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  1. While its solution verbatim kinda screws some of this area, add the HRRR to the list of runs (all ARW, fwiw) which are much more widespread and further south with convection tomorrow than the NMMB runs.
  2. you're most welcome. Tropical Tidbits has nice displays - it's listed in the mesoscale section as WRF-ARW2. Pivotal Weather has it as HRW WRF-NSSL.
  3. The ARW2 in particular is a very good model. It's effectively the same configuration as the very popular and quite skillful NSSL-WRF.
  4. absolutely correct that the NAM nest is not being very aggressive for tomorrow, but at the other end of the spectrum, the two ARW Hi-Res Windows have a very robust event for PA/NY and MD/DE (and maybe WV and northern VA too). Both bring convection out of the midwest early Thursday and redevelop it east of the mountains, with some impressive radar signatures. Not saying this will be the outcome, but it could explain some of the more "excited" forecasts.
  5. I like the faster timing of the 18z NAM nest. What I really like is the combination of shear and lapse rates - combinations like these are rare here, and I suspect they're driving the hits with the analogs.
  6. The HRRR almost looks like a borderline MDT risk, with impressive discrete supercells in a very favorable environment, but it's an outlier for now compared to the other CAMs.
  7. 18z HRRR looks even better, and the instability/shear combination is impressive. That said, the other CAMs are overall not nearly as enthused.
  8. I'm not surprised. The lapse rates look quite healthy for the east coast, and the shear profiles (as currently modeled) would support splitting supercells.
  9. I'm in for Thursday, especially after seeing the NAM nest forecast soundings and simulated reflectivity, although I like areas north of our region even better.
  10. excellent point. If some of the non-HRRR solutions like the HiResWindow ARW2 are correct, the OKC area dodges a bullet on the violent tornadoes but ends up in (or very near to) the bullseye for catastrophic flooding.
  11. 00z NAM nest and HRRR show a pretty active Sunday late afternoon/early evening in our area with a good amount of storms, especially for those north of Rt 50 Deep layer shear isn't great, but instability is good, and there is some low-level shear. edit: looks like a possible line on the front later Monday when better deep layer shear is in place
  12. the structure was screwy, but I don't think it was a supercell, as the 00z IAD raob wind profile is pretty sad. Was a pretty storm, though, and I got some small hail in southern Howard County.
  13. Reviewing the morning CAMs, several of them show storms developing in northwest VA or eastern WV and then moving southeast towards the RIC area. Not a whole lot of signal for the folks in central MD. I agree with SPC, though, that there is sufficient deep layer shear to support some SVR in any storms that organize.
  14. Maue is right that the southeast is going to bake in the extended. You can see on the 500 map, though, that the ridge axis will hopefully be just far enough west to put our area in flow that's more northeast and spare us the worst of the heat.
  15. The wet ground will likely prevent us from getting super hot, but this is going to be a warm air mass. The 850 temps will support low 90s here - maybe we'll chop off a few degrees on Sunday, but it seems like the local airports all have a decent shot at 90. The good news in the extended is that while a healthy eastern ridge favors well above average temps here, there will be a couple of northern stream shortwaves this week to knock the ridge down for a day or two, and then the mean ridge axis may set up a little further west and allow the mid-Atlantic and northeast to escape the major heat that affects areas south and west of here.
  16. Lots of 90s showing up either in our area or close by over the next 2 weeks. While there seems to be a signal for northeast troughing as we go through June which may keep us cooler (if correct), the big western trough that will likely sit there for at least the next 10 days is going to pump up a healthy east coast ridge.
  17. It's enough of a threat that SPC has outlooked us for MRGL. The hi-res guidance shows a few storms developing tomorrow afternoon and moving southeast, mainly affecting the I-95 corridor and points south and east. Instability is modest at best, but there is decent deep-layer shear and some downdraft cape to promote some wind gust potential.
  18. NAM is showing mid to upper 80s for a lot of folks in the MD/VA area on Thursday (although it's quite cool for northern areas on Wednesday).
  19. I don't have any feel for the HRDPS, but all of the hi-res guidance I've seen so far this morning points to storms here tomorrow mid-late afternoon. Some of the guidance breaks out some initial waves of storms that cut down on the instability and the potential for a more organized and intense late-day line; the NAM3 puts all of its eggs into a single basket with one strong line. Whether there is a SVR threat remains to be be seen, but "good" storms seem fairly likely at this point.
  20. Tonight's NAM3 still shows a strongly-forced squall line along the front later Friday. Instability and deep-layer shear are modest, but it's probably sufficient as currently progged to warrant a MRGL risk when the new Day 2 SPC outlook is issued in a few hours. I still think that we could eventually end up as a SLGT, depending on how much heating occurs.
  21. Friday has at least some "sleeper potential" for severe, especially for those along and east of the I-95 corridor. The NAM3 allows for some moisture advection and some heating ahead of the front and send a nice line through the area during the evening rush. The environment has only modest instability and modest shear, so severe would be isolated, but it would be a fun event. The GFS has a lot more cloud cover which limits heating ahead of the front and would be a much more 'meh' event.
  22. yeah, surprised we haven't even seen an MD down there yet.
  23. Ya know, I've been saying that we need to make round 1 wimpy to increase our chances with round 2, but maybe there is some tornado potential in our area with round 1? The shear profiles won't be as good as they will be later in the day, but they'll be decent, and we'll actually have better low-level instability.
  24. I still think that the key is how widespread the wave of early-mid afternoon showers (storms?) is. HRRR is pretty aggressive with it, and the model takes us from that 73-75 range back to the upper 60s later in the day when the better forcing and best wind profiles arrive. If we can avoid widespread cooling with round 1, I think we're in much better shape for round 2.
  25. not to split hairs, but at least the 13z outlook gets the entire region into 2% tornado probabilities. The initial outlook with <2% made no sense. I was bullish on my tornado probs last night, but with some indication now that there will be an early afternoon wave of showers, this may hurt our better instability later in the day and lead to slightly elevated storms with less tornado potential (but certainly heavy rain potential).
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