Day 1
..EASTERN GULF COAST STATES
MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A SEPARATE AREA OF BETTER LOW-LEVEL
MOISTURE RETURN ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF COAST, WHICH MAY INCLUDE
SURFACE DEW POINTS INCREASING THROUGH THE LOWER/MID 60S ACROSS THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE, SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND ADJACENT GEORGIA
BY LATE TONIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT THIS WILL SUPPORT A CORRIDOR OF
BOUNDARY-LAYER DESTABILIZATION CHARACTERIZED BY CAPE IN EXCESS OF
1000 J/KG. COINCIDENT WITH ENLARGING, CLOCKWISE CURVED LOW-LEVEL
HODOGRAPHS BENEATH 40-45 KT SOUTHWESTERLY 850 MB FLOW OVERSPREADING
THE REGION, AND IN THE PRESENCE OF SUFFICIENT DEEP-LAYER SHEAR,
THERE APPEARS POTENTIAL FOR THE EVOLUTION OF LONGER-LIVED SUPERCELLS
WHICH COULD BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TORNADOES.
..KERR/THORNTON.. 03/15/2026