MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1889
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0136 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2007
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NRN NH/CENTRAL AND SRN ME
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 
   
   VALID 251836Z - 252000Z
   
   SEVERE THREAT IS SLOWLY INCREASING ACROSS PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND.  NEW
   WW POSSIBLE IN 1-2 HOURS.
   
   LATEST VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS CLOUDS RETREATING NWD/THINNING ACROSS
   NH/ME ATTM...THOUGH ANTICYCLONIC ARC IN THE SRN EDGE OF THE CLOUD
   COVER AND LATEST WV IMAGERY INDICATE WEAK SHORT-WAVE RIDGING ACROSS
   THIS AREA.  THOUGH THIS MAY SUPPRESS CONVECTION FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR
   TWO...AIRMASS CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE...WITH 1000 TO 2000 J/KG
   MIXED-LAYER CAPE NOW EVIDENT IN AREAS WHERE HEATING IS UNDERWAY.
   
   CUMULUS APPEARS TO BE INCREASING INVOF W-E WARM FRONT NOW LYING FROM
   SRN QUEBEC EWD ACROSS CENTRAL ME.  THIS BOUNDARY MAY SERVE AS AN
   EVENTUAL FOCUS FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT.  OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
   MOVE INTO THIS REGION LATER FROM THE W/OUT OF WW 650.  WITH AREA
   VWPS INDICATING SHEAR SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED/SUPERCELL
   STORMS...THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR HAIL -- AND PERHAPS
   TORNADO OR TWO -- WOULD BE EXPECTED.
   
   ..GOSS.. 08/25/2007
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...CAR...GYX...BTV...
   
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