES IN THE W ABOUT 30-32. THEREFORE...SUSPECT
THIS THREAT FOR -SHRA TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. ESPECIALLY
WERE WEAK CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES ARE ALLOWED TO FORM IN THE
RELATIVELY WEAK NEAR SFC FLOW. WILL CARRY POPS THROUGH MID DAY
MAINLY W OF THE WORCESTER HILLS INTO SRN NH...BUT WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW SHOWERS MAKE IT INTO THE BOS-PVD CORRIDOR.
OTHERWISE TODAY...THIS FIRST VORT MAX IS EXPECTED TO JOIN FORCES
WITH CUTOFF LOW PRES STALLED IN BLOCKING FLOW ACROSS ATLANTIC
CANADA...FORMING A HANGING TROF WHOSE BASE WILL REST TO THE S OF
REGION. NOTE THAT AS THIS TROF DEVELOPS AND A SERIES OF WEAKER
WAVES ROTATE THROUGH...HEIGHTS CONTINUE DECLINE INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. OVERALL COLUMN MOISTURE DOES ACTUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE
DAY...CLOSER TO BETWEEN 1.0-1.25 INCHES AND OVERALL INSTABILITY
/INCLUDING K-VALUES/ DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY AS WELL. GIVEN
THIS...AND THE FACT THAT ANOTHER AXIS OF SFC BASED INSTABILITY
REMAINS TO THE W IN NY THANKS TO WHAT IS LIKELY TO BE MORE CLEAR
SKIES...AND CONTINUED MARINE INFLUENCE THANKS TO E COMPONENT TO
THE FLOW SUSPECT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO ONCE AGAIN FIRE MAINLY W
OF NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MAY ACTUALLY USURP
SOME OF THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE...SO WILL ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHT
DECLINING POPS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...EXCEPT IN THE DUE TO
REMNANT CONVECTION ADVECTING E.
AS MENTIONED...EXPECT A LOT MORE WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER TODAY
THANKS TO MARINE INFLUENCE AND COOLING TEMPS ALOFT.
THEREFORE...HIGHS MAY STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE 60S IN SPOTS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY/...
TONIGHT...
AM NOTING SIMILAR SETUP AS THU NIGHT. ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL
PUSH N-S ACROSS THE REGION AND PHASE WITH OFFSHORE LONGWAVE TROF
CONNECTED TO CUTOFF IN ATLANTIC CANADA. TWO CONDITIONS ARE
DIFFERENT HOWEVER...PWATS ARE A BIT LOWER /1.0-1.25 INCHES AS
OPPOSED TO 1.5/ AND K INDEX VALUES ARE LOWER AS DRIER AIR INTRUDES
THROUGH THE COLUMN FROM THE TOP DOWN. THEREFORE...SAVE FOR THE
ADVECTION OF LEFTOVER CONVECTION FROM THE W...SUSPECT THAT -SHRA
ARE LIKELY TO BE A BIT WEAKER AND LESS WIDESPREAD THAN THU NIGHT.
HOWEVER...WILL STILL MAINTAIN AT LEAST CHANCE POPS ESPECIALLY FOR
W AND NW PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA.
ONE OTHER ISSUE IS FOG AND/OR LOW CIGS MOVING INTO E PORTIONS OF
THE FORECAST AREA. GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO NOTE AN AREA OF MOISTURE
BACKING IN FROM THE GULF OF MAINE OVERNIGHT THANKS TO CONTINUED
ELY COMPONENT OF THE FLOW. DO NOTE IN BUFKIT PROFILES THAT THERE
IS A LAYER OF DRY AIR ABOVE THE SFC WHICH MAY NEGATE FOG
DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY IF STRATUS BACKS IN...LIMITING RADIATIVE
PROCESSES. THEREFORE...WILL MAINLY MENTION LOW CLOUDS...BUT MAY
NEED TO MONITOR FOR DRIZZLE WITH DRIER MOVING IN OVER MOISTURE
POOLING IN THE LOW-MID LVLS. SHOULD SOME AREAS RADIATE...FOG
REMAINS A RISK.
SAT...
ONE LAST PARTING SHOT FOR SHOWERS SAT AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY FORCES
SOME DIGGING AND SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION OF THE OFFSHORE LONGWAVE
TROF. LEFTOVER MOISTURE COMBINED WITH COOLING TEMPS ALOFT ARE
LIKELY TO LEAD TO A FAIR AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER DURING THE EARLY
HALF OF THE DAY...ALONG WITH SHOWERS ESPECIALLY FROM PORTIONS OF
THE MERRIMACK VALLEY E AND POINTS SE. HOWEVER...IMPROVEMENT BY THE
AFTERNOON LOOKS POSSIBLE THANKS TO GRADUALLY RISING HEIGHTS FROM
THE S SHIFT IN THE TROF. THIS WILL ALLOW SFC INVERTED RIDGING TO
GRADUALLY REGAIN CONTROL ACROSS THE REGION TOWARD EVENING. IN
FACT...DESPITE THE CLOUDY START TO THE DAY...ITS POSSIBLE MANY
LOCATIONS STILL GET TO SEE THE SUNSET /EVEN IN THE E WHICH WILL
LIKELY TAKE THE LONGEST TO BREAK OUT/. HIGHS REMAIN ON THE COOL
SIDE OF NORMAL THANKS TO THE EARLY CLOUD COVER LIMITING DIURNAL
INFLUENCE.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
HIGHLIGHTS...
* QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THIS PERIOD
* UNCERTAINTY INCREASES MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH AN APPROACHING
FRONT
21/00Z MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT TUESDAY. THEN
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES ARISE FOR THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK...
MAKING FOR A LOWER CONFIDENCE FORECAST FROM THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK
ONWARD.
A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEAST WILL SLOWLY MAKE
ITS WAY EAST...MOVING JUST OFFSHORE THIS WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE TRIES TO PUSH NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE SOUTHERN USA. THIS UPPER
TROUGH IS RATHER PERSISTENT THOUGH...WITH EACH SUCCESSIVE MODEL RUN
LINGERING THIS TROUGH OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC LONGER AND LONGER.
COOLER...LESS SEASONABLE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WHILE HIGH PRESSURE IN
QUEBEC WILL KEEP THINGS RELATIVELY DRY. STILL AGREE WITH THE
PREVIOUS FORECASTER...THINKING 21/00Z GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE
WITH CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AS SUCH...KEPT A DRY
FORECAST ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
A HIGH PRESSURE WILL SINK SOUTH INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...EVENTUALLY
MOVING SOUTH AND EAST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND RETURNING US TO A
MORE WESTERLY FLOW. A LOW PRESSURE IN ONTARIO MAY EVENTUALLY MOVE
EAST INTO QUEBEC...SWINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. THIS IS WHERE MODELS START TO DIVERGE
MORE SIGNIFICANTLY.
THE ECMWF LOOKS A BIT QUICKER THAN THE GFS WITH THE APPROACH OF THIS
FRONT...BUT NEITHER IS AS PROGRESSIVE AS THE CANADIAN. WILL TAKE A
BLENDED APPROACH WITH THE TIMING FOR NOW. GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE
SURFACE RIDGE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE COAST...WOULD NOT BE OVERLY
SURPRISED IF THE ULTIMATE TIMING TURNS OUT TO BE SLOWER THAN THE
GFS. DEPENDING ON AVAILABLE MOISTURE...WE COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT.
&&
.AVIATION /11Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE...30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
SHORT TERM...THROUGH SATURDAY...MODERATE CONFIDENCE.
TODAY INTO TONIGHT...
CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO VFR MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH THE DAY...
ALTHOUGH LOW VFR CIGS ARE LIKELY ESPECIALLY AREAS W OF THE
WORCESTER HILLS. SHOWERS LINGER IN THIS REGION AS WELL. BY
TONIGHT...SHOWERS DISSIPATE BUT THERE MAY BE MORE WIDESPREAD FOG
IN THE W AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LOWER CIGS IN THE E.
THEREFORE...COMPLEX OVERNIGHT SCENARIO...WHERE SOME OCCASIONAL
MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
SAT...
CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO VFR ALL LOCATIONS EXCEPT MAYBE AREAS E OF
THE WST-ORH-AFN...WHERE SOME MVFR CONDITIONS MAY LINGER INTO THE
DAY IN LOW CIGS. BY AFTERNOON...LIKELY TO SEE VFR ALL LOCATIONS.
KBOS TERMINAL...MODERATE CONFIDENCE. MAINLY VFR TODAY EXCEPT FOR
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND MVFR THIS MORNING. OVERNIGHT...EASTERLY
FLOW COULD YIELD A PERIOD OF LOW CLOUDS WITH MVFR/IFR CIGS
POSSIBLE. SHOULD THESE BE ESTABLISHED...ITS POSSIBLE THEY LINGER
INTO THE MORNING HOURS SAT.
KBDL TERMINAL...MODERATE CONFIDENCE. MVFR/VFR MAY BOUNCE BACK AND
FORTH THROUGH THE MORNING WITH SHOWERS. BY AFTERNOON...CONDITIONS
IMPROVE TO VFR AND MAY STAY THAT WAY THEREAFTER.
OUTLOOK...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
HIGH CONFIDENCE VFR. LOW PROBABILITY OF PATCHY MVFR/IFR FOG EACH
NIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT.
MODERATE...30 TO 60 PERCENT.
HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT.
SHORT-TERM...THROUGH SATURDAY...HIGH CONFIDENCE.
E TO NE FLOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SAT AS HIGH PRES TO THE NE SLOWLY
REGAINS CONTROL. THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND NIGHT TONIGHT...PERIODS
OF WIND GUSTS OF 15-20 KT ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES WITH A SLOWLY
BUILDING SWELL. SEAS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 4 FT EVEN ON THE SE AND S
WATERS. THEREFORE...NO SMALL CRAFT HEADLINES. SOME FOG AND SHOWERS
ARE POSSIBLE ON THE WATERS AT TIMES AS WELL...MAINLY THIS
MORNING...AND ONCE AGAIN OVERNIGHT.
OUTLOOK...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...
HIGH CONFIDENCE.
HIGH CONFIDENCE. QUIET BOATING WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THIS
PERIOD WITH HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION. SEAS COULD APPROACH 5
FT ACROSS THE OUTERMOST SOUTHERN COASTAL WATERS THIS WEEKEND. NOT
ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO ISSUE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THOUGH. LOW
PROBABILITY OF PATCHY OVERNIGHT FOG LIMITING VISIBILITIES.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
NH...NONE.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...BELK/DOODY
NEAR TERM...BELK/DOODY
SHORT TERM...DOODY
LONG TERM...BELK
AVIATION...BELK/DOODY
MARINE...BELK/DOODY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS COLUMBIA SC
1016 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER RIDGE WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED HOT CONDITIONS
TODAY. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SW INTO THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL MIDLANDS SATURDAY...AND SHIFT TOWARDS THE CSRA SUNDAY.
THIS WILL LEAD TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS BEHIND
IT. THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO OUR SOUTH EARLY TO MID NEXT
WEEK...LEADING TO GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER WITH NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
THIN HIGH CLOUDS ACROSS THE MIDLANDS LATE THIS MORNING.
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID/UPPER 80S WELL ON THE WAY TO AROUND 100
DEGREES FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS INDICATE SUBSIDENCE
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. HAVE DELAYED CHANCE FOR CONVECTION UNTIL
21Z BASED TIMING OF SHORT WAVE INDICATED BY THE RUC AND NAM MODELS
AND ALSO BASES ON HI RES MODELS. OTHERWISE FORECAST STILL ON TRACK.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION:
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS COASTAL CAROLINA. LOW LEVEL
DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. BOUNDARY LAYER AND 850MB
TEMPERATURES SUPPORT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES NEAR 100 DEGREES. DEW
POINTS MIXING DOWN INTO THE 60S WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES
AROUND 105. NAM MODEL SUGGEST STRONGER INSTABILITY THAN GFS. BUT
EXPECT HIGH LFC AND LIMITED LIFT FOR THUNDERSTORMS. BULK OF
CONVECTION EXPECTED NORTH OF THE REGION AROUND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MAIN ISSUE FOR SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY IS TIMING OF APPROACHING
BACK DOOR FRONT. THINK PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH SETS UP ACROSS SOUTHERN
CWA SATURDAY WITH FRONT IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHIFTING
SOUTHWEST DURING SATURDAY EVENING. MOS POP GUIDANCE LOW BUT SREF
AND MODEL QPF SUGGEST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD
AND ALONG FRONT AS AIR MASS MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND MOISTURE
INCREASING...PRECIPITABLE WATER MAY RISE TO AROUND 2 INCHES.
WARM MAX TEMPS STILL POSSIBLE SAT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH
WARMEST TEMPS FAVORING THE CSRA WHERE TEMPS COULD REACH 100 AGAIN.
WITH NAM BEING SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN GFS WITH THE BACK DOOR FRONT...THE
NAM MOS IS SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN THE GFS MOS FOR SAT MAX
TEMP...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND CENTRAL. EVEN IF TEMPS NEAR 100
REACHED AGAIN SAT...GUIDANCE STILL SUGGESTS DEWPOINTS LOW ENOUGH
TO PRECLUDE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM REACHING OUR HEAT ADVISORY
CRITERIA OF 110F.
FRONT EXPECTED TO SHIFT SW THRU THE FA SAT NIGHT THRU SUN NIGHT.
EXPECT CHANCE POPS NEAR AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH COOLING
TEMPS ALONG AND NORTH OF IT. SO...POPS SUN AFTERNOON FAVORING THE
CSRA WHERE INSTABILITY/LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE STRONGER. HIGH TEMPS SUNDAY
SHOULD BE NOTICEABLY LESS BEHIND THE FRONT.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
FRONT TO PUSH TO OUR SOUTH EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK WITH SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD...WITH UPPER RIDGE
ALOFT. SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH
RIDGE ALOFT WILL REDUCE CONVECTIVE CHANCES...TO SLIGHT CHANCE AT
BEST. TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /14Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.
THIN CIRRUS CLOUDS ACROSS THE TAF SITES IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.
DIURNAL CUMULUS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. GIVEN FRONTAL
BOUNDARY REMAINING WELL NORTH OF THE AREA...CHANCE FOR CONVECTION
TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN TAFS ATTM. WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE
WESTERLY AT 7 KNOTS OR LESS.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN LATE
NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING FOG SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BRING RESTRICTIONS.
&&
.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
GA...NONE.
&&
$$
Area Forecast Discussion
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1038 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1038 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
Large cluster of thunderstorms that developed along an outflow
boundary late last night continues to diminish as it pushes
eastward across central Illinois this morning. 1530z radar imagery
shows showers with a few embedded thunderstorms along/north of a
Beardstown...to Decatur...to Paris line. High-res models suggest a
continued weakening trend, with little or no precip remaining by
mid-afternoon. Have adjusted PoPs to go categorical along/north of
I-72 for the next couple of hours, followed by a decrease to just
slight chance this afternoon. Have also lowered high temperatures
by a few degrees across the central and northern zones where
widespread clouds/rain have kept readings cooler than previously
expected. Visible satellite imagery shows plenty of breaks
developing upstream across Iowa, so have only dropped highs into
the upper 80s. Further south where the rain has not occurred this
morning, have maintained highs in the lower 90s.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight)
ISSUED AT 325 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
07z/2am surface analysis shows a stationary front extending from
west to east across northern Illinois. A 35kt LLJ has helped trigger
a line of convection just south of that front. Those storms will
affect our northern counties early this morning, with locally heavy
rainfall rates possible. Areas near Midway airport last night picked
up 3" in 30 minutes. There most likely will be a break in the
rainfall for at least a few hours later this morning and early this
afternoon, before the next shortwave over Iowa works its way into
IL. Precipitable water values up near 2" will continue through the
day, so any convection that redevelops this afternoon into evening
will have the potential to produce very heavy rainfall. Coverage may
not be too extensive during the day, so slight chance and low chance
PoPs were used for areas north of I-72 after 7 am.
The HRRR/NAM/GFS/ECMWF all show an enhanced opportunity for storms
either later this afternoon or this evening as an MCS develops to
our west and rolls across N IL. With timing still in question, we
did not ramp up to likely PoPs in any one area even this evening and
overnight. The main theme does seem to be that the northern half of
the KILX CWA will be the main target area for storms over the next
24-36 hours.
High temps today will once again climb into the upper 80s to low
90s, with dewpoints already in the mid 70s and likely to climb into
the upper 70s in some areas. Heat index readings will likely climb
to around 105 in southern areas. We can not rule out the possible
need to expand the heat advisory northward. Precip and cloud cover
across the north should keep their heat index readings below
advisory levels in general.
&&
.LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday)
ISSUED AT 325 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
Main issue through the extended remains the extreme heat for this
time of year through the weekend and into the first portion of next
week. Models still having issues with the ultimate breaking down of
the ridge, resulting in a potential extension to the heat wave
should the trend continue. Hot daytime highs into the 90s and
dewpoints into the mid 70s resulting in heat indices over 100F for
several days on end. Scattered chances exist as long as the
boundary remains close to the FA...and will be the only chance for
brief cool downs. But as the high builds into the region, the
general subsidence will be hard to overcome, so the forecast for
Saturday night through Sunday night is dry for now...with some
slight chances coming back for Monday...but the models struggling
with the solutions in the mid range with the timing of a vigorous
wave to erode the ridge. GFS still far more aggressive, amplified,
and fast with the passage of the upper trof/sfc front Tues night
into Wednesday. ECMWF starting to close the gap and has abandoned
the closed low of 24 hrs ago... but is still signif weaker,
resulting in a developing baroclinic zone at the sfc as the wave
fizzles in parallel flow and provides a focus for a longer duration
potential for precip. Model blends now through the mid/end of next
week results in more widespread chances.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Saturday morning)
ISSUED AT 652 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
A nocturnal LLJ has helped fuel an east-west line of storms across
north-central IL. The storms with heavy rainfall will affect
mainly PIA, BMI and CMI early this morning, bringing MVFR vis and
ceilings. BMI has dropped to IFR cloud height, which could linger
through 15z before lifting to MVFR. A break in the storms is
indicated for the terminal sites for late morning into afternoon
in the HRRR and RAP model output. Additional storm chances are
indicated for later this afternoon and evening for the northern
TAF sites of PIA, BMI and CMI. We kept precip our of DEC and SPI
for now, but trends are for storms to get quite close even this
morning. Will monitor closely for changes to the dry forecast for
SPI/DEC.
Winds will generally remain S-SW in the synoptic flow across our
area, south of the warm front. Local northerly winds have
developed for the northern terminals where the storms have
produced an outflow boundary moving south. The outflow could even
reach SPI and DEC, but wind speeds by then should be 10kt or less.
&&
.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY until 7 PM CDT Monday FOR ILZ042-047>054-056-
061>063-066>068-071>073.
&&
$$
UPDATE...BARNES
SHORT TERM...SHIMON
LONG TERM...HJS
AVIATION...SHIMON
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
654 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.DISCUSSION...
349 AM...FORECAST CONCERNS INCLUDE HEAVY RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...IN ADDITION TO TIMING AND LOCATION OF
STORMS. ADDITIONAL CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES INCLUDE TEMPERATURES/
DEWPOINTS AND ASSOCIATED HEAT INDICES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
ONE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST IL AND
NORTHWEST INDIANA WITH A SECOND COMPLEX MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN CWA. THESE ARE VERY EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCES WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 2
INCHES. COOP OBSERVER 3SW OF MIDWAY AIRPORT MEASURED 3.60 INCHES
OF RAIN IN JUST 40 MINUTES WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS
IN THAT AREA. WHILE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY CONTINUES ACROSS THE
AREA...THE GENERAL TREND IS FOR ALL THIS ACTIVITY TO MOVE
SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY OVER
WESTERN IL AND SOUTHERN IOWA MAY CONTINUE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN CWA LATER THIS MORNING.
CONVECTIVE TRENDS ARE STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN OVER THE NEXT 36
HOURS OR SO. IF CURRENT ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTHERN IA/WESTERN IL
DRIFTS SOUTHEAST...MUCH OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS COULD END UP RATHER
DRY WITH TONIGHT POSSIBLY BEING MORE ACTIVE AS HINTED AT BY THE
ECMWF. HAVE TRENDED THIS DIRECTION BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW. WITH
DEWPOINTS REMAINING IN THE LOWER/MID 70S AND PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES REMAINING AROUND 2 INCHES...ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. IF TRENDS BECOME MORE
CLEAR...ITS POSSIBLE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FOR PART OF
THE AREA...BUT GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHEN/WHERE ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR...NO HEADLINES THIS MORNING.
CONVECTION THEN APPEARS TO SHIFT NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY ON
SATURDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. THUS A DRY
PERIOD IS EXPECTED FROM LATER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
AND POSSIBLY INTO MUCH OF THE DAY ON MONDAY. CHANCE POPS THEN
ENTER BACK INTO THE FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY. MEDIUM RANGE
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE
AREA MIDWEEK...THOUGH TIMING DIFFERENCES REMAIN. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME AS WELL.
WHILE SUNDAY MAY END UP BEING COMPLETELY DRY AS THE RIDGE CAPS THE
AREA...IT DOES APPEAR THERE COULD BE A LAKE BREEZE ALONG THE IL
SHORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HOW MUCH CONVERGENCE OCCURS IS UNCERTAIN
BUT GIVEN HOW WARM/HUMID CONDITIONS WILL BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...IF
THIS IS ENOUGH FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...THERE COULD BE SOME
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST IL. ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS DURING THIS TIME TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS POTENTIAL.
DENSE FOG HAS FORMED ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST IL AND MAY SPREAD
SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHWEST IL EARLY THIS MORNING AS RAIN ENDS.
ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR LAKE/MCHENRY COUNTIES EARLIER THIS
MORNING AND MAY NEED TO EXPAND THAT AS TRENDS EMERGE. DEPENDING ON
PRECIP COVERAGE TONIGHT...AREAS OF FOG POSSIBLY DENSE MAY DEVELOP
AGAIN INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
TEMPERATURES TODAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE DEPENDENT ON CLOUD COVER
AND PRECIP COVERAGE. MADE ONLY SMALL TWEAKS...BASICALLY NO
CHANGES. DID BUMP TEMPS UP A FEW DEGREES ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH
EXPECTED LESS OR NO PRECIP AND MORE SUNSHINE. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL
LIKELY REMAIN IN THE LOWER 70S MOST AREAS...POSSIBLY MID OR UPPER
70S DOWNTOWN CHICAGO SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY MORNING. FORECAST HEAT
INDICES WILL BE NEAR 100 TODAY...RETREAT JUST A LITTLE SATURDAY
AND THEN AGAIN NEAR 100 SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
CWA...HEAT INDICES APPROACH THE 105 MARK. IF CURRENT TRENDS
CONTINUE...ITS POSSIBLE PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN CWA MAY NEED A
HEAT ADVISORY SUNDAY/MONDAY. CMS
&&
.AVIATION...
//ORD AND MDW CONCERNS...UPDATED 12Z...
* BRIEF IFR CIG POSSIBLE NEXT 1-2 HRS.
* VARIABLE SW WINDS TURNING NORTHEAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SPEEDS
EXPECTED TO BE UNDER 10 KT.
* ISOLD-SCT SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE MID/LATE AFTERNOON. MAY DEVELOP
WEST OF TERMINALS AND DRIFT BACK TO THE EAST.
* CHANCES FOR SHRA/TSRA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...TIMING
UNCLEAR.
MDB
//DISCUSSION...UPDATED 12Z...
WEAK LOW PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA/NORTHERN IOWA
SOUTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS
FROM EASTERN IOWA ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS TO NORTHERN INDIANA
THIS MORNING WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS HELPING DRIVE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE SOUTH OF THE TERMINALS. SOME SPOTTY
IFR IS IN PROXIMITY TO THE TERMINALS...WITH THE BULK NEAR RFD BUT
THIS SHOULD BE IMPROVING...WITH ORD/MDW/DPA/GYY LIKELY SEEING
LITTLE IF ANY IFR. LIGHT AND SOMEWHAT VARIABLE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS ARE IN PLACE BUT ARE EXPECTED TO TURN EAST AND NORTHEAST
THIS AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT RE-ESTABLISHES ITSELF PERHAPS WITH
THE HELP OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THIS BOUNDARY COUPLED WITH THE VERY
HUMID AIRMASS MAY TRIGGER ISOLD-SCT SHRA/TSRA THIS AFTERNOON
INLAND OF THE LAKE WHICH WOULD THEN DRIFT BACK TOWARDS THE LAKE
AFTER DEVELOPMENT. HAVE INCLUDED VCTS MENTION AT ORD/MDW/RFD/DPA
WITH DECENT CONFIDENCE THAT ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR BUT WITH QUESTION
MARKS SURROUNDING THE EXTENT.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING/TONIGHT WHICH MAY ALLOW SOME
SHALLOW DENSE FOG OR MORE WIDESPREAD MVFR TYPE FOG. TSRA CHANCES
REMAIN A CHALLENGE BUT HAVE PRETTY LOW CONFIDENCE IN WHEN THE BEST
OPPORTUNITY WILL BE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. WITH THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE REGION IT WOULD LIKELY
SERVE AS A TRIGGER BUT IT MAY BE SOUTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. UPPER
RIDGING WILL BUILD IN SATURDAY WHICH WOULD BRING ANOTHER PUSH OF
WARM AIR AND COUPLED WITH THE BOUNDARY WOULD PROBABLY DRIVE MORE
TSRA DEVELOPMENT WHICH MAY BE FAVORED SATURDAY MORNING. WILL LEAVE
THE TAF DRY BEYOND THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY BUT HAVE
DECENT CONFIDENCE THAT TSRA WILL OCCUR AT SOME POINT.
MDB
//ORD AND MDW CONFIDENCE...UPDATED 12Z...
* HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT ANY IFR WOULD BE BRIEF.
* HIGH CONFIDENCE IN LIGHT SW WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST THIS
AFTERNOON. MEDIUM-HIGH CONFIDENCE IN SPEEDS UNDER 10 KT. MEDIUM
CONFIDENCE IN TIMING OF SHIFT TO NORTHEAST.
* MEDIUM CONFIDENCE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ISOLD/SCT SHRA/TSRA
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON.
* LOW CONFIDENCE IN TIMING OF BEST SHRA/TSRA CHANCES THIS EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING BUT MEDIUM CONFIDENCE THAT ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR DURING THIS TIME.
MDB
//OUTLOOK FOR ORD/MDW FOR 00Z SUNDAY-12Z FRIDAY...UPDATED 12Z...
* SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...PERIODIC CHANCES FOR
TSRA/SHRA WITH OCNL MVFR CIGS/VIS.
MDB
&&
.MARINE...
349 AM CDT
AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE STRETCHES FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH A WEAK WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY
STRETCHING FROM NORTHERN INDIANA BACK INTO CENTRAL/NORTHERN IOWA.
THIS FRONT WILL MOVE LITTLE INTO SATURDAY. MORNING STORMS HAVE
CAUSED WINDS TO BE A BIT CHAOTIC ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN PART OF THE
LAKE WHERE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL TURN MORE EAST AND
NORTHEAST INTO THE AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS LATER SATURDAY AND MOVE TO WESTERN
ONTARIO SUNDAY ALLOWING WINDS TO TURN SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE IN
SPEED TOWARD MONDAY. THE LOW WILL THEN TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST EARLY
NEXT WEEK DRAGGING A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD WHICH MAY STALL OUT
SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE LAKE ALLOWING FOR VARIABLE WINDS. ANOTHER LOW
IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST MID WEEK BRINGING A STRONGER COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE LAKE WHICH WOULD BRING A SHIFT TO NORTH AND
NORTHWEST WINDS. STILL EARLY FOR DETAILS BUT THIS SCENARIO WOULD
BRING A PERIOD OF STRONGER WIND SPEEDS THANKS TO COLD
ADVECTION...NOT UNLIKE SIMILAR COLD FRONTAL PASSAGES WE HAVE SEEN
THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
MDB
&&
.LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...DENSE FOG ADVISORY...ILZ005-ILZ006 UNTIL 10 AM FRIDAY.
IN...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
652 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014
.SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight)
ISSUED AT 325 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
07z/2am surface analysis shows a stationary front extending from
west to east across northern Illinois. A 35kt LLJ has helped trigger
a line of convection just south of that front. Those storms will
affect our northern counties early this morning, with locally heavy
rainfall rates possible. Areas near Midway airport last night picked
up 3" in 30 minutes. There most likely will be a break in the
rainfall for at least a few hours later this morning and early this
afternoon, before the next shortwave over Iowa works its way into
IL. Precipitable water values up near 2" will continue through the
day, so any convection that redevelops this afternoon into evening
will have the potential to produce very heavy rainfall. Coverage may
not be too extensive during the day, so slight chance and low chance
PoPs were used for areas north of I-72 after 7 am.
The HRRR/NAM/GFS/ECMWF all show an enhanced opportunity for storms
either later this afternoon or this evening as an MCS develops to
our west and rolls across N IL. With timing still in question, we
did not ramp up to likely PoPs in any one area even this evening and
overnight. The main theme does seem to be that the northern half of
the KILX CWA will be the main target area for storms over the next
24-36 hours.
High temps today will once again climb into the upper 80s to low
90s, with dewpoints already in the mid 70s and likely to climb into
the upper 70s in some areas. Heat index readings will likely climb
to around 105 in southern areas. We can not rule out the possible
need to expand the heat advisory northward. Precip and cloud cover
across the north should keep their heat index readings below
advisory levels in general.
&&
.LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday)
ISSUED AT 325 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
Main issue through the extended remains the extreme heat for this
time of year through the weekend and into the first portion of next
week. Models still having issues with the ultimate breaking down of
the ridge, resulting in a potential extension to the heat wave
should the trend continue. Hot daytime highs into the 90s and
dewpoints into the mid 70s resulting in heat indices over 100F for
several days on end. Scattered chances exist as long as the
boundary remains close to the FA...and will be the only chance for
brief cool downs. But as the high builds into the region, the
general subsidence will be hard to overcome, so the forecast for
Saturday night through Sunday night is dry for now...with some
slight chances coming back for Monday...but the models struggling
with the solutions in the mid range with the timing of a vigorous
wave to erode the ridge. GFS still far more aggressive, amplified,
and fast with the passage of the upper trof/sfc front Tues night
into Wednesday. ECMWF starting to close the gap and has abandoned
the closed low of 24 hrs ago... but is still signif weaker,
resulting in a developing baroclinic zone at the sfc as the wave
fizzles in parallel flow and provides a focus for a longer duration
potential for precip. Model blends now through the mid/end of next
week results in more widespread chances.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Saturday morning)
ISSUED AT 652 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
A nocturnal LLJ has helped fuel an east-west line of storms across
north-central IL. The storms with heavy rainfall will affect
mainly PIA, BMI and CMI early this morning, bringing MVFR vis and
ceilings. BMI has dropped to IFR cloud height, which could linger
through 15z before lifting to MVFR. A break in the storms is
indicated for the terminal sites for late morning into afternoon
in the HRRR and RAP model output. Additional storm chances are
indicated for later this afternoon and evening for the northern
TAF sites of PIA, BMI and CMI. We kept precip our of DEC and SPI
for now, but trends are for storms to get quite close even this
morning. Will monitor closely for changes to the dry forecast for
SPI/DEC.
Winds will generally remain S-SW in the synoptic flow across our
area, south of the warm front. Local northerly winds have
developed for the northern terminals where the storms have
produced an outflow boundary moving south. The outflow could even
reach SPI and DEC, but wind speeds by then should be 10kt or less.
&&
.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT Monday FOR
ILZ042-047>054-056-061>063-066>068-071>073.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...SHIMON
LONG TERM...HJS
AVIATION...SHIMON
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS INDIANAPOLIS IN
1028 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW.
&&
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
AN ACTIVE AND WARM WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR
TO PUSH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. MEANWHILE...SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL
WEATHER DISTURBANCES ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL INDIANA ALONG A LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN DAILY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS OR STORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
NEXT WEEK ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL CHANCES
FOR RAIN AND WILL EVENTUALLY BRING A RETURN TO NEAR AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES.
&&
.NEAR TERM /TODAY/...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
SURFACE ANALYSIS EARLY THIS MORNING SHOWS A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY
IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA...STRETCHING FROM
NEAR CHICAGO TO MUNCIE AND WINCHESTER. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW
SHOWER AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT.
ALOFT A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS IN PLACE OVER THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...ALLOWING FOR UPPER LEVEL WEATHER
DISTURBANCES TO RIDE THE RIDGE AND SPILL ACROSS THE WARM FRONT
ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA...ALL THE WHILE BEING A
TRIGGER FOR TSRA. MEANWHILE...A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS
REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WITH DEW POINTS IN THE
UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. SKIES WERE CLOUDY...FILLED WITH DEBRIS
FROM EARLIER CONVECTION.
MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY WILL BE POPS.
GFS AND NAM AGREE TO AN AMPLIFICATION OF THE UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TODAY...HOWEVER THIS WILL STILL RESULT
IN MORE OF THE SAME AS THE UPPER FLOW WILL BE POISED TO SPILL
ALONG THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
INDIANA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY CONTINUE TO SHOW
PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE WITH OVER 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITABLE
WATER. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO IMPLY CONDITIONAL INSTABILITY WITH
CAPE IN EXCESS OF 200 J/KG...HOWEVER CONVECTIVE TEMPS ARE IN THE
LOWER 90S...WHICH SEEM A LITTLE HIGH. CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW IN
ANY SPECIFIC TIMING FOR TSRA TODAY AS GFS AND NAM BOTH FAIL TO
SUGGEST ANY SPECIFIC ORGANIZED WAVE TO PASS ALOFT. HRRR DOES
SUGGEST CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA
THIS MORNING...AN GIVEN THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS WILL STEER TOWARD
THIS SOLUTION. HOWEVER GIVEN THE MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE ALONG
WITH THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WILL KEEP POPS IN PLACE
THROUGH THE DAY.
AS FOR TEMPS...WITH CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE RAIN TODAY...WILL TREND
TOWARD PERSISTENCE...WHICH SHOULD BE COOLER THAN MAVMOS. WARMER
TEMPS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE SW FORECAST AREA WHERE POPS CHANCES
AND CLOUDS WILL BE MUCH LESS...DUE TO PROXIMITY TO THE FRONT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
GFS AND NAM SUGGEST LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE IN THE ONGOING PATTERN
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE TO THE WEST CONTINUES TO ALLOW
WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES TO SPILL SOUTHEAST INTO INDIANA. THE
WARM...HUMID AND CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS REMAIN DEEPLY SATURATED WITH VERY HIGH
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES. LINGERING SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINS IN
PLACE ALSO. THUS WILL RAISE POPS TONIGHT AND ON SATURDAY AS THESE
FEATURES CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN PLACE. GIVEN THE EXPECTED CLOUDS AND
RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO TREND OF LEANING WARMER THAN MAVMOS ON LOWS
AND COOLER ON HIGHS.
ON SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS BEGINS TO
DRIFT EAST...WHICH BEGINS TO ALLOW DRIER AIR TO ENTER THE FORECAST
COLUMN. THE UPPER STEERING FLOW BEGINS TO SHIFT ANY RIDGE RIDING
SHORT WAVES WELL EAST OF INDIANA. WITH ET DRIER AIR ARRIVING
PRECIPITABLE WATER IN THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS FALLS TO LESS THAN
1.75 IN. ALSO 700MB TEMPS RISE TOWARD 10C...OFTEN A KEY CAPPING
TEMPERATURE. THUS WILL TREND POPS AT OR BELOW MAVMOS ON SUNDAY
THROUGH MONDAY. AS FOR TEMPS...WILL TREND HIGHS AND LOWS WARMER
THAN MAVMOS GIVEN THE VERY WARM AIR MASS THAT IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY/...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
ENSEMBLES SUGGEST UPPER RIDGE INITIALLY OVER THE AREA AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WILL EVENTUALLY GET SUPPRESSED BACK TO THE
SOUTH AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN MIDWEST OR GREAT
LAKES BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
ENSEMBLES SUGGEST PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE
AREA STARTING NEXT TUESDAY AS UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO FLATTEN
OUT...WITH THE BEST CHANCES NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A FRONTAL
SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH MOVES IN. WILL
KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING IN THE FORECAST FROM TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT
THURSDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 221500Z TAF UPDATE/...
ISSUED AT 1028 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS WEAKENED SO HAVE PULLED IMMEDIATE THUNDER
THREAT FROM THE TAFS. THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF PATCHY MVFR BOTH IN
AND OUT OF THE RAIN AREAS...SO HAVE PUT TEMPOS IN TO COVER THIS.
MUCH UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IN HOW CONVECTIVE SITUATION WILL EVOLVE
UPSTREAM...SO HAVE JUST PUT IN VCTS AT KIND AND KHUF FOR THE
AFTERNOON.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...
THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS AND NORTHERN INDIANA. INTENSITY HAS FOR THE MOST PART BEEN
FAIRLY STEADY...ALTHOUGH CLOUD TOPS HAVE SHOWN A TENDENCY TO COOL
OVER THE PAST HOUR. PROFILERS STILL SHOWING DECENT INFLOW OF 25-30
KTS INTO THE CLUSTERS...SO EXPECTING CONVECTION TO CONTINUE FOR
AWHILE LONGER BEFORE WEAKENING LATER THIS MORNING. APPEARS KLAF/KIND
AND PROBABLY KHUF HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF A DIRECT IMPACT FROM
CONVECTION THROUGH ABOUT 221600Z...WITH LOWER CONFIDENCE AT KBMG.
PERIODS OF IFR VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIER CELLS.
SHOULD SEE A BREAK IN THE CONVECTIVE THREAT AROUND MIDDAY INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT MODELS SUGGEST A RENEWED THREAT AFTER ABOUT
222100Z-222200Z AND ON INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH A POTENTIAL UPPER
WAVE MOVING OUT OF THE IOWA REGION.
OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION...CEILINGS GENERALLY ABOVE 050 TODAY WITH
SURFACE WINDS 210-240 AT 6-8 KTS. VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG
WITH LOWER CEILINGS IN AND NEAR CONVECTION.
&&
.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...PUMA
NEAR TERM...PUMA
SHORT TERM...PUMA
LONG TERM...JAS
AVIATION...JAS/50
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630 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW.
&&
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
AN ACTIVE AND WARM WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THIS WILL ALLOW VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR
TO PUSH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. MEANWHILE...SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL
WEATHER DISTURBANCES ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL INDIANA ALONG A LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN DAILY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS OR STORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
NEXT WEEK ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL CHANCES
FOR RAIN AND WILL EVENTUALLY BRING A RETURN TO NEAR AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES.
&&
.NEAR TERM /TODAY/...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
SURFACE ANALYSIS EARLY THIS MORNING SHOWS A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY
IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA...STRETCHING FROM
NEAR CHICAGO TO MUNCIE AND WINCHESTER. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW
SHOWER AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT.
ALOFT A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS IN PLACE OVER THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...ALLOWING FOR UPPER LEVEL WEATHER
DISTURBANCES TO RIDE THE RIDGE AND SPILL ACROSS THE WARM FRONT
ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA...ALL THE WHILE BEING A
TRIGGER FOR TSRA. MEANWHILE...A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS
REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WITH DEW POINTS IN THE
UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. SKIES WERE CLOUDY...FILLED WITH DEBRIS
FROM EARLIER CONVECTION.
MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY WILL BE POPS.
GFS AND NAM AGREE TO AN AMPLIFICATION OF THE UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TODAY...HOWEVER THIS WILL STILL RESULT
IN MORE OF THE SAME AS THE UPPER FLOW WILL BE POISED TO SPILL
ALONG THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
INDIANA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY CONTINUE TO SHOW
PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE WITH OVER 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITABLE
WATER. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO IMPLY CONDITIONAL INSTABILITY WITH
CAPE IN EXCESS OF 200 J/KG...HOWEVER CONVECTIVE TEMPS ARE IN THE
LOWER 90S...WHICH SEEM A LITTLE HIGH. CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW IN
ANY SPECIFIC TIMING FOR TSRA TODAY AS GFS AND NAM BOTH FAIL TO
SUGGEST ANY SPECIFIC ORGANIZED WAVE TO PASS ALOFT. HRRR DOES
SUGGEST CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA
THIS MORNING...AN GIVEN THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS WILL STEER TOWARD
THIS SOLUTION. HOWEVER GIVEN THE MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE ALONG
WITH THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WILL KEEP POPS IN PLACE
THROUGH THE DAY.
AS FOR TEMPS...WITH CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE RAIN TODAY...WILL TREND
TOWARD PERSISTENCE...WHICH SHOULD BE COOLER THAN MAVMOS. WARMER
TEMPS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE SW FORECAST AREA WHERE POPS CHANCES
AND CLOUDS WILL BE MUCH LESS...DUE TO PROXIMITY TO THE FRONT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
GFS AND NAM SUGGEST LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE IN THE ONGOING PATTERN
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE TO THE WEST CONTINUES TO ALLOW WEAK
UPPER DISTURBANCES TO SPILL SOUTHEAST INTO INDIANA. THE
WARM...HUMID AND CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS REMAIN DEEPLY SATURATED WITH VERY HIGH
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES. LINGERING SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINS IN
PLACE ALSO. THUS WILL RAISE POPS TONIGHT AND ON SATURDAY AS THESE
FEATURES CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN PLACE. GIVEN THE EXPECTED CLOUDS
AND RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO TREND OF LEANING WARMER THAN MAVMOS ON
LOWS AND COOLER ON HIGHS.
ON SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS BEGINS TO
DRIFT EAST...WHICH BEGINS TO ALLOW DRIER AIR TO ENTER THE FORECAST
COLUMN. THE UPPER STEERING FLOW BEGINS TO SHIFT ANY RIDGE RIDING
SHORT WAVES WELL EAST OF INDIANA. WITH ET DRIER AIR ARRIVING
PRECIPITABLE WATER IN THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS FALLS TO LESS THAN
1.75 IN. ALSO 700MB TEMPS RISE TOWARD 10C...OFTEN A KEY CAPPING
TEMPERATURE. THUS WILL TREND POPS AT OR BELOW MAVMOS ON SUNDAY
THROUGH MONDAY. AS FOR TEMPS...WILL TREND HIGHS AND LOWS WARMER
THAN MAVMOS GIVEN THE VERY WARM AIR MASS THAT IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY/...
ISSUED AT 235 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
ENSEMBLES SUGGEST UPPER RIDGE INITIALLY OVER THE AREA AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WILL EVENTUALLY GET SUPPRESSED BACK TO THE
SOUTH AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN MIDWEST OR GREAT
LAKES BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
ENSEMBLES SUGGEST PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE
AREA STARTING NEXT TUESDAY AS UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO FLATTEN
OUT...WITH THE BEST CHANCES NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A FRONTAL
SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH MOVES IN. WILL
KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING IN THE FORECAST FROM TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT
THURSDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 221200Z TAFS/...
ISSUED AT 630 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS AND NORTHERN INDIANA. INTENSITY HAS FOR THE MOST PART BEEN
FAIRLY STEADY...ALTHOUGH CLOUD TOPS HAVE SHOWN A TENDENCY TO COOL
OVER THE PAST HOUR. PROFILERS STILL SHOWING DECENT INFLOW OF 25-30
KTS INTO THE CLUSTERS...SO EXPECTING CONVECTION TO CONTINUE FOR
AWHILE LONGER BEFORE WEAKENING LATER THIS MORNING. APPEARS KLAF/KIND
AND PROBABLY KHUF HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF A DIRECT IMPACT FROM
CONVECTION THROUGH ABOUT 221600Z...WITH LOWER CONFIDENCE AT KBMG.
PERIODS OF IFR VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIER CELLS.
SHOULD SEE A BREAK IN THE CONVECTIVE THREAT AROUND MIDDAY INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT MODELS SUGGEST A RENEWED THREAT AFTER ABOUT
222100Z-222200Z AND ON INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH A POTENTIAL UPPER
WAVE MOVING OUT OF THE IOWA REGION.
OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION...CEILINGS GENERALLY ABOVE 050 TODAY WITH
SURFACE WINDS 210-240 AT 6-8 KTS. VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG
WITH LOWER CEILINGS IN AND NEAR CONVECTION.
&&
.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...PUMA
NEAR TERM...PUMA
SHORT TERM...PUMA
LONG TERM...JAS
AVIATION...JAS
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS QUAD CITIES IA IL
634 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
ALOFT...UPPER RIDGE PERSISTS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SURFACE
LOW NEAR KLSE THIS MORNING WITH A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING TO ITS
SOUTHWEST INTO COLORADO AND ALSO TO ITS EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES.
THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING FUELED BY LLJ...WARM SECTOR DEW POINTS IN
THE 70S...AND APPROACHING MCV.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
AREA OF CONVECTION OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH
SUNRISE AND AFFECT SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SHORT RANGE
MODELS INCLUDING THE HRRR AND RUC WEAKEN THE CONVECTION AFTER
SUNRISE...WHICH MAKES SENSE GIVEN THE DIURNAL TREND OF THE LLJ.
HOWEVER...MODELS HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN TOO QUICK TO SQUELCH
CONVECTION...AND THUS BELIEVE IT WILL LINGER A BIT LONGER THAN
PROGGED AND WILL HANG ON TO POPS IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA
LONGER THAN MESOSCALE MODELS WOULD SUGGEST.
ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE LOW
CONTINUES TO SAG EVER SO SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTH AND THE FRONT
REMAINS STALLED OVER NRN MO/SRN IA. OF COURSE EXACT POSITIONING OF
STORMS REMAINS UNCERTAIN...IN PARTICULAR WITH SO MANY BOUNDARIES
AROUND. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT FAVORED AREA IS ALONG AND JUST
SOUTH OF I80 WHERE THE 850 MB FRONT IS PROGGED TO SET UP.
REGARDLESS OF EXACT LOCATION...EXPECT INTENSE RAINFALL RATES DUE TO
HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATERS AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES.
ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT WITH BOUNDARIES LINGERING
AND POTENTIAL FOR UPPER WAVES COMING OUT OF THE WSW.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE PERSISTENT RING OF FIRE PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND
PRESENTING A THREAT FOR HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OUTSIDE THE
OCCASIONAL MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES LIKELY TO IMPACT PARTS OF
THE REGION. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS THEN EXPECTED TO BREAK DOWN AND
SHIFT EASTWARD BY THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD INTO THE AREA...RETURNING
TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO LATE AUGUST NORMALS AND PROVIDING A PERIOD OF
DRIER WEATHER.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WILL LIFT THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY/WARM FRONT
NORTHWARD THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY. THE ASSOCIATED WARM
ADVECTION AND STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL CAP WILL LIMIT THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES TO THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH DEW POINTS
EASILY IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S...VERY MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE DUE TO
UNCERTAINTY IN CONVECTIVE TRENDS AND ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER. WITH
SURFACE WINDS MORE SOUTHEASTERLY...WILL BIAS TOWARD THE LOWER END OF
GUIDANCE WITH HIGHS FROM THE MID 80S NORTHEAST TO LOWER 90S SOUTH.
THIS WOULD STILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX READINGS NEAR TO JUST ABOVE
100 SOUTH OF I-80 IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY...THE AREA WILL FALL INTO THE MORE DEEPLY MIXED BUT CAPPED
WARM SECTOR WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES SUPPORTIVE OF WIDESPREAD HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S AND POSSIBLY WARMER DEPENDING ON THE
AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER. THIS WOULD RESULT IN POSSIBLY ANOTHER DAY OF
100 PLUS HEAT INDEX VALUES AND MAY REQUIRE HEAT HEADLINES OVER AT
LEAST THE SOUTH.
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MODEL SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO DIFFER IN THE
TIMING OF THE BOTH THE INITIAL EARLY WEEK FRONTAL PASSAGE AND THE
STRONGER COLD FRONT AROUND WED AND THU. THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN HAVE
THE INITIAL FRONT PUSHING THROUGH INTO CENTRAL IL AND MO
MONDAY...WHILE THE GFS HOLDS IT WELL TO THE NW. OUR FORECAST WILL
CONTINUE A LOW CONFIDENCE BLENDED APPROACH WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
RETURNING LATE MONDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. THE PAST
COUPLE RUNS WERE TRENDING TOWARD A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF A DRY
THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. WARM TO VERY WARM AND CONTINUED
HIGH HUMIDITY SUGGEST A POSSIBLE NEED FOR HEAT HEADLINES AT LEAST IN
THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHERE HIGHS ARE
MAINTAINED IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS HOLDING
IN THE 70S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES ARE TRENDING A BIT
COOLER...FOR WED AND THU AS THE CONTINUITY IN SUCCESSIVE MODEL RUNS
BACK THE TIMING OF THE PATTERN CHANGE AND PLACEMENT OF THE IN-COMING
HIGH.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 627 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
PATCHY DENSE FOG AFFECTING KCID AND KDBQ WILL LIFT BY MID MORNING.
MEANWHILE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT KBRL THIS MORNING AND
SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO KMLI. LATER TODAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS IS
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT ALL AREA TAF SITES...BUT
THE GREATEST CHANCE IS FOR AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF I 80.
OTHERWISE...PREVAILING WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WITH
GUSTS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...DMD
SHORT TERM...DMD
LONG TERM...SHEETS
AVIATION...DMD
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NWS JACKSON KY
1200 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1200 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
15Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH WITH
GENERAL LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THIS AREA. THIS PLACES
EAST KENTUCKY ON THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF THE SFC RIDGE AND ALSO THE
NORTHEAST EDGE OF THE MID LEVEL ONE PARKED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE
AREA. THE STORM TRACK...LIKE THOSE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...IS PRETTY
CLEAR AS CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS DEVELOP IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
INDIANA...ROLLING SOUTHEAST INTO OHIO BEFORE HITTING THE APPALACHIANS
AT WEST VIRGINIA. THE BEST INSTABILITY REMAINS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST
OF THIS TRACK...LEADING TO A TENDENCY FOR THESE SYSTEMS TO ARC TO THE
SOUTH INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY OR KICKING OFF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES STRONG
ENOUGH TO INITIATE NEW DEVELOPMENT. THE LATEST HIGH RESOLUTION NEAR
TERM MODELS INCLUDING THE HRRR AND 12Z NAM12 SUGGEST THAT BOTH
SCENARIOS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE FORMER FOCUSING ON
SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE CWA AFTER 18Z AND PERHAPS A MORE
ORGANIZED SYSTEM ARRIVING FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER 21Z. THE NAM12
FOCUSES ON THE NORTHWEST SYSTEM AND HAS IT PUSH INTO EAST KENTUCKY
BETWEEN 18 AND 21Z WITH LESS AIR MASS CONVECTION AHEAD OF IT.
ALOFT...THE GENESIS WAVE APPEARS TO PASS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN OHIO
VALLEY BY 21Z SO THE NAM12 WITH ITS EARLIER ARRIVAL APPEARS TO BE
REASONABLE. HIGH PWS AGAIN TODAY ALONG WITH GOOD INSTABILITY SUGGEST
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR PLACES THAT SEE
TRAINING...ALONG WITH STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS WITH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS THE MAIN THREAT. HAVE UPDATED TO CONVEY THIS
IN THE SKY...POP...QPF...AND WX GRIDS. EAST KENTUCKY WILL ALSO HAVE A
CONTINUANCE OF THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WITH HIGHS AROUND
90...SUBJECT TO THUNDERSTORM INDUCED COOL DOWNS...AND DEWPOINTS IN
THE STEAMY LOW TO MID 70S. A NEW SET OF ZONES WERE ISSUED TO REFLECT
THE ABOVE AND THE UPDATED GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE NDFD AND WEB
SERVERS.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 810 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LIKELY STEER CLEAR OF THE AREA UNTIL MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON.
FRESHENED UP THE SKY COVER AND HOURLY TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS TO
ALIGN BETTER WITH THE LATEST TRENDS IN OBSERVATIONS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 400 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE LATEST SURFACE MAP FEATURES SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE GULF
COAST STATES...WITH BROADENING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE PLAINS. A
STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS EAST FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE
GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY. ALOFT...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS CURRENTLY
CENTERED NEAR LOUISIANA WITH ITS INFLUENCE EXTENDING FURTHER NORTH
INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. TROUGHING REMAINS POISED ACROSS THE
WESTERN CONUS.
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES CONTINUE TO GEN UP ON THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY
OF THE RIDGE AXIS AND THEN PROCEED TO ADVANCE ESE ACROSS THE OHIO
VALLEY. CURRENTLY...A WEAKENING COMPLEX IS SKIRTING NORTHEASTERN
KENTUCKY...LIKELY CLEARING OUR FORECAST AREA IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3
HOURS.
THE MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...WITH THE
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE GRADUALLY AMPLIFYING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTIVE INITIATION CONTINUE TO BE
PROBLEMATIC HOWEVER...AND HAVE STUCK WITH A GENERAL MODEL
BLEND...WHICH FAVORS MORE VIGOROUS CONVECTION DURING THE WARMER PART
OF THE DAY. TODAY LOOKS TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A REPEAT OF
YESTERDAY...WITH STOUT INSTABILITY BUILDING BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
WHILE THE MCS TRACK HAS SHIFTED A BIT FURTHER NORTHEAST TODAY
COMPARED TO YESTERDAY...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN
PLAYER...LEAVING MOST LOCATIONS IN THE LINE OF FIRE AT SOME POINT.
SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT ONCE AGAIN
TODAY...ALONG WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING...WHERE STORMS CAN ALIGN
ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES PARALLEL TO THE STEERING FLOW. ANOTHER HOT
AND HUMID DAY LOOKS TO BE ON TAP...WITH A FEW SPOTS NEARING THE 100
DEGREE MARK IN HEAT INDICES.
STORMS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ALTHOUGH SOME
NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY REMAINS AT LEAST SOMEWHAT OF A POSSIBILITY. LOWS
WILL BE MUGGY ONCE AGAIN AROUND THE 70 DEGREE MARK. SATURDAY WILL
FEATURE ANOTHER WARM AND HUMID DAY...ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF MORE
SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. THERE WILL BE LESS INSTABILITY
AVAILABLE AS MID-LEVEL WARMING TAKES PLACE FROM THE INFLUENCE OF THE
UPPER RIDGE. THIS WILL KEEP THE SEVERE AND FLASH FLOOD THREAT LOWER.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 400 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL REMAIN IN PLAY DURING THE DURATION OF THE
EXTENDED...WITH HEIGHTS EXPECTED TO BUILD AS THE HIGH SHIFTS NEWARD
ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. BUILDING HEIGHTS WILL THEN TRANSLATE
TO RISING TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER...MID AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL
GENERALLY REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTH DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE
EXTENDED. THIS...COUPLED WITH CLOUD COVER THAT WILL HAMPER MAXIMUM
SOLAR RADIATION...WILL KEEP HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S THROUGH
TUESDAY. TEMPS MAY THEN COOL DOWN A COUPLE DEGREES AFTER TUESDAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE SITS OVERHEAD AND UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE RIDGE BECOME MORE STATIC.
BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST SOUNDINGS...WILL AGREE WITH PREVIOUS
FORECAST THAT EACH DAY SHOULD POSE A SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM THREAT
MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GIVEN THE MID LEVEL DRYING FROM
MONDAY ON...WOULDN/T BE SURPRISED IF SOME OF THESE STORMS PRODUCE
SOME POTENTIAL HAIL. IN PROMISING NEWS...WITH THE RIDGING PATTERN IN
PLACE...WE WILL EXPERIENCE NO BOUNDARY FORCING UNTIL VERY LATE IN THE
FORECAST...SO THIS WILL HAMPER SOME OF THE BEST INSTABILITY AND
WIDESPREAD INITIATION. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AT THE SURFACE...AND
REMAIN SO AS WE HEAD UP HIGHER INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THAT BEING
SAID...AFTERNOON CAPE VALUES WILL BE ABOVE THE 2K J/KG RANGE THROUGH
MUCH OF THE EXTENDED...AND LAPSE RATES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY BY TUES/WED
TO 6 TO 6.5 C/KM...SO AFTERNOON HEATING AND INSTABILITY MAY BE ALL
THAT IS NECESSARY FOR SCATTERED CELL DEVELOPMENT EACH DAY. A BOUNDARY
WILL FINALLY PUSH INTO THE AREA BY THURS/FRI DAY 7/8 /PER THE LATEST
GFS MODEL RUN/. THIS WILL BRING A MORE WIDESPREAD CHANCE FOR RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF
DISAGREEMENT IN THE EXTENDED MODELS THIS FAR OUT...SO DECIDED TO LEAN
ON THE ALLBLEND FOR POPS AT THIS TIME.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 810 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
PATCHY IFR OR WORSE FOG WILL LIFT AND DISSIPATE BY AROUND 13Z THIS
MORNING. CONVECTION WILL THREATEN ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM KIOB TO KJKL TO KI35
SEEING THE BETTER CHANCE OF MORE SUSTAINED CONVECTION. THE THREAT
WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...WITH FOG SETTING IN ONCE
AGAIN...PARTICULARLY AT ANY LOCATIONS THAT SEE HEAVIER RAINFALL.
&&
.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...GREIF
SHORT TERM...GEOGERIAN
LONG TERM...JMW
AVIATION...GEOGERIAN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NWS DULUTH MN
1003 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 959 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
ADDED PATCHY DRIZZLE TO THE FORECAST THROUGH THE DAY AND KEPT
FOG...LOCALLY DENSE MENTIONED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AROUND THE
TWIN PORTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HILLSIDE AREA. LAKE BREEZE OFF
LS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND WITH COOL
TEMPERATURES...LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG AND DZ. REST OF THE
FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK AT THIS TIME.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 650 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
UPDATED AVIATION SECTION BELOW.
&&
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 308 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
MID LVL RIDGING CONTINUES OVER THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING AS A
BROAD AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE SHIFTS SLOW EAST UNDERNEATH.
LATEST RUC SHOWS A 925 LOW OVER WCTRL WISC WITH AN INVERTED SHEAR
AXIS EXTENDING NORTHWEST TOWARDS KBJI AND KROX. THIS IS FOLLOWED
BY A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM ERN MANITOBA SOUTH TO CENTRAL
SODAK. MAIN STORY OVER CWA THIS MORNING IS TRAPPED MOIST LAYER...
ABOUT 5K FT IN DEPTH...UNDERNEATH SUBSIDENCE INVERSION. BR/FG AND
EVEN SOME DRIZZLE IS OCCURRING IN MANY AREAS. A FEW CONVECTIVE
CELLS HAVE TRIED TO DEVELOP OVER SERN WISC ZONES IN AN AREA OF LOW
LVL THETAE RIDGE AXIS. LIMITED INSTABILITY HAS ALLOWED FAIRLY
SHORT TEMPORAL NATURE TO DEVELOPMENT.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 308 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
TODAY...FCST MDL SNDGS SUGGEST IT MAY TAKE QUITE SOME TIME TO
DISSIPATE THE CANOPY OF STRATUS AND BR ACROSS THE REGION. COND
PRES DEFICITS SHOW A TREND TO DIMINISHING BR BY 14/15Z....THEN A
RELATIVELY SATURATED CLOUD LAYER FINALLY BREAKING AFTER 2PM.
PRECIP CHC SEEMS QUITE LIMITED BY RIDGING ALOFT AND LACK OF LOW
LVL FOCUS FOR CONVERGENCE. THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY MAY ARISE IN
THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF APPROACHING FRONTAL BDRY PUSHING TOWARDS
NWRN CWA. MID LVL WARMTH WILL LIMIT MUCH DEVELOPMENT UNTIL
AFTERNOON AS 70H THERMAL COOLING COMMENCES OVER WRN CWA.
TONIGHT...MID LVL RIDGE AMPLIFIES OVERHEAD TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO
UPSTREAM STRENGTHENING OF TROF OVER ROCKIES. FRONTAL BDRY WILL
STALL NORTH AND WEST OF CWA HOWEVER ITS ASSOCIATED PREFRONTAL
THETAE RIDGE WILL BE NEARBY. ALTHOUGH THE DRY FORECAST WAS CARRIED
OVER FROM PREVIOUS FCSTR...WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR SOME DEVELOPMENT
OF CONVECTION MAKING IT INTO NWRN CWA TONIGHT.
TOMORROW...HEIGHT FALLS MOVE INTO WRN HIGH PLAINS WITH SFC LOW
ORGANIZING OVER SODAK. A SWRLY MID LVL FLOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE
CWA AS THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EAST. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL INCREASE
OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WITH DISTINCT ONSHORE COMPONENT TO BDRY LYR
WIND. TOUGH FCST FOR PRECIP AS MAIN FOCUS APPEARS TO BE SHAPING UP
OVER THE WRN CWA BY LATE IN THE DAY. CLOUDS/PRECIP FCST FOR NORTH
SHORE BASED ON A COMBINATION OF TERRAIN LIFT AND A GRADUAL
DEEPENING OF SYNOPTIC SCALE MOIST LAYER.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 308 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE STRONG SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE WESTERN MINNESOTA
BORDER SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY THE THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. HAVE GONE AHEAD AN INCREASED POPS TO
CATEGORICAL THERE...WITH HIGH END CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS ELSEWHERE AS
THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. MODELS ARE GETTING
CLOSE ENOUGH TOGETHER TO HAVE A FAIRLY HIGH CONFIDENCE...THOUGH THE
TRACK IS STILL SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC. WITH THE SURFACE LOW MOVING
NORTHEAST OF THE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT....A COLD FRONT IS
DRAGGED THROUGH THE AREA. DEPENDING ON THE MODEL...THE TIMING
DIFFERS...BUT EITHER WAY WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE CHANCE TO LIKELY
POPS. THE ECMWF...WHICH IS FARTHER WEST THAN THE GFS IMPLIES WE MAY
HAVE SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS...AS THE FRONT COMES THROUGH
LATER AND ALLOWS FOR HEATING DURING THE DAY TO BUILD INSTABILITY
AHEAD OF IT. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS CAREFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. HAVE GONE WITH SOME FAIRLY WARM HIGH TEMPS ON SUNDAY...BUT IF
THE ECMWF WORKS OUT...THESE WILL NEED TO BE RAISED. THIS STORM
LINGERS OVER WESTERN ONTARIO FOR MONDAY BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...KEEPING SOME CHANCE POPS
GOING OVER THE AREA BOTH PERIODS WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES.
OUR NEXT SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM COMES BY ON TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. MODELS ARE VARYING SIGNIFICANTLY BY THIS POINT...WITH
THE THE GFS BRINGING AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA...AND THE ECMWF KEEPING IT FARTHER SOUTH AND DRIER FOR
US. FOR NOW HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND APPROACH WITH SOME CHANCE POPS
AND WE WILL HAVE TO REVISIT WITH LATER FORECASTS. A STRONG SURFACE
RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY....BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HOPEFULLY A BIT MORE
SUNSHINE TO THE REGION. LOWS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT
MAY DIP INTO THE 40S AGAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 650 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
WIDE RANGE OF CONDITIONS ACROSS THE TERMINALS THIS MORNING...WITH
LIFR FOR KDLH...KHYR AND KBRD WHERE NORTHEAST FLOW OFF LAKE
SUPERIOR HAS GENERATED STRATUS AND EVEN SOME LIFR VISIBILITIES IN
FOG. KHIB IS IFR WITH KINL AT VFR CIGS...THOUGH VFR VISIBILITIES
BOTH LOCATIONS. CIGS AND VISIBILITIES EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
IMPROVE THROUGH 20Z TODAY...WITH MOST TERMINALS RETURNING TO AT
LEAST MVFR CIGS AND VFR VISIBILITIES. THIS EVENING CIGS AND
VISIBILITIES TO DETERIORATE AGAIN AFTER 02Z...LIKELY DROPPING TO
IFR/LIFR CIGS AND VISIBILITIES FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVERNIGHT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH 68 60 70 61 / 30 10 20 60
INL 74 57 76 58 / 20 10 30 70
BRD 78 61 75 64 / 10 20 50 70
HYR 76 61 78 64 / 20 20 40 60
ASX 71 59 73 62 / 30 20 20 60
&&
.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MNZ037.
WI...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIZ001.
LS...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...BJT
SYNOPSIS...CANNON
SHORT TERM...CANNON
LONG TERM...LE
AVIATION...LE
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS DULUTH MN
650 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 650 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
UPDATED AVIATION SECTION BELOW.
&&
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 308 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
MID LVL RIDGING CONTINUES OVER THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING AS A
BROAD AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE SHIFTS SLOW EAST UNDERNEATH.
LATEST RUC SHOWS A 925 LOW OVER WCTRL WISC WITH AN INVERTED SHEAR
AXIS EXTENDING NORTHWEST TOWARDS KBJI AND KROX. THIS IS FOLLOWED
BY A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM ERN MANITOBA SOUTH TO CENTRAL
SODAK. MAIN STORY OVER CWA THIS MORNING IS TRAPPED MOIST LAYER...
ABOUT 5K FT IN DEPTH...UNDERNEATH SUBSIDENCE INVERSION. BR/FG AND
EVEN SOME DRIZZLE IS OCCURRING IN MANY AREAS. A FEW CONVECTIVE
CELLS HAVE TRIED TO DEVELOP OVER SERN WISC ZONES IN AN AREA OF LOW
LVL THETAE RIDGE AXIS. LIMITED INSTABILITY HAS ALLOWED FAIRLY
SHORT TEMPORAL NATURE TO DEVELOPMENT.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 308 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
TODAY...FCST MDL SNDGS SUGGEST IT MAY TAKE QUITE SOME TIME TO
DISSIPATE THE CANOPY OF STRATUS AND BR ACROSS THE REGION. COND
PRES DEFICITS SHOW A TREND TO DIMINISHING BR BY 14/15Z....THEN A
RELATIVELY SATURATED CLOUD LAYER FINALLY BREAKING AFTER 2PM.
PRECIP CHC SEEMS QUITE LIMITED BY RIDGING ALOFT AND LACK OF LOW
LVL FOCUS FOR CONVERGENCE. THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY MAY ARISE IN
THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF APPROACHING FRONTAL BDRY PUSHING TOWARDS
NWRN CWA. MID LVL WARMTH WILL LIMIT MUCH DEVELOPMENT UNTIL
AFTERNOON AS 70H THERMAL COOLING COMMENCES OVER WRN CWA.
TONIGHT...MID LVL RIDGE AMPLIFIES OVERHEAD TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO
UPSTREAM STRENGTHENING OF TROF OVER ROCKIES. FRONTAL BDRY WILL
STALL NORTH AND WEST OF CWA HOWEVER ITS ASSOCIATED PREFRONTAL
THETAE RIDGE WILL BE NEARBY. ALTHOUGH THE DRY FORECAST WAS CARRIED
OVER FROM PREVIOUS FCSTR...WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR SOME DEVELOPMENT
OF CONVECTION MAKING IT INTO NWRN CWA TONIGHT.
TOMORROW...HEIGHT FALLS MOVE INTO WRN HIGH PLAINS WITH SFC LOW
ORGANIZING OVER SODAK. A SWRLY MID LVL FLOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE
CWA AS THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EAST. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL INCREASE
OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WITH DISTINCT ONSHORE COMPONENT TO BDRY LYR
WIND. TOUGH FCST FOR PRECIP AS MAIN FOCUS APPEARS TO BE SHAPING UP
OVER THE WRN CWA BY LATE IN THE DAY. CLOUDS/PRECIP FCST FOR NORTH
SHORE BASED ON A COMBINATION OF TERRAIN LIFT AND A GRADUAL
DEEPENING OF SYNOPTIC SCALE MOIST LAYER.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 308 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE STRONG SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE WESTERN MINNESOTA
BORDER SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY THE THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. HAVE GONE AHEAD AN INCREASED POPS TO
CATEGORICAL THERE...WITH HIGH END CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS ELSEWHERE AS
THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. MODELS ARE GETTING
CLOSE ENOUGH TOGETHER TO HAVE A FAIRLY HIGH CONFIDENCE...THOUGH THE
TRACK IS STILL SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC. WITH THE SURFACE LOW MOVING
NORTHEAST OF THE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT....A COLD FRONT IS
DRAGGED THROUGH THE AREA. DEPENDING ON THE MODEL...THE TIMING
DIFFERS...BUT EITHER WAY WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE CHANCE TO LIKELY
POPS. THE ECMWF...WHICH IS FARTHER WEST THAN THE GFS IMPLIES WE MAY
HAVE SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS...AS THE FRONT COMES THROUGH
LATER AND ALLOWS FOR HEATING DURING THE DAY TO BUILD INSTABILITY
AHEAD OF IT. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS CAREFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. HAVE GONE WITH SOME FAIRLY WARM HIGH TEMPS ON SUNDAY...BUT IF
THE ECMWF WORKS OUT...THESE WILL NEED TO BE RAISED. THIS STORM
LINGERS OVER WESTERN ONTARIO FOR MONDAY BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...KEEPING SOME CHANCE POPS
GOING OVER THE AREA BOTH PERIODS WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES.
OUR NEXT SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM COMES BY ON TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. MODELS ARE VARYING SIGNIFICANTLY BY THIS POINT...WITH
THE THE GFS BRINGING AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA...AND THE ECMWF KEEPING IT FARTHER SOUTH AND DRIER FOR
US. FOR NOW HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND APPROACH WITH SOME CHANCE POPS
AND WE WILL HAVE TO REVISIT WITH LATER FORECASTS. A STRONG SURFACE
RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY....BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HOPEFULLY A BIT MORE
SUNSHINE TO THE REGION. LOWS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT
MAY DIP INTO THE 40S AGAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 650 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
WIDE RANGE OF CONDITIONS ACROSS THE TERMINALS THIS MORNING...WITH
LIFR FOR KDLH...KHYR AND KBRD WHERE NORTHEAST FLOW OFF LAKE
SUPERIOR HAS GENERATED STRATUS AND EVEN SOME LIFR VISIBILITIES IN
FOG. KHIB IS IFR WITH KINL AT VFR CIGS...THOUGH VFR VISIBILITIES
BOTH LOCATIONS. CIGS AND VISIBILITIES EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
IMPROVE THROUGH 20Z TODAY...WITH MOST TERMINALS RETURNING TO AT
LEAST MVFR CIGS AND VFR VISIBILITIES. THIS EVENING CIGS AND
VISIBILITIES TO DETERIORATE AGAIN AFTER 02Z...LIKELY DROPPING TO
IFR/LIFR CIGS AND VISIBILITIES FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVERNIGHT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH 71 60 70 61 / 20 10 20 60
INL 76 56 76 58 / 30 10 30 70
BRD 79 61 75 64 / 10 10 50 70
HYR 80 61 78 64 / 20 10 40 60
ASX 71 59 73 62 / 20 10 20 60
&&
.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MNZ037.
WI...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR WIZ001.
LS...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...LE
SYNOPSIS...CANNON
SHORT TERM...CANNON
LONG TERM...LE
AVIATION...LE
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION
NWS ST LOUIS MO
626 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014
.SHORT TERM: (Through Sunday)
Issued at 312 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014
Well it finally feels like summer. Heat index values yesterday
afternoon topped out around 105 degrees in the immediate St. Louis
Metropolitan Area where the EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING remains in
effect until Sunday evening. Elsewhere, heat indices remained
within the 100 to 104 degree range, including locations across
northeast Missouri and west central Illinois. Will be adding the
northeast Missouri and west central Illinois counties to the HEAT
ADVISORY to account for heat index values reaching longevity
criteria of 100 degree heat index for four or more days. I expect
that the longevity of the heat wave (now likely extending into
next week) will lead to future extensions in time as confidence
increases.
Have introduced some low chance POPs for thunderstorms this
afternoon and evening across the northern half of the CWA. Hard to
ignore mesoscale model guidance suggesting a secondary warm front
developing across the northern CWA by this evening as low pressure
deepens across the Central Plains. Both 00Z 4KM NCEP and NSSL WRF
runs depict an active late afternoon and evening across the northern
CWA - with the potential for an outflow to move south toward I-70.
Again, for now, I have only increased POPs so that there is a
mention in the forecast. Day shift will have to reevaluate as HRRR
and RAP comes into range later this morning.
CVKING
.LONG TERM: (Monday through Thursday)
Issued at 312 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014
Hot and dry conditions extend into next week ahead of a cold front
that is now forecast to arrive on Wednesday. This front should
bring a chance of rain and utlimately cooler temperatures by
Thursday.
CVKING
&&
.AVIATION: (For the 12z TAFs through 12z Saturday Morning)
Issued at 626 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014
Complex of storms moving east across northern Missouri as of 11z.
For now have added vcts mention at KUIN through 15z. Otherwise,
rest of taf sites to remain dry with vfr conditions and light
winds picking up from the southwest this morning. Then winds to
become light and variable once again this evening. KUIN continues
to be on southern perifery of storm activity, so added vcts
mention after 01z Saturday.
Specifics for KSTL:
Metro area to remain dry with vfr conditions and light winds
picking up from the southwest this morning. Then winds to become
light and variable once again by 01z Saturday.
Byrd
&&
.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES:
MO...HEAT ADVISORY until 7 PM CDT Sunday FOR Audrain MO-Boone MO-
Callaway MO-Cole MO-Franklin MO-Gasconade MO-Jefferson MO-
Knox MO-Lewis MO-Lincoln MO-Madison MO-Marion MO-Moniteau
MO-Monroe MO-Montgomery MO-Osage MO-Pike MO-Ralls MO-Shelby
MO-St. Charles MO-St. Francois MO-Ste. Genevieve MO-Warren
MO.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING until 7 PM CDT Sunday FOR St. Louis City
MO-St. Louis MO.
IL...HEAT ADVISORY until 7 PM CDT Sunday FOR Adams IL-Bond IL-Brown
IL-Calhoun IL-Clinton IL-Fayette IL-Greene IL-Jersey IL-
Macoupin IL-Marion IL-Monroe IL-Montgomery IL-Pike IL-
Randolph IL-Washington IL.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING until 7 PM CDT Sunday FOR Madison IL-St.
Clair IL.
&&
$$
WFO LSX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS CHARLESTON WV
625 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE WITH OCCASIONAL
DOWNPOURS...AS WEAK DISTURBANCES RIDE SE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL TRY TO
NOSE IN FROM THE NORTHEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
UPDATE AT 625 AM...THOUGHT FOR A MOMEMT THERE MAY BE A GAP WITH NO
SHOWERS...BETWEEN THE LARGER CLUSTERS OF CONVECTION THIS MORNING.
THEN NEW SMALL CELLS FORM VCNTY CRW ON INTO SE OHIO AROUND 10Z.
WILL BE A BIT FASTER BRINGING NEXT LKLY POP INTO SE OHIO THIS
MORNING.
THE REST IS FROM THE 415 AM DISCUSSION...
ENTERING INTO THE PEAK OF THE FLASH FLOOD CONCERN - NOW INTO TONIGHT.
BEST LOW LEVEL INFLOW AT 925 MB IS ONGOING WITH 20 TO 30 KNOT
UNDISTURBED FEED UP THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE WNW TO ESE
BAROCLINIC ZONE. 925 MB REDUCES TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER 18Z TODAY.
SEVERAL SMALL MID LEVEL 500 MB VORT MAXIMUMS IN THE NW FLOW ALOFT.
ONE PASSES CROSSES SRN WV MOUNTAINS AROUND 12Z. 07Z RAP HAS ANOTHER
ALONG INDIANA/OHIO BORDER BY THEN. HOWEVER...EVEN AT 08Z...MORE
STORMS HAVE REACHED INTO WESTERN OHIO. SO...DOING HOURLY POPS WAS
CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE ON THIS GRAVEYARD SHIFT.
EVEN THOUGH THE PKB-CKB AREA DID NOT GET MUCH RAIN ON
THURSDAY...MOST COUNTIES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED PAST WEEK. DID NOT WANT
TO OVER FORECAST WHERE EACH CLUSTER OF STORMS MAY GO AND TRY TO
NARROW DOWN THE WATCH. POSTED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ENTIRE CWA
THROUGH 05Z SATURDAY. STILL SEEMS THE HEART OF THE CWA MOST
VULNERABLE. EVEN THE 07Z RAP HAS THE AXIS OF MAXIMUM PW FM NRN IL
ESE INTO CENTRAL WV AOA 2 INCHES. HOWEVER...THE SOUTHERN COAL
FIELDS HAVE BEEN THE WETTEST LATELY AND WOULD HAVE THE HIGHEST
RUNOFF PERCENTAGE.
STEERING FLOW TURNS MORE NORTH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...SO PICTURING THE
TREND WILL BE FOR THE HIGHER POPS TO SINK INTO SOUTHERN COUNTIES
OVERNIGHT. THOUGH AS MENTIONED...LOW LEVEL INFLOW...AS
MENTIONED...NOT AS STRONG.
IN THIS PATTERN...COULD EVEN SEE STRONG RISES ON SOME HEADWATER
RIVERS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
BOUNDARY CONTINUES SINKING SOUTH SATURDAY...BUT STILL ENOUGH
MOISTURE AROUND TO KICK OFF SOME DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND
STORMS...MAINLY IN THE COAL FIELDS AND WV MOUNTAINS. PRECIP CHANCES
WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...EVENTUALLY DRYING OUT ACROSS THE NORTH AS HEIGHTS BUILD
AND A SURFACE HIGH NOSES IN FROM THE NE BY SUNDAY NIGHT.
DESPITE THE BOUNDARY HEADING SOUTH...STILL EXPECTING VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES. MADE ONLY MINIMAL CHANGES TO PREVIOUS HIGHS AND LOWS
BY BLENDING IN BIAS-CORRECTED CONSENSUS GUIDANCE.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO AREA BUT THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT
SHOULD STAY W OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...WE WILL STILL BE CONTENDING
WITH THE MUGGIES WITH TEMPS RUNNING NEAR NORMAL TO PERHAPS
SLIGHTLY ABOVE. A FRONT APPROACHES LONG ABOUT THURSDAY WITH
INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHRA/TSRA.
&&
.AVIATION /12Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
ONE ROUNDS OF CONVECTION MOVES THROUGH 06Z TO 12Z WITH LOCALIZED
DOWNPOURS AND IFR VSBY AND CEILING. OTHER DISTURBANCES IN ITS WAKE
WILL RIDE SE AND MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL CLUSTERS DURING THE
MORNING...FIGURING MORE IN SOUTHERN OHIO INTO WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA
FOR THE 12Z TO 15Z TIME FRAME...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW.
CEILINGS BECOMING MAINLY 2 TO 3 THSD FT BKN WITH LAYERS AND VSBY 5
TO 6 MILES IN HAZE AFTER ABOUT 16Z. YET...ADDITIONAL CLUSTERS OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS LIKELY...INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AGAIN WITH IFR
VSBY AND CEILINGS.
MVFR VSBY LIKELY 03Z TO 06Z SATURDAY WITH SHOWERS WANING.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY...
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: LOW.
ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: DURATION AND TIMING ROUNDS OF CONVECTION WILL
VARY. AT LEAST SOME AREAS OF PCPN MAY EVEN LINGER LONGER FRIDAY
NIGHT...BUT NOT MENTIONED IN TAFS.
EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH: TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW: TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
UTC 1HRLY 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
EDT 1HRLY 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
CRW CONSISTENCY H H H M M M M M M M M M
HTS CONSISTENCY H H H M M M M M M M M M
BKW CONSISTENCY M M M M H H H H H H M M
EKN CONSISTENCY H H H H H H M M H H M H
PKB CONSISTENCY L L L H H H H H M M M M
CKB CONSISTENCY M M M H H H H H H H M M
AFTER 12Z SATURDAY...
IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN LOW STRATUS IN LINGERING LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE 06Z TO AFTER 12Z SATURDAY.
&&
.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR WVZ005>011-013>020-
024>040-046-047.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR OHZ066-067-075-076-
083>087.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR KYZ101>103-105.
VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR VAZ003-004.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...KTB/MZ
NEAR TERM...KTB
SHORT TERM...MZ
LONG TERM...30
AVIATION...KTB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS LUBBOCK TX
627 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.AVIATION...
SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW DAYS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP
WEST OF KLBB LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.
HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH IN STORMS REACHING THE KLBB
TERMINAL AND WILL LEAVE ANY MENTION OF THUNDER OUT UNTIL BETTER
CONFIDENCE CAN BE ACHIEVED.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 421 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014/
SHORT TERM...
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LIVE ANOTHER DAY. A
CLOSED LOW CURRENTLY OVER ARIZONA WILL OPEN UP AS IT MOVES ACROSS
THE ROCKIES AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH. HOWEVER...IT REMAINS
QUESTIONABLE ON WHETHER WE WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS TROUGH AS ITS JET
MAX WILL BE PLACED WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE REGION. WE STILL STILL
LIKELY SEE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION UNDERNEATH A MONSOONAL
MOISTURE PLUME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TROUGH TO THE WEST AND RIDGE TO
THE EAST. CONVENTION WILL BE WITHIN THE SURFACE PRESSURE TROUGH AND
THE RAP INDICATES A FARTHER EASTWARD MOVEMENT TO THE TROUGH AXIS.
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE MAY BE MORE TO THE EAST IF THE RAP IS MORE
CORRECT IN ITS SOLUTION ALLOWING FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP FARTHER
EAST ON THE CAPROCK.
A NOTABLE DECREASE IN PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL OCCUR TODAY
MOSTLY FOR AREAS EAST OF THE I27 CORRIDOR. THIS WILL BE DUE TO DRIER
AIR ADVECTING INTO THE AREA AT MID LEVELS. THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH
CHANGE FOR AREAS WEST OF I27 WITH CONTINUED ANOMALOUSLY HIGH
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES. AN AXIS OF HIGHER INSTABILITY IS PROGGED
TO BE AROUND 2000 J/KG WITHIN THE PRESSURE TROUGH WHERE THE HIGHEST
LOW LEVEL THETA-E AIR WILL BE LOCATED. FURTHERMORE...STORM
PROPAGATION VECTORS TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE TRAINING
OF CONVECTION AND REPEATED HEAVY RAINFALL DESPITE RELATIVELY HIGH
CLOUD BASES.
LONG TERM...
A THINNING BAND OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER TROUGH SKIRTS BY TO THE NORTH.
LIMITED IF ANY SIGNIFICANT LIFT IS EXPECTED THOUGH MODEST SURFACE
TROUGHING AND STRONG HEATING MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A FEW AFTERNOON
STORMS IN AND NEAR THAT TROUGH. HEIGHTS WILL REBUILD EARLY NEXT
WEEK WITH THE MONSOON FLOW IMPROVING AGAIN...THOUGH SHIFTING BACK
TO THE WEST. UNCLEAR JUST YET IF THIS WILL REMAIN NEAR ENOUGH OUR
WESTERN BORDER AREAS FOR MENTIONABLE THUNDER CHANCES. UNCERTAINTY
INCREASES THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK INVOLVING THE NEXT PROGRESSIVE
PACIFIC TROUGH CROSSING THE NORTHERN TIER. BOTH AMPLITUDE AND
TIMING ARE MUCH IN QUESTION...THUS PRECLUDING THUNDER MENTION AS
WELL FOR NOW. BUT THIS MAY YET REPRESENT OUR NEXT REAL OPPORTUNITY
FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS BEEN HANGING
ACROSS NORTHERN STATES COULD SAG INTO OUR AREA. IN THE DAYS AHEAD
WE WILL WATCH FOR THOSE TIMING AND STRENGTH ISSUES TO BECOME
BETTER RESOLVED. RMCQUEEN
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FRIONA 92 64 93 62 92 / 30 40 20 20 20
TULIA 94 65 95 65 93 / 20 20 20 20 20
PLAINVIEW 93 65 94 65 92 / 20 20 20 20 20
LEVELLAND 94 64 93 64 92 / 20 20 20 20 20
LUBBOCK 95 67 96 67 94 / 20 20 20 20 20
DENVER CITY 94 65 94 65 93 / 20 20 10 10 10
BROWNFIELD 95 65 95 66 94 / 20 20 10 10 10
CHILDRESS 100 70 100 72 99 / 10 10 10 10 10
SPUR 97 68 97 67 96 / 10 10 10 10 10
ASPERMONT 99 71 100 71 99 / 0 0 10 10 10
&&
.LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS SEATTLE WA
905 AM PDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LOW OVER
THE INTERIOR OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL GENERATE AND CIRCULATE A
FEW SHOWERS AND LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CASCADES TODAY.
OTHERWISE HIGHER PRESSURE ALOFT WILL NOSE INTO THE REGION THIS
WEEKEND FOR MORE SUNSHINE AND WARMER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. THIS
WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.SHORT TERM...IN THE BIG PICTURE THE UPPER RIDGE IS NOW NEAR 140W
WITH THE UPSTREAM UPPER TROUGH NEAR THE DATELINE. THE SHORTWAVE THAT
WAS DIGGING DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE HAS NOW SLID SE
INTO THE PACIFIC NW INTERIOR. RAOBS AT KUIL, KOTX AND KSLE THIS
MORNING SHOW THE AIR MASS IS QUITE UNSTABLE. SO THE CONTINUED THREAT
OF CONVECTION OVER THE CASCADES LATER TODAY LOOKS ON TRACK. THE BULK
OF CONVECTION SHOULD BE EAST OF THE CASCADES THOUGH.
LOW LEVEL ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES THIS MORNING THOUGH WEAKER THAN
THURSDAY. THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR MASS RESULTED IN MORE LIMITED MARINE
CLOUDS IN WESTERN WA THIS MORNING. TOPS ARE SHALLOW - NO MORE THAN
1500 FT. SO THE CLOUDS AND FOG SHOULD DISSIPATE BY MIDDAY. TODAY
WILL MARK THE GRADUAL REBOUND OF DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WITH MORE
SUNSHINE AND A WARMER AIR MASS.
THE 12Z PROGS IN THUS FAR CONTINUE THE TREND OF NOSING IN HIGHER
PRESSURE ALOFT AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES FURTHER INLAND AND HEIGHTS
ALOFT RISE. ANOTHER VERY WEAK SHORTWAVE IS SET TO SLIDE SE INTO THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES SUNDAY IN THE NW FLOW ALOFT. THE PRIMARY IMPACT
SHOULD BE TO SLOW THE WARM UP AND KEEP LOW LEVEL ONSHORE FLOW GOING.
NO UPDATES TO THE FORECAST PACKAGE THOUGH DID MASSAGE THE SKY GRIDS
A BIT FOR TODAY AND THIS EVENING. BUEHNER
.LONG TERM...FROM THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL
PREVAIL OVER THE REGION DURING THIS PERIOD...HOWEVER IT WILL
GRADUALLY WEAKEN WITH TIME. IN FACT...THE LATEST GFS SOLUTION SHOWED
AN UPPER TROF OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON DAY 7. THE INHERITED
FORECAST SHOWED TEMPS COOLING OFF LATE IN THE PERIOD AND THAT LOOKS
FINE. NC
&&
.AVIATION...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING
WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN IDAHO BY SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT
NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AS THE LOW MOVES
SOUTHEAST. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN ONSHORE AND WEAK.
MARINE STRATUS THAT FORMED THIS MORNING OVER THE COAST...SOUTHWEST
INTERIOR...STRAIT AND WESTERN SKAGIT/SNOHOMISH COUNTIES REMAINS
SHALLOW WITH CEILINGS BELOW 1000 FEET AND LOCAL VISIBILITIES BELOW A
MILE. LIGHT NORTHERLY SURFACE GRADIENTS HELPED LIMIT THE EXTENT OF
THE LOW CLOUDS OVER THE INTERIOR...WITH MUCH OF THE CENTRAL SOUND
AND WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY REMAINING CLEAR. THOSE AREAS WITH LOW
CLOUDS AND FOG WILL SEE CEILINGS AND CONDITIONS IMPROVE THROUGH THE
MORNING...SCATTERING OUT OVER THE INTERIOR BY 18Z/11 AM AND THE
COAST BY 20Z/1 PM. WARMING AND WITH THE NORTHERLY FLOW BOTH ALOFT
AND AT LOW LEVELS TODAY WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR LOW CLOUDS
AND OR STRATUS TO REFORM OVER THE INTERIOR SATURDAY MORNING.
KSEA...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TODAY WITH VFR CONDITIONS PERSISTING
THROUGH SATURDAY. LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 4 TO 8 KNOTS
BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING...THEN BECOME
LIGHT AND NORTHEASTERLY AFTER 06Z/11 PM.
&&
.MARINE...THE VERY PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE STRENGTH OF THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL VARY
DIURNALLY. EXPECT THE STRONGEST WESTERLY WINDS IN THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN STRAIT DURING THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORIES POSSIBLE AT THAT TIME EACH DAY INTO THE FIRST PART
OF NEXT WEEK. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING
INSIDE OF 140 W WILL TIGHTEN UP SURFACE GRADIENTS SATURDAY EVENING
OVER THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS...BOOSTING THE NORTHWESTERLIES ABOVE
SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA. WEST TO NORTHWESTERLY SWELL 4 TO 5 FEET WITH A
PERIOD AROUND 8 SECONDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&
.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...NONE.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CENTRAL AND EAST STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA
TONIGHT.
&&
$$
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
536 AM PDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
Friday will bring another round of showers and thunderstorms to
the region with the potential for more flash flooding over the
Cascades burn scars. The threat of scattered showers and
thunderstorms will continue through the weekend. A drier and
warmer weather pattern is expected for the new work week.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Friday: A deep upper-level low pressure system will pass through the
region today delivering widely scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Storms containing heavy rainfall and very little movement will be
the main concern as the risk for flash flooding and debris flows
remains elevated over the East Slopes and Okanogan Highlands.
Additional urban and rural areas could also experience localized
flooding impacts if a storm was to setup overhead. An isolated
stronger storm could also bring brief hail and gusty outflow
winds on the order of 40 mph.
2AM satellite reveals the center of the low crossing over the
Columbia Gorge near the Dalles. The low will shift east toward
the Tri Cities this morning...then continue toward the OR/WA/ID
border by midday before tracking into SE Idaho this evening. With
the low overhead, an unstable air mass will be in place with
500mb temperatures cooling near -17C. Meanwhile, a tongue of
richer moisture and instability...marked well by the 850-700mb
theta-e progs will wrap around the eastern and northern periphery
of the low...wrapping back south on its western edge. This richer
moisture in conjunction with little to no steering flow is a good
recipe for storms containing heavy rainfall. The good news is that
this lack of steering flow (storm movement) only resides through
late afternoon then as the system departs the east, increasing
northerly flow will give any lingering storms a push. Needless to
say, we saw what these storms are capable of Thursday afternoon
with numerous debris flows and mudslides within the Carlton
Complex burn scar.
As of 2AM...thunderstorms continue to go strong across the
northern mountains with additional development now over the lower
ID Panhandle. This activity is tied to the placement of the higher
theta-E axis and lift along the northeastern periphery of the
upper low dropping into the Pac NW. HRRR and local Hi-Res model
simulated radar suggest the larger area of showers/storms over
Ferry County will pivot to the west this morning, fall apart after
sunrise, allowing cells to redevelop after a few hours of
sunshine. Convective temperatures are only in the upper 60`s to
lower 70`s so it won`t take much. Whether the cloud cover from
this activity completely falls apart or just thins will be a major
challenge related to storm intensity this afternoon. For NE WA and
the ID panhandle, looks as if isolated storms will be possible
through morning then afternoon heating and a few vorticity
maximums will promote widely scattered storms again after the
12PM-3PM timeframe...continuing through the evening. Slightly
deeper wind shear over the lower ID Panhandle could support a few
organized cells capable of hail and wind gusts in excess of 40 mph
but overall, the threat for severe storms (hail and damaging
winds) remains low region-wide.
Saturday: The upper-low will continue its march east Friday night
and Saturday into Central Montana Saturday morning then North
Dakota by the evening. Look for drier north to northwest flow over
the Cascades and Western Basin Saturday morning to translate east
into the Idaho Panhandle by Saturday evening. The main
precipitation threat will concentrate over the ID Panhandle and
into Western Montana. Some models are more aggressive with the
drying so we may be on the high end for precipitation chances in
Idaho, especially west of a line from Mullan to the Blue Mtns.
Given the lingering cold pool aloft, a few convective showers will
be possible in the mountains all the way to the Cascade Crest but
these will be the weak and shallow variety producing little to no
rainfall.
We will also see breezy northerly winds as the low deepens today
then pulls out Saturday. Winds will be strongest through the
narrow Okanogan Valley and Purcell Trench. Winds sustained 10-20
mph with gusts to 35 mph are a strong possibility. Temperatures
will remain on the cool side of normal. /sb
Saturday night through Wednesday...General agreement exists
between the latest medium range models with the overall field of
motion. The general troffy and unsettled pattern will persist
through Sunday featuring a continued threat of showers and at
least isolated thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon and
evening hours and concentrated over the northern mountains...with
a few showers persisting well into the night over the Idaho
Panhandle. Temperatures in this polar influenced air mass will run
at or slightly below normal through Monday.
Monday appears to bring a transition from a general trough to a
new ridging cycle...with only a few lingering showers over the
northeast and panhandle while the remainder of the forecast area
dries out and stabilizes under the ridge driven warming aloft.
Tuesday through Wednesday bring high confidence of dry and
clear/partly cloudy conditions throughout the region as the polar
storm track retreats to the north with temperatures once again
cresting well above normal. /Fugazzi
Wednesday Evening through Thursday Night: Starting Wednesday
evening the strength of the ridge will be on the decline as the
next trough of low pressure approaches the region. Models are
still wavering a bit on the breakdown, but one thing in common for
now is Wednesday will be the warmest day of the forecast period.
Considering model differences for the breakdown, the GFS continues
to be much more aggressive bringing a deep trough swinging
through late Thursday. This solution would support another round
of widespread rain as the system would have both mid latitude
Pacific moisture as well as topical moisture from decaying
Tropical Storm Lowell to work with. The euro on the other hand
keeps the trough further north leading to a much drier zonal flow
pattern for the Pac NW. Either way, we are looking at breezy to
windy conditions for the later part of the week as cold air
advection coupled with a tightened pressure gradient increases the
winds. Both models have been fairly consistent in their respective
solutions, so the DGEX was used to help lean in one models favor.
It more closely followed the Euro leading to higher confidence in
it.
So leaning towards the euro, it delays the major threat of precip
beyond the reaches of this forecast so POPs were kept relatively low.
Temperatures were also raised a bit Thursday to show the
transition to a more zonal pattern rather than the cold incoming
trough from the GFS. One thing to keep in mind is that when models
try to ingest this tropical storm moisture, it often leads to some
inconsistent runs. Knowing this, the extended will need to be
tinkered with throughout the next couple of days as models align
better. /Fliehman
&&
.AVIATION...
12Z TAFS: Broad area of low pressure aloft will promote widely
scattered showers and thunderstorms through 03z. Every terminal
will stand a threat for storms, especially after 22z. Ongoing
thunderstorms this morning in vcnty KPUW/KLWS are expected to
track north by 15z with a brief break before afternoon heating
promotes more storms aft 22z. Winds will generally be out of the
north/northeast...locally gusty through the Okanogan Valley and
Purcell Trench impacting Omak...Sandpoint...and Couer D Alene
airports. /sb
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 75 55 75 54 79 56 / 40 40 10 10 20 30
Coeur d`Alene 73 54 73 51 77 53 / 50 50 10 10 20 30
Pullman 75 51 74 49 79 51 / 40 50 20 20 20 20
Lewiston 80 60 79 56 85 59 / 60 50 30 20 10 20
Colville 72 51 78 49 81 52 / 60 50 10 10 20 30
Sandpoint 69 50 71 46 75 49 / 70 50 10 20 20 30
Kellogg 68 52 67 47 72 53 / 70 60 40 20 30 30
Moses Lake 81 58 83 56 86 58 / 30 50 10 0 10 10
Wenatchee 80 63 82 58 84 64 / 40 50 10 10 20 10
Omak 79 59 82 53 85 58 / 50 40 10 10 20 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...None.
WA...Flash Flood Watch through this evening for East Slopes Northern
Cascades-Okanogan Valley-Wenatchee Area.
&&
$$
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS PORTLAND OR
330 AM PDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER CONTINUES TO SLIDE EAST OF
THE AREA TODAY. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY ON THE WEST SIDE OF
THIS LOW TO BRING A THUNDERSTORM THREAT MAINLY TO THE SOUTH
WASHINGTON CASCADES AND...TO A LESSER EXTENT...THE FAR NORTH OREGON
CASCADES AS WELL. MAY GET SOME SHOWERS FURTHER WEST ACROSS THE
NORTHERN FORECAST AREA ALTHOUGH HAVE WAVERING CONFIDENCE. NORTHERLY
FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES OVER THE WEEKEND MAINTAINING ONSHORE LOW-LEVEL
FLOW AND NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES. HIGH
PRESSURE STRENGTHENS JUST OFFSHORE BRINGING A WARM UP FOR
THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE INTERIOR PACNW TODAY RESULTING IN A CHALLENGING
FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A CLOSED LOW CENTER IS BEGINNING TO
WIND UP UNDER CYCLOGENESIS. THE COMPLEX DYNAMICS WITH THE DEVELOPING
LOW WERE ABLE TO WRING OUT SOME DRIZZLE ALONG THE COAST WITH BOTH
ASTORIA AND NEWPORT RECORDING AT LEAST AN HOUR OF PRECIPITATION.
NORTH ANS EAST OF THE DEVELOPING LOW CENTER...A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF NOCTURNAL CONVECTION THUS FAR HAS GENERATED MOISTURE WHICH WILL
GET WRAPPED AROUND TO MOISTEN UP THE WESTERN FRINGES OF THE LOW.
EXPECT THE NORTHEASTERN 1/3RD OF THE CWA WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS
MOISTURE IN VARYING FORMS.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT WILL BE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. STILL FEEL
MOST ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN CONFINED TO AREAS NORTHEAST OF THE
PORTLAND METRO AND CLOSER TO MT ADAMS. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS AGREE
THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT SURFACE HEATING AND MOISTURE TO CREATE DEEP
CONVECTION AND THUNDERSTORMS. FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST THE MODELS HAVE
LIMITED AGREEMENT. THE BIG ISSUE WILL BE SURFACE DEW POINTS. THE NAM
AS OF THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS COMMONLY PRODUCE TOO MUCH SURFACE
MOISTURE AND THUS DEW POINTS TOO HIGH BY A FEW DEGREES.
CONVERSELY...THE GFS TENDS TO RUN A FEW DEGREES TO DRY. THE 00Z MODEL
RUNS ARE HOLDING TRUE TO EXPECTATIONS AT LEAST THROUGH THE 09Z HOUR
WITH REALITY LYING SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN BUT A SLIGHT BIT CLOSER TO
THE GFS. DETERMINING WHAT REALITY WILL BRING IS WHERE THE SPECIFIC
CHALLENGE LIES. SKIN TEMPERATURES FROM BOTH MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS
ARE ALSO APPEARING TO BE TOO COOL AS IS OFTEN THE CASE. BASED ON
THE RAW MODEL SOUNDING DATA...THE GFS DOES NOT SHOW CONVECTION VERY
FAR AWAY FROM THE CASCADES WHILE THE NAM BRINGS A THREAT TO THE
METRO AND AS FAR WEST AS ABOUT KELSO/LONGVIEW. ULTIMATELY LANDED ON
ABOUT A 60/40 BLEND OF SURFACE DEW POINTS FAVORING THE GFS. THIS
COMBINED WITH MANUAL TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SOUNDING SURFACE
CONDITIONS PRODUCED A FIRST ESTIMATE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH
CONFIDENCE AND ISOLATED COVERAGE ACROSS THE BULK OF SKAMANIA
COUNTY...LOWER CONFIDENCE SLIGHT CHANCE COVERAGE TO THE EASTERN 1/4
OF COWLITZ COUNTY STRETCHING SOUTH TO INCLUDE THE GORGE AND AREAS
EAST OF SANDY AROUND MT HOOD...AND THEN A THREAT OF SHOWERS ONLY
MAINLY NORTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE WALKING A VERY
FINE LINE TODAY BETWEEN NOTHING HAPPENING ACROSS OUR NORTHERN TIER
AND A DECENT COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS SO FELT USING PROBABILITY IN
THE TRUEST SENSE WAS THE MOST PRUDENT COURSE OF ACTION TODAY NOTING
THAT A 20 PERCENT CHANCE REALLY MEANS 80 PERCENT OF THE TIME IT WILL
NOT HAPPEN. DID FEEL REASONABLY CONFIDENT THAT TEMPERATURES NEED
TO GET CLOSE TO THEIR FORECASTED HIGHS TODAY TO TRIGGER CONVECTION
IN ANY FORM. THUS WOULD NOT EXPECT TO SEE MUCH RAIN FORMING UNTIL
AFTER 2 PM. ALSO WOULD NOT EXPECT IT TO LAST VERY LONG INTO THE
EVENING BUT DID NOT HAVE AS MUCH CONFIDENCE TO SHUT OFF THE THREAT
BY 8 PM SO LEFT IT IN PLACE FOR THE ENTIRE EVENING.
THE UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT WHILE AN UPPER RIDGE
BUILDS OFFSHORE. THIS WILL MAINTAIN A TYPICALLY DRIER NORTHWESTERLY
TO NORTHERLY FLOW AND BRING UNEVENTFUL WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE
WEEKEND ASIDE FROM CLOUDS AT THE COAST AND PERHAPS SOME BRIEF
MORNING CLOUDS INLAND. TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE
NORMAL WILL GRADUALLY WARM FURTHER. /JBONK
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...NO CHANGES. PREVIOUS
DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL MOVE ONSHORE ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS FOR THE
BEGINNING PART OF NEXT WEEK. AS THE RIDGE BEGINS TO BREAKDOWN
AND BECOME MORE ZONAL WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN LOW AND MID LEVEL
MOISTURE. THIS WILL PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER FOR THE
LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK. DO NOT EXPECT ANY PRECIPITATION IN THE
NEAR FUTURE. /64
&&
.AVIATION...A WEAKENING FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH ONSHORE THIS
MORNING WITH PRIMARILY MVFR CIGS ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS ALONG
WITH SOME LIGHT DRIZZLE. SOME SCATTERED CLOUDS BELOW 1000 FT ALONG
THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST...SO CANNOT RULE OUT LOCAL IFR AT TIMES
THROUGH 18Z. THEREAFTER...EXPECT SCATTERED MID CLOUDS GRADUALLY
DIMINISHING FOR THE COAST WITH GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE IN AFT 21Z S
OF KTMK. MEANWHILE...INCREASING MID CLOUDS ACROSS THE INTERIOR
THIS MORNING AS FRONT APPROACHES. EXPECT VARIABLE SCATTERED TO
BROKEN CLOUDS...TRENDING TOWARDS BROKEN 10Z-18Z BUT REMAINING VFR
WITH CLOUD DECK AT OR ABOVE 4500 FT. AFT 20Z...EXPECT CLEARING S
OF A KKLS-KPDX-KRDM LINE WITH SCT CLOUDS LINGERING N OF THIS LINE
BUT SCATTERING BY LATE AFTERNOON.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...VFR NEXT 24 HRS. INCREASING CLOUDS AT OR
ABOVE 4500 FT THROUGH 18Z AS WEAK FRONT APPROACHES...THEN
INCREASING CLEARING AT TERMINAL THEREAFTER. BKN-OVC DECK AROUND
4000 FT MAY PERSIST OVER EASTERN APPROACHES THROUGH 06Z SAT.
CULLEN
&&
.MARINE...A WEAK FRONT HAS PROGRESSED ACROSS THE WATERS EARLY THIS
MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE ONSHORE THIS MORNING. HIGH
PRES THEN REBUILDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS LATER TODAY AND WILL
PERSIST OVER THE NE PAC INTO NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE...A THERMAL
TROUGH OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL STRENGTHEN...WHICH WILL
INCREASE THE SURFACE PRES GRADIENT...PARTICULARLY OVER THE CENTRAL
OREGON WATERS. THEREFORE...N-NW WINDS WILL CONTINUE AND WILL BE
GUSTY AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. MAY SEE A FEW GUSTS TO 20 KT S OF CASCADE HEAD TODAY...BUT
GRADIENT SHOULD INCREASE SAT WITH WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING ADVISORY
CRITERIA.
SEAS WILL REMAIN 3 TO 5 FT TODAY...BUT REMAIN RELATIVELY STEEP
WITH A DOMINANT PERIOD AROUND 9 SECONDS. SEAS MAY INCREASE THIS
WEEKEND TO 5 TO 7 FT...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WITH STRONGER WINDS
WITH A MIX OF WIND WAVE AND FRESH SWELL DOMINATING. STEEP
CONDITIONS LIKELY CONTINUE WITH MODELS SUGGESTING PERIODS
SHORTENING TO 7-8 SECONDS...SO WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR POTENTIAL
ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM SAT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. CULLEN
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
WA...NONE.
PZ...NONE.
&&
$$
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THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
FROM THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
232 AM PDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
Friday will bring another round of showers and thunderstorms to
the region with the potential for more flash flooding over the
Cascades burn scars. The threat of scattered showers and
thunderstorms will continue through the weekend. A drier and
warmer weather pattern is expected for the new work week.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Friday: A deep upper-level low pressure system will pass through the
region today delivering widely scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Storms containing heavy rainfall and very little movement will be
the main concern as the risk for flash flooding and debris flows
remains elevated over the East Slopes and Okanogan Highlands.
Additional urban and rural areas could also experience localized
flooding impacts if a storm was to setup overhead. An isolated
stronger storm could also bring brief hail and gusty outflow
winds on the order of 40 mph.
2AM satellite reveals the center of the low crossing over the
Columbia Gorge near the Dalles. The low will shift east toward
the Tri Cities this morning...then continue toward the OR/WA/ID
border by midday before tracking into SE Idaho this evening. With
the low overhead, an unstable air mass will be in place with
500mb temperatures cooling near -17C. Meanwhile, a tongue of
richer moisture and instability...marked well by the 850-700mb
theta-e progs will wrap around the eastern and northern periphery
of the low...wrapping back south on its western edge. This richer
moisture in conjunction with little to no steering flow is a good
recipe for storms containing heavy rainfall. The good news is that
this lack of steering flow (storm movement) only resides through
late afternoon then as the system departs the east, increasing
northerly flow will give any lingering storms a push. Needless to
say, we saw what these storms are capable of Thursday afternoon
with numerous debris flows and mudslides within the Carlton
Complex burn scar.
As of 2AM...thunderstorms continue to go strong across the
northern mountains with additional development now over the lower
ID Panhandle. This activity is tied to the placement of the higher
theta-E axis and lift along the northeastern periphery of the
upper low dropping into the Pac NW. HRRR and local Hi-Res model
simulated radar suggest the larger area of showers/storms over
Ferry County will pivot to the west this morning, fall apart after
sunrise, allowing cells to redevelop after a few hours of
sunshine. Convective temperatures are only in the upper 60`s to
lower 70`s so it won`t take much. Whether the cloud cover from
this activity completely falls apart or just thins will be a major
challenge related to storm intensity this afternoon. For NE WA and
the ID panhandle, looks as if isolated storms will be possible
through morning then afternoon heating and a few vorticity
maximums will promote widely scattered storms again after the
12PM-3PM timeframe...continuing through the evening. Slightly
deeper wind shear over the lower ID Panhandle could support a few
organized cells capable of hail and wind gusts in excess of 40 mph
but overall, the threat for severe storms (hail and damaging
winds) remains low region-wide.
Saturday: The upper-low will continue its march east Friday night
and Saturday into Central Montana Saturday morning then North
Dakota by the evening. Look for drier north to northwest flow over
the Cascades and Western Basin Saturday morning to translate east
into the Idaho Panhandle by Saturday evening. The main
precipitation threat will concentrate over the ID Panhandle and
into Western Montana. Some models are more aggressive with the
drying so we may be on the high end for precipitation chances in
Idaho, especially west of a line from Mullan to the Blue Mtns.
Given the lingering cold pool aloft, a few convective showers will
be possible in the mountains all the way to the Cascade Crest but
these will be the weak and shallow variety producing little to no
rainfall.
We will also see breezy northerly winds as the low deepens today
then pulls out Saturday. Winds will be strongest through the
narrow Okanogan Valley and Purcell Trench. Winds sustained 10-20
mph with gusts to 35 mph are a strong possibility. Temperatures
will remain on the cool side of normal. /sb
Saturday night through Wednesday...General agreement exists
between the latest medium range models with the overall field of
motion. The general troffy and unsettled pattern will persist
through Sunday featuring a continued threat of showers and at
least isolated thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon and
evening hours and concentrated over the northern mountains...with
a few showers persisting well into the night over the Idaho
Panhandle. Temperatures in this polar influenced air mass will run
at or slightly below normal through Monday.
Monday appears to bring a transition from a general trough to a
new ridging cycle...with only a few lingering showers over the
northeast and panhandle while the remainder of the forecast area
dries out and stabilizes under the ridge driven warming aloft.
Tuesday through Wednesday bring high confidence of dry and
clear/partly cloudy conditions throughout the region as the polar
storm track retreats to the north with temperatures once again
cresting well above normal. /Fugazzi
Wednesday Evening through Thursday Night: Starting Wednesday
evening the strength of the ridge will be on the decline as the
next trough of low pressure approaches the region. Models are
still wavering a bit on the breakdown, but one thing in common for
now is Wednesday will be the warmest day of the forecast period.
Considering model differences for the breakdown, the GFS continues
to be much more aggressive bringing a deep trough swinging
through late Thursday. This solution would support another round
of widespread rain as the system would have both mid latitude
Pacific moisture as well as topical moisture from decaying
Tropical Storm Lowell to work with. The euro on the other hand
keeps the trough further north leading to a much drier zonal flow
pattern for the Pac NW. Either way, we are looking at breezy to
windy conditions for the later part of the week as cold air
advection coupled with a tightened pressure gradient increases the
winds. Both models have been fairly consistent in their respective
solutions, so the DGEX was used to help lean in one models favor.
It more closely followed the Euro leading to higher confidence in
it.
So leaning towards the euro, it delays the major threat of precip
beyond the reaches of this forecast so POPs were kept relatively low.
Temperatures were also raised a bit Thursday to show the
transition to a more zonal pattern rather than the cold incoming
trough from the GFS. One thing to keep in mind is that when models
try to ingest this tropical storm moisture, it often leads to some
inconsistent runs. Knowing this, the extended will need to be
tinkered with throughout the next couple of days as models align
better. /Fliehman
&&
.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS: A SOMEWHAT MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS ASSOCIATED WITH
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE AVIATION
AREA FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS SURFACE BASED
CONVECTIVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR, PRIMARILY OVER
AND NEAR MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS BUT MOST TAF LOCATIONS WILL BE UNDER
THREAT FOR A CLOSE MISS OR BRIEF THUNDERSTORM FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. /MJF
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 75 55 75 54 79 56 / 40 40 10 10 20 30
Coeur d`Alene 73 54 73 51 77 53 / 50 50 10 10 20 30
Pullman 75 51 74 49 79 51 / 40 50 20 20 20 20
Lewiston 80 60 79 56 85 59 / 60 50 30 20 10 20
Colville 72 51 78 49 81 52 / 60 50 10 10 20 30
Sandpoint 69 50 71 46 75 49 / 70 50 10 20 20 30
Kellogg 68 52 67 47 72 53 / 70 60 40 20 30 30
Moses Lake 81 58 83 56 86 58 / 30 50 10 0 10 10
Wenatchee 80 63 82 58 84 64 / 40 50 10 10 20 10
Omak 79 59 82 53 85 58 / 50 40 10 10 20 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...None.
WA...Flash Flood Watch through this evening for East Slopes Northern
Cascades-Okanogan Valley-Wenatchee Area.
&&
$$
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS DENVER/BOULDER CO
1151 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1135 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
CONVECTION CONTINUES IN AREA OF ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO. THIS HAD BEEN GRADUALLY LIFTING NORTH...THOUGH WITH
HEATING IT HAS BEGUN TO FILL BACK IN TOWARD THE SOUTH. WE WILL
NEED TO WATCH THE AREA BETWEEN STERLING AND AKRON AS THIS AREA
RECEIVED RAIN EARLIER THIS MORNING. FORTUNATELY THAT IS NOT A
FLOOD PRONE AREA. MEANWHILE LARGE AREA OF LIFT IS PROGRESSING
NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND HAS FILLED
IN PRETTY WELL WITH RAIN SHOWERS. EXPECT THE MAIN STORY TODAY WILL
BE THIS AREA OF FAIRLY STEADY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST.
BIG QUESTION IS THE OUTLOOK FOR STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...AND THE
ANSWER REMAINS MUDDLED BUT ORGANIZED STRONG CONVECTION IS LOOKING
LESS LIKELY. FRONTAL ZONE IS RATHER DIFFUSE...THOUGH THERE IS A
BROAD AREA OF CONVERGENCE FROM THE CURRENT NE COLORADO CONVECTION
SOUTH TOWARD THE ARKANSAS RIVER. LIFT FROM THE UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE
IS CREATING PRESSURE FALLS OVER NE COLORADO...HOLDING THIS
CONVERGENCE AREA IN PLACE BUT NOT REALLY FOCUSING IT ANY MORE.
LARGER SCALE MODELS HAVE A BETTER DEFINED FRONTAL ZONE AND BLOW UP
CONVECTION ON IT...WITH HEAVY RAIN ON THE NORTH SIDE AND A
POTENTIAL SUPERCELLS NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT SCENARIO WITH STRONG
EASTERLY WINDS. MEANWHILE THE HRRR DEVELOPS STORMS ON THE LEADING
EDGE OF THE MOUNTAIN RAIN AREA AND THEY MOVE QUICKLY TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST...WHILE THE FRONTAL ZONE CONVECTION IS LIMITED TO
KANSAS. I DO THINK THE TIGHT FRONTAL ZONE IS WRONG ALONG WITH THE
SIGNIFICANT PLUME OF MOISTURE ON LOW LEVEL EASTERLY WINDS...THAT
JUST IS NOT HAPPENING. THUS I HAVE PARED BACK THE SEVERE THREAT TO
OUR EASTERNMOST AREAS...AND IT IS PROBABLY JUST THE EASTERN PARTS
OF LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND AREAS EAST OF THERE. AREAS
FURTHER WEST AND NORTH WILL STILL HAVE A HEAVY RAIN THREAT IF
THERE IS REGENERATION ON AN EAST-WEST ZONE...AND OBVIOUSLY SOME
POTENTIAL FOR THAT TO CONTINUE. PREVIOUS OUTLOOKS OF UP TO 3
INCHES IN 2 HOURS IF THERE IS TRAINING SEEM ALRIGHT...BUT THE
THREAT SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THOSE EASTERN PLAINS AREAS AS
CONVECTION FURTHER WEST SHOULD BE QUITE A BIT WEAKER WITH FAST
CELL MOTIONS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT )
ISSUED AT 318 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER CENTRAL ARIZONA WILL GRADUALLY MOVE NE
INTO THE FOUR CORNERS BY MIDDAY AND THEN INTO NE COLORADO BY EARLY
THIS EVENING. AS THIS FEATURE MOVES ACROSS A DECENT SHOT OF MID
LVL QG ASCENT WILL OCCUR AS WELL. AT THE SFC LOW PRES WILL EXTEND
FM SC WY INTO SERN CO WITH A WK SFC HIGH OVER WRN NEBRASKA. THIS
WILL ALLOW FOR ESE LOW LVL FLOW TO DVLP BY MIDDAY OVER NERN CO AND
ALLOW FOR DEEPER LOW LVL MOISTURE TO ADVECT INTO THE PLAINS.
OVERALL SHOULD SEE A GOOD CHC OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA STARTING IN THE MTNS BY MIDDAY AND THEN SPREADING ACROSS
THE PLAINS BY EARLY EVENING.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE FCST TO BE AROUND AN INCH IN THE
MTNS WITH 1.25 TO 1.5 INCHES OVER THE PLAINS SO THE STORMS WILL
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HOWEVER THEY WILL BE QUICK MOVING DUE TO
RATHER STG MID LVL FLOW. THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING
OF CELLS OVER THE PLAINS SO COULD SEE A FEW SPOTS RECEIVE FM 2 TO
3 INCHES OF RAIN. AS FOR SVR POTENTIAL MAIN THREAT WOULD BE STRONG
WINDS DUE TO WET MICROBURSTS. ALSO CAN NOT RULE OUT A FEW
TORNADOES AS WELL AS STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES INCREASE BY LATE
AFTN INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER THE PLAINS. AS FOR HIGHS
THIS AFTN WILL KEEP READINGS IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S OVER THE
PLAINS.
BY TONIGHT AS MAIN DISTURBANCE MOVES QUICKLY NE SHOULD SEE PRECIP
CHANCES DECREASE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE BY EARLY EVENING AND THEN
BY MIDNIGHT OVER THE FAR NERN PLAINS. SOME MOISTURE MAY LINGER IN
THE NRN MTNS OVERNIGHT SO WILL KEEP IN A CHC OF SHOWERS MAINLY
NORTH OF I-70.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 318 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
A DRIER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BE OVER NERN CO EARLY
SATURDAY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THIS
WILL BE SHORT LIVED...AS ANOTHER SYSTEM OVER SRN IDAHO AT 12Z
SATURDAY MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS MONTANA/WYOMING LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FLOW ALOFT OVER COLORADO WILL
INCREASE FM THE WEST WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE MOUNTAINS. ALONG THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...URBAN CORRIDOR
AND ADJACENT PLAINS WILL MINIMIZE THE POPS SOUTH AND EAST OF
DENVER WITH HIGHER POPS TO THE NORTH AND WEST....AS THE TROF AXIS
BRUSHES ACROSS THE STATE. SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...A DRIER
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BE OVER THE CWA. IT WILL BE STABLE AND
COOLER FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING. THE NAM12/ECMWF GENERATE LITTLE QPF OVER THE
REGION ON SUNDAY WHILE THE GFS DOES REFLECTS MORE SUBTROPICAL
MOISTURE EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW. WL LEAN TOWARD THE NAM12/ECMWF
SOLUTIONS WITH MINIMAL POPS MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN THE
AFTN/EVNG. SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES MORE
SOUTHWESTERLY WHICH MAY HELP TAP INTO THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE
OVER ERN AZ/NEW MX. POPS STILL ON THE LOW SIDE MONDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING. THE NEXT SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO DROP OUT OF THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES AND ACROSS COLORADO TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE TROUGH AXIS AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS
NORTHERN COLORADO ON TUESDAY. IT WILL BE COOLER WITH A BETTER
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS AT THAT TIME. WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN U.S. WITH A
DRIER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER COLORADO. AS A RESULT...LESS
POPS WITH MODERATING TEMPERATURES FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 1135 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
SHOWERS WILL BE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD AROUND THE DENVER AREA THROUGH
THIS EVENING...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE THREAT OF VERY
HEAVY RAIN WITH IFR CONDITIONS IS NOW LOOKING LOW...BUT THERE
SHOULD BE ENOUGH RAIN TO LOWER CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES WITH AREAS
OF MVFR IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT APPEARS THAT
CLEARING WILL BE SLOWER ON SATURDAY MORNING...BUT THERE IS STILL A
LOW CHANCE OF IFR/LIFR FOG FOR A FEW HOURS IF IT DOES CLEAR OUT
EARLY ENOUGH. FOR THE REST OF SATURDAY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITH ONLY ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 318 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
STORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLY TODAY HOWEVER THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL
FOR TRAINING OF STORMS OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO AS A FEW LOCATIONS
COULD SEE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN HOUR. IN THE
FOOTHILLS AND MTNS ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN
HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME MINOR FLOODING IN THE BURN SCARS.
&&
.BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...GIMMESTAD
SHORT TERM...RPK
LONG TERM...COOPER
AVIATION...GIMMESTAD
HYDROLOGY...RPK
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS PUEBLO CO
1125 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1054 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
UPDATED TO INCREASE PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN
COLORADO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN HAS STARTED TO BLOSSOM ON
RADAR ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING...AND AS THE UPPER
SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO LIFTS ACROSS COLORADO...IT SHOULD
PROVIDE FOCUS FOR RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORM ENHANCEMENT. STILL
WATCHING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE
AREA...FROM FREMONT COUNTY...NORTHEAST OVER TELLER AND EL PASO
COUNTIES FOR THIS AFTERNOON. DEWPOINTS HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE 50S
WITH NORTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW ARE WORKING IN FAVOR OF THE HEAVY
RAIN POTENTIAL...HOWEVER DENSE CLOUD COVER WILL HELP LIMIT
INSTABILITY AND MAY HELP KEEP RAINFALL RATES DOWN. THE MAIN CAVEAT
WILL BE HOW THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IMPACTS THE LOWER LEVEL
INGREDIENTS. WHILE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOT IN EFFECT AT THIS
TIME DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF RAINFALL RATES...PEOPLE IN AND
AROUND FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE ON ALERT THROUGH AT LEAST
6 PM THIS EVENING. MOZLEY
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 450 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
...POTENT STORM SYSTEM TO WILL BRING FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND LIGHTNING TO
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...WITH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS BY AFTERNOON...
UPPER LOW OVER WESTERN AZ IS FORECAST TO EJECT TO THE NORTHEAST
TODAY...AS THE KICKER SYSTEM DROPS THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
ALREADY HAVE A ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST COLORADO ALONG/NORTH OF THE FRONT AS THE FIRST UPPER
JET LIFTS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THESE WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT OFF TO
THE NORTHEAST THIS MORNING...AND FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION WILL TO
SHIFT INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING AS
MOISTURE AND LIFT INCREASES WITH THE NEXT IMPULSE AHEAD OF THE
ADVANCING SYSTEM. SO FAR...RAINFALL RATES OUT WEST DO NOT LOOK HEAVY
ENOUGH TO CAUSE CONCERNS FOR THE WEST FORK BURN SCAR...BUT THIS WILL
HAVE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY THROUGH THE MORNING.
OF GREATER CONCERN WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AS UPPER TROF LIFTS ACROSS THE
AREA DURING PEAK HEATING PERIOD. SFC LOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CO IS
PROGGED TO LIFT BACK NORTHWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH FRONTAL
BOUNDARY BECOMING THE FOCUS FOR STRONG TO EVEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AS IT LIFTS BACK NORTHWARD. VARIOUS SHORT RANGE
MODELS SHOW THIS LIFTING BACK NORTHWARD TO ALONG A LINE FROM
COLORADO SPRINGS TO EADS AS OF 21Z. DEPENDING ON SFC DEW
POINTS...CAPES COULD BE RUNNING ANYWHERE FROM 1000 J/KG TO 1500 J/KG
TO THE NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...AND WITH NEXT UPPER JET SHIFTING
NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION...COULD SEE DEEP LAYER SHEARS 40KTS...ESP
WHERE LOW LEVEL SFC WINDS REMAIN EASTERLY. SEEMS BEST THREAT AREA
FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST EL PASO AND KIOWA
COUNTIES...AND POINTS TO THE NORTHEAST. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS.
WITH UPPER LEVEL FORCING MOVING ACROSS DURING THE AFTERNOON...HIGH
RES AND CONCEPTUAL MODELS SUGGEST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
THE MAIN STORM THREATS. QUESTION IS...WILL THUNDERSTORMS BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING ENOUGH RAINFALL TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON AREA BURN
SCARS. STORM MOTIONS TODAY WILL BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30-
35 MPH...WHICH SHOULD MITIGATE THIS THREAT SOME. HOWEVER THE WALDO
BURN SCAR WITH ITS VERY LOW FLASH FLOOD THRESHOLD LOOKS TO MOST
UNDER THE THREAT TODAY. IF SUFFICIENT HEATING CAN TAKE PLACE...WE
COULD SEE CAPES OF NEAR 1000 J/KG (WITH SFC DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER
50S). IF FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFTS BACK NORTHWARD INTO THIS REGION AND
STALLS...THEN THIS COULD ALSO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR A COUPLE OF ROUNDS
OF THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...MODELS ARE NOT ALL IN AGREEMENT OF
WHERE THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL FALL. 06Z NAM12 IS THE
HEAVIEST HANDED WITH QPF AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH FALLING ACROSS
NORTHERN EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES DURING THE NOON TO 6 PM TIME
FRAME. HOWEVER RAP13...GFS...AND ECMWF ALL KEEP PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS MUCH LIGHTER AROUND .25 TO CLOSE TO .50...AND ALL MODELS
SEEM TO POINT AT THE QPF MAXIMUM OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO
GIVEN THE CURRENT STORM TRACK. STILL CONTEMPLATING ISSUING A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR WALDO BURN SCAR TODAY. SOME FACTORS THAT FAVOR
FLASH FLOODING TODAY FOR THE WALDO WOULD BE HIGHER PRECIPITABLE
WATERS...GOOD FORCING WITH SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS DURING THE
AFTERNOON...SOME POTENTIAL INSTABILITY IN THE AFTERNOON...AND EVEN A
BRIEF PERIOD OF SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE BEFORE 00Z. SOME FACTORS THAT DO
NOT PARTICULARLY FAVOR FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL FOR WALDO INCLUDE FAST
STORM MOTIONS...EXTENSIVE MORNING CLOUD COVER...WARMING H5
TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW TODAY...AND QUICK SHIFT TO A
SOUTHWEST DOWNSLOPE FLOW BY 00Z AS SYSTEM LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST OF
THE AREA. WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FEW RUNS OF THE HRRR RESOLVE SOME OF
THESE MESOSCALE DETAILS BEFORE COMMITTING TO A WATCH. AM CONFIDENT
THAT SOMEWHERE CLOSE BY...LIKELY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE BURN
SCAR...QPF AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS. BUT NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN ON
WALDO TO GO WITH A WATCH. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATEST HIGH RES
MODELS THROUGH THE MORNING AND MAY HOIST A WATCH AS DETAILS BECOME
BETTER RESOLVED. REGARDLESS...ANYONE IN OR NEAR THE BURN SCARS TODAY
NEEDS TO MAINTAIN A HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OF THE WEATHER TODAY.
TIMEFRAME WITH THE GREATEST THREAT APPEARS TO BE BETWEEN NOON AND 6
PM.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AS THE SYSTEM LIFTS
OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. SOME SHOWERS MAY LINGER ALONG THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE PAST MIDNIGHT AS THE NEXT UPPER TROF DROPS IN FROM THE
NORTHWEST. -KT
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 450 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
PRIMARY LONGER TERM METEOROLOGICAL CHALLENGES INCLUDE
POPS...TEMPERATURES AND EVEN SOME GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES.
LATEST COMPUTER SIMULATIONS AND FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST
THAT ADEQUATE ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL INTERACT WITH SEVERAL
UPPER DISTURBANCES INTO THE MIDDLE PORTION OF NEXT WEEK. IN
ADDITION...A NORTHERLY SURGE IS PROJECTED TO PUSH ACROSS EASTERN
SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST DISTRICT TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE COMBINATION OF THESE FEATURES IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POPS AT TIMES OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE
FORECAST DISTRICT FROM FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEDNESDAY(ESPECIALLY IF
THE LATEST VERSION OF THE ECMWF IS CORRECT) WITH SOME DRYING
THEN ANTICIPATED BY LATER NEXT WEEK.
IN ADDITION...MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
RUN WITHIN A CATEGORY OR SO OF LATE AUGUST CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES
DURING THE LONGER WHILE GUSTY GRADIENT WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT
TIMES(PRIMARILY OVER FAR EASTERN SECTIONS) FROM SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1054 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH THIS
EVENING WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IMPACTING
ALL THREE TERMINALS. LOWERED CIGS AND VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AT ALL THREE TERMINALS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL EXPECTED. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY ENDING AROUND 00Z/SAT AND GENERALLY FOLLOWED THIS TREND
IN THE TAFS. MOZLEY
&&
.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...MOZLEY
AVIATION...MOZLEY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS ALBANY NY
430 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NEW ENGLAND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM
THE REGION TONIGHT...ENDING THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS. AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE AREA...IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
WEEKEND...WITH GRADUALLY MORE AMOUNTS OF SUNSHINE AND WARMER
TEMPERATURES. WITH DRY WEATHER IN PLACE...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...
AS OF 430 PM EDT...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS SITUATED JUST EAST OF THE
AREA OVER EASTERN NEW ENGLAND. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS HIGHS
OVER THE REGION WITH DEWPOINTS STILL IN THE 60S...AND PWAT VALUES
AROUND 1.50 INCHES. WEAK IMPULSES EMBEDDED WITHIN THE CYCLONIC
FLOW AROUND THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW ARE ALLOWING FOR PLENTY OF CLOUDS
AND SOME ON AND OFF RAIN SHOWERS. NO THUNDER HAS BEEN OCCURRING
DUE TO A LACK OF INSTABILITY THANKS TO THE THICK CLOUD COVER IN PLACE.
THE LATEST REGIONAL MOSAIC RADAR SHOWS THE MOST CONCENTRATED
ACTIVITY OF SHOWERS IS CURRENTLY SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA OVER
CENTRAL NY. THE SHOWERS HAVE BEEN RATHER SLOW MOVING TODAY DUE TO
THE LIGHT FLOW DUE TO THE UPPER LEVEL LOW NEARBY. THE LATEST 18Z
3KM HRRR MATCHES UP WELL WITH THE CURRENT RADAR...AND SHOWS A
DECREASING TREND IN THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF RAIN SHOWERS
TOWARDS EVENING. AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW STARTS TO MOVE AWAY...AND
DIURNAL INFLUENCES BEGAN TO WANE...THIS SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE...SO
HAVE DECREASED POPS FROM LIKELY AND HIGH CHANCE TO JUST SLIGHT TO
LOW CHC FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
WITH ALL THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE...WILL KEEP CLOUDS IN
PLACE THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WILL ALSO ALLOW
FOR SOME PATCHY/AREAS OF FOG FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS FOR THE SECOND
HALF OF THE NIGHT AS WELL WITH ALL THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PRESENT.
OVERNIGHT LOWS LOOK TO RANGE FROM THE MID 50S TO LOW 60S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
A DRYING AND WARMING TREND WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM
PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD
INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY. WHILE THERE MAY BE A LINGERING RAIN
SHOWER ON SATURDAY /MAINLY FOR SOUTHERN OR HIGH TERRAIN
AREAS/...MOST AREAS WILL BE DRYING OUT. CLOUDS SHOULD BREAK FOR
SOME SUN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AS DRIER
AIR BEGINS TO WORK IN FROM SOUTHERN CANADA. MAX TEMPS LOOK TO
REACH THE 70S FOR MOST LOCATIONS.
DRY AND QUIET WEATHER WILL BE IN PLACE BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY NIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS LOOK TO BE IN THE 50S...AND DAYTIME
HIGHS ON SUNDAY LOOK TO REACH THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S. SKIES LOOK
TO BE MOSTLY CLEAR DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
A DRY START TO THE PERIOD FOLLOWED BY POSSIBLE POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS
TOWARD THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...THEN A RETURN TO DRY WEATHER FOR
THE START OF THE WEEKEND. SUNSHINE WILL BE PLENTIFUL THROUGH MID-
WEEK...WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THEREAFTER. HIGH
TEMPERATURE READINGS FROM MAINLY THE LOWER 70S TO MID 80S WILL BE
THE RULE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER READINGS FOR
WEDNESDAY. BEHIND THE FRONT...THINGS COOL DOWN TO HIGHS FROM THE
MID 60S TO MID 70S BY FRIDAY. LOWS WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE 50S OR
LOWER 60 UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT...WHEN READINGS WILL RANGE FROM THE
UPPER 40S IN THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...TO AROUND 60 DEGREES IN THE
LOWER MID HUDSON VALLEY.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
PREDOMINATELY MVFR FLYING CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE TAF
PERIOD AS SCATTERED DRIZZLE/SHOWERS FROM A SLOWLY DEPARTING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION.
THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED DRIZZLE/SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING HOURS RESULTING IN MVFR CEILINGS...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AT KALB THROUGH 20Z. HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP AT KALB AS
WELL FROM 18Z TO 20Z TO ACCOUNT FOR BRIEF REDUCTIONS TO IFR CEILINGS
ASSOCIATED WITH NEARBY SHOWERS. ELSEWHERE EXPECT OCCASIONAL
DRIZZLE/MIST THAT MAY ALLOW FOR BRIEF REDUCTIONS TO MVFR
VISIBILITIES. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE EAST/SOUTHEAST AND LIGHT
AROUND 5 KNOTS.
TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...MVFR CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT PERIOD WITH MVFR VISIBILITIES ALSO EXPECTED AFTER 06Z.
SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE NIGHT AS WELL.
IFR CEILINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT KPSF AFTER 09Z BEFORE DRIER AIR
ALLOWS VFR FLYING CONDITIONS TO RETURN TO THE TAF SITES BY 15Z
SATURDAY...EXCEPT AT KPSF WHERE MVFR CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
AT LEAST 18Z SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE LESS THAN 5
KNOTS TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY.
OUTLOOK...
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO TONIGHT WILL KEEP FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AT A
MINIMUM. RH VALUES WILL BE NEAR 100 PERCENT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TONIGHT. TOMORROW...THE RH VALUES
WILL DROP TO 50 TO 60 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH
CLOUDS BREAKING FOR SOME SUNSHINE. THERE IS JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE
FOR A RAIN SHOWER OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE
AREA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL LED TO FLOODING LAST NIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF
THE MOHAWK VALLEY...AND SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO BE
HIGH ACROSS THIS AREA DUE TO SHOWERS FROM THIS MORNING. THE
GROUND REMAINS RATHER SATURATED IN THE SACANDAGA AND SARATOGA
REGION AS WELL. ELSEWHERE...THERE HAVE BEEN PERIODS OF SHOWERS
FROM TIME TO TIME AS WELL...BUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVEN/T BEEN
OVERLY EXCESSIVE.
THERE MAY BE A FEW ADDITIONAL RAIN SHOWERS BETWEEN LATE TONIGHT
AND INTO TONIGHT...BUT RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT FOR
THE MOST PART. THE ONLY WAY ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING WOULD OCCUR
WOULD BE IF A HEAVY RAIN SHOWER HAPPENED TO SIT OVER A LOCATION
THAT SAW SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL LAST EVENING/NIGHT...OTHERWISE NO
ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS WILL
DIMINISH BY LATER THIS EVENING.
THE ONLY RIVER POINT THAT IS CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE IS THE
CANAJOHARIE CREEK AT CANAJOHARIE. THE RIVER HAS CRESTED JUST
BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER THIS MORNING/S ADDITIONAL BOUT OF
RAIN...AND LOOKS TO CONTINUE TO RECEDE. THE RECESSION MAY BE
SLOWED IF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FALLS OVER THE BASIN...BUT THE
GENERAL TREND WILL BE TO FALL.
OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...A DRYING TREND WILL
BE IN PLACE...WITH JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A BRIEF LIGHT RAIN
SHOWER OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE
GROUND TO DRY OUT...AND RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS TO SLOWLY RECEDE.
FOR DETAILS ON SPECIFIC AREA RIVERS AND LAKES...INCLUDING
OBSERVED AND FORECAST RIVER STAGES AND LAKE ELEVATIONS...PLEASE
VISIT THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ GRAPHS ON
OUR WEBSITE.
&&
.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
NY...NONE.
MA...NONE.
VT...NONE.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...FRUGIS
NEAR TERM...FRUGIS
SHORT TERM...FRUGIS
LONG TERM...ELH
AVIATION...IRL
FIRE WEATHER...FRUGIS
HYDROLOGY...FRUGIS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS COLUMBIA SC
618 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
MIDLANDS SATURDAY...AND SHIFT TOWARDS THE CSRA SUNDAY. THIS WILL
LEAD TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS BEHIND
IT. THE FRONT WILL LINGER SOUTH OF THE CSRA EARLY TO MID NEXT
WEEK...LEADING TO GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER WITH NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
88D REGIONAL COMPOSITE SHOWS A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE UPSTATE...PEE DEE AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
ATMOSPHERE REMAINS CAPPED ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND AIRMASS IS
DRIER WITH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S TO MIDDLE 60S.
ONLY EXPECT AN ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. FORECAST
AGRESS WELL WITH HRRR AS IT SHOWS ANY ACTIVITY REMAINING NORTH OF
THE CWA.
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE VA COAST IS FORECAST TO MOVE
SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT INTO EASTERN NC. THIS WILL ALLOW A BACKDOOR
COLD FRONT TO APPROACH THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS AROUND DAYBREAK
SATURDAY. KEPT OVERNIGHT LOWS NEAR CONSENSUS IN THE LOWER AND
MIDDLE 70S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MAIN ISSUE FOR SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY IS TIMING OF APPROACHING
BACK DOOR FRONT. THINK PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH SETS UP ACROSS SOUTHERN
CWA SATURDAY WITH FRONT IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHIFTING
SOUTHWEST DURING SATURDAY EVENING. MOS POP GUIDANCE LOW BUT SREF
AND MODEL QPF SUGGEST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD
AND ALONG FRONT AS AIR MASS MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND MOISTURE
INCREASING...PRECIPITABLE WATER MAY RISE TO AROUND 2 INCHES.
WARM MAX TEMPS STILL POSSIBLE SAT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH
WARMEST TEMPS FAVORING THE CSRA WHERE TEMPS COULD REACH 100 AGAIN.
WITH NAM BEING SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN GFS WITH THE BACK DOOR FRONT...THE
NAM MOS IS SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN THE GFS MOS FOR SAT MAX
TEMP...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND CENTRAL. EVEN IF TEMPS NEAR 100
REACHED AGAIN SAT...GUIDANCE STILL SUGGESTS DEWPOINTS LOW ENOUGH
TO PRECLUDE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM REACHING OUR HEAT ADVISORY
CRITERIA OF 110F.
FRONT EXPECTED TO SHIFT SW THRU THE FA SAT NIGHT THRU SUN NIGHT.
EXPECT CHANCE POPS NEAR AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH COOLING
TEMPS ALONG AND NORTH OF IT. SO...POPS SUN AFTERNOON FAVORING THE
CSRA WHERE INSTABILITY/LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE STRONGER. HIGH TEMPS SUNDAY
SHOULD BE NOTICEABLY LESS BEHIND THE FRONT.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH MOVING THE FRONT SOUTH OF THE SAVANNAH
RIVER WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING IN FOR THE WEEK. WITH COOLER
DRY AIR SETTLING IN WILL BRING SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPS. EXPECT
MAX TEMPS 85 TO 90 EARLY TO MID WEEK RISING BACK INTO THE LOWER 90S
LATER IN THE WEEK. OVERNIGHT MINS WILL BE 65 TO 70 RISING INTO
THE LOWER 70S LATER IN THE WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION /22Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.
DIURNAL WIDELY SCATTERED CUMULUS AOA 6-7 KFT ACROSS THE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THIS WILL BE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING WITH
LOSS OF HEATING. GIVEN FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINING WELL NORTH OF
THE AREA...CHANCE FOR CONVECTION TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN TAFS ATTM.
NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 10 KNOTS OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON WILL
DIMINISH AND VEER NORTHERLY OVERNIGHT.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN LATE
NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING FOG SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON
AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BRING RESTRICTIONS SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY.
&&
.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
GA...NONE.
&&
$$
77
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1118 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.DISCUSSION...
935 AM CDT
THE MAIN CORRIDOR OF HEAVY RAIN LATE LAST NIGHT INTO EARLY THIS
MORNING HAS SHIFTED INTO CENTRAL IL AND WEAKENED...HOWEVER AN AREA
OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BUILT FROM EASTERN IA INTO WESTERN
IL AS OF 930 AM. THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORT WAVE AND APPEARS
BY RADAR AND SATELLITE ALSO MAS AN MCV WITH IT. SHORT TERM
GUIDANCE VARIES WIDELY ON HOW THIS WILL UNFOLD BUT GIVEN ITS
ORGANIZATION WOULD EXPECT FOR IT TO PROGRESS EASTWARD ALONG AN
AXIS OF CONFLUENT FLOW AT 850-700MB. RAINFALL RATES HAVE TAPERED
IN THE PAST HALF HOUR...BUT STILL IN A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE
/PWATS OVER TWO INCHES/ WE ARE SEEING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF
ONE INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES WITH THIS. PARTS OF LASALLE AND
LIVINGSTON COUNTIES WERE HIT HARD LAST NIGHT INTO EARLY THIS
MORNING...SO THRESHOLDS FOR FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE
LOW IF THIS AREA WERE TO GET ANY MORE AGGRESSIVE OR SLOW DOWN.
BASED ON CALLS TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
PARTNERS...EARLIER FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE TRANSITIONED TO AREAL
FLOOD WARNINGS WHERE MAJOR IMPACTS WERE STILL OCCURRING. THE SAME
MAY BE DONE FOR PART OF LIVINGSTON/LASALLE/GRUNDY COUNTY DEPENDING
ALSO ON HOW EARLIER MENTIONED CONVECTION IS EVOLVING.
THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR LAKE AND MCHENRY COUNTIES WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 AM AS OBSERVATIONS AND WEBCAMS HAVE SHOWN
IMPROVEMENT.
WILL LIKELY HAVE TO LOWER HIGH TEMPERATURE FORECAST SOME BASED ON
DEGREE OF CLOUD COVER OVER THE AREA. CONTINUED DEW POINTS OF 70 TO
75 WILL KEEP IT FEELING MUGGY.
MTF
//PREV DISCUSSION...
349 AM...FORECAST CONCERNS INCLUDE HEAVY RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...IN ADDITION TO TIMING AND LOCATION OF
STORMS. ADDITIONAL CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES INCLUDE TEMPERATURES/
DEWPOINTS AND ASSOCIATED HEAT INDICES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
ONE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST IL AND
NORTHWEST INDIANA WITH A SECOND COMPLEX MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN CWA. THESE ARE VERY EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCES WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 2
INCHES. COOP OBSERVER 3SW OF MIDWAY AIRPORT MEASURED 3.60 INCHES
OF RAIN IN JUST 40 MINUTES WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS
IN THAT AREA. WHILE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY CONTINUES ACROSS THE
AREA...THE GENERAL TREND IS FOR ALL THIS ACTIVITY TO MOVE
SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY OVER
WESTERN IL AND SOUTHERN IOWA MAY CONTINUE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN CWA LATER THIS MORNING.
CONVECTIVE TRENDS ARE STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN OVER THE NEXT 36
HOURS OR SO. IF CURRENT ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTHERN IA/WESTERN IL
DRIFTS SOUTHEAST...MUCH OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS COULD END UP RATHER
DRY WITH TONIGHT POSSIBLY BEING MORE ACTIVE AS HINTED AT BY THE
ECMWF. HAVE TRENDED THIS DIRECTION BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW. WITH
DEWPOINTS REMAINING IN THE LOWER/MID 70S AND PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES REMAINING AROUND 2 INCHES...ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. IF TRENDS BECOME MORE
CLEAR...ITS POSSIBLE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FOR PART OF
THE AREA...BUT GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHEN/WHERE ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR...NO HEADLINES THIS MORNING.
CONVECTION THEN APPEARS TO SHIFT NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY ON
SATURDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. THUS A DRY
PERIOD IS EXPECTED FROM LATER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
AND POSSIBLY INTO MUCH OF THE DAY ON MONDAY. CHANCE POPS THEN
ENTER BACK INTO THE FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY. MEDIUM RANGE
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE
AREA MIDWEEK...THOUGH TIMING DIFFERENCES REMAIN. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME AS WELL.
WHILE SUNDAY MAY END UP BEING COMPLETELY DRY AS THE RIDGE CAPS THE
AREA...IT DOES APPEAR THERE COULD BE A LAKE BREEZE ALONG THE IL
SHORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HOW MUCH CONVERGENCE OCCURS IS UNCERTAIN
BUT GIVEN HOW WARM/HUMID CONDITIONS WILL BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...IF
THIS IS ENOUGH FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...THERE COULD BE SOME
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST IL. ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS DURING THIS TIME TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS POTENTIAL.
DENSE FOG HAS FORMED ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST IL AND MAY SPREAD
SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHWEST IL EARLY THIS MORNING AS RAIN ENDS.
ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR LAKE/MCHENRY COUNTIES EARLIER THIS
MORNING AND MAY NEED TO EXPAND THAT AS TRENDS EMERGE. DEPENDING ON
PRECIP COVERAGE TONIGHT...AREAS OF FOG POSSIBLY DENSE MAY DEVELOP
AGAIN INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
TEMPERATURES TODAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE DEPENDENT ON CLOUD COVER
AND PRECIP COVERAGE. MADE ONLY SMALL TWEAKS...BASICALLY NO
CHANGES. DID BUMP TEMPS UP A FEW DEGREES ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH
EXPECTED LESS OR NO PRECIP AND MORE SUNSHINE. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL
LIKELY REMAIN IN THE LOWER 70S MOST AREAS...POSSIBLY MID OR UPPER
70S DOWNTOWN CHICAGO SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY MORNING. FORECAST HEAT
INDICES WILL BE NEAR 100 TODAY...RETREAT JUST A LITTLE SATURDAY
AND THEN AGAIN NEAR 100 SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
CWA...HEAT INDICES APPROACH THE 105 MARK. IF CURRENT TRENDS
CONTINUE...ITS POSSIBLE PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN CWA MAY NEED A
HEAT ADVISORY SUNDAY/MONDAY. CMS
&&
.AVIATION...
//ORD AND MDW CONCERNS...UPDATED 16Z...
* MVFR CIGS GRADUALLY LIFTING AND POSSIBLY SCATTERING THROUGH
EARLY-MID AFTERNOON.
* LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS TURNING EAST-NORTHEAST EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. SPEEDS EXPECTED TO BE UNDER 10 KT THROUGH THAT TIME.
* ISOLD SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. MAY DEVELOP WEST OF
TERMINALS AND DRIFT BACK TO THE EAST.
* CHANCES FOR SHRA/TSRA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...TIMING
UNCLEAR.
MDB/MTF
//DISCUSSION...UPDATED 12Z...
WEAK LOW PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA/NORTHERN IOWA
SOUTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS
FROM EASTERN IOWA ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS TO NORTHERN INDIANA
THIS MORNING WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS HELPING DRIVE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE SOUTH OF THE TERMINALS. SOME SPOTTY
IFR IS IN PROXIMITY TO THE TERMINALS...WITH THE BULK NEAR RFD BUT
THIS SHOULD BE IMPROVING...WITH ORD/MDW/DPA/GYY LIKELY SEEING
LITTLE IF ANY IFR. LIGHT AND SOMEWHAT VARIABLE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS ARE IN PLACE BUT ARE EXPECTED TO TURN EAST AND NORTHEAST
THIS AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT RE-ESTABLISHES ITSELF PERHAPS WITH
THE HELP OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THIS BOUNDARY COUPLED WITH THE VERY
HUMID AIRMASS MAY TRIGGER ISOLD-SCT SHRA/TSRA THIS AFTERNOON
INLAND OF THE LAKE WHICH WOULD THEN DRIFT BACK TOWARDS THE LAKE
AFTER DEVELOPMENT. HAVE INCLUDED VCTS MENTION AT ORD/MDW/RFD/DPA
WITH DECENT CONFIDENCE THAT ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR BUT WITH QUESTION
MARKS SURROUNDING THE EXTENT.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING/TONIGHT WHICH MAY ALLOW SOME
SHALLOW DENSE FOG OR MORE WIDESPREAD MVFR TYPE FOG. TSRA CHANCES
REMAIN A CHALLENGE BUT HAVE PRETTY LOW CONFIDENCE IN WHEN THE BEST
OPPORTUNITY WILL BE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. WITH THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE REGION IT WOULD LIKELY
SERVE AS A TRIGGER BUT IT MAY BE SOUTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. UPPER
RIDGING WILL BUILD IN SATURDAY WHICH WOULD BRING ANOTHER PUSH OF
WARM AIR AND COUPLED WITH THE BOUNDARY WOULD PROBABLY DRIVE MORE
TSRA DEVELOPMENT WHICH MAY BE FAVORED SATURDAY MORNING. WILL LEAVE
THE TAF DRY BEYOND THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY BUT HAVE
DECENT CONFIDENCE THAT TSRA WILL OCCUR AT SOME POINT.
MDB
//ORD AND MDW CONFIDENCE...UPDATED 16Z...
* LOW IN HOW LONG MVFR CIGS WILL PERSIST.
* HIGH IN SW WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. MEDIUM IN
SPEEDS UNDER 10 KT. LOW IN TIMING OF SHIFT TO NORTHEAST.
* MEDIUM THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ISOLD SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON. LOW IF THEY WILL OCCUR AT TERMINALS.
* LOW IN TIMING OF BEST SHRA/TSRA CHANCES THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING.
MDB/MTF
//OUTLOOK FOR ORD/MDW FOR 00Z SUNDAY-12Z FRIDAY...UPDATED 12Z...
* SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...PERIODIC CHANCES FOR
TSRA/SHRA WITH OCNL MVFR CIGS/VIS.
MDB
&&
.MARINE...
349 AM CDT
AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE STRETCHES FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH A WEAK WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY
STRETCHING FROM NORTHERN INDIANA BACK INTO CENTRAL/NORTHERN IOWA.
THIS FRONT WILL MOVE LITTLE INTO SATURDAY. MORNING STORMS HAVE
CAUSED WINDS TO BE A BIT CHAOTIC ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN PART OF THE
LAKE WHERE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL TURN MORE EAST AND
NORTHEAST INTO THE AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS LATER SATURDAY AND MOVE TO WESTERN
ONTARIO SUNDAY ALLOWING WINDS TO TURN SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE IN
SPEED TOWARD MONDAY. THE LOW WILL THEN TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST EARLY
NEXT WEEK DRAGGING A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD WHICH MAY STALL OUT
SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE LAKE ALLOWING FOR VARIABLE WINDS. ANOTHER LOW
IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST MID WEEK BRINGING A STRONGER COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE LAKE WHICH WOULD BRING A SHIFT TO NORTH AND
NORTHWEST WINDS. STILL EARLY FOR DETAILS BUT THIS SCENARIO WOULD
BRING A PERIOD OF STRONGER WIND SPEEDS THANKS TO COLD
ADVECTION...NOT UNLIKE SIMILAR COLD FRONTAL PASSAGES WE HAVE SEEN
THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
MDB
&&
.LOT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&
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Area Forecast Discussion
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1038 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1038 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
Large cluster of thunderstorms that developed along an outflow
boundary late last night continues to diminish as it pushes
eastward across central Illinois this morning. 1530z radar imagery
shows showers with a few embedded thunderstorms along/north of a
Beardstown...to Decatur...to Paris line. High-res models suggest a
continued weakening trend, with little or no precip remaining by
mid-afternoon. Have adjusted PoPs to go categorical along/north of
I-72 for the next couple of hours, followed by a decrease to just
slight chance this afternoon. Have also lowered high temperatures
by a few degrees across the central and northern zones where
widespread clouds/rain have kept readings cooler than previously
expected. Visible satellite imagery shows plenty of breaks
developing upstream across Iowa, so have only dropped highs into
the upper 80s. Further south where the rain has not occurred this
morning, have maintained highs in the lower 90s.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight)
ISSUED AT 325 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
07z/2am surface analysis shows a stationary front extending from
west to east across northern Illinois. A 35kt LLJ has helped trigger
a line of convection just south of that front. Those storms will
affect our northern counties early this morning, with locally heavy
rainfall rates possible. Areas near Midway airport last night picked
up 3" in 30 minutes. There most likely will be a break in the
rainfall for at least a few hours later this morning and early this
afternoon, before the next shortwave over Iowa works its way into
IL. Precipitable water values up near 2" will continue through the
day, so any convection that redevelops this afternoon into evening
will have the potential to produce very heavy rainfall. Coverage may
not be too extensive during the day, so slight chance and low chance
PoPs were used for areas north of I-72 after 7 am.
The HRRR/NAM/GFS/ECMWF all show an enhanced opportunity for storms
either later this afternoon or this evening as an MCS develops to
our west and rolls across N IL. With timing still in question, we
did not ramp up to likely PoPs in any one area even this evening and
overnight. The main theme does seem to be that the northern half of
the KILX CWA will be the main target area for storms over the next
24-36 hours.
High temps today will once again climb into the upper 80s to low
90s, with dewpoints already in the mid 70s and likely to climb into
the upper 70s in some areas. Heat index readings will likely climb
to around 105 in southern areas. We can not rule out the possible
need to expand the heat advisory northward. Precip and cloud cover
across the north should keep their heat index readings below
advisory levels in general.
&&
.LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday)
ISSUED AT 325 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
Main issue through the extended remains the extreme heat for this
time of year through the weekend and into the first portion of next
week. Models still having issues with the ultimate breaking down of
the ridge, resulting in a potential extension to the heat wave
should the trend continue. Hot daytime highs into the 90s and
dewpoints into the mid 70s resulting in heat indices over 100F for
several days on end. Scattered chances exist as long as the
boundary remains close to the FA...and will be the only chance for
brief cool downs. But as the high builds into the region, the
general subsidence will be hard to overcome, so the forecast for
Saturday night through Sunday night is dry for now...with some
slight chances coming back for Monday...but the models struggling
with the solutions in the mid range with the timing of a vigorous
wave to erode the ridge. GFS still far more aggressive, amplified,
and fast with the passage of the upper trof/sfc front Tues night
into Wednesday. ECMWF starting to close the gap and has abandoned
the closed low of 24 hrs ago... but is still signif weaker,
resulting in a developing baroclinic zone at the sfc as the wave
fizzles in parallel flow and provides a focus for a longer duration
potential for precip. Model blends now through the mid/end of next
week results in more widespread chances.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Saturday morning)
ISSUED AT 652 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
A nocturnal LLJ has helped fuel an east-west line of storms across
north-central IL. The storms with heavy rainfall will affect
mainly PIA, BMI and CMI early this morning, bringing MVFR vis and
ceilings. BMI has dropped to IFR cloud height, which could linger
through 15z before lifting to MVFR. A break in the storms is
indicated for the terminal sites for late morning into afternoon
in the HRRR and RAP model output. Additional storm chances are
indicated for later this afternoon and evening for the northern
TAF sites of PIA, BMI and CMI. We kept precip our of DEC and SPI
for now, but trends are for storms to get quite close even this
morning. Will monitor closely for changes to the dry forecast for
SPI/DEC.
Winds will generally remain S-SW in the synoptic flow across our
area, south of the warm front. Local northerly winds have
developed for the northern terminals where the storms have
produced an outflow boundary moving south. The outflow could even
reach SPI and DEC, but wind speeds by then should be 10kt or less.
&&
.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY until 7 PM CDT Monday FOR ILZ042-047>054-056-
061>063-066>068-071>073.
&&
$$
UPDATE...BARNES
SHORT TERM...SHIMON
LONG TERM...HJS
AVIATION...SHIMON
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS QUAD CITIES IA IL
1253 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
SENDING UPDATE TO LOWER MAX TEMPS A BIT DUE TO LINGERING DEBRIS
CLOUDINESS...WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 80S. ALSO...UPDATED POPS
TO BETTER REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014/
SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
ALOFT...UPPER RIDGE PERSISTS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SURFACE
LOW NEAR KLSE THIS MORNING WITH A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING TO ITS
SOUTHWEST INTO COLORADO AND ALSO TO ITS EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES.
THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING FUELED BY LLJ...WARM SECTOR DEW POINTS IN
THE 70S...AND APPROACHING MCV.
SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
AREA OF CONVECTION OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH
SUNRISE AND AFFECT SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SHORT RANGE
MODELS INCLUDING THE HRRR AND RUC WEAKEN THE CONVECTION AFTER
SUNRISE...WHICH MAKES SENSE GIVEN THE DIURNAL TREND OF THE LLJ.
HOWEVER...MODELS HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN TOO QUICK TO SQUELCH
CONVECTION...AND THUS BELIEVE IT WILL LINGER A BIT LONGER THAN
PROGGED AND WILL HANG ON TO POPS IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA
LONGER THAN MESOSCALE MODELS WOULD SUGGEST.
ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE LOW
CONTINUES TO SAG EVER SO SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTH AND THE FRONT
REMAINS STALLED OVER NRN MO/SRN IA. OF COURSE EXACT POSITIONING OF
STORMS REMAINS UNCERTAIN...IN PARTICULAR WITH SO MANY BOUNDARIES
AROUND. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT FAVORED AREA IS ALONG AND JUST
SOUTH OF I80 WHERE THE 850 MB FRONT IS PROGGED TO SET UP.
REGARDLESS OF EXACT LOCATION...EXPECT INTENSE RAINFALL RATES DUE TO
HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATERS AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES.
ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT WITH BOUNDARIES LINGERING
AND POTENTIAL FOR UPPER WAVES COMING OUT OF THE WSW.
LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE PERSISTENT RING OF FIRE PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND
PRESENTING A THREAT FOR HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OUTSIDE THE
OCCASIONAL MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES LIKELY TO IMPACT PARTS OF
THE REGION. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS THEN EXPECTED TO BREAK DOWN AND
SHIFT EASTWARD BY THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD INTO THE AREA...RETURNING
TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO LATE AUGUST NORMALS AND PROVIDING A PERIOD OF
DRIER WEATHER.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WILL LIFT THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY/WARM FRONT
NORTHWARD THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY. THE ASSOCIATED WARM
ADVECTION AND STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL CAP WILL LIMIT THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES TO THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH DEW POINTS
EASILY IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S...VERY MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE DUE TO
UNCERTAINTY IN CONVECTIVE TRENDS AND ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER. WITH
SURFACE WINDS MORE SOUTHEASTERLY...WILL BIAS TOWARD THE LOWER END OF
GUIDANCE WITH HIGHS FROM THE MID 80S NORTHEAST TO LOWER 90S SOUTH.
THIS WOULD STILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX READINGS NEAR TO JUST ABOVE
100 SOUTH OF I-80 IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY...THE AREA WILL FALL INTO THE MORE DEEPLY MIXED BUT CAPPED
WARM SECTOR WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES SUPPORTIVE OF WIDESPREAD HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S AND POSSIBLY WARMER DEPENDING ON THE
AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER. THIS WOULD RESULT IN POSSIBLY ANOTHER DAY OF
100 PLUS HEAT INDEX VALUES AND MAY REQUIRE HEAT HEADLINES OVER AT
LEAST THE SOUTH.
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MODEL SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO DIFFER IN THE
TIMING OF THE BOTH THE INITIAL EARLY WEEK FRONTAL PASSAGE AND THE
STRONGER COLD FRONT AROUND WED AND THU. THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN HAVE
THE INITIAL FRONT PUSHING THROUGH INTO CENTRAL IL AND MO
MONDAY...WHILE THE GFS HOLDS IT WELL TO THE NW. OUR FORECAST WILL
CONTINUE A LOW CONFIDENCE BLENDED APPROACH WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
RETURNING LATE MONDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. THE PAST
COUPLE RUNS WERE TRENDING TOWARD A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF A DRY
THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. WARM TO VERY WARM AND CONTINUED
HIGH HUMIDITY SUGGEST A POSSIBLE NEED FOR HEAT HEADLINES AT LEAST IN
THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHERE HIGHS ARE
MAINTAINED IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS HOLDING
IN THE 70S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES ARE TRENDING A BIT
COOLER...FOR WED AND THU AS THE CONTINUITY IN SUCCESSIVE MODEL RUNS
BACK THE TIMING OF THE PATTERN CHANGE AND PLACEMENT OF THE IN-COMING
HIGH.
AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 1253 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
LIFR CONDITIONS AT KDBQ WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE TO MVFR BY SUNSET.
OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNSET WITH ISOLATED
TSRA/SHRA POSSIBLE. AFT SUNSET ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL
DEVELOP...POSSIBLY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA. THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX
SHOULD MOVE EAST OR EAST SOUTHEAST THROUGH SUNRISE. CONDITIONS WILL
SLOWLY DETERIORATE TO MVFR AND POSSIBLY IFR CONDITIONS AT
KCID/KMLI/KBRL. KDBQ WILL DETERIORATE TO IFR AND POSSIBLY LIFR
CONDITIONS WITH NEARBY SHOWERS POSSIBLE.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
&&
$$
08
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS QUAD CITIES IA IL
1132 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
SENDING UPDATE TO LOWER MAX TEMPS A BIT DUE TO LINGERING DEBRIS
CLOUDINESS...WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 80S. ALSO...UPDATED POPS
TO BETTER REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014/
SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
ALOFT...UPPER RIDGE PERSISTS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SURFACE
LOW NEAR KLSE THIS MORNING WITH A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING TO ITS
SOUTHWEST INTO COLORADO AND ALSO TO ITS EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES.
THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING FUELED BY LLJ...WARM SECTOR DEW POINTS IN
THE 70S...AND APPROACHING MCV.
SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
AREA OF CONVECTION OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH
SUNRISE AND AFFECT SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SHORT RANGE
MODELS INCLUDING THE HRRR AND RUC WEAKEN THE CONVECTION AFTER
SUNRISE...WHICH MAKES SENSE GIVEN THE DIURNAL TREND OF THE LLJ.
HOWEVER...MODELS HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN TOO QUICK TO SQUELCH
CONVECTION...AND THUS BELIEVE IT WILL LINGER A BIT LONGER THAN
PROGGED AND WILL HANG ON TO POPS IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA
LONGER THAN MESOSCALE MODELS WOULD SUGGEST.
ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE LOW
CONTINUES TO SAG EVER SO SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTH AND THE FRONT
REMAINS STALLED OVER NRN MO/SRN IA. OF COURSE EXACT POSITIONING OF
STORMS REMAINS UNCERTAIN...IN PARTICULAR WITH SO MANY BOUNDARIES
AROUND. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT FAVORED AREA IS ALONG AND JUST
SOUTH OF I80 WHERE THE 850 MB FRONT IS PROGGED TO SET UP.
REGARDLESS OF EXACT LOCATION...EXPECT INTENSE RAINFALL RATES DUE TO
HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATERS AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES.
ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT WITH BOUNDARIES LINGERING
AND POTENTIAL FOR UPPER WAVES COMING OUT OF THE WSW.
LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE PERSISTENT RING OF FIRE PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND
PRESENTING A THREAT FOR HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OUTSIDE THE
OCCASIONAL MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES LIKELY TO IMPACT PARTS OF
THE REGION. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS THEN EXPECTED TO BREAK DOWN AND
SHIFT EASTWARD BY THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD INTO THE AREA...RETURNING
TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO LATE AUGUST NORMALS AND PROVIDING A PERIOD OF
DRIER WEATHER.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WILL LIFT THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY/WARM FRONT
NORTHWARD THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY. THE ASSOCIATED WARM
ADVECTION AND STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL CAP WILL LIMIT THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES TO THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH DEW POINTS
EASILY IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S...VERY MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE DUE TO
UNCERTAINTY IN CONVECTIVE TRENDS AND ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER. WITH
SURFACE WINDS MORE SOUTHEASTERLY...WILL BIAS TOWARD THE LOWER END OF
GUIDANCE WITH HIGHS FROM THE MID 80S NORTHEAST TO LOWER 90S SOUTH.
THIS WOULD STILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX READINGS NEAR TO JUST ABOVE
100 SOUTH OF I-80 IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY...THE AREA WILL FALL INTO THE MORE DEEPLY MIXED BUT CAPPED
WARM SECTOR WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES SUPPORTIVE OF WIDESPREAD HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S AND POSSIBLY WARMER DEPENDING ON THE
AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER. THIS WOULD RESULT IN POSSIBLY ANOTHER DAY OF
100 PLUS HEAT INDEX VALUES AND MAY REQUIRE HEAT HEADLINES OVER AT
LEAST THE SOUTH.
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MODEL SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO DIFFER IN THE
TIMING OF THE BOTH THE INITIAL EARLY WEEK FRONTAL PASSAGE AND THE
STRONGER COLD FRONT AROUND WED AND THU. THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN HAVE
THE INITIAL FRONT PUSHING THROUGH INTO CENTRAL IL AND MO
MONDAY...WHILE THE GFS HOLDS IT WELL TO THE NW. OUR FORECAST WILL
CONTINUE A LOW CONFIDENCE BLENDED APPROACH WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
RETURNING LATE MONDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. THE PAST
COUPLE RUNS WERE TRENDING TOWARD A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF A DRY
THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. WARM TO VERY WARM AND CONTINUED
HIGH HUMIDITY SUGGEST A POSSIBLE NEED FOR HEAT HEADLINES AT LEAST IN
THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHERE HIGHS ARE
MAINTAINED IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS HOLDING
IN THE 70S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES ARE TRENDING A BIT
COOLER...FOR WED AND THU AS THE CONTINUITY IN SUCCESSIVE MODEL RUNS
BACK THE TIMING OF THE PATTERN CHANGE AND PLACEMENT OF THE IN-COMING
HIGH.
AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 627 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
PATCHY DENSE FOG AFFECTING KCID AND KDBQ WILL LIFT BY MID MORNING.
MEANWHILE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT KBRL THIS MORNING AND
SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO KMLI. LATER TODAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS IS
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT ALL AREA TAF SITES...BUT
THE GREATEST CHANCE IS FOR AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF I 80.
OTHERWISE...PREVAILING WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WITH
GUSTS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
&&
$$
05
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NWS JACKSON KY
335 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 335 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
18Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A CONVECTIVELY WASHED OUT BOUNDARY JUST NORTH
OF THE OHIO RIVER. THIS LEADS BACK WEST TO A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. MEANWHILE...AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE
IS FOUND THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH. ALOFT...A FAIRLY STRONG RIDGE OF
HIGH HEIGHTS STRETCHES FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH WHILE TROUGHING
IS FOUND OVER NEW ENGLAND. BETWEEN THESE UPPER LEVEL FEATURES...A
COUPLE OF SHORTWAVES ARE PASSING BY TO THE NORTHEAST. THE LEADING ONE
OF THESE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BETTER DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION OVER FAR
EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. ELSEWHERE...TO THE WEST
OF THIS AREA...A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE TAKING
SHAPE ALONG AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE PRE DAWN MCS THAT MOVED
THROUGH OHIO EARLY THIS MORNING. WITH THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY
HOLDING OFF UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED
INTO THE UPPER 80S FOR MOST LOCATIONS WITH A FEW 90 DEGREE READINGS
NOTED. DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S ARE MAKING FOR MISERABLE
HEAT INDICES THROUGH THE AREA AND WILL BE PROVIDING FUEL FOR STORM
DEVELOPMENT. WINDS ARE GENERALLY FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10
KTS WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 15 KTS.
THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM ALOFT AS THEY
ALL WOBBLE AND WEAKEN SLIGHTLY THE RIDGE TO OUR WEST IN THE FACE OF
THE NEW ENGLAND TROUGH DROPPING NEARLY DUE SOUTH TO THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST BY SUNDAY MORNING. DESPITE THE MOVEMENT OF THESE LARGER
FEATURES...THE TRACK OF SHORTWAVES WILL CONTINUE TO PASS THROUGH FAR
EASTERN KENTUCKY...JUST ORIENTATED MORE NORTH TO SOUTH BY THE END OF
THE PERIOD. GIVEN THE MODEL AGREEMENT AND THE SMALLER SCALE NATURE OF
THE PERIODIC MCS ACTIVITY HAVE FAVORED THE HIGHER RESOLUTION MODELS
LIKE THE HRRR AND NAM12 FOR THIS FORECAST.
SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL FEATURE A THREAT OF STORMS INTO THE EVENING...
PERHAPS LENGTHENED BY ANY DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTHWEST THAT COULD
MOVE INTO AT LEAST THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE JKL CWA AFTER DARK...
PER THE LATEST HRRR. SIMILAR TO LAST EVENING...THE MAIN THREATS
WITH ANY STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
AGAIN TONIGHT...WOULD ANTICIPATE PATCHY FOG THROUGH THE AREA AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR DENSE SPOTS LOCALLY GIVEN ANY CLEARING. AFTER A MUGGY
NIGHT...ANOTHER WARM AND HUMID DAY CAN BE EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY WITH
MID LEVEL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE ENTIRETY
WITH ONLY A SLIGHT FAVORING OF THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
HOURS. HIGH PWS AND INSTABILITY DURING THE DAY WILL SET THE TABLE FOR
A CONTINUED THREAT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND STRONG STORMS...THOUGH
THE SEVERE RISK WILL BE LIMITED BY A GENERALLY BENIGN NORTHWEST WIND
FIELD ALOFT. SIMILARLY...SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE ANOTHER MUGGY AND
WARM ONE WITH PATCHY FOG ANTICIPATED FOR PLACES THAT WOULD HAVE SEEN
RAIN DURING THE DAY. CANNOT RULE OUT ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND STORM
ACTIVITY INTO EARLY SUNDAY GIVEN THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN AND NEARBY
SFC BOUNDARIES.
AGAIN USED THE CONSSHORT AS A STARTING POINT FOR THE T/TD/WINDS
THROUGH THE FIRST 24 HOURS AND THE SUPERBLEND THEREAFTER. MADE SOME
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON TERRAIN FOR LOWS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
NIGHT. AS FOR POPS...ENDED UP IN BETWEEN THE MAV AND THE WETTER MET
GUIDANCE FOR MOST OF THE SHORT TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 255 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
STRONG RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN CONUS LATE
IN THE WEEKEND THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. AS THE CENTER OF
THE HIGH PUSHES OVERHEAD EARLY NEXT WEEK...IT WILL SEND SOME
SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY...FINALLY BRINGING A
TEMPORARY END TO THE RAIN CHANCES. HAVE BEEN GOING WITH LOW POPS
EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE DRY AIR...HAVE OPTED
TO GO WITH DRY WEATHER EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. IN
FACT...DEWPOINTS MAY GET LOW ENOUGH TO WARRANT A FEW TEMPERATURES
INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS. CANNOT
RULE OUT SOME SHOWERS ON SUNDAY OR SUNDAY EVENING PRIOR TO THE
DEPARTURE OF THE BETTER MID LEVEL MOISTURE. HOWEVER...EVEN THIS
ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE LESS THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN RECENTLY.
THUS...OVERALL...LOOK FOR A QUIETER STRETCH OF WEATHER INTO THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. BY LATE IN THE PERIOD. THE RIDGE MAY BEGIN TO
BREAK DOWN AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES
PUSHES A BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. TOO MUCH
UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS BOUNDARY TO GO WITH ANYTHING MORE THAN CHANCE
POPS FROM THURSDAY ONWARD. THE 00Z ECMWF HAD PUT THE BOUNDARY OVER
EASTERN KENTUCKY...BUT THE 12Z RUN HAS KEPT IT TO THE NORTH THROUGH
WEEKS END. IF THE BOUNDARY STAYS NORTH...PROBABLY GOING TO SEE
WARMER AND HUMID CONDITIONS PERSISTING THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF
NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 200 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
STILL AWAITING DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS THROUGH EAST KENTUCKY THIS
AFTERNOON. WITHOUT A CLEAR INDICATION OF WHERE THEY WILL BE POPPING
AND AFFECTING THE TAF SITES HAVE LEFT THEM WITH VCTS THROUGH THE REST
OF THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING BEFORE BACKING OFF TO JUST SOME VCSH
AND LIGHT FOG LATER TONIGHT. WITH THE HIGH LEVEL OF MOISTURE OUT
THERE SOME OF THE DECKS OF CLOUDS HAVE COME IN RATHER LOW FOR THE
MIDDLE OF THE DAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE AREA.
EXPECT THIS TO BE THE CASE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF
THE EVENING AND ALSO WITH ANY STORM...HOWEVER...MUCH OF THE TIME AT
THE SITES CIGS WILL BE VFR IF THERE AT ALL. A SIMILAR SET UP FOR
TOMORROW WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH THE
DAY WITH A POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CIGS AND VIS WITH ANY CONVECTION. WINDS
THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE EXPECT DURING PEAK
HEATING WHEN SOME MAINLY WESTERLY BREEZES WILL TOP OUT BETWEEN 5 AND
10 KTS.
&&
.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...GREIF
LONG TERM...KAS
AVIATION...GREIF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NWS JACKSON KY
200 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 140 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
STORMS ARE STARTING TO POP OVER WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA IN ADDITION TO
HINTS THAT SOME ARE STARTING TO FORM ALONG A WELL DEFINED OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY DRIFTING SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF EASTERN
KENTUCKY. THE RAP MODEL IS STILL ON TRACK WITH EXPECTED DEVELOPMENTS
OVER NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA BUILDING SOUTH WITH TIME. HAVE
MADE ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EXISTING FORECAST...PRIMARILY TO
FINE TUNE POPS AND SKY COVER OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...IN ADDITION TO
TWEAKING TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS PER THE LATEST OBS AND TRENDS. THESE
FRESHENED GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE NDFD AND WEB SERVERS.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 1200 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
15Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH WITH
GENERAL LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THIS AREA. THIS PLACES
EAST KENTUCKY ON THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF THE SFC RIDGE AND ALSO THE
NORTHEAST EDGE OF THE MID LEVEL ONE PARKED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE
AREA. THE STORM TRACK...LIKE THOSE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...IS PRETTY
CLEAR AS CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS DEVELOP IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
INDIANA...ROLLING SOUTHEAST INTO OHIO BEFORE HITTING THE APPALACHIANS
AT WEST VIRGINIA. THE BEST INSTABILITY REMAINS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST
OF THIS TRACK...LEADING TO A TENDENCY FOR THESE SYSTEMS TO ARC TO THE
SOUTH INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY OR KICKING OFF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES STRONG
ENOUGH TO INITIATE NEW DEVELOPMENT. THE LATEST HIGH RESOLUTION NEAR
TERM MODELS INCLUDING THE HRRR AND 12Z NAM12 SUGGEST THAT BOTH
SCENARIOS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE FORMER FOCUSING ON
SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE CWA AFTER 18Z AND PERHAPS A MORE
ORGANIZED SYSTEM ARRIVING FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER 21Z. THE NAM12
FOCUSES ON THE NORTHWEST SYSTEM AND HAS IT PUSH INTO EAST KENTUCKY
BETWEEN 18 AND 21Z WITH LESS AIR MASS CONVECTION AHEAD OF IT.
ALOFT...THE GENESIS WAVE APPEARS TO PASS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN OHIO
VALLEY BY 21Z SO THE NAM12 WITH ITS EARLIER ARRIVAL APPEARS TO BE
REASONABLE. HIGH PWS AGAIN TODAY ALONG WITH GOOD INSTABILITY SUGGEST
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR PLACES THAT SEE
TRAINING...ALONG WITH STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS WITH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS THE MAIN THREAT. HAVE UPDATED TO CONVEY THIS
IN THE SKY...POP...QPF...AND WX GRIDS. EAST KENTUCKY WILL ALSO HAVE A
CONTINUANCE OF THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WITH HIGHS AROUND
90...SUBJECT TO THUNDERSTORM INDUCED COOL DOWNS...AND DEWPOINTS IN
THE STEAMY LOW TO MID 70S. A NEW SET OF ZONES WERE ISSUED TO REFLECT
THE ABOVE AND THE UPDATED GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE NDFD AND WEB
SERVERS.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 810 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LIKELY STEER CLEAR OF THE AREA UNTIL MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON.
FRESHENED UP THE SKY COVER AND HOURLY TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS TO
ALIGN BETTER WITH THE LATEST TRENDS IN OBSERVATIONS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 400 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE LATEST SURFACE MAP FEATURES SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE GULF
COAST STATES...WITH BROADENING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE PLAINS. A
STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS EAST FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE
GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY. ALOFT...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS CURRENTLY
CENTERED NEAR LOUISIANA WITH ITS INFLUENCE EXTENDING FURTHER NORTH
INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. TROUGHING REMAINS POISED ACROSS THE
WESTERN CONUS.
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES CONTINUE TO GEN UP ON THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY
OF THE RIDGE AXIS AND THEN PROCEED TO ADVANCE ESE ACROSS THE OHIO
VALLEY. CURRENTLY...A WEAKENING COMPLEX IS SKIRTING NORTHEASTERN
KENTUCKY...LIKELY CLEARING OUR FORECAST AREA IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3
HOURS.
THE MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...WITH THE
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE GRADUALLY AMPLIFYING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTIVE INITIATION CONTINUE TO BE
PROBLEMATIC HOWEVER...AND HAVE STUCK WITH A GENERAL MODEL
BLEND...WHICH FAVORS MORE VIGOROUS CONVECTION DURING THE WARMER PART
OF THE DAY. TODAY LOOKS TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A REPEAT OF
YESTERDAY...WITH STOUT INSTABILITY BUILDING BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
WHILE THE MCS TRACK HAS SHIFTED A BIT FURTHER NORTHEAST TODAY
COMPARED TO YESTERDAY...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN
PLAYER...LEAVING MOST LOCATIONS IN THE LINE OF FIRE AT SOME POINT.
SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT ONCE AGAIN
TODAY...ALONG WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING...WHERE STORMS CAN ALIGN
ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES PARALLEL TO THE STEERING FLOW. ANOTHER HOT
AND HUMID DAY LOOKS TO BE ON TAP...WITH A FEW SPOTS NEARING THE 100
DEGREE MARK IN HEAT INDICES.
STORMS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ALTHOUGH SOME
NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY REMAINS AT LEAST SOMEWHAT OF A POSSIBILITY. LOWS
WILL BE MUGGY ONCE AGAIN AROUND THE 70 DEGREE MARK. SATURDAY WILL
FEATURE ANOTHER WARM AND HUMID DAY...ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF MORE
SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. THERE WILL BE LESS INSTABILITY
AVAILABLE AS MID-LEVEL WARMING TAKES PLACE FROM THE INFLUENCE OF THE
UPPER RIDGE. THIS WILL KEEP THE SEVERE AND FLASH FLOOD THREAT LOWER.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 400 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL REMAIN IN PLAY DURING THE DURATION OF THE
EXTENDED...WITH HEIGHTS EXPECTED TO BUILD AS THE HIGH SHIFTS NEWARD
ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. BUILDING HEIGHTS WILL THEN TRANSLATE
TO RISING TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER...MID AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL
GENERALLY REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTH DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE
EXTENDED. THIS...COUPLED WITH CLOUD COVER THAT WILL HAMPER MAXIMUM
SOLAR RADIATION...WILL KEEP HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S THROUGH
TUESDAY. TEMPS MAY THEN COOL DOWN A COUPLE DEGREES AFTER TUESDAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE SITS OVERHEAD AND UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE RIDGE BECOME MORE STATIC.
BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST SOUNDINGS...WILL AGREE WITH PREVIOUS
FORECAST THAT EACH DAY SHOULD POSE A SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM THREAT
MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GIVEN THE MID LEVEL DRYING FROM
MONDAY ON...WOULDN/T BE SURPRISED IF SOME OF THESE STORMS PRODUCE
SOME POTENTIAL HAIL. IN PROMISING NEWS...WITH THE RIDGING PATTERN IN
PLACE...WE WILL EXPERIENCE NO BOUNDARY FORCING UNTIL VERY LATE IN THE
FORECAST...SO THIS WILL HAMPER SOME OF THE BEST INSTABILITY AND
WIDESPREAD INITIATION. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AT THE SURFACE...AND
REMAIN SO AS WE HEAD UP HIGHER INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THAT BEING
SAID...AFTERNOON CAPE VALUES WILL BE ABOVE THE 2K J/KG RANGE THROUGH
MUCH OF THE EXTENDED...AND LAPSE RATES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY BY TUES/WED
TO 6 TO 6.5 C/KM...SO AFTERNOON HEATING AND INSTABILITY MAY BE ALL
THAT IS NECESSARY FOR SCATTERED CELL DEVELOPMENT EACH DAY. A BOUNDARY
WILL FINALLY PUSH INTO THE AREA BY THURS/FRI DAY 7/8 /PER THE LATEST
GFS MODEL RUN/. THIS WILL BRING A MORE WIDESPREAD CHANCE FOR RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF
DISAGREEMENT IN THE EXTENDED MODELS THIS FAR OUT...SO DECIDED TO LEAN
ON THE ALLBLEND FOR POPS AT THIS TIME.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 200 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
STILL AWAITING DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS THROUGH EAST KENTUCKY THIS
AFTERNOON. WITHOUT A CLEAR INDICATION OF WHERE THEY WILL BE POPPING
AND AFFECTING THE TAF SITES HAVE LEFT THEM WITH VCTS THROUGH THE REST
OF THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING BEFORE BACKING OFF TO JUST SOME VCSH
AND LIGHT FOG LATER TONIGHT. WITH THE HIGH LEVEL OF MOISTURE OUT
THERE SOME OF THE DECKS OF CLOUDS HAVE COME IN RATHER LOW FOR THE
MIDDLE OF THE DAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE AREA.
EXPECT THIS TO BE THE CASE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF
THE EVENING AND ALSO WITH ANY STORM...HOWEVER...MUCH OF THE TIME AT
THE SITES CIGS WILL BE VFR IF THERE AT ALL. A SIMILAR SET UP FOR
TOMORROW WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH THE
DAY WITH A POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CIGS AND VIS WITH ANY CONVECTION. WINDS
THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE EXPECT DURING PEAK
HEATING WHEN SOME MAINLY WESTERLY BREEZES WILL TOP OUT BETWEEN 5 AND
10 KTS.
&&
.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...GREIF
SHORT TERM...GEOGERIAN
LONG TERM...JMW
AVIATION...GREIF
UPDATED FOR NEW AVIATION FORECAST DISCUSSION BELOW.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 959 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
ADDED PATCHY DRIZZLE TO THE FORECAST THROUGH THE DAY AND KEPT
FOG...LOCALLY DENSE MENTIONED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AROUND THE
TWIN PORTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HILLSIDE AREA. LAKE BREEZE OFF
LS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND WITH COOL
TEMPERATURES...LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG AND DZ. REST OF THE
FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK AT THIS TIME.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 650 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
UPDATED AVIATION SECTION BELOW.
&&
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 308 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
MID LVL RIDGING CONTINUES OVER THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING AS A
BROAD AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE SHIFTS SLOW EAST UNDERNEATH.
LATEST RUC SHOWS A 925 LOW OVER WCTRL WISC WITH AN INVERTED SHEAR
AXIS EXTENDING NORTHWEST TOWARDS KBJI AND KROX. THIS IS FOLLOWED
BY A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM ERN MANITOBA SOUTH TO CENTRAL
SODAK. MAIN STORY OVER CWA THIS MORNING IS TRAPPED MOIST LAYER...
ABOUT 5K FT IN DEPTH...UNDERNEATH SUBSIDENCE INVERSION. BR/FG AND
EVEN SOME DRIZZLE IS OCCURRING IN MANY AREAS. A FEW CONVECTIVE
CELLS HAVE TRIED TO DEVELOP OVER SERN WISC ZONES IN AN AREA OF LOW
LVL THETAE RIDGE AXIS. LIMITED INSTABILITY HAS ALLOWED FAIRLY
SHORT TEMPORAL NATURE TO DEVELOPMENT.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 308 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
TODAY...FCST MDL SNDGS SUGGEST IT MAY TAKE QUITE SOME TIME TO
DISSIPATE THE CANOPY OF STRATUS AND BR ACROSS THE REGION. COND
PRES DEFICITS SHOW A TREND TO DIMINISHING BR BY 14/15Z....THEN A
RELATIVELY SATURATED CLOUD LAYER FINALLY BREAKING AFTER 2PM.
PRECIP CHC SEEMS QUITE LIMITED BY RIDGING ALOFT AND LACK OF LOW
LVL FOCUS FOR CONVERGENCE. THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY MAY ARISE IN
THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF APPROACHING FRONTAL BDRY PUSHING TOWARDS
NWRN CWA. MID LVL WARMTH WILL LIMIT MUCH DEVELOPMENT UNTIL
AFTERNOON AS 70H THERMAL COOLING COMMENCES OVER WRN CWA.
TONIGHT...MID LVL RIDGE AMPLIFIES OVERHEAD TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO
UPSTREAM STRENGTHENING OF TROF OVER ROCKIES. FRONTAL BDRY WILL
STALL NORTH AND WEST OF CWA HOWEVER ITS ASSOCIATED PREFRONTAL
THETAE RIDGE WILL BE NEARBY. ALTHOUGH THE DRY FORECAST WAS CARRIED
OVER FROM PREVIOUS FCSTR...WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR SOME DEVELOPMENT
OF CONVECTION MAKING IT INTO NWRN CWA TONIGHT.
TOMORROW...HEIGHT FALLS MOVE INTO WRN HIGH PLAINS WITH SFC LOW
ORGANIZING OVER SODAK. A SWRLY MID LVL FLOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE
CWA AS THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EAST. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL INCREASE
OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WITH DISTINCT ONSHORE COMPONENT TO BDRY LYR
WIND. TOUGH FCST FOR PRECIP AS MAIN FOCUS APPEARS TO BE SHAPING UP
OVER THE WRN CWA BY LATE IN THE DAY. CLOUDS/PRECIP FCST FOR NORTH
SHORE BASED ON A COMBINATION OF TERRAIN LIFT AND A GRADUAL
DEEPENING OF SYNOPTIC SCALE MOIST LAYER.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 308 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE STRONG SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE WESTERN MINNESOTA
BORDER SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY THE THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. HAVE GONE AHEAD AN INCREASED POPS TO
CATEGORICAL THERE...WITH HIGH END CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS ELSEWHERE AS
THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. MODELS ARE GETTING
CLOSE ENOUGH TOGETHER TO HAVE A FAIRLY HIGH CONFIDENCE...THOUGH THE
TRACK IS STILL SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC. WITH THE SURFACE LOW MOVING
NORTHEAST OF THE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT....A COLD FRONT IS
DRAGGED THROUGH THE AREA. DEPENDING ON THE MODEL...THE TIMING
DIFFERS...BUT EITHER WAY WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE CHANCE TO LIKELY
POPS. THE ECMWF...WHICH IS FARTHER WEST THAN THE GFS IMPLIES WE MAY
HAVE SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS...AS THE FRONT COMES THROUGH
LATER AND ALLOWS FOR HEATING DURING THE DAY TO BUILD INSTABILITY
AHEAD OF IT. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS CAREFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. HAVE GONE WITH SOME FAIRLY WARM HIGH TEMPS ON SUNDAY...BUT IF
THE ECMWF WORKS OUT...THESE WILL NEED TO BE RAISED. THIS STORM
LINGERS OVER WESTERN ONTARIO FOR MONDAY BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...KEEPING SOME CHANCE POPS
GOING OVER THE AREA BOTH PERIODS WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES.
OUR NEXT SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM COMES BY ON TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. MODELS ARE VARYING SIGNIFICANTLY BY THIS POINT...WITH
THE THE GFS BRINGING AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA...AND THE ECMWF KEEPING IT FARTHER SOUTH AND DRIER FOR
US. FOR NOW HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND APPROACH WITH SOME CHANCE POPS
AND WE WILL HAVE TO REVISIT WITH LATER FORECASTS. A STRONG SURFACE
RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY....BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HOPEFULLY A BIT MORE
SUNSHINE TO THE REGION. LOWS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT
MAY DIP INTO THE 40S AGAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1252 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
A MOIST EASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD.
WE SHOULD START THE DAY LARGELY IN THE IFR/LIFR RANGE NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR...AND MVFR TO IFR AT INLAND LOCATIONS. SOME IMPROVEMENT
IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON BUT WE SHOULD SEE CONDITIONS GO
RIGHT BACK TO LOWER VALUES OVERNIGHT. WE ARE EXPECTED LARGE SCALE
IFR/LIFR AND EVEN SOME VLIFR NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR OVERNIGHT AND
LINGERING INTO SATURDAY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH 68 60 70 61 / 30 10 20 60
INL 74 57 76 58 / 20 10 30 70
BRD 78 61 75 64 / 10 20 50 70
HYR 76 61 78 64 / 20 20 40 60
ASX 71 59 73 62 / 30 20 20 60
&&
.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MNZ037.
WI...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIZ001.
LS...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...DAP
SYNOPSIS...CANNON
SHORT TERM...CANNON
LONG TERM...LE
AVIATION...DAP
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION
NWS ST LOUIS MO
1235 PM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014
.SHORT TERM: (Through Sunday)
Issued at 312 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014
Well it finally feels like summer. Heat index values yesterday
afternoon topped out around 105 degrees in the immediate St. Louis
Metropolitan Area where the EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING remains in
effect until Sunday evening. Elsewhere, heat indices remained
within the 100 to 104 degree range, including locations across
northeast Missouri and west central Illinois. Will be adding the
northeast Missouri and west central Illinois counties to the HEAT
ADVISORY to account for heat index values reaching longevity
criteria of 100 degree heat index for four or more days. I expect
that the longevity of the heat wave (now likely extending into
next week) will lead to future extensions in time as confidence
increases.
Have introduced some low chance POPs for thunderstorms this
afternoon and evening across the northern half of the CWA. Hard to
ignore mesoscale model guidance suggesting a secondary warm front
developing across the northern CWA by this evening as low pressure
deepens across the Central Plains. Both 00Z 4KM NCEP and NSSL WRF
runs depict an active late afternoon and evening across the northern
CWA - with the potential for an outflow to move south toward I-70.
Again, for now, I have only increased POPs so that there is a
mention in the forecast. Day shift will have to reevaluate as HRRR
and RAP comes into range later this morning.
CVKING
.LONG TERM: (Monday through Thursday)
Issued at 312 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014
Hot and dry conditions extend into next week ahead of a cold front
that is now forecast to arrive on Wednesday. This front should
bring a chance of rain and utlimately cooler temperatures by
Thursday.
CVKING
&&
.AVIATION: (For the 18z TAFs through 18z Saturday Afternoon)
Issued at 1223 PM CDT Fri Aug 22 2014
Main forecast issue is the probability for any showers and thunderstorms
and the need for inclusion in any of the TAFS. An old thunderstorm
boundary has sunk to around I-70 and this has caused some havoc in
the wind direction although they are light. Indications the
boundary will retreat northward and could result in scattered
showers and thunderstorms this afternoon across northern Missouri
into central IL which might impact KUIN. Confidence is below
average and thus have just mentioned a VCTS for this afternoon. A
higher probability of showers and thunderstorms will exist at KUIN
during the overnight hours. Elsewhere can`t rule out isolated
shower or thunderstorms with afternoon heating but the coverage and
probability are too low to mention. Largely outside of any thunderstorms,
VFR conditions will dominate with surface winds at or below 8 kts
through the period.
Specifics for KSTL:
VFR conditions are expected to dominate much of the forecast period
with surface winds at or below 8 kts. Will have to keep an eye out
for any isolated showers or thunderstorms this afternoon, and then
overnight tonight will need to monitor any showers and thunderstorms
across northern MO sagging southeastward. Confidence and probabilities
at this time are too low to mention in the TAF.
Glass
&&
.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES:
MO...HEAT ADVISORY until 7 PM CDT Sunday FOR Audrain MO-Boone MO-
Callaway MO-Cole MO-Franklin MO-Gasconade MO-Jefferson MO-
Knox MO-Lewis MO-Lincoln MO-Madison MO-Marion MO-Moniteau
MO-Monroe MO-Montgomery MO-Osage MO-Pike MO-Ralls MO-Shelby
MO-St. Charles MO-St. Francois MO-Ste. Genevieve MO-Warren
MO.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING until 7 PM CDT Sunday FOR St. Louis City
MO-St. Louis MO.
IL...HEAT ADVISORY until 7 PM CDT Sunday FOR Adams IL-Bond IL-Brown
IL-Calhoun IL-Clinton IL-Fayette IL-Greene IL-Jersey IL-
Macoupin IL-Marion IL-Monroe IL-Montgomery IL-Pike IL-
Randolph IL-Washington IL.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING until 7 PM CDT Sunday FOR Madison IL-St.
Clair IL.
&&
$$
WFO LSX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HASTINGS NE
259 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 256 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL BE THE FACT WE ARE
EXPECTING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY/TONIGHT. THERE STILL REMAINS SOME
UNCERTAINTY FOR TIMING...LOCATION...AND OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. THE
WARM FRONT TO OUR SOUTH...WHICH IS SITUATED OVER THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA
BORDER...IS JUST MOSEYING ALONG TODAY AND HAS CAUSED SOME CONCERN
FOR DEVELOPMENT. SHOWERS/STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AS
THE CAP BEGINS TO BREAK. SPC MESOSCALE ANALYSIS PAGE HAS US CAPPED
UNTIL ABOUT 22-23Z. AT THIS TIME WE SHOULD SEE THE BEGINNING STAGES
FOR INITIATION ALONG THE BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH. AMPLE INSTABILITY OF
ABOUT 2000-3000 J/KG WILL BE IN PLACE...DUE TO A VERY MOIST BOUNDARY
LAYER AND STEEP LAPSE RATES. MOST UNSTABLE CAPE COULD BE AS HIGH AS
4000 J/KG. BULK SHEAR 0-6 KM WILL BE AROUND 30 KNOTS...AND THIS IS
NOT TOO IMPRESSIVE...HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL BE STRONG.
EARLIER RUNS OF THE RAP INDICATED HELICITY VALUES NEAR 400 M2/S2
WOULD BE IN PLACE AROUND 23Z FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. THESE
VALUES WILL PUSH EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING. THESE LOW
LEVEL HELICITY VALUES COUPLED WITH AMPLE INSTABILITY WILL POSE A
THREAT FOR SOME ISOLATED TORNADOES...MAINLY FOR OUR NEBRASKA
COUNTIES. WITH THAT BEING...WIND AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS
TODAY/TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS OUR
NEBRASKA COUNTIES...BUT THE ENTIRE CWA DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER. I DO EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO KICK INTO GEAR
AROUND 6 OR 7 PM...IF NOT SOONER.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 256 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
VARIOUS RAIN CHANCES FOR THE WEEKEND AND IN TO THE FIRST PART OF
THE WORK WEEK...ALONG WITH FLUXUATING TEMPERATURES ARE PRIMARY
FORECAST CONCERNS. WILL KEEP THIS FAIRLY SHORT DUE TO POSSIBLE
SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPING LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
STARTING OUT SATURDAY EVENING IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS...THERE SHOULD
BE A LARGE AMPLITUDE TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES WITH A CLOSED LOW
SITUATED OVER EAST CENTRAL MONTANA...AS THE CURRENT SYSTEM OVER THE
PACIFIC NW DRIFTS EASTWARD. THIS WILL PUSH THE RIDGE A LITTLE EAST
AS WELL WITH THE AXIS STRETCHING FROM LAKE SUPERIOR TO MISSISSIPPI.
THE BETTER FORCING WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SHOULD BE TO THE WEST AND
NORTH OF OUR REGION. AT THE SURFACE...EXPECT A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO
BE TO OUR NORTH ACROSS SDAK AT 00Z AND THEN THIS WILL PUSH INTO OUR
AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING. HAS NOT TAKEN A WHOLE LOT TO SET OFF
CONVECTION THE PAST WEEK AND WHILE THE SET UP FOR SATURDAY NIGHT IS
NOT AS GOOD AS TONIGHT...WILL PROBABLY STILL NEED SOME LOW POPS
GIVEN APPROACHING WEAK COLD FRONT AND ANTICIPATED LOW LEVEL JET.
PREVIOUS SHIFT AFD NOTED SOME HEAT BURST POTENTIAL WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP AND THIS SCENARIO STILL IN PLACE.
WEATHER SHOULD BE QUIET DURING THE DAYTIME ON SUNDAY BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT AND POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT ALTHOUGH BOTH THE NAM AND GFS ARE
DEVELOPING SOME PRECIPITATION TO THE WEST AND MOVING ACROSS THE CWA
SUNDAY NIGHT. GFS APPEARS TO OVERDEVELOP A VORTICITY MAX ALTHOUGH
DIFFICULT TO TOTALLY DISCOUNT WITH CYCLONIC FLOW IN UPPER LEVELS.
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT STILL LOOK ACTIVE AS YET ANOTHER HIGH
AMPLITUDE TROUGH IS SLATED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE
PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE AN EAST/WEST STATIONARY FRONT WILL HANG OUT
OVER THE AREA RESULTING IN THE CLASSIC NIGHTTIME RAIN EVENTS. BY
WEDNESDAY THE EXTENDED MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN PUSHING THE
TROUGH EAST THROUGH THE CWA WITH RIDING THEN MOVING IN TO QUIET
THINGS DOWN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1240 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
CONDITIONS AT BOTH TERMINAL SITES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN VFR
THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE TAF PERIOD. THE ONLY CONCERN WILL BE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. AT THIS
TIME...CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS
NOT EXTREMELY HIGH AT THIS POINT FOR TIMING...LOCATION...AND
OVERALL LIKELIHOOD OF DEVELOPMENT. AT THIS POINT...WE DO EXPECT
SHOWERS/STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WARM FRONT WHICH IS JUST
SOUTH OF BOTH TERMINAL SITES...NEAR THE NEBRASKA/KANSAS BORDER.
THIS FRONT WILL MOSEY NORTH THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND ONCE THE CAP
BREAKS SHOWERS SHOULD BEGIN. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IS INDICATED IN THE TAF TO BEGIN AROUND 01Z. THE TAF WILL
BE AMENDED FOR ANY CHANGES ONCE INITIATION BECOMES CLEARER. CLOUD
COVER WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT AS WELL...BUT
CEILINGS SHOULD REMAIN VFR THROUGH THE VALID TAF PERIODS.
&&
.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...GUERRERO
LONG TERM...EWALD
AVIATION...GUERRERO
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1250 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1236 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
AND DRIFT INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS EARLY AFTERNOON IN WEAK MID
LEVEL WARM ADVECTION REGIME. THESE WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER
THROUGH THE AREA BUT EXPECT COVERAGE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AS UPPER RIDGING NOSES SLIGHTLY NORTH AND WARMS MID
LEVEL TEMPERATURES. FARTHER NORTH WHERE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE HAS
BEEN SEEN...BROKEN CU FIELD HAS DEVELOPED JUST NORTHWEST OF
INTERSTATE 80 NEAR STATIONARY FRONT DELINEATED BY LIGHT NORTHEAST
WINDS IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST WINDS TO THE SOUTH.
LAST FEW RAP FORECASTS SUGGEST SOME CONVECTION COULD FIRE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON CLOSE TO THIS BOUNDARY...LIKELY FROM THE OMAHA
METRO AND WEST...IN AREA WHERE MLCAPES HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 3500
J/KG. SHEAR IS WEAK HERE...BUT HIGH INSTABILITY COULD LEAD TO
STRONG STORMS IF THINGS DO FIRE. OTHERWISE WE ARE STILL EXPECTING
INCREASING CHANCES FOR STORMS AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES WITH
APPROACH OF STRONG SHORTWAVE ENTERING THE HIGH PLAINS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 341 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED OVER SWRN IA AND SERN NEB THIS
MORNING ALONG A SFC TROF EXTENDING FROM NRN IA TO WRN KS. SIMILAR
TO THE LAST SEVERAL NIGHTS...ENVIRONMENT IS QUITE UNSTABLE WITH
MUCAPES AROUND 3000 J/KG WITH A STRONG LLVL MOISTURE FEED INTO THE
PLAINS. EXPECT ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS AND BE OUT OF THE CWA BY SUNRISE.
MOST PRESSING ISSUE FOR THIS FCST PACKAGE IS POTENTIAL SVR
TSTMS ALONG WITH HEFTY RAINFALL ANTICIPATED LATER TONIGHT.
MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT LAST SEVERAL RUNS FOCUSING IN ON THE
NRN CWA WITH RESPECT TO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY NOCTURNAL PCPN
LATER TONIGHT. AN OPEN GULF WITH PERSISTENT MOISTURE ADV THRU
TODAY WILL ENSURE A MOISTURE RICH ENVIRONMENT WILL BE IN PLACE
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
TODAY...MODELS PROG A POTENT LITTLE VORT MAX EJECTING OUT OF THE
BASE OF A DEEP UPPER TROF SITUATED OVER THE WRN CONUS WITH DPVA
INDUCING LEESIDE CYCLOGENESIS INVOF THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS. MODELS
AGREE SFC LOW WILL RAPIDLY LIFT TWD THE DAKOTAS THIS AFTN ALONG
WITH ATTENDANT WARM FRONT PUSHING INTO THE CWA LATE THIS AFTN.
COMBINATION OF STOUT INSTABILITY/EFF SHEAR AND ADEQUATE DEEP LYR
SHEAR WITH PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR LATE AFTN/EARLY
EVENING SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...MAINLY OVER THE NRN CWA...LOOKS VERY PROBABLE TONIGHT
GIVEN COMBINATION OF WARM CLOUD DEPTH AROUND 4500 METERS/SYNOPTIC
SCALE MAX OMEGA WILL BE IN PHASE WITH PWS GREATER THAN 2". BEST
MOISTURE/FORCING THEN QUICKLY LIFTS NORTH OF THE CWA EARLY SAT
MORNING.
SAT NIGHT AND SUN...MODELS PROG A SOMEWHAT STRONG COLD FRONT
APPROACHING THE CWA. NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSED WITH PCPN POTENTIAL SO
WILL OPT FOR TOKEN 20S DURING THOSE PDS.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 341 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
COMPARED TO 21/00Z RUN...LATEST ECM IS NOW TRYING TO COME BACK IN
LINE WITH GFS/CMC SOLUTIONS SWEEPING A CANADIAN AIR MASS INTO THE
NRN/CNTRL PLAINS LATER NEXT WEEK WITH PCPN CHANCES FOCUSED ON
FRONTAL BNDRY PASSAGE. GOING POPS LOOK REASONABLE THUS NO MAJOR
CHANGES PLANNED.
&&
.AVIATION...(18Z TAFS FOR KOFK...KLNK AND KOMA.)
ISSUED AT 1236 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
AREA OF CUMULUS CLOUDS HAD DEVELOPED AT TAF ISSUANCE TIME AND
WILL AFFECT ALL TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON. BROKEN CLOUDS WILL
LIKELY REMAIN VFR...BUT SOME FL020 CIGS COULD OCCUR NEAR KOFK FOR
A TIME EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. THEN THE CHANCE FOR SCATTERED
CONVECTION WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND ESPECIALLY
BY LATE EVENING...AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE LIFTS INTO THE PLAINS.
STORMS COULD FIRE AT ANY TIME AFTER 22Z BUT LATEST TRENDS SUGGEST
KOMA WILL BE MOST LIKELY SITE TO SEE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
ACTIVITY. OTHERWISE EXPECT CHANCES AND AREAL COVERAGE TO INCREASE
BY 05Z AT ALL SITES WITH KOFK THE MOST LIKELY TO SEE OVERNIGHT
CONVECTION. ATTENDANT MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL IN ANY
STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING NORTH OF ALL TAF SITES BY
14Z WITH VFR CONDITIONS AND SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 10KT PREVAILING.
&&
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&
$$
UPDATE...DERGAN
SHORT TERM...DEE
LONG TERM...DEE
AVIATION...DERGAN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS LAS VEGAS NV
943 AM PDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...A FEW LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR OVER NORTHWEST
ARIZONA TODAY BEHIND A CIRCULATION MOVE TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BRUSHING NORTHERN NEVADA WILL
LEAD TO DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL
ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.UPDATE...THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND MODEL DATA SUPPORT THE GOING
FORECAST AND NO IMMEDIATE CHANGES ARE NEEDED. THE 12Z LAS VEGAS
SOUNDING SHOWED SIGNIFICANT WARMING AROUND 500 MB WHICH SHOULD KEEP
A STRONG ENOUGH CAP TO INHIBIT CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA AND
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA EVEN THOUGH MOISTURE WILL BE SLOW TO SCOUR OUT
TODAY. THERE WILL STILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR ISOLATED
HEATING/TERRAIN DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOHAVE COUNTY.
RECENT SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW SUBSTANTIAL MOISTURE OVER NORTHEAST
NEVADA AHEAD OF A DIGGING TROUGH. THIS WILL BRUSH FAR NORTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTY BY THIS EVENING WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE
TROUGH WILL INFLUENCE THE REST OF THE REGION WITH INCREASING
SOUTHWEST BREEZES THIS AFTERNOON.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
255 AM PDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SHORT TERM...THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHWEST ARIZONA NOW WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE
FOUR CORNERS THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST. REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS SOME LIGHT RAIN AROUND
FLAGSTAFF WITH NOTHING IN OUR FORECAST AREA. HRRR SUGGESTS
CONVECTION WILL GET ANOTHER EARLY START (BY 10 AM) OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY WHERE SUFFICIENT
MOISTURE/INSTABILITY REMAIN. IT WILL BE MUCH QUIETER ACROSS
SOUTHEAST NEVADA AND EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AS SOME DRYING
AND STABILIZATION OF THE AIR MASS OCCURS. FOR FAR NORTHERN LINCOLN
COUNTY, MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL OF SOME
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN PROXIMITY OF A STATIONARY FRONT OVER
CENTRAL NEVADA. ON SATURDAY, THE ONLY MENTIONABLE POPS ARE ACROSS
NORTHEAST LINCOLN AGAIN NEAR THE STATIONARY FRONT. ELSEWHERE, DRYING
FROM THE WEST WILL OCCUR OVER THE WEEKEND. DUE TO THE APPROACHING
TROUGH SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE
DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA. HI RES MODELS ALSO SHOWING A WEAK DOWNSLOPE EVENT
ALONG THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES SAY BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM THIS
EVENING. PLEASANT TEMPERATURES TO THE START EACH DAY WHILE DAYTIME
HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN AROUND 3 TO 6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
AFTER FLYING SOLO LAST NIGHT, THE OPERATIONAL ECMWF RETURNED BACK TO
A PROGNOSTICATION MORE SIMILAR TO WHAT IT HAD BEEN SHOWING ON
PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS PUTS IT IN MUCH BETTER
AGREEMENT WITH THE OTHER OPERATIONAL MODELS AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF
THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS WITH HOW IT HANDLES THE UPCOMING PATTERN.
THE NEXT MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS
NEVADA MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO UTAH BY TUESDAY.
THE 00Z OPERATIONAL GFS WAS MORE SHALLOW WITH THE TROUGH THAN THE
GEM AND ECMWF SO THE FORECAST SHOWS A BLEND BETWEEN THE TWO. UNLESS
THIS TROUGH ENTRAINS ENOUGH SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE INTO IT, IT SHOULD
PASS ON BY WITH LITTLE MORE THAN SOME HIGH CLOUDS AND PERHAPS SOME
ENHANCED WINDS. TEMPS SHOULD BE HELD DOWN A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
DUE TO THE LOWER HEIGHTS, BY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY, A RIDGE ALOFT
IS SHOWN TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST WHICH SHOULD YIELD A WARMING
TREND WITH HIGHS EDGING BACK TO OR A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RIDGE
EITHER LOOKS TO GET STRETCHED OUT OR SHUNTED EAST BY FRIDAY AS
ANOTHER MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SLICES ACROSS NORCAL AND NORTHERN
NEVADA. EITHER WAY, THERE DOES NOT LOOK TO BE ANY GREAT SIGN FOR
MONSOON MOISTURE TO MAKE A RETURN BACK ON IN, SO THE FORECAST
REMAINS DRY. TEMPS WERE A BLEND OF BIAS CORRECTED CONS MODELS WITH A
LITTLE ECMWF AND MEX MOS MIXED ON IN.
&&
.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...A SOUTHEAST WIND COMPONENT CAN BE
EXPECTED DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS
INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KTS AFTER 22Z AND
PERSIST INTO THE EVENING.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL START TO SPREAD ACROSS MOST
OF THE REGION TODAY WITH ANY THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS CONFINED TO THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF MOHAVE COUNTY. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR
ELSEWHERE. SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AROUND 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON IN
THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN.
&&
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME.
&&
$$
UPDATE/AVIATION...ADAIR
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS CHARLESTON WV
513 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE WITH OCCASIONAL
DOWNPOURS...AS WEAK DISTURBANCES RIDE SE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL TRY TO
NOSE IN FROM THE NORTHEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
21Z UPDATE...
NO MAJOR CHANGES...UPDATED PRECIPITATION TO BE A BIT MORE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CURRENT SITUATION AND THE MOST CURRENT RUC
AND HRRR MODEL RUNS.
OLD BELOW...
THE AREA WILL REMAIN IN THE WARM AND HUMID SECTOR WITH FRONTAL
BOUNDARIES TO THE NORTH AND WEST. ALOFT...NORTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF
AN H5 RIDGE COULD BRING SOME IMPULSES OF ENERGY TO KEEP SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING THIS EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
RADAR INDICATED AT 18Z...STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG INTERSTATE 64
FROM HTS TO CRW AND SOUTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST. SOME OF THE
STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE TO PRODUCE ONE INCH PER HOUR.
WITH NEARLY SATURATED TERRAIN...DECIDED TO KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IN PLACE THROUGH TONIGHT.
PREVIOUS TEMPERATURES LOOKS GOOD. DECREASED COUPLE OF DEGREES ON
SATURDAYS HIGHS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
DRIER WX REGIME BEGINS TO SET IN AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE
AREA. IT WILL BE WARM...BUT NOT HOT AS THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT REMAINS
WELL W OF THE REGION. IT WILL STILL BE RATHER MUGGY
THOUGH...TYPICAL DOG DAYS OF SUMMER.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
USED WPC THINKING WITH SOME TWEAKS. HIGH PRESSURE...AT THE SURFACE
AND ALOFT...WILL DOMINATE THE REGION INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE
WEAKENING. THIS WILL ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO PUSH SOUTH INTO THE AREA
ON THURSDAY...WITH THIS FEATURE EXPECTED DRIFT SOUTH THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.
WPC TEMPS LOOKED GOOD AND WERE GENERALLY USED.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
21Z UPDATE...
UPDATED CEILINGS AND PRECIPITATION TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
CURRENT CONDITIONS. NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE.
OLD BELOW...
RADAR IMAGES SHOW STORMS DEVELOPING SOUTH AND ALONG
A LINE FROM CRW TO BKW AT 18Z. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT BKW
DIRECTLY WITH MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS UNDER STORMS. PCPN ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL CONVECTION
COULD DEVELOP OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY.
WITH VERY HIGH HUMIDITY IN THE LOW TO MID LEVELS...EVIDENT IN SFC
DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S...AND PWATS EXCEEDING 2 INCHES...LOW
LEVEL CLOUDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT FOR PERIODS OF IFR
CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS CAN PRODUCE BRIEF IFR VSBY AND CEILINGS AT TIMES.
CEILINGS BECOMING MAINLY 2 TO 3 THSD FT BKN WITH LAYERS AND VSBY
5 TO 6 MILES IN HAZE AFTER ABOUT 22Z. YET...ADDITIONAL CLUSTERS
OF SHOWERS AND STORMS LIKELY...INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AGAIN WITH
IFR VSBY AND CEILINGS.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY...
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: LOW.
ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: DURATION AND TIMING ROUNDS OF CONVECTION WILL
VARY. AT LEAST SOME AREAS OF PCPN MAY EVEN LINGER LONGER FRIDAY
NIGHT...BUT NOT MENTIONED IN TAFS.
EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH: TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW: TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
UTC 1HRLY 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
EDT 1HRLY 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03
CRW CONSISTENCY H H M M M M M M H H H M
HTS CONSISTENCY M M M M H H H H H H H H
BKW CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M M M H H H
EKN CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H M
PKB CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M M M H H H
CKB CONSISTENCY H H M M M M M M M H H H
AFTER 18Z SATURDAY...
IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN LOW STRATUS IN LINGERING LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
&&
.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR OHZ066-067-075-
076-083>087.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR KYZ101>103-105.
VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR VAZ003-004.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...ARJ/30
NEAR TERM...ARJ/LS
SHORT TERM...30
LONG TERM...JSH
AVIATION...ARJ/LS
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR ROUTINE AFTERNOON FORECAST ISSUANCE
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
ISSUED AT 215 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
THE LATEST RAP ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE/RADAR IMAGERY SHOW A WEAK
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SPINNING OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH UPPER DIVERGENCE IN THE RIGHT REAR QUAD OF A
JET STREAK HAS SHIFTED OFF TO THE EAST...CONVERGENCE NORTH OF A
SURFACE WARM FRONT HAS GENERATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ALSO OBSERVING RATHER
BUBBLY LOOKING CU ALONG A COLD FRONTAL TYPE FEATURE MOVING INTO
CENTRAL WISCONSIN THOUGH CONVERGENCE LOOKS QUITE WEAK...AND THE
ONLY RETURNS ARE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST IOWA. THE ATMOSPHERE IS
GROWING UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH/COOL FRONT WITH ML CAPES
GROWING TO GREATER THAN 1000 J/KG...AND CIN FALLING RAPIDLY. THE
NAM CREATES CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...SO THIS IS SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. INCLUDED A
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MENTION FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON OVER
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MEANWHILE...A LARGE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PAC
NW WILL SHIFT EAST CAUSING A WARM FRONT TO RE-ORGANIZE OVER THE
PLAINS ON SATURDAY. PRECIP CHANCES AND FOG POTENTIAL REMAIN THE
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS.
TONIGHT...MODELS ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME LATCHING ON TO THAT LOW
LEVEL CIRCULATION OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE NAM AND TO A LESSER
EXTEND THE GEM APPEAR TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THIS FEATURE THAN
OTHER GUIDANCE. BUT CONFIDENCE WILL REMAIN LOW IN ANY CASE. BOTH
THE NAM AND GEM SHOW THIS SURFACE LOW WEAKENING LATER THIS AFTERNOON
OR THIS EVENING AND MORPHING INTO A SURFACE TROUGH OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS WILL KEEP AN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THREAT OF SHOWERS AND STORMS INTO THE EVENING...AND POSSIBLY INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TOO. THIS TROUGH WILL ALSO PROMOTE FOG DEVELOPMENT
IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT AND THINK ANOTHER DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL BE
POSSIBLE FOR THE EARLY MORNING COMMUTE TOMORROW. LIGHT EASTERLY
WINDS MAY ALSO ADVECT AREAS OF MARINE FOG INLAND INTO THE LAKESHORE
COUNTIES TONIGHT. WARM AND MUGGY WITH LOWS IN THE 60S.
SATURDAY...LOW PRESSURE WILL EMERGE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AHEAD OF
A DEEP PAC NW TROUGH. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL REORGANIZE AND A WARM
FRONT WILL LIFT INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS
LOOKS TO BE A LITTLE SLOWER THAN YESTERDAYS RUNS AND WILL BACK OFF
PRECIP CHANCES DURING THE MORNING. CHANCES IMPROVE DURING THE
AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN BUT AM SKEPTICAL
SINCE THE FRONT WILL STILL BE WELL SOUTHWEST OF THE REGION AND
MID-LEVEL RIDGING SHARPENS ALOFT. SO WILL MATCH WITH OTHER OFFICES BUT
BRING UP CONCERN TO THE NEXT SHIFT. ONCE THE MORNING FOG AND LOW
CLOUDS BURN OFF...CONTINUED WARM AND HUMID WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S TO LOWER 80S.
.LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
ISSUED AT 215 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE GETS NUDGED TO THE
EAST A TAD WHILE A BROAD UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
LIFT NORTHWARD OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS...AND LIFT A WARM FRONT
NORTH OVER THE AREA. SOME PROGS GENERATE SOME CONVECTION WITH THIS
FRONT SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. CONVECTION MAY STRUGGLE TO
DEVELOP DUE TO PROXIMITY TO THE UPPER RIDGE SO KEPT POPS ON THE LOW
SIDE AND DECREASED THE DURATION OF THE CONVECTION MENTION.
ISOLATED CONVECTION MAY LINGER SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN
WISCONSIN...BUT BY NOON THE H850 BOUNDARY IS PROGGED TO BE WELL
NORTH OF THE AREA. ANY PRECIPITATION CHANCES DURING THIS PERIOD
WILL TEND TO BE FOCUSED TOWARD NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TOWARD THE BEST
HEIGHT FALLS.
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...NEXT CHANCE OF CONVECTION ALONG A
TROUGH OR WEAKENING COLD FRONT. MOST MODEL RUNS DIMINISH THE PCPN
AS IT WORKS INTO EASTERN WISCONSIN CLOSER TO THE UPPER RIDGE WHICH
REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND MUCH OF THE EAST THIRD OF
THE COUNTRY. THE BRUNT OF THE CONVECTION WILL LIKELY TRACK OVER
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND ESPECIALLY OVER MINNESOTA NEAR THE
SURFACE AND 850 LOW LIFTING NORTHEAST.
MONDAY NIGHT...BROAD RRQ REGION OF THE UPPER JET FOCUSES THE
CONVECTION OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WHILE WHILE WEAK HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FROPA. THE GFS WAS THE
ODD MODEL OUT WITH STALLING THE FRONT OVER THE AREA AND
CONTINUING CONVECTION MONDAY NIGHT.
MOST OF THE MODELS FOR THE REST OF NEXT WEEK...THE UPPER PATTERN
SHIFTS FROM A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO A NEARLY ZONAL FLOW LATE IN
THE WEEK...BUT SOME AGREEMENT WITH MOST MODELS WITH RESPECT TO A
MORE ROBUST SHORT WAVE WITH RRQ UPPER JET REGION PASSING THROUGH
TOWARD MID WEEK. COULD SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF A SOAKING RAIN WITH
THE SURFACE FRONT AND H850 FRONT INTERACTING WITH THE UPPER JET.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY...AND WELL ABOVE
NORMAL IN A STICKY AIR MASS SUNDAY ESPECIALLY IF THE CLOUDS CLEAR
OUT. TEMPERATURES COOLING BACK TO NEAR NORMAL LATER NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...FOR 18Z TAF ISSUANCE
ISSUED AT 1206 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014
A WARM AND VERY MOIST LATE SUMMER AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL PROMOTE
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON OVER
NORTH-CENTRAL AND POSSIBLY FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE ISOLATED
SHOWERS COULD LINGER INTO THE EVENING OVER FAR N-C WISCONSIN.
OTHERWISE...EXPECT CIGS AND VSBYS TO LOWER QUICKLY BY MID TO LATE
EVENING ACROSS THE REGION...WITH AREAS OF DENSE FOG DEVELOPING AGAIN
LATE TONIGHT. CIGS AND VSBYS TO IMPROVE VERY SLOWLY TOMORROW
MORNING.
&&
.GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM.....MPC
LONG TERM......TDH
AVIATION.......MPC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS CHEYENNE WY
329 PM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 300 PM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
PRETTY ACTIVE THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. TEMPERATURES AND POPS ARE
THE FORECAST CHALLENGES FOR THE SHORT TERM.
CURRENTLY...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING A PRETTY PRONOUNCED WAVE
IN THE MONSOONAL FLOW MOVING NORTH THIS AFTERNOON OUT OF NEW
MEXICO INTO WEST CENTRAL COLORADO. MOSAIC RADAR SHOWING WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL COLORADO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH A GENERAL
NORTH NORTHEAST MOVEMENT ON THE CELLS. INFRARED RADAR SHOWING
COOLING CLOUD TOPS WITH THIS WAVE AND WE ARE SEEING AN UPTICK IN
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO. UPPER LOW OVER IDAHO
FAIRLY DYNAMIC AS WELL WITH NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES DEVELOPING.
LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS SHOWING A SLOW EROSION OF CIN OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEAST WYOMING INTO THE KIMBALL AREA...WITH CAPE VALUES
AROUND 1000 J/KG ABOVE. LOOKING AT CLOUD COVER OVERHEAD...IT IS
PRETTY DENSE AND WE HAVE BEEN HARD PRESSED TO GET MUCH WARMING SO
FAR TODAY. 1 PM TEMPERATURES HERE AT THE OFFICE AT 69 DEGREES WITH
LOW TO MID 70S OUT IN THE PANHANDLE.
FOR THIS EVENING...SHORTWAVE BEGINS TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST WYOMING
SHORTLY AFTER 00Z WITH GUIDANCE INDICATING FAIRLY WIDESPREAD
CONVECTION DEVELOPING AS THIS HAPPENS. THE 16Z HRRR FORECAST HAS
CONVECTION DEVELOPING HERE AT CHEYENNE AROUND THE 22Z
TIME FRAME...THEN EXPANDING ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING INTO THE
PANHANDLE AFTER WARDS. BY 01Z...MOST LOCATIONS EAST OF THE LARAMIE
RANGE SHOULD BE SEEING MEASURABLE RAINFALL WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS
OUT WEST. NAM SOUNDINGS FOR THE PANHANDLE SHOWING PRETTY STRONG
SHEAR OUT IN THE PANHANDLE THIS EVENING. LOOKING AT EASTERLY WINDS
NEAR THE SURFACE OF 15 TO 20KTS WITH SOUTHWEST 40-45KTS AT 6KM.
EVENING SHIFT WILL DEFINITELY NEED TO BE WATCHING FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. 0-3KM HELICITY FOR SIDNEY AT 386M2/S2 AT 00Z. GIVEN
THE THICK CLOUD COVER THOUGH...CHANCES ARE DIMMING THAT WE WILL
SEE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
SOMETHING ELSE FOR THIS AFTN/EVE...PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES
REALLY HIGH FOR THE PANHANDLE. SIDNEY SOUNDING SHOWING 1.42
INCHES...EXTENDING UP TO CHADRON AT 1.40 INCHES. FORECAST QPF
REALLY HIGH FOR THE PANHANDLE AND EXTREME EASTERN WYOMING TONIGHT.
GOOD NEWS IS FORECAST STORM MOTIONS ARE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT
14-16KTS...SO THESE STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING FAIRLY FAST. WILL NEED
TO WATCH THOUGH FOR TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS AND THERE COULD BE SOME
FLASH FLOODING FOR SOME AREAS THIS EVENING.
GFS AND ECMWF HAVE COME INTO DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE UPSTREAM
LOW ON THIS 12Z RUN. BOTH SHOWING THE CLOSED LOW MOVING PRETTY
SLOW THROUGH NORTHERN WYOMING THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. MOST OF
SATURDAY WILL SEE SHOWERS LASTING MOST OF THE DAY. WENT
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER ON POPS OVER GUIDANCE. DO BELIEVE THE MID
SHIFT WILL PROBABLY WANT TO GO HIGHER.
FINALLY SATURDAY EVENING...THE UPPER LOW MOVES OFF INTO SOUTH
DAKOTA WITH RAIN ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. GOING TO BE PRETTY COOL
WITH 700MB TEMPERATURES DOWN TO +6C SATURDAY NIGHT. SHOULD SEE
WIDESPREAD 40S OUT WEST FOR LOWS...WITH LOW 50S EAST. CLOUD COVER
COULD PROVIDE SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES...WE WILL HAVE TO SEE
AS THE EVENT GETS CLOSER. DID GO UNDER GUIDANCE FOR SUNDAY
LOWS...ESPECIALLY OUT WEST WHERE CLOUD COVER WOULD BE LESS.
.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 335 PM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY...BUT
THEN SOLUTIONS BEGIN TO DIVERGE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH POOR
CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE 12Z AND 00Z MODEL RUNS APPARENT INTO LATE
NEXT WEEK. EARLY IN THE WEEK...MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF A
POSITIVELY TILTED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS ACROSS THE
IDAHO AND INTO WESTERN WYOMING. A WEAK BOUNDARY WILL DEVELOP AND
DRIFT WESTWARD ALONG THE LARAMIE RANGE...WHICH WILL RESULT IN
UPSLOPE FLOW AND ENHANCE LIFT ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. KEPT POP
BETWEEN 35 TO 60 PERCENT ACROSS THE AREA WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF AT
LEAST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ALL MODELS SHOW THIS
ACTIVITY LINGERING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS A WAVE OF LOW
PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE BOUNDARY...WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY
TRANSITION INTO A COLD FRONT. KEPT POP AROUND 50 PERCENT MONDAY
NIGHT. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MONDAY EVENING WITH CAPE VALUES AROUND 1500 TO 2000 J/KG...HIGH
PW/S...AND INSTABILITY.
ECMWF STILL TRENDING SLOWER WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH COMPARED
TO THE GFS. THE GEM HAS TRENDED TOWARDS THE ECMWF WHILE THE GFS
PUSHES THE TROUGH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA AS EARLY AS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. THE ECMWF AND GEM SHOW THE TROUGH AXIS MOVING ACROSS
THE AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE GEM AND ECMWF
SOLUTIONS THEN DIVERGE WITH THE ECMWF SHOWING THE SYSTEM
ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE OFF ON WEDNESDAY. EITHER WAY...EXPECT TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY EVENING TO REMAIN UNSETTLED WITH COOLER THAN NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND A GOOD CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL. HIGHS MAY
STRUGGLE TO REACH THE MID TO UPPER 60S ON TUESDAY AS 700MB
TEMPERATURES LOWER BELOW 5C AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA. LOW CONFIDENCE ON THE WEDNESDAY FORECAST DUE TO SIGNIFICANT
MODEL DIFFERENCES. KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTORMS FOR
NOW DUE TO TIMING DIFFERENCES...EVEN THOUGH THE ECMWF SOLUTION IS
UNLIKELY TO OCCUR.
MUCH DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BASED ON
CURRENT MODEL RUNS AS THE RIDGE AXIS REDEVELOPS WEST OF THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS AND DRIFTS EASTWARD. BASED ON 12Z MODELS...WARMER
TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NEXT WEEK.
HOWEVER...THERE IS A LARGE CONTRAST BETWEEN THESE SOLUTIONS AND
THE PREVIOUS 00Z SOLUTIONS FROM LAST NIGHT WHICH SHOW A PACIFIC
SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION WITH ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT
ENTERING WYOMING BY LATE FRIDAY. KEPT TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL FOR
NOW WITH POP BELOW 10 PERCENT.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 1145 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
A BAND OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO BEFORE
DISSIPATING BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A BRIEF BREAK...WITH
MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE
KCDR WHICH WILL MAINTAIN A LOW STRATUS DECK. ALL MODELS INDICATE AN
AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE
HIGH PLAINS SOMETIME LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE LIFT NORTHWARD OUT OF NEW MEXICO...AND WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. FAIRLY CONFIDENT OF MVFR OR
IFR CONDITIONS IN THESE HEAVY SHOWERS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FOG AND
LOW STRATUS RESULTING IN AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF BORDER-LINE IFR
CONDITIONS INTO SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. KRWL AND
KLAR SHOULD REMAIN VFR TONIGHT WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY FURTHER TO
THE EAST...BUT CAN NOT RULE OUT SOME SHOWERS AND TSTORMS OVER THOSE
AREAS AS WELL.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 300 PM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014
MINIMAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. UPPER LOW PRESSURE OVER IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON WILL BRING
INCREASING MONSOONAL MOISTURE AND FAIRLY WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO
MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. BEST CHANCES FOR WETTING
RAINS WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE AS WELL AS THE
SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES. THE UPPER LOW WILL GRADUALLY MOVE
INTO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WITH RAINS ENDING
FROM WEST TO EAST. COOLER TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE LOW WILL KEEP
AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES FAIRLY HIGH WITH EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT
RECOVERIES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...CLAYCOMB
LONG TERM...TJT
AVIATION...TJT
FIRE WEATHER...CLAYCOMB