Subj : MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 1855 To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Sun Aug 06 2023 00:54:35 ACUS11 KWNS 060054 SWOMCD SPC MCD 060053=20 IAZ000-NEZ000-SDZ000-060300- Mesoscale Discussion 1855 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0753 PM CDT Sat Aug 05 2023 Areas affected...Northwest Iowa Concerning...Tornado Watch 589... Valid 060053Z - 060300Z The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 589 continues. SUMMARY...The threat for severe winds and perhaps a tornado or two continues across northwest Iowa. DISCUSSION...Regional radar trends over the past 1-2 hours continue to depict a combination of discrete cells and thunderstorm clusters developing along a surface warm front and in the vicinity of a surface low centered roughly over the Sioux Falls, SD region. Storm motions to the east/northeast off the warm front and into a more stable air mass have limited storm longevity thus far, but a few cells have demonstrated transient low/mid-level mesocyclones per KOAX and KFSD velocity imagery. The 00 UTC OAX sounding within the warm sector sampled ample buoyancy (MLCAPE near 2100 J/kg) with some veering of the wind profile in the lowest 2 km. This veering is likely exacerbated over northwest IA where surface winds are out of the east/southeast; however, buoyancy quickly diminishes within the warm frontal zone as temperatures fall from the mid-80s to the 70s with northeast extent. There is likely a spatial window along the frontal zone across northwest IA where low-level thermodynamics and kinematics are favorably supportive of a tornado threat. This potential will most likely be realized by a cluster of discrete cells ahead of a congealing line approaching from the west. However, severe winds remain possible with a 71 mph wind gust noted over within the past 2 hours. ...Moore.. 08/06/2023 ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!-4B8gseUKA_oyJmq4DuzbXO4qv4-BIIr7SskLI7yVPWLHeeKT9TrKaBSpqvvjUU5yKBDPeobY= DT0H_-IwcRxRg5tDOY$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...DMX...FSD...OAX... LAT...LON 41609535 41619583 41759622 42839659 43199649 43329603 43149549 42889508 42559492 42129482 41879481 41709501 41609535=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) .