Subj : MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 2234 To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Mon Nov 18 2024 18:41:41 ACUS11 KWNS 181841 SWOMCD SPC MCD 181841=20 LAZ000-ARZ000-TXZ000-182045- Mesoscale Discussion 2234 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1241 PM CST Mon Nov 18 2024 Areas affected...east TX...western LA...and far southwest AR Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible=20 Valid 181841Z - 182045Z Probability of Watch Issuance...60 percent SUMMARY...Increasing potential for a couple tornadic supercells should occur by late afternoon as warm-sector storms intensify ahead of a outflow-reinforced cold front. A tornado watch may be needed. DISCUSSION...As surface temperatures have warmed into the mid 80s as far northeast as the greater Houston Metro Area, warm-sector showers have deepened downstream within the warm conveyor across southeast TX. A 17Z sounding from Texas A&M at CLL well sampled the pre-frontal environment ahead of the outflow-reinforced cold front that has been marching east across east TX. While tropospheric lapse rates are weak, enhanced low-level shear persists where surface winds remain slightly backed ahead of the front (as shown in the 18Z LCH/SHV soundings). Surface winds/low-level flow have slowly veered farther southwest (where temperatures are warmer) per HGX VWP data, suggesting that initial storms might struggle to produce low-level mesocyclones until convection spreads farther northeast. The undercutting nature of the front will also limit tornado potential after passage. The more favorable kinematic/thermodynamic environment will probably become centered across the Sabine Valley in the next couple hours. This corridor will be monitored for a possible tornado watch. ...Grams/Smith.. 11/18/2024 ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!4ULJkpFNeWZxJ__k331q1WdV8JIKufsfMqPYJ7hI4UZuuTPGN3pl7gHXV_sQURzo68fl9yO9a= IMD97k4ejWdADz4J7M$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...LCH...SHV...HGX... LAT...LON 29619439 30039508 30969517 32139442 33149415 33439380 33259302 32629270 31939266 30609282 29809328 29619439=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 3.20-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .