Subj : MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 2014 To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Fri Aug 18 2023 20:25:24 ACUS11 KWNS 182025 SWOMCD SPC MCD 182024=20 AZZ000-UTZ000-NVZ000-182200- Mesoscale Discussion 2014 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0324 PM CDT Fri Aug 18 2023 Areas affected...Northwest Arizona Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely=20 Valid 182024Z - 182200Z Probability of Watch Issuance...5 percent SUMMARY...Thunderstorm clustering may lead to an increasing potential for strong to severe wind gusts across northwest Arizona over the next 1-2 hours. However, watch issuance is not expected. DISCUSSION...Imagery over the past hour from KESX has depicted an outflow boundary migrating eastward into western AZ, leading to a burst of convection within the past 30 minutes. This more consolidated line of thunderstorms will likely reinforce the outflow boundary and may lead to cold-pool-driven propagation of the line into northwest AZ. Buoyancy and deep-layer shear remain very limited across the region, but steepening low-level lapse rates and dewpoint depressions between 30-40 F indicate that downstream low-level thermodynamic profiles are favorable for downdraft accelerations via evaporative cooling. Consequently, the potential for strong to severe downburst wind gusts may regionally increase over the next 1-2 hours given the increasing concentration of storms. KESX velocity imagery has shown a few embedded pockets of enhanced outflow over the past 15 minutes, which supports this general idea. However, given the meager thermodynamic and kinematic environment, this threat will likely remain fairly localized and transient, precluding the need for a watch. ...Moore/Grams.. 08/18/2023 ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!8CV4Stou9xP5WZ92HRzMexnZuucVPokPsIwhI_T_BM5HhHPy_nLdfDKq7kmeDO-SCS6NvfEfy= lOhsFVunOOPoppyfTA$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...FGZ...SLC...VEF... LAT...LON 36841259 36421232 36031239 35791258 35611289 35471335 35491359 35781387 36031406 36201426 36461426 36661422 36861404 36971369 37001310 36841259=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) .