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PG and AA were definitely in the blue box yesterday, so I'm not sure what the "blank space" over those counties represents.
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we're not going to meet the Level 5 Eskimo Joe criteria today for sure, but we'll get boxed, and there will be some wind reports.
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Absolutely, The warnings in the Dayton area from the Wilmington, OH WFO Monday night were fantastic too.
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To add on to EJ's reply, my discussion of gusting out was related to tornado potential yesterday. If you have a supercell and want it to make it to tornadogenesis, there has to be a balance between inflow and outflow. If the PBL gets too hot and deeply mixed, you get a lot of downdraft cape, meaning that the storm's downdraft can become very strong (rain falling into relatively dry air will evaporate, cooling the air, and forcing it to sink even more aggressively) and overwhelm the inflow. Supercells that are outflow-dominant are way less likely to produce tornadoes. Otherwise, you're right that sfc heating is a great thing for storms in general, as you're increasing instability.
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I'm not calling for any type of high end event, but most people will either see 1 or 2 rounds of storms today (more isolated round 1 and more widespread round 2). Instability won't be impressive (regardless of cloud debris), but deep layer shear is decent and will improve, so I still expect SVR reports in the area to justify the slight risk.
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I wasn't closely watching the radar yesterday evening, but the wind profiles in northeast MD up into PA favored splitting supercells, so perhaps a split occurred upstream, and the left mover went through that area.
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Interesting scenario in the recent HRRR runs. There are a couple of lead cells (supercells?) in the mid-afternoon, followed by more widespread storms just before sunset. If we have any tornado potential today, it may be more with round 2. The storms with round 1 will be more discrete, but the wind profiles look lousy on guidance, and the PBL is fairly deep. Round 2 will have better wind fields throughout the column, a slightly cooler boundary layer, and perhaps some remnant boundaries to work with.
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All true, but why are you posting a video taken in Colorado in 2016 in this thread??
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I think SLGT, and I'm on board with your percentages. If instability were a little greater, we'd be looking at ENH.
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The wind profiles looked better in model runs earlier today, so the UH tracks in the 00z suite don't look quite as impressive overall, but the overall shear Thursday will be a significant improvement over today.
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Looking at the 00z NAM nest, HRRR, and Hi-Res Windows, the NAM nest has by far the lowest amount of coverage of storms.
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realizing that most people didn't see any storm today out of the ENH risk and are demoralized, but the 00z suite has kicked out with the HRRR continuing to look good for tomorrow. Tomorrow's setup may actually be less complicated.
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not gonna lie - that sounding showing less instability than progged (along with the HRRR runs) is giving me concern. but I'm absolutely not ready to call "bust"
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it's also key that we're way hotter, and the LCL heights are much higher. That deeply mixed, relatively dry PBL would cause any supercells this far south to gust out quickly.
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We're almost certain to get a blue box later. I agree that the TOR threat is limited even in PA, but while the low level winds are meh, the overall shear is decent. So I see SPC's thought that any modification of the low-level winds by the front or storm interactions could lead to a TOR.
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hahaha. There is no way that any box for us isn't blue.
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you can see how the blue box later will fit in nicely across eastern WV, northern VA, and MD SPC forecasters refer to this process as "boxology"
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today for sure with the weak low-level shear and hot, mixed PBL. We're talking about tomorrow, when the low-level shear is stronger, and the PBL structure is more favorable. Not expecting a TOR outbreak, but the potential for a couple of TORs seems reasonable.
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Actually, I'm probably guilty of extracting WAY too much detail out of day 2 model guidance, but 4 out of 5 CAMs this morning (among HRRR, NAM nest, and Hi-Res Windows) show a nice UH track across Howard County tomorrow.
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Low-level shear is absolutely way better tomorrow, and the PBL won't be as deep as today.
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Yes! Based on the 12z HRRR and NAM nest, tomorrow is a SLGT risk for sure, and I wouldn't rule out eventually getting to ENH.
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all 3 hires windows look terrific for later today.
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embedded sups are definitely possible, but with a deep PBL with accompanying inverted-V sounding, it would be really tough to get any rotation down to the ground.
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That's one heck of a squall line on the 12z NAM nest. I'm going to conveniently ignore that the only area where a solid 450 mile line falls apart is Howard and Montgomery Counties.....
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Looks like it would be a sharp cutoff for the better stuff, so the Montgomery-Howard corridor could still do quite well. But yeah, this has been an annoying couple of days. We actually get into some impressive flow aloft tomorrow, so while instability will be less, it has potential to be better than the MRGL currently shown.
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