From Mount Holly AFD this morning-
The upward trend in strength and coverage of convection forecast for this afternoon has continued in the latest guidance this morning. There will be seasonably strong synoptic forcing for convection along with strong deep layer effective shear of 40 kts or perhaps even higher. The primary limiting factor with this setup remains the instability, which is likely to remain around 500-1,000 J/kg. However, the forcing and kinematic environment should be able to overcome the relatively low CAPE to result in scattered strong to locally severe thunderstorms. Additionally, the aforementioned mid- level cooling should also help overcome the less than impressive instability parameters with forecast mid-level lapse rates possibly exceeding 7 C/km. The primary threat of severe weather with these thunderstorms will be locally damaging winds and large hail, however the low- level hodograph curvature will also support a couple brief/weak tornadoes. Effective SRH values look to be around 100-150 m2/s2 with 0-1 km bulk shear around 10-20 kts. LCLs will be around 1000 meters or higher, so this will limit the tornado potential a good bit.