Subj : MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 1221 To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Fri Jun 23 2023 20:07:28 ACUS11 KWNS 232007 SWOMCD SPC MCD 232007=20 TXZ000-OKZ000-KSZ000-COZ000-NMZ000-232230- Mesoscale Discussion 1221 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0307 PM CDT Fri Jun 23 2023 Areas affected...southeastern Colorado...southwestern Kansas...the western Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles...northeastern New Mexico Concerning...Severe potential...Watch likely=20 Valid 232007Z - 232230Z Probability of Watch Issuance...80 percent SUMMARY...Scattered intensifying supercells and small organizing clusters of storms appear possible by 5-7 PM CDT, if not earlier. DISCUSSION...A seasonably strong belt of west-southwesterly mid-level flow (40-50 kt around 500 mb) has nosed across the southern Rockies through the Raton Mesa vicinity and adjacent Great Plains, downstream of troughing progressing across the eastern Great Basin and southern Rockies. Forcing for ascent associated with the latter feature appears likely to aide ongoing convection now forming across and to the lee of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. During the next few hours, it appears that initially high-based thunderstorms will continue to form and advect off the higher terrain, before beginning to intensify near the eastward mixing dryline, northeast through east of the Raton Mesa vicinity into the western Texas Panhandle, as early as 22-00Z. In the presence of strong deep-layer shear and large mixed-layer CAPE (supported by seasonably high moisture content and steep lapse rates), models indicate that the environment will become conducive to a mix of discrete supercells and small upscale growing clusters posing a risk for large hail and damaging wind gusts. Although low-level hodographs may remain modest until after dark, it is possible that the strongest discrete storms may also be accompanied by the risk for tornadoes. ...Kerr/Guyer.. 06/23/2023 ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!_DfBVStOJ5IieWwzHnEVdJy-h87DU--hpQWd5211_pvc-1IXOER0oNu-LySBNSWOvQO3xxF3q= QqA9Pe-I7VeHrPl54M$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...DDC...GLD...LUB...AMA...PUB...BOU...ABQ... LAT...LON 35350277 36320330 37890269 38810347 39530281 38170130 36880149 35720127 34620118 33680183 34390251 35350277=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) .