• MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 0453

    From COD Weather Processor@1:2320/105 to wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu on Tue Apr 15 16:09:49 2025
    ACUS11 KWNS 151608
    SWOMCD
    SPC MCD 151608=20
    NYZ000-PAZ000-151915-

    Mesoscale Discussion 0453
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    1108 AM CDT Tue Apr 15 2025

    Areas affected...parts of nrn PA...srn NY

    Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely=20

    Valid 151608Z - 151915Z

    Probability of Watch Issuance...5 percent

    SUMMARY...Showers and embedded thunderstorms accompanied by gusty
    winds occasionally approaching or briefly exceeding severe limits
    are possible into the 2-4 PM EDT time frame, particularly in a
    corridor across north central Pennsylvania toward the Catskills and
    Poconos.

    DISCUSSION...Boundary-layer destabilization is ongoing within a
    narrow corridor across the upper Ohio Valley into lower Great Lakes
    region. This is generally focused beneath the leading of stronger
    mid-level forcing for ascent and cooling associated with large-scale
    troughing overspreading the region. Thermodynamic profiles have
    become increasingly conducive to the initiation of scattered
    low-topped thunderstorm activity, and this probably will continue
    this afternoon with further boundary-layer warming and mixing with insolation.=20=20

    The last Rapid Refresh suggests that the corridor of stronger
    mid-level cooling and weak boundary-layer destabilization will
    gradually shift east-northeastward across northern Pennsylvania and
    southern New York State through 18-20Z. This may include CAPE
    increasing only to the order of a couple hundred J/kg for a
    seasonably cool boundary layer. However, steepening low-level lapse
    rates, with profiles characterized by modest temperature/dew point
    spreads, will contribute to sub-cloud evaporative cooling and
    melting, and aid downward transfer of momentum associated with
    strengthening westerly flow (on the order of 30-40 kt) in the
    850-700 mb layer.

    ..Kerr/Guyer.. 04/15/2025

    ...Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!-kH5JYNISr9MRmvxX6hMJcP6jLJMIaONtJy7kjoB_crcS4bPWHUAbCn9tHxJRolLEnjKghfqG= 0tgSkT5v57glX6LCmY$ for graphic product...

    ATTN...WFO...ALY...BGM...BUF...CTP...PBZ...

    LAT...LON 42837591 43187450 42547412 42027412 40927731 41097943
    42207838 42837591=20

    MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...UP TO 60 MPH
    MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...UP TO 1.25 IN


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