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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0366
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0730 AM CDT TUE APR 05 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS FL PENINSULA.
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 105...
VALID 051230Z - 051430Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 105
CONTINUES.
WW MAY BE CLEARED BEHIND PRIMARY/SW-NE ALIGNED/QUASI-LINEAR
MCS...WHICH IS MOVING EWD 30-40 KT ACROSS NERN THROUGH W-CENTRAL FL
AS OF 1215Z. DOMINANT SVR THREAT REMAINS DAMAGING GUSTS...THOUGH
BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT FROM EMBEDDED MESOCIRCULATIONS.
AS MID--UPPER TROUGH BEGINS TO PIVOT NEWD AND EJECT ACROSS CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS REGION...RELATED DEPARTURE OF STRONGEST LOW-LEVEL
ISALLOBARIC FORCING ACROSS MID-ATLANTIC SHOULD RESULT IN VEERING OF
LOW-LEVEL FLOW AHEAD OF MCS. THIS IN TURN...SHOULD REDUCE LOW-LEVEL
CONVERGENCE AND SHEAR. HOWEVER...SFC DIABATIC HEATING WILL REDUCE
ALREADY WEAK MLCINH...WHILE BOOSTING MLCAPE INTO 2000-3000 J/KG
RANGE. THIS IS BASED ON MODIFIED MFL/TBW RAOBS...WHICH SHOW AREAS
OF VERY STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES REMAINING FROM ELEVATED
MIXED-LAYER AIR ADVECTED OFF MEX PLATEAU AND ACROSS GULF. STG
BUOYANCY SHOULD OFFSET REDUCTION IN KINEMATIC SUPPORT ENOUGH TO
MAINTAIN ORGANIZED SVR WIND THREAT INTO PORTIONS SRN FL THROUGH
REMAINDER MORNING. OCCASIONAL LARGE HAIL ALSO MIGHT OCCUR...GIVEN
DEPTH OF BUOYANCY AND POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST TRANSIENT SUPERCELLULAR
MORPHOLOGIES. ACCORDINGLY...AREAS S OF WW 105 MAY BE PLACED IN
ADDITIONAL WW BEFORE THIS SYSTEM CLEARS REGION.
..EDWARDS.. 04/05/2011
ATTN...WFO...MFL...MLB...TBW...JAX...
LAT...LON 29418108 28958083 28688064 28498046 28498059 28188059
27678032 26928003 26338005 25678016 25328033 25198052
25148079 25168086 25148109 25198118 25328112 25388111
25728134 25908165 25798165 26328186 26468198 26378205
26498222 26858230 27518274 27728277 27838279 29418108
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