Forecast Discussions mentioning any of "HRRR" "RAP" "RUC13" "RUC" "RR" received at GSD on 03/18/20


Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1047 PM CDT Tue Mar 17 2020 .DISCUSSION... Satellite, NDLN, and surrounding radar output depict convection approaching the CWA from Mexico, consistent with upper jet dynamics, and sufficient moisture/instability. The most recent HRRR initialization/first few hours of this cycle depict the position of the convection fairly well. The HRRR predict this convection to enter the CWA around 06z Wednesday, then move across the WRN CWA before effectively dissipating by 09z Wednesday. Concur with this dissipation given movement away from the upper jet forcing and increasing CIN. Adjusted the ZFP accordingly. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 729 PM CDT Tue Mar 17 2020/ DISCUSSION... Note Aviation Discussion below corresponding to the 00z TAFs. AVIATION... A transition from VFR conditions/moderate onshore flow this evening to MVFR ceilings/light wind overnight/early Wednesday morning, along with isolated showers and thunderstorms generally west of U.S. 281. Expect a transition to a mixture of MVFR/VFR conditions Wednesday afternoon, along with increasing onshore flow to moderate/breezy. PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 255 PM CDT Tue Mar 17 2020/ SHORT TERM (Tonight through Wednesday night)... A slow-moving midlevel trough off the California coast will continue to drift eastward through the short term. Ripples in the flow around that trough will support increasing rain chances out west tonight, as models hint at another thunderstorm complex developing out over west Texas and northern Mexico and drifting over the western brush country before fading out Wednesday morning. After a lull during the day Wednesday, rain chances increase yet again Wednesday night. Temperatures will remain above normal through the short term as onshore flow maintains low level moisture. LONG TERM (Thursday through Monday)... A mid-level trough with associated shortwave troughs will continue to enter the region from the west Wednesday night into Thursday before the passage of the cold front. These shortwaves will aid in the development of shower activity moving in from Mexico and moving towards the northeast. Rain chances will decrease Thursday night before the passage of the cold front Friday afternoon or early evening. With the front, upper level dynamics will support the development of thunderstorms, mainly over the western areas of the CWA. The cold front is expected to stall just offshore, maintaining higher rain chances through the weekend before lifting back northward late in the weekend. Rain chances should decrease Monday as a weak to moderate onshore flow settles back in. Warm temperatures Thursday in the mid 80s to low 90s will cool into the 70s Friday and dip into the 60s Saturday due to a persistent northeast flow under mostly cloudy skies with rain. Temperatures will then slowly warm through early next week as onshore flow returns. MARINE... Onshore flow will continue through Thursday. A cold front is expected to sweep across the area on Friday with a moderate to occasionally strong northeast wind behind it through Saturday before becoming easterly by Sunday. Showers with isolated thunderstorms are expected with this frontal passage, and will continue through the weekend as the front is expected to stall just off the coast before lifting back north early next week resulting in a weak to moderate onshore flow. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Corpus Christi 70 81 70 84 69 / 10 10 20 0 20 Victoria 69 81 70 82 67 / 10 10 20 20 40 Laredo 70 90 68 91 69 / 30 10 20 0 40 Alice 70 85 69 90 68 / 10 10 20 0 30 Rockport 71 77 70 78 68 / 10 10 10 10 30 Cotulla 69 88 68 90 64 / 40 10 40 0 60 Kingsville 71 84 69 90 69 / 10 10 20 0 20 Navy Corpus 69 77 69 78 69 / 10 10 10 10 20 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && $$ WC/87...SHORT TERM
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
626 PM CDT Tue Mar 17 2020 .AVIATION... VFR conditions are in place across the region early this evening. Earlier shower/storm activity near the I-35 sites has weakened. Expecting the diurnal return to lower cigs with MVFR at all sites by 04-07Z and IFR likely in the 09-12Z time frame. At DRT, a strong thunderstorm located 30-40 miles to the WSW as of 2330Z may move close enough for VCTS in the next few hours, with additional storm activity likely to impact the region in the 03-06Z timeframe. That complex of showers and thunderstorms should decay as it approaches the I-35 corridor between 08z and 12z Wednesday morning and may produce VCSH at AUS and VCTS at SAT/SSF. Ceilings tomorrow will rise to MVFR but should remain there through much of the afternoon along the I-35 corridor, with VFR conditions not expected to return until late afternoon or early evening. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 237 PM CDT Tue Mar 17 2020/ SHORT TERM (Tonight through Wednesday Night)... Of note for this afternoon and evening the HRRR suggests a few isolated showers and storms developing along and east of the I-35 corridor and moving north in the moist environment. While no other model suggests this the radar trends along the Coastal Plains of isolated storms developing support this solution. Have added slight chance PoPs through the late afternoon to account for this. As the main upper low continues to spin to the Southwest of California a pair of shortwave disturbances will move across Texas tonight and tomorrow night in the southwest flow aloft. Both of these shortwaves are expected to interact with the West Texas dryline and juicy atmospheric conditions to spark off complexes of showers and storms along the Rio Grande Plains this evening and overnight, and then again tomorrow evening and overnight. These complexes will be strongest across the Rio Grande Plains and Edwards Plateau producing a risk of strong to severe storms in addition to some brief heavy rainfall potentially leading to some flooding issues. The complexes will gradually weaken as they move to the east towards the I-35 corridor both days. Isolated showers, and maybe a few (non-severe) storms are possible Wednesday and Thursday morning during the commute across the I-35 corridor. Wednesday day proper should be cloudy but mostly dry with highs once again around 80 degrees. Overnight lows tonight and tomorrow night will remain in the mid to upper 60s. Diving a bit more into the thunderstorm threat the complex of storms should begin impacting Val Verde County around and after about 9pm this evening and then push eastward through the overnight and early morning hours. Dewpoints in the 60s, and model soundings that show CAPE (instability) of 1500-2000 J/kg along with 30-50 knots of bulk shear will mean that the atmosphere is primed for storms as the lift from the shortwave arrives. This will initially lead to the development of isolated storms that should quickly organize into a line as the mid-level jet kicks in overnight. The main threat will be damaging thunderstorm winds and some hail. Brief heavy rainfall could also result in some minor flooding. Wednesday evening and overnight will be a repeat of tonight, with a few important differences. The warm air inversion (or CAP) should hold longer tomorrow, so the onset of storms appears later tomorrow night with the second shortwave. In addition there appears to be more shear tomorrow night and slightly less CAPE per model soundings which would lend it more to damaging wind threat. The main energy from the upper low will be pivoting across North Texas into the Central Plains late tomorrow night so the strongest storms should remain to our northwest. Regardless, the Storm Prediction Center has our western areas in a Slight Risk both tonight and tomorrow night, with a marginal risk extending close to the I-35 corridor. LONG TERM (Thursday through Tuesday)... A cold front will move through our CWA during the day Thursday. This front will stall across South Texas and a second cold front will move into Central Texas. This will lead to an extended period of chances for showers and thunderstorms. Thursday rain chances will be best over the eastern half of our CWA. Thursday night this area will shift to the southern half of the area closest to the stalling front. Chances will increase across nearly all of the CWA Friday with the second front in Central Texas. Saturday the low level flow will turn around to the southeast and bring the boundary back as a warm front. This will continue the high chances for showers and isolated thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday. Monday an upper level ridge will move in from the west bringing an end to the wet pattern. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Austin Camp Mabry 66 79 67 80 57 / 30 20 40 50 60 Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport 66 79 67 80 57 / 30 20 40 50 60 New Braunfels Muni Airport 66 79 66 81 59 / 30 10 40 30 60 Burnet Muni Airport 65 76 65 79 53 / 50 20 60 50 50 Del Rio Intl Airport 66 78 66 84 58 / 80 20 60 0 40 Georgetown Muni Airport 66 78 66 79 54 / 30 20 50 60 50 Hondo Muni Airport 68 80 67 84 57 / 60 10 50 10 60 San Marcos Muni Airport 66 79 67 81 57 / 30 10 40 40 60 La Grange - Fayette Regional 69 80 69 82 63 / 10 10 20 50 60 San Antonio Intl Airport 67 80 67 81 60 / 40 10 40 20 60 Stinson Muni Airport 69 81 68 83 61 / 40 10 40 20 60 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ Short-Term/Aviation...KCW Long-Term...EWilliams Decision Support...Hampshire
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
1045 PM CDT Tue Mar 17 2020 Updated aviation portion for 06Z TAF issuance .SHORT TERM...Tonight and Wednesday Issued at 306 PM CDT Tue Mar 17 2020 The latest RAP analysis and satellite/radar imagery show high pressure centered over southeast Iowa and central Illinois early this afternoon. West-northwest winds north of this surface high brought in a few clouds near the U.P. border, but otherwise, skies have been clear across northern Wisconsin so far today. Looking upstream, return flow is ramping up over the Plains as evident by a surging low stratus deck into South Dakota. As the high shifts east of the area, and increasing amounts of moisture move into the western Great Lakes, light precip chances are the main forecast concern through Wednesday afternoon. Tonight...Skies look to start out mostly clear in the evening with high pressure in close proximity to the region. With clear skies and light winds, temps could very well tank across the snow- covered northwoods in the evening, and lowered temps accordingly (and still may not be enough). Clouds are expected to return and lower late in the evening into overnight as winds shift to the southwest aloft and draw in increasing amounts of moisture in the mid-levels. Many of the mesomodels indicate precip developing southwest of the region, and pushing towards central/east-central Wisconsin by 12z Wed. Dry air wedges in the mid-levels suggest a wintry mix of snow and freezing/rain drizzle is possible as precip arrives, though little to no accumulations are expected prior to 12z Wed. Wednesday...Warm/moisture advection in the mid-levels will continue to overspread the region during the morning, thereby increasing chances of precipitation. With temps below freezing, primarily before 15z, minor amounts of snow and ice will be possible, which could impact the morning commute. Will continue to highlight the possibility in the Hazardous Weather Outlook. Most of the meso-models now have the heavier precip remaining south of the area through the day, however. As temps warm and mid- level moisture strips out, mainly looking at light spotty showers and areas of drizzle for the afternoon. Under overcast conditions, temps will only warm from the upper 30s to low 40s. .LONG TERM...Wednesday Night Through Tuesday Issued at 306 PM CDT Tue Mar 17 2020 Main focus in the long term is on precipitation amounts and types Thursday and Friday. Wednesday night...Will continue to see some lingering, light precipitation across the area from Wednesday`s system. This will mainly be rain, although some freezing rain or drizzle is possible across north- central WI as surface temperatures will be below zero. Moisture is little to none in the DGZ so do not expect any snow. Precip Wednesday night will remain light, with only a couple hundreths of QPF. Thursday...Focus shifts to a more significant system moving out of the southwest while a shortwave also approaches from the northwest. Models currently to not phase these systems across the area, with two main rounds of precipitation occurring. Strong WAA ahead of the southern system will increase rain potential throughout the morning, with rain likely area-wide by Thursday afternoon. The forecast area is also in the favorable RRQ of the upper jet, which will aid in lift during this time. Rain, likely heavy at times, will continue through the afternoon, with accumulation around 0.50 inches by 00Z Friday. Also of note, mid- level lapse rates of 7.0 to 7.5 C/km could result in some isolated thunder. Thursday evening...Southern stream shortwave continues to pass through the area, while the northern stream shortwave also approaches. We will continue to see upper support, now located in the LFQ of an upper jet, along with frontogenetic forcing. This will combine to produce up to another 0.50 inches of precip by 12Z Friday. Not all precip will fall as rain during this time, as boundary layer temperatures cool expect to see a changeover from rain to snow from northwest to southeast. Current forecast calls for 1 to 3 inches of snow across north- central WI, will less than one inch elsewhere. Snow amounts in the Fox Valley and east- central WI are only a tenth or two at most, but this may still be enough to create some slippery roads. Friday...Precipitation will end throughout the morning. With rainfall totals from the past day anywhere from 0.75 to 1.00 inches, this could result in river rises and localized flooding on Friday through the weekend. Meanwhile, strong high pressure builds into the area on Friday through the weekend which will act to keep the area dry and cooler. This will also create gusty north to northwest winds on Friday which could result in ice shoves on the Bay and Lake Winnebago. Next week...There is a chance of lighter precip early next week, but models diverge at this point, so confidence in exact timing is low. Temperatures return closer to normal on Monday. && .AVIATION...for 06Z TAF Issuance Issued at 1045 PM CDT Tue Mar 17 2020 VFR conditions will continue overnight, with middle and high clouds increasing. Warm air overrunning colder air near the ground will produce ceilings lowering to MVFR from west to east Wednesday. There also could be some very light snow or rain showers in the morning and light rain showers in the afternoon. MVFR/IFR conditions are expected Wednesday night with some light precipitation possible. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$ SHORT TERM.....MPC LONG TERM......KLJ AVIATION.......RDM
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Gray ME
910 PM EDT Tue Mar 17 2020 .SYNOPSIS... Low pressure exits to the east this evening. High pressure builds in Wednesday followed by additional chances of precipitation the second half of the week. High pressure builds in from the west this weekend. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... 9PM UPDATE... Some areas of fog have developed and have included this in the forecast wording. Dry air moving in from the west should help to erode this fog later this evening from west to east. 730PM UPDATE... Made a few adjustments to the forecast this evening. The bulk of the rain has exited with only a few patchy spots of drizzle left and a few snow flurries in the mountains. With winds shifting to the west and cold/dry advection beginning, expect clouds to clear out fairly quickly this evening. This will help dry things out. ORIGINAL DISCUSSION... 12Z models remain in good agreement continuing with rain and snow showers, with also patchy drizzle and fog through the remainder of the afternoon. The HRRR appears to have a good handle on the timing of the precipitation exiting the region. As low pressure exits through the Gulf of Maine this evening, drier air will enter the region on westerly winds. Clearing will take place from southwest to northeast this evening. The exception will be the mountains which will hold on to a few scattered upslope snow showers. The clearing skies overnight will combine with westerly breezes. This will keep temperatures mainly in the 20s for overnight lows. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... High pressure will quickly crest over the region on Wednesday. Weak cold air advection is expected during the day. However, with sunshine, temperatures will top out over 50 degrees over southern New Hampshire. The rest of the region can expect temperatures in the 35 to 45 degree range. There will likely be some mid and high level clouds crossing the region during the day. As high pressure exits off the coast Wednesday evening, a short wave will quickly approach from the west. A broad area of warm air advection will ride up the East Coast. As this occurs, a weak wave of low pressure will develop along or near the New Jersey coastline. This will allow for precipitation to enter much of the forecast area before sunrise. Temperature profiles suggest the precipitation will mainly be in the form of snow, possibly mixing with rain along and near the coastline. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... Subtropical ridging positioned over the southeast CONUS/Gulf of Mexico breaks down through the end of this work week as the northern and southern streams phase and sweep a long wave trough across. High pressure gradually builds back into the region by early next week with a period of quiet weather. Continuing from the short term...a compact shortwave crosses during the first half of Thursday and delivers a quick hit of precipitation, on the order of about 0.3-0.6" QPF focused across the south into the Whites with some SE-facing upslope flow. As has been discussed with WPC this afternoon, peak intensity could align with the Thursday morning commute, so although snowfall accumulations will be rather minor before the mid-morning switch to rain there could be impacts to commuters in southern NH and ME. Meanwhile upstream, a southern stream shortwave ejects from the southern Rockies NEward into the Plains and begins to phase with a northern stream wave coming down from the Canadian Rockies. This feature produces convection along a cold front extending from the southern Plains up into the Ohio Valley by Thursday night. At the same time, deep southwest flow sends a warm front into the northeast CONUS. Warm frontal forcing and increasing baroclinicity keeps generally showery conditions Thursday night into Friday as temperatures gradually warm. High temperatures on Friday reach into the 50s to near 70 across the area with dew points reaching well into the 50s. Temperatures aloft rise well above freezing as well so wintry precipitation becomes a non-issue as well. During the second half of Friday, the long wave trough approaches from the west with one or two cold fronts depending on the degree of phasing and mesoscale forcing. An early look at ingredients suggests thunder is on the table as the cold front(s) crosses, but will depend on convective initiation upstream. Ensembles are hardly convinced with only about a third of members of the EURO and GFS ensembles including elevated instability/CAPE, so confidence doesn`t quite exist yet to include thunder in the forecast, especially with somewhat fickle mesoscale components on day 4. Although any convection wouldn`t be particularly strong, PWAT increasing to 3-4 SD above normal does leave some concern for locally heavy rainfall. Friday evening into the overnight, the main cold front associated with the northern stream crosses with a strong dry trend to follow. Expect a period of upslope showers and clouds to linger into Saturday morning, but thereafter high pressure returns with temperatures returning to around normal this weekend. Quiet weather continues into the next work week with the next chance of precipitation coming sometime in the Monday to Tuesday time frame, however model agreement is low for that portion of the forecast. && .AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... Short Term...Conditions rapidly improving to VFR this evening and continue through Wednesday. Long Term... IFR in snow is likely Thursday morning across southern terminals in particular with MVFR to IFR ceilings. Snow gradually switches to rain Thursday and Thursday night, becoming showery, so while MVFR (locally IFR) will likely occur in some places some of the time it won`t be the rule except for perhaps over the mountains. A cold front with possible convection crosses late Friday, then high pressure and VFR conditions return for the weekend. && .MARINE... Short Term...SCAs will continue until 6 pm in the Bays before winds and seas subside. Thereafter, expect SCAs to continue in the outer waters until early Wednesday as it will take several hours for the seas to subside. Long Term...A compact, quick-hitting wave crosses Thursday with a period of SCAs possible over the waters. After a brief break, a cold front crosses late Friday with another period of SCAs possible over the waters, switching offshore after the front. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...None. NH...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 10 AM EDT Wednesday for ANZ150-152- 154. && $$ NEAR TERM UPDATE...Kimble SHORT TERM...Cannon LONG TERM...Casey
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Louisville KY
955 PM EDT Tue Mar 17 2020 .Forecast Update... Issued at 955 PM EDT Tue Mar 17 2020 Most areas have cleared out this evening, with the exception of the Lake Cumberland region. Refined sky cover trends overnight into Wed morning to feature a somewhat briefer period of "mostly clear." By 03-06z tonight, stratus is expected to begin pushing back north over southern KY. Sfc high pressure is currently centered over southern OH, and developing southerly low level flow on the backside of that system will bring clouds back north. Temperatures will drop slightly under mainly clear skies, but not much, from this point forward. Look for lows to settle in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Still looking at a marginal/low end severe threat on Wednesday. The past several HRRR runs have been notably hot, but its sfc dewpoints look a little high compared to the rest of the HREF members. The severe risk does appear to be slightly higher over the southern half of KY, where instability is greatest. More widespread precip with embedded convection appears more likely over southern IN and northern KY in a very marginal thermodynamic environment. && .Short Term...(This evening through Wednesday) Issued at 255 PM EDT Tue Mar 17 2020 Bubble of sfc high pressure over the Great Lakes is nosing southward into the Ohio Valley, and is finally clearing our skies from north to south. Expect that trend to continue at least into this evening. Temps could flatline after midnight as weak SE return flow starts to develop. Next weather system is a sneaky mid-level wave currently along the NM/TX border. That wave aloft will lift fairly quickly to the ENE on Wednesday, with precip quickly spreading into southern Indiana and central Kentucky in the late morning/early afternoon. As the warm front lifts through a compact mid-level jet will translate NE across Kentucky, providing just enough dynamics to support a marginal SVR threat. Damaging winds will be the main hazard, but with a warm front in play we can`t rule out a stray tornado. Most of our Kentucky counties are highlighted in the SPC risk, but if severe wx actually does occur it will be more concentrated than that due to the compact and transient nature of this feature. Main limiting factor will be instability, as profiles are nearly moist-adiabatic and any CAPE will be (relatively) tall and skinny. North of the warm front it will be more of a steady rain, thus quashing all SVR threat, and QPF during the day should be just over a half inch. .Long Term...(Wednesday night through Tuesday) Issued at 300 PM EDT Tue Mar 17 2020 Overview...West Coast troughing and East Coast ridging will set up W to WSW zonal flow over the eastern half of the US. A few shortwaves will eject eastward bringing rounds of rain and possible storms to the Ohio Valley. Wednesday night through Friday...The weaker of two shortwaves will be over the Upper Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Wednesday night as showers and possible storms continue through Thursday early morning. SW flow will provide copious Gulf moisture while theta-e ridging will result in PWAT values over 1.50" at times. Cells appear to be more efficient rainers than thunder producers given the long, skinny yet meager CAPE profiles, but celeritous mid and low level jetting with respectable shear profiles suggests the possibility of thunderstorms, some of which could be severe. As a result, SPC has placed most of central Kentucky within a Day 2 Marginal risk with damaging winds being the main hazard of concern. A brief lull in rainfall intensities will be seen Thursday morning before the second and stronger shortwave approaches from the west. Thursday through Friday...The surface low will advance from the Central Plains Thursday afternoon and past the Great Lakes by Friday morning as its attendant cold front sweeps through the Ohio Valley bringing another round of moderate to heavy rain and a better chance of thunderstorms. Thermodynamic and kinematic profiles are beginning to look better, especially across our southern counties. Damaging winds are a possibility as a strong LLJ of 55-60KT overspreads the region Thursday evening. Low LCLs with strong low level shear and CAPE also suggest potential for isolated tornadoes. Storms and heavy rainfall should begin to wane by Friday morning as the bulk of the energy moves east of the area. Heavy Rain and Flooding...These two systems are projected to result in approximately 1.50 to 3.00 inches of total rainfall accumulation with higher amounts across the northern half of our counties. OHRFC Flash Flood Guidance is currently at 2 to 3 inches across the CWA, Therefore, humectant soils and stressed rivers could pose flood concerns by Friday. Will continue to monitor this potential closely. Saturday and Beyond...Canadian high pressure builds across the region resulting in colder temperatures this weekend with mornings lows in the 30s for Saturday and in the 20s for most on Sunday. Highs Saturday will be in the mid to upper 40s and Sunday in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Next chance of rain comes late Sunday night through Monday. && .Aviation...(00Z TAF Issuance) Issued at 739 PM EDT Tue Mar 17 2020 A period of VFR with mainly clear skies is expected late this evening into the first half of the overnight period. Beyond 06-08z, BKN stratus is expected to begin lifting back north across the area along and north of a surface warm front. Winds will be generally light and variable overnight, but with a gradual veering trend. A light wind out of the east is expected around 12z Wednesday. Winds will then quickly veer out of the southeast Tue morning and out of the south by Tue afternoon. Also look for increasing winds Tue afternoon as well. Went ahead and included LLWS at HNB in particular due to a strong low level jet that will be focused over Indiana by Wednesday evening. As the warm front lifts north tomorrow morning, MVFR ceilings will become more common with still some VFR mixed in east of I-65. Ceilings will deteriorate faster at HNB and SDF through the midday hours. Widespread showers and scattered thunderstorms are expected to move across HNB/SDF/LEX after 18-19z and continuing through the end of the period. Scattered showers and storms will also be possible at BWG by mid to late afternoon. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...None. KY...None. && $$ Update...EBW Short Term...RAS Long Term...CG Aviation...EBW