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ACUS11 KWNS 171858
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 171858
SDZ000-NEZ000-NDZ000-MTZ000-WYZ000-172030-
Mesoscale Discussion 0440
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0158 PM CDT Thu May 17 2018
Areas affected...Far eastern Wyoming...Nebraska Panhandle...western
South Dakota...far southwest North Dakota...and far southeast
Montana
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch likely
Valid 171858Z - 172030Z
Probability of Watch Issuance...95 percent
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will increase in the next few hours posing a
risk for severe wind gusts and severe hail. A Severe Thunderstorm
Watch is likely.
DISCUSSION...Strong heating over the area is contributing to
thunderstorm development over the Laramie Range, along/north of the
western portion of a decaying outflow boundary, and over the Black
Hills. Thunderstorms are expected to be most numerous over the
northern portion of the area in the next hour or so, then
develop/overspread a little later over the southern portion of the
area as thunderstorms move off the Mountains, and potentially
develop along the lee trough. The air mass north of the old outflow
boundary has been somewhat slow to destabilize, but MLCAPE is now
analyzed from 500 J/kg near the North Dakota/South Dakota border to
over 2000 J/kg over central South Dakota, with rapidly decreasing
MLCIN with time. Near-surface winds have maintained somewhat of an
easterly component north of the outflow boundary, which is
contributing to 35-40 kt of 0-6 kt shear over that area. The
abundance of thunderstorms developing on recent GOES-16 imagery,
steep mid-level lapse rates, and deeply-mixed boundary layers should
contribute to strong cold pool development and upscale growth into
mixed multicell/supercell clusters through the afternoon. Severe
wind gusts and severe hail will be the primary threats.
Over the southern area, strong heating and boundary-layer dewpoints
holding in the mid-to-upper 50s is contributing to higher MLCAPEs of
2500-3000 J/kg. However, given the rather weak deep-layer shear,
thunderstorms are also expected to consist of multicell/supercell
modes initially, with a consolidated area of thunderstorms growing
upscale with time in the form of a loosely-organized MCS.
Given the expected coverage of thunderstorms, widespread steep lapse
rates, and sufficient moisture, a Severe Thunderstorm Watch is
likely, perhaps requiring issuance over the northern area first,
followed by a second Watch over the southern part of the area.
..Coniglio/Weiss.. 05/17/2018
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...
ATTN...WFO...ABR...BIS...LBF...UNR...CYS...BYZ...
LAT...LON 43900489 45300482 46210414 46580312 46410185 46180130
45690107 44780096 43900111 42820138 42620143 41760168
41230198 41090254 41080384 41090456 41270505 42740491
43900489
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