Subj : MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 1605 To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Tue Jul 08 2025 18:05:02 ACUS11 KWNS 081804 SWOMCD SPC MCD 081804=20 NCZ000-SCZ000-082000- Mesoscale Discussion 1605 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0104 PM CDT Tue Jul 08 2025 Areas affected...the central Carolinas Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely=20 Valid 081804Z - 082000Z Probability of Watch Issuance...5 percent SUMMARY...Thunderstorm coverage should increase through late afternoon with a few embedded strong/severe thunderstorms across the central Carolinas. The severe threat should remain too limited to warrant watch issuance. DISCUSSION...Thunderstorms are in the early stages of development along a weak trough/confluence zone from central GA into central SC with additional convection beginning to deepen off the southern Appalachians in the western Carolinas. Strong diurnal heating across the Carolinas, combined with seasonably high dewpoints in the mid 70s, is supporting a plume of 2500-3500 J/kg MLCAPE along the Carolina coast into central NC per recent mesoanalysis estimates. The high moisture content of the air mass will promote strong water-loaded downdrafts, and lapse rates around 8 C/km within the lowest 1-2 km should facilitate downward momentum transfer. Consequently, strong to severe downburst winds appear possible - especially across central NC where the best overlap of MLCAPE, low-level lapse rates, and theta-e deficits should emerge by late afternoon. Despite the very favorable buoyancy, any appreciable deep-layer flow remains displaced well to the north, which will promote mostly disorganized single-cell and multicell convection. This will largely limit the duration and short-term predictability of any appreciable severe threat. ...Moore/Thompson.. 07/08/2025 ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!4z6hCECZ2HP37HWUxQ8DYnswUJ7sM8eBBnRCiZYLCUDGMsFqBWvpOViKh88wKmtr-F9MxRtf6= -S3GG4RgH82cum-SnQ$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...MHX...RAH...ILM...RNK...CHS...CAE...GSP... LAT...LON 33308112 33478144 33818159 36068115 36408090 36498058 36507997 36477790 36217773 35757772 35237779 34717804 34127853 33777894 33407930 33147963 33098005 33158054 33308112=20 MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...UP TO 60 MPH =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) .