• MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 0666

    From COD Weather Processor@1:2320/105 to wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu on Sat May 3 17:35:15 2025
    ACUS11 KWNS 031735
    SWOMCD
    SPC MCD 031734=20
    ALZ000-TNZ000-MSZ000-032000-

    Mesoscale Discussion 0666
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    1234 PM CDT Sat May 03 2025

    Areas affected...portions of eastern Mississippi into Alabama and
    southern Middle Tennessee

    Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely=20

    Valid 031734Z - 032000Z

    Probability of Watch Issuance...20 percent

    SUMMARY...The severe threat should gradually increase into the
    afternoon hours. At least isolated instances of strong/damaging
    gusts or large hail are possible with the stronger, sustained
    storms.

    DISCUSSION...MRMS mosaic radar imagery depicts deepening convection
    along the MS/AL border, with 40 dBZ echoes reaching 30 kft amid
    increasing lightning trends. These storms are attempting to
    strengthen amid a modestly sheared airmass (i.e. 40 kts of effective
    bulk shear per 17Z mesoanalysis and regional VADs). However,
    buoyancy still remains quite marginal, with surface
    temperatures/dewpoints in the 60s F, beneath 6 C/km tropospheric
    lapse rates, contributing to 500 J/kg MLCAPE. Diurnal heating may
    further boost low-level lapse rates, supporting better
    boundary-layer buoyancy and the potential for stronger storms later
    this afternoon, with mixed storm modes supporting the threat for strong/damaging gusts and perhaps some hail. It is unclear how
    widespread the severe potential will become since ample cloud cover
    may continue to inhibit diurnal heating to some degree. If greater
    buoyancy is realized than forecast, then regionally greater severe
    potential may materialize, which could necessitate a WW issuance.

    ..Squitieri/Gleason.. 05/03/2025

    ...Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!8EBBw1rCG6m__mxJ2MpM6pi6tH8us_MlHduihb3C5XBhaaOfFiGLjBC7Z7CVKVw0Yya-sHMMW= zVS8aDkDvPuWctF__w$ for graphic product...

    ATTN...WFO...OHX...BMX...HUN...MOB...JAN...

    LAT...LON 31588904 32108926 32918868 34438751 35028710 35188672
    34928605 33628598 32378640 31848706 31638802 31588904=20

    MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH
    MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...UP TO 1.25 IN


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