• MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 1526

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    ACUS11 KWNS 051939
    SWOMCD
    SPC MCD 051939
    IAZ000-ILZ000-MOZ000-KSZ000-NEZ000-052215-

    Mesoscale Discussion 1526
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    0239 PM CDT Fri Oct 05 2018

    Areas affected...northeast Kansas...southeast Nebraska...northern Missouri...and southern Iowa

    Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely

    Valid 051939Z - 052215Z

    Probability of Watch Issuance...20 percent

    SUMMARY...Thunderstorm coverage and intensity will increase
    gradually through the afternoon and evening. The primary threat will
    be hail, but gusty winds cannot be ruled out.

    DISCUSSION...A surface warm front across central/northern Kansas and
    central Missouri will continue to lift northward through the
    afternoon before stalling and returning southward as a cold front
    overnight. Although the airmass should remain capped to the south of
    the front, continued isentropic ascent to the north of the front
    will allow for a gradual increase in favorable conditions for strong
    to marginally severe thunderstorms.

    Presently, thunderstorms are ongoing across northeast Kansas,
    southeast Nebraska, and southern Iowa. These thunderstorms appear to
    be rooted somewhere between 850-700 millibars, along or just north
    of the frontal surface. Continued south-southwesterly flow through
    this layer will continue to tap into a CAPE reservoir across
    southern Kansas, that is being sustained by unseasonably warm
    surface temperatures (in the upper-80s) and lower-tropospheric
    moisture (dewpoints in the upper-60s to low-70s).

    Through this afternoon, thunderstorm coverage and intensity is a
    little bit uncertain given the continued weakening/veering low-level
    jet. However, belief is that enough isentropic ascent will occur to
    result in at least isolated convection, which would be capable of
    hail. Later this evening, with the diurnally augmented increase in
    the low-level jet, and increasing deep-layer ascent stemming from
    the western United States trough, confidence is higher in the
    coverage of thunderstorms -- some possibly severe. The primary
    threat this evening should still be hail, but given the increase in
    the low-level jet and a surface front in the vicinity, a brief
    tornado or strong wind gust cannot be ruled out.

    ..Marsh/Guyer.. 10/05/2018

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

    ATTN...WFO...LSX...DVN...DMX...EAX...OAX...TOP...ICT...GID...

    LAT...LON 39029813 40469703 41609601 42189467 42249261 41669107
    40399122 39319369 38219573 38219808 39029813



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