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Thursday, July 1, 2021

SPC Jul 1, 2021 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0249 PM CDT Thu Jul 01 2021 Valid 012000Z - 021200Z ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC... ...SUMMARY... Scattered damaging winds are likely across parts of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain this afternoon into early evening. ...Discussion... Only appreciable changes this outlook update are the following: 1) removal of 5-percent wind probabilities across coastal NY into southern New England due to clouds/rain inhibiting stronger destabilization than previously forecast. 2) Trimming of severe probabilities behind the convection across the Mid-Atlantic states. ..Smith.. 07/01/2021 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1121 AM CDT Thu Jul 01 2021/ ...Mid-Atlantic this afternoon into early evening... A midlevel trough will continue to dig south-southeastward from ON/QC to the lower Great Lakes and central Appalachians by early Friday. An associated/weak surface cyclone will move from the Mid-Atlantic to the southern New England coast, as a cold front drifts southeastward to near the Mid-Atlantic coast. Ahead of the cold front and band of thicker clouds/rain, a pre-frontal trough and differential heating will help focus thunderstorm development into this afternoon, in phase with subtle/embedded speed maxima ejecting eastward around the southern periphery of the digging midlevel trough. Surface heating is underway with temperatures warming into the upper 80s to lower 90s from VA into DE/southern NJ, where boundary-layer dewpoints remain in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Despite rather modest midlevel lapse rates, MLCAPE will increase to 1500-2500 J/kg this afternoon, in an environment with steep low-level lapse rates and 30-40 kt midlevel flow (effective bulk shear 25 kt south to 40 kt north). Storms that form near the Blue Ridge by about midday will spread eastward through the afternoon as a mix of clusters and short line segments capable of producing damaging winds. The northern extent of the primary severe threat will be limited by the thicker clouds and late morning convection hampering destabilization, and the southern extent will be limited by weakening forcing for ascent and diminishing vertical shear. ...Southern High Plains this afternoon... A slow-moving cold front from southeast CO into northwest OK will focus thunderstorm development this afternoon, as the front encounters a gradually warming surface layer with dewpoints in the 60s to near 70. Clouds will tend to slow surface heating and midlevel lapse rates are poor (6-6.5 C/km) compared to typical Plains warm sectors, both of which will mute the potential for strong updrafts and downdrafts. Thus, while vertical shear may become sufficient for some weakly rotating storms along the boundary, the threat for severe storms still appears quite marginal. Read more LIVE: spc.noaa.gov
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