Subj : MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 0023 To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Tue Jan 03 2023 18:30:13 ACUS11 KWNS 031830 SWOMCD SPC MCD 031829=20 GAZ000-TNZ000-ALZ000-032000- Mesoscale Discussion 0023 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1229 PM CST Tue Jan 03 2023 Areas affected...eastern Alabama into parts of west-central and northwestern Georgia Concerning...Severe potential...Tornado Watch likely=20 Valid 031829Z - 032000Z Probability of Watch Issuance...80 percent SUMMARY...Tornado risk ongoing at this time across central Alabama is forecast to continue expanding eastward/northeastward. New Tornado Watch issuance will likely be required in the next hour or so. DISCUSSION...Latest radar loop shows a cluster of small, rotating updrafts shifting northeastward into/across central Alabama, within eastern portions of Tornado Watch 7. The storms are occurring in an amply unstable environment where low-level dewpoints are generally in the upper 60s. While cloud cover continues to inhibit more robust surface heating, CAPE values will continue to weakly increase from southwest to northeast this afternoon. Meanwhile kinematically, a favorably sheared environment persists, with gradual veering/increasing of the flow with height yielding both low-level and deep-layer shear supportive of updraft rotation (as evidenced by the aforementioned cluster of supercells in central AL). As this environment translates eastward with time, expect associated tornado potential to likewise spread east of the current bounds of WW 007, which will require new WW issuance across eastern Alabama and into portions of western Georgia. ...Goss/Hart.. 01/03/2023 ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!4yEg6xp34_ln-NtMJjfvWZ5TChOg5iHKfvrvokpfXWZpnx8HlT5QaoBIxwWLE6UD7WJOPhUvW= 2dVZV4Xo-61zOSD914$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...MRX...FFC...BMX...HUN...MOB... LAT...LON 34408601 35048491 34558388 32688416 31688631 31528728 34408601=20 =3D =3D =3D To unsubscribe from WX-STORM and you already have a login, go to https://lists.illinois.edu and use the "Unsubscribe" link. Otherwise email Chris Novy at cnovy@cox.net and ask to be removed from WX-STORM. --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .