Subj : MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 1174 To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Tue Jun 20 2023 14:45:40 ACUS11 KWNS 201445 SWOMCD SPC MCD 201444=20 MSZ000-LAZ000-201715- Mesoscale Discussion 1174 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0944 AM CDT Tue Jun 20 2023 Areas affected...northwest through southeastern Louisiana and adjacent portions of southwestern Mississippi Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible=20 Valid 201444Z - 201715Z Probability of Watch Issuance...40 percent SUMMARY...Intensifying thunderstorms posing increasing risk for large hail and locally strong downbursts is possible through Noon-1 PM CDT. Trends are being monitored for the possibility of a severe weather watch. DISCUSSION...Thunderstorms have recently initiated in a narrow corridor east- southeast of Shreveport, LA through the Gulfport, MS vicinity. This appears roughly aligned with a baroclinic zone around 850 mb, likely aided by forcing for ascent associated with weak frontogenesis and/or warm advection. A subtle mid-level short wave impulse has been apparent in recent water vapor loops, and is now digging southeastward across the Ark-La-Tex region.=20=20 This initially elevated convective development probably is still being forced through a relatively warm layer centered around 700 mb. However, the continued southeastward progression of the mid-level wave may erode this capping layer. Furthermore, latest Rapid Refresh suggests that boundary-layer warming with insolation will result in increasingly negligible inhibition in a narrow corridor immediately south of ongoing convection through 16-18Z.=20=20 As this occurs, potential exists for rapidly intensifying thunderstorm development, increasingly rooted in a boundary-layer becoming characterized by large CAPE in excess of 3000 J/kg.=20 Although deep-layer shear beneath 30-40 kt northwesterly mid-level flow is modest, the environment still appears conducive to a risk for large hail and locally damaging downbursts with strongest storms into early afternoon. ...Kerr/Hart.. 06/20/2023 ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!_QoPr2UNHrafxPNKLyqQ1LU8tML4aAdVXl2aNHyA4pWWkV65k7DtfZoFqvBW2UFWuHYpg9N63= DROYhqijWaVr6qgBzM$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...JAN...LIX...LCH...SHV... LAT...LON 32209350 31969250 31549153 31209062 30908995 29658804 29258822 29379000 30339158 31219274 31769348 32209350=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) .