CheeselandSkies
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Weak CAPE (not in itself a deal-breaker), but also some capping and mediocre lapse rates. Updrafts would probably get ripped apart by that speed shear before they can become established.
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Severe WX January 10-12, 2020 Severe Weather Forecast Thread
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Weak CAPE (not in itself a deal-breaker), but also some capping and mediocre lapse rates. Updrafts would probably get ripped apart by that speed shear before they can become established.
Klcurtis012
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Can anyone give me a round-about tor con for the Jackson, TN area?
GA Stormchaser
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I thought the STP took CAPE and the cap into account as part of the algorithm, as well as a number of other sheer factors.
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Kory
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It does.
MikeP
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Starting to really light up out west. Will be interesting to see how things progress eastward. Gradient winds already evident here in BHM.
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I think you're better off getting tor:con from the weather channel. Many users here find it too vague to be useful. In fact we used to have a thread all about it and it often comes up every big event. Some like it, some don't. Stick with SPC parameters and forget about tor:con or we're going to get a whole big thing going
. I'll give you a 5 to humor you though. Not that it means much.FEARLESS
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Right now at 0700 cst the line of storms with embedded cells with probability will be in your area. Torcon of four for northern ms and al right below you.
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It’s been pretty tamed out west so far, wonder if it will crank up late
MikeP
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So no current TOR warnings out west atm. That's good. Do wonder what kind of winds they're getting though.....
Parysa
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My sister is just outside Plano. She said they barely got anything and winds weren't bad.
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Seems to be a split on the HRRR vs the NAM 3km for Atlanta. HRRR keeps a tornado threat, the NAM is a bit quieter, but still showing some tornado potential.
Bama Ravens
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STP on the HRRR is straight up nasty.
Equus
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Sitting right here near the consensus bull's-eye like
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From the Perry Memorial Weather Station, the Temperature is currently 63.5 with a dewpoint of 62. Today's High was 64.6. Max wind gust so far is at 25.1 mph ESE. 0 inches of rainfall at this time.
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bwalk
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I agree. That is extremely concerning. I think that puts Bham in the bullseye if those parameters hold as the system moves East. (hypothetically speaking)
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I would like to see some run-run consistency, because that is insanely high. I hope that doesn't come to fruition.
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One difference in the models is the projected dewpoints. HRRR is higher, so that may be part of the difference. I haven't gone back to compare what was forecasted today vs the actuals. Not sure which model may be better on that parameter.
jmills
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Something to note is that HRRR is running a couple of degrees cool on surface temps, esp over Alabama. With as cold as the upper levels are, a difference of a couple degrees could make a fairly large impact.
