I am finally getting a chance to catch up on Thursday. I keep thinking the NAM us up to its normal antics but the euro has my eye as well. One thing for sure, this one is different than the last.
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No wedge to be found and stronger LLJ spells alot of trouble! Let see how this plays out!I am finally getting a chance to catch up on Thursday. I keep thinking the NAM us up to its normal antics but the global models but euro has my eye as well. One thing for sure, this one is different than the last.
I've seen a lot of talk about how the lower-level lapse rates are bad but it's just common in these moist environments. I've seen countless examples of Dixie supercells surrounded by rain produce intense - violent tornadoes before. Given the dynamics we have at play, going back to the convection resolving issue, anything that forms is going to go supercellular very quickly.This event is again giving me knots in my stomach out of fear. Models are depicting a much more dynamic system than what we had on March 17th, while maintaining similar kinematics. To see model consensus on quite a large area of 50+ kt flow as early as 18z is extremely concerning. To see that flow gradually increase to over 60 kts by 00z is just plain out scary. Not surprised at all at the models depicting a messy scenario on reflectivity. The CAM's have always had issues with properly resolving convection in moist environments such as this one.
I've seen a lot of talk about how the lower-level lapse rates are bad but it's just common in these moist environments. I've seen countless examples of Dixie supercells surrounded by rain produce intense - violent tornadoes before. Given the dynamics we have at play, going back to the convection resolving issue, anything that forms is going to go supercellular very quickly.
That was exactly what I had in my mind as wellOne such example that stands out in my mind is the one that produced the killer EF3 in southern Tennesee on April 28, 2014.
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The GFS has been the most truncated with the warm sector the whole time and now gets 70/65 and 800+ SBCAPE to Nashville. That says everything...12z GFS coming in with a deeper wave, clearing in the low/mid levels during the morning, and more northward extent to the warm sector. That’s a problem.
If that run were to be the case then *everyone* east of the Mississippi and west of the Carolinas in the SE would have to be wary.I seriously hope that the UKMET is incorrect about the intensity of the low
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