Severe Weather Threat - Dec 29th, 2022 - Jan 1st, 2023

[Taylor Campbell]

A thread for the severe weather threat at the end of this week.

 

[KevinH]

A thread for the severe weather threat at the end of this week.

You beat me to it lol

 

[Austin Dawg]

I know I'm just an arm chair weather guy but it looks like you might have to expand the dates or make two more for the first week of January.

It looks like there might be several winter storms next month as well.

 

[CheeselandSkies]

Right now on the GFS this trough does not look like a classic pattern for a tornado outbreak. Strongly amped, meridional flow with a not-very-wide wavelength. Still would likely support some severe weather as depicted, and of course it could always trend in the other direction as it gets closer.

 

[Fred Gossage]

I think any threat during the timeframe of this thread (Friday into the weekend) would probably be near the coast and lower-end. Quality instability won't make it too far inland with this one. The next one, scheduled around next Monday or Tuesday and would soon require another thread because it's a completely separate synoptic system, may have a better shot... with a shortwave and surface low that are shifted farther northwest and the potential for a warm sector that gets farther inland. And then, it's just beyond the Euro range, but the GFS and its ensembles have been steadily hinting that the system to really watch may be the third one in the line up... toward the 5th-6th... before we have the potential to switch back to colder temperatures in the eastern United States.

I would let any talk for the 3rd system (the 5th-6th) stay in the Severe Weather 2023 thread until we get better consistency, but the SPC is already hinting at potential for severe with the system early next week (Monday the 2nd into Tuesday the 3rd). That one might require another thread soon if model consistency remains. Like CheeselandSkies mentioned above though, mid-level flow and trough orientation are pretty meridional. That should limit things to something more linear in storm mode, unless things trend lower amplitude, which is certainly possible. We would still have to watch it even if not, though, because the glancing blow type nature of the trough might mean at least some window open for discrete potential south of I-40.... but plenty of time to figure that out in the days ahead.

I'm also reasonably certain we can trim back the end date on this thread to December 31st. The entire surface reflection of the synoptic storm system is off the East Coast by 12z Sunday.

 

[CheeselandSkies]

Like CheeselandSkies mentioned above though, mid-level flow and trough orientation are pretty meridional.

I learned that from you, Fred!

Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk

 

[JPWX]

A little over topic but I would love to get a day in weather history thread going.

 

[JBishopwx]

Today:

 

[JBishopwx]

Tomorrow:

 

[KevinH]

Not a word all day….

 

[Timhsv]

 

[Timhsv]

Afternoon AFD from Shreveport: Fairly enhanced wording in their minds attm.

 

[JPWX]

Afternoon AFD from Shreveport: Fairly enhanced wording in their minds attm.

Wow! That's very interesting but I can definitely see it.

 

[KevinH]

Afternoon AFD from Shreveport: Fairly enhanced wording in their minds attm.

Oh my!

By the way, there is a separate thread for this event

Severe WX - Severe Weather Threat - Jan 2nd - Jan 4th, 2023

A very expansive warm sector and low level jet showing on several models.

talkweather.com

 

[Taylor Campbell]

Damaging winds pushing into southwest Alabama.

 

[KevinH]

I guess this hasn’t been very eventful today?

 

[JBishopwx]

A few reports of trees down in a few locations; other than that, it has been quiet.
 

 

[KevinH]

A few reports of trees down in a few locations; other than that, it has been quiet.

 

Gotcha…

GOOD!!!!!! lol