• MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 0714

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    ACUS11 KWNS 122017
    SWOMCD
    SPC MCD 122017
    OKZ000-KSZ000-TXZ000-COZ000-NMZ000-122215-

    Mesoscale Discussion 0714
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    0317 PM CDT Tue Jun 12 2018

    Areas affected...Southwest KS...OK/TX Panhandles...Far Northeast NM

    Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible

    Valid 122017Z - 122215Z

    Probability of Watch Issuance...40 percent

    SUMMARY...A few severe thunderstorms may develop within the next
    several hours. Trends are being monitored for a possible watch.

    DISCUSSION...Recent surface analysis places a low just east of GUY
    in the OK Panhandle. A stationary front extends northeastward from
    this low into northeast KS while a diffuse trough extends southwestward/westward back to another low near the Raton Mesa.
    Surface convergence is increasing east of this low (and attendant
    surface boundaries) across the northeast TX Panhandle and eastern OK
    Panhandle. This convergence is occurring amidst strong daytime
    heating and boundary-layer mixing, with surface temperatures across
    the region currently in the upper 90s/low 100s. Steep mid-level
    lapse rates atop these warm and moist conditions is resulting in
    strong instability (i.e. MLCAPE over 2500 J/kg). Modest instability
    extends back west to the Raton Mesa, where storms are developing
    across the higher terrain.

    According to mesoanalysis and modified RAP soundings, heating and
    mixing has eroded any convective inhibition, evidenced by the
    increasingly agitated cumulus field across the area. Continued
    attempts at convective initiation are expected to eventually result
    in the development of a few thunderstorms, primarily across the
    eastern TX/OK Panhandles. Isolated large hail and/or strong
    downburst winds are the primary severe threat.

    Uncertainty regarding severe storm coverage given modest deep-layer
    shear currently precludes higher watch probabilities but convective
    trends will be monitored closely.

    ..Mosier/Nauslar/Grams.. 06/12/2018

    ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

    ATTN...WFO...OUN...DDC...AMA...PUB...ABQ...

    LAT...LON 37129937 37479946 37849995 37970052 37930073 37840092
    37630119 37130182 36970252 37090359 36430381 35760333
    35340213 34790092 34829980 36299937 37129937



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