THE COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT MOISTURE...INCREASING WINDS WITH HEIGHT...AND ADEQUATE INSTABILITY WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. Good morning Mr. Squall Line... He definitely got his act together... looks like he knows what he wants and he's after it... a few things that I see that aren't in my favor... it's a thin line... and it's moving very fast, nothing like the system that passed through at Christmas. This thing is hauling tail. Another issue is that most of the tornado warnings are popping up on the northern side of this storm. We will be on the southern side. Alabama is getting hammered right now with this impressive system. More convection is forming over the gulf, which looks like it might head my way. Exciting part is that spotters have been activated... Hey, that's me... I am somewhat bothered by the fact that my weather radio is not showing alerts... afraid the digital messaging isn't working right because I know that one of the counties is under a tornado watch, but my watch light is not on. grumble, grumble. 
Hopefully, I'll get some new lightning pictures because my selection is pretty pathetic... Anyway, I am watching it roll in. Stay tuned... Will it be a chase day or won't it?
~Dewdrop
Friday, January 05, 2007
To Chase or not to Chase... that is the question... the only one that matters.
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AT 1715Z...A SQUALL LINE STRETCHED FROM 40 NE AHN T35 SW AHN TO 10
ReplyDeleteSE PFN AND WAS MOVING EWD AT 40 KT ON THE NORTH END AND 25-30 KT ON
THE SOUTH END. THE SQUALL LINE WAS STRONGLY BOWED ACROSS NRN GA...
WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE LOCATED ALONG THIS
PORTION OF THE LINE. ALTHOUGH THE LINEAR NATURE OF THE STORMS
SUGGEST MOSTLY A DAMAGING WINDS THREAT...THE STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR
AND MLCAPES FROM 500 TO 1000 J/KG ARE SUPPORTIVE OF TORNADOES WITHIN
THE LINE...AND ISOLATED STORMS THAT DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE. THE
THREAT FOR WIND DAMAGE AND TORNADOES MAY INCREASE ACROSS THE ERN
PORTIONS OF THE WW THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS
CLIMB A FEW DEGREES HIGHER THAN CURRENT READINGS