mercredi 2 juillet 2014

Jul 2, 2014 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1258 AM CDT WED JUL 02 2014

   VALID 021200Z - 031200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS AND
   NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC STATES...

   ...SUMMARY...
   WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL ARE
   LIKELY DURING THE DAY ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN STATES AND
   APPALACHIANS VICINITY. A MORE ISOLATED AND MARGINAL SEVERE THREAT
   MAY ALSO EXIST ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTH-CENTRAL UNITED STATES.

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A RELATIVELY AMPLIFIED LONGWAVE PATTERN WILL REMAIN OVER THE CONUS
   THROUGH TONIGHT. AN UPPER TROUGH OVER ONTARIO/QUEBEC AND THE GREAT
   LAKES REGION/MIDWEST WILL CONTINUE A SLOW EASTWARD
   PROGRESSION...WHILE A COLD FRONT ADVANCES EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD
   THE APPALACHIANS/GULF COAST STATES. MEANWHILE...AN ADDITIONAL TROUGH
   WILL MOVE EASTWARD TOWARD BRITISH COLUMBIA...WITH ASSOCIATED HEIGHT
   FALLS ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST/NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION.
   OTHERWISE...TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR /REFERENCE NHC FOR THE LATEST
   DETAILS/ WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE WITH LITTLE THREAT IN TERMS OF SEVERE
   WIND/TORNADO RISK FOR THE MAINLAND.

   ...NORTHEAST/APPALACHIANS/MID-ATLANTIC STATES...
   WHILE CYCLONICALLY EMBEDDED IMPULSES MAY NOT BE OPTIMALLY TIMED AND
   HEIGHT FALLS WILL BE WEAK...INFLUENCES OF AN UPPER JET ENTRANCE
   REGION WITH AN INCREASINGLY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL CONTRIBUTE
   TO AN INCREASE IN STRONG/POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE
   MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THIS IS ANTICIPATED NEAR/AHEAD OF A COLD
   FRONT...AND RESIDUAL OUTFLOWS VIA OVERNIGHT CONVECTION MAY ALSO BE A
   FACTOR FOR FOCUSING RENEWED TSTM DEVELOPMENT.

   IN THE PRESENCE OF LOWER 70S F SURFACE DEWPOINTS...THE GREATEST
   DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION /2000-4000 J PER KG MLCAPE/ IS ANTICIPATED
   IN VICINITY OF A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH ACROSS PARTS OF VA/MD/DE INTO
   PA/NJ. WHILE THE STRONGEST DEEP-LAYER WIND FIELD WILL LAG THE
   EFFECTIVE FRONT TO THE WEST...30-40 KT OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR IS
   EXPECTED COINCIDENT WITH MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY. THIS WILL
   SUPPORT A FEW TRANSIENT SUPERCELLS AND A MORE PREVALENT
   MULTICELLULAR MODE WITH ASSOCIATED LINE SEGMENTS/SMALL BOWS.
   DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL WILL ESPECIALLY BE
   POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.

   ...ARKLATEX/SOUTHERN PLAINS/SOUTHERN ROCKIES...
   UPPER-LEVEL INFLUENCES WILL REMAIN SUBTLE AT BEST...BUT RESIDUAL
   CONVECTIVELY-INDUCED VORTICITY MAXIMA AND/OR OUTFLOW MAY INFLUENCE A
   REDEVELOPMENT AND INTENSIFICATION OF TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE
   SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS TO THE ARKLATEX. VERTICAL SHEAR AND MID-LEVEL
   LAPSE RATES WILL BE WEAK...BUT SUFFICIENT MOISTURE/BUOYANCY MAY
   CONTRIBUTE TO A RISK FOR LOCALLY SEVERE WINDS AND/OR MARGINAL HAIL
   THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.

   FARTHER WEST...OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
   DEVELOP ACROSS INTERIOR NM AND THE AZ MOUNTAINS...WITH A STORM OR
   TWO CAPABLE OF DOWNBURSTS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

mardi 1 juillet 2014

Tornado on Bear Lake (Ontario) 06/30/14

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Tropical Depression One,5 Day Forecast

Jul 1, 2014 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1255 AM CDT TUE JUL 01 2014

   VALID 011200Z - 021200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE OZARKS/OH VALLEY AND
   NORTHEAST STATES...

   ...SUMMARY...
   SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY
   THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES...OHIO
   VALLEY...AND THE OZARKS. OTHER ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
   POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   THE LONGWAVE PATTERN WILL UNDERGO ADDITIONAL AMPLIFICATION DURING
   THE PERIOD. AN UPPER LOW WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD OVER NORTHERN
   PORTIONS OF ONTARIO/QUEBEC...WITH HEIGHT FALLS CONTINUING TO
   OVERSPREAD THE MIDWEST/OH VALLEY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BASE OF THE
   UPPER TROUGH. SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL BE SEMI-FOCUSED ALONG/AHEAD OF A
   SOUTHEASTWARD-MOVING COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST STATES/OH
   VALLEY/OZARKS...TO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS/NM. SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL
   ALSO OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES/FL ON THE PERIPHERY OF
   TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE /REFERENCE NHC FOR DETAILS/.

   ...OZARKS/OH VALLEY TO NORTHEAST STATES...
   CONSIDERABLE OUTFLOW/CLOUD DEBRIS VIA AN OVERNIGHT SQUALL LINE IS
   EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND
   MIDDLE/UPPER OH RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING. THIS HAS UNCERTAIN
   RAMIFICATIONS ON THE DOWNSTREAM SEVERE POTENTIAL LATER TODAY.
   HOWEVER...CONVECTION SHOULD REDEVELOP/REINVIGORATE ALONG RESIDUAL
   OUTFLOW/CORRIDORS OF DIFFERENTIAL HEATING INTO THE
   AFTERNOON...AND/OR NEAR THE SLOW SOUTHEASTWARD-MOVING SYNOPTIC COLD
   FRONT.

   STRONGER CYCLONIC MID/HIGH-LEVEL WESTERLIES WILL TEND TO THE LAG THE
   COLD FRONT /TO THE WEST/...BUT AROUND 25-30 KT OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR
   COMBINED WITH A MOISTURE-RICH BOUNDARY LAYER AND MODERATE TO STRONG
   INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR SUSTAINED MULTICELLS FROM THE OZARKS TO
   THE UPPER OH VALLEY AND PARTS OF PA/NY. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
   SEVERE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS INTO THIS EVENING. 

   ...OK/NM/SOUTHERN CO AND WEST/NORTH TX...
   A COLD FRONT...EFFECTIVELY MODIFIED BY CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW IN SOME
   AREAS...WILL CONTINUE TO SAG GENERALLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION
   TODAY. UPPER FORCING WILL BE RELATIVELY WEAK/NEBULOUS...BUT
   ISOLATED/WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP BY MID/LATE
   AFTERNOON ALONG/JUST BEHIND THE SURFACE FRONT...AND IN ASSOCIATION
   WITH A WESTWARD-MOISTURE SURGE/LOW-LEVEL UPSLOPE REGIME ACROSS
   INTERIOR NM/SOUTHERN CO. EFFECTIVE SHEAR IN MOST AREAS NEAR THE
   FRONT WILL BE 30 KT OR LESS...WHICH WILL TEND TO LIMIT OVERALL STORM
   INTENSITY/LONGEVITY. EVEN SO...MODERATE DESTABILIZATION WILL ALLOW
   FOR SOME SUSTAINED MULTICELLS AND POSSIBLY A TRANSIENT SUPERCELL OR
   TWO WITH ISOLATED BOUTS OF SEVERE HAIL/WIND THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY
   EVENING.