Subj : MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 0966 To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Sat Jun 10 2023 21:46:18 ACUS11 KWNS 102146 SWOMCD SPC MCD 102145=20 KSZ000-NEZ000-COZ000-WYZ000-102245- Mesoscale Discussion 0966 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0445 PM CDT Sat Jun 10 2023 Areas affected...northeast Colorado...far southwest Nebraska...and northwest Kansas Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible=20 Valid 102145Z - 102245Z Probability of Watch Issuance...40 percent SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to develop and shift east/southeast across the northeast Colorado/southwest Nebraska Plains into northwest Kansas this evening. Sporadic strong gusts and hail are possible. DISCUSSION...Convection has developed near higher terrain in the I-25 corridor in central/north-central CO this afternoon. Surface dewpoints are generally in the 50s, limiting stronger destabilization, but steep midlevel lapse rates are contributing to MLCAPE values around 1000 J/kg. This should be sufficient to sustain at least briefly strong updrafts as storms shift east/southeast. Vertical shear will be a limiting factor in a more widespread/better organized severe threat, with 0-6 km bulk shear only around 15-20 kt. Nevertheless, strong heating has allowed low-level lapse rates to become very steep. Given adequate instability/shear for at least briefly intense cells, the deeply-mixed boundary-layer may support strong downdrafts. Hail may also briefly be possible with the more intense cores. As convection percolates east through the evening toward southwest NE/northwest KS, some consolidation/organization along outflows is possible. This could result in some increase in severe gust potential after 00z. However, confidence in this evolution is somewhat low. While a severe thunderstorm watch does not appear necessary in the short term, convective trends will be monitored into this evening. ...Leitman/Hart.. 06/10/2023 ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!6JD3IKg_ADzENh32-tW9oS7W0KzB6daPqW77GfnwBKb5f_OrZtqs6wqopwr1UmgMnn8ft0C0J= 8mtndNMj5-LVM75XgE$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...LBF...GLD...PUB...BOU...CYS... LAT...LON 41160212 40450105 39660063 39350071 38800123 38480217 38470377 38550425 39250455 40310479 40770459 41130397 41240292 41160212=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) .