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Severe WX April 11th-13th, 2020 Severe Weather Threat

Yep...tomorrow will be firing off in the mid morning across Louisiana...far western MDT risk.

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That is an aggressive solution. Warm front very far north with big storms on it. Pretty clear warm sector ripe for action.
 
Some models are geared more towards the very short range. Models aren’t believed to be very good right now due to the shortage of available commercial aircraft data.
Each model has its own personality anf handles certain aspects of the atmosphere better than others. Reading this entire thread and the pinned april 27th thread will give you a good idea.
We should have a pretty good handle on the synoptics of this now that the system is over (and has been for a couple days now) the RAOB network. When it was over the Pacific, we saw wild swings in the models due to lack of aircraft data. That shouldn't be much of an issue now.

What makes this tricky is the nature of getting like pieces of energy ahead of the main trough axis that can drive convection/mess up wind fields. That is what is kicking off the MCS overnight that will move into North Louisiana tomorrow. The nature of the upper level flow doesn't favor back building and with the more extended CAMs (convective allowing model), it has shown pretty good resurgence of moisture behind the midday complex of rain.
 
Birm
Currently sitting with a dewpoint of 32 and a slight south breeze in north alabama, almost at the Tennessee state line. Long way to go for the atmosphere to be primes here.
Birmingham sits at 34. Pell City has the highest dewpoint in Cen AL w/ 43.
 
Is there going to be a high risk

Too early to say, I'd say likely not on the first outlook for tomorrow (the 6z one), but depending how things evolve overnight into Sunday morning a high risk is *possible* on the 13z or later updates. Especially if the warm sector looks like it will be relatively uncontaminated with junk convection.

Also, hi everybody! Its been awhile :)
 
Is that a rain shaft or a wedge on Cory Ecton's feed? www.livestormchasing.com

I've seen on and off blips of tornado-warned activity in that area. That blob of storms is headed into Breckenridge right now.
Out of the three, I'd say the tail one going over Albany now appears to be the strongest. Looks like it'll take about an hour to cross the square svr thunder warned area.
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Looks like the DPs are already working up from the gulf.

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Yeah, but its not even either. Notice how Greenville has increased to 58, while Monroeville is just 38. Is this due to a lag in the observation updates? There shouldn't be a 20 deg difference, since even the BMX NWS has Demopolis at 50.
 
Yeah, but its not even either. Notice how Greenville has increased to 58, while Monroeville is just 38. Is this due to a lag in the observation updates? There shouldn't be a 20 deg difference, since even the BMX NWS has Demopolis at 50.
I think it’s probable a lag in update. DP has risen 7 degrees here in the last few hours.
 
I like watching the surface obs map on the southeast SPC mesoanalyis sector to look at large scale trends... dews right on the Gulf Coast nearing 60 already
 
The Day 1 update REALLY extended northward. Wow!
SPC did not implement the eastward extension of the tornado watch yet.

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The north cells of the Breckenridge blob have dissipated, but the southern cell REALLY is being stubborn...
Split right-mover SE of San Angelo way down south.
Bow-like line of cells moving SE in the crease of the panhandle/OK NW of Wichita Falls is producing golf ball hail and 70 mph winds.
 
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