Saturday, May 1, 2010

Mesoscale discussion

This mesoscale discussion issued by the SPC pretty much says it all. A PDS tornado watch will come soon. And those are pretty strong words for a meteorologist in the last sentence.

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0445
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0137 PM CDT SAT MAY 01 2010

AREAS AFFECTED...NERN TX...NRN LA...MUCH OF AR

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...TORNADO WATCH LIKELY

VALID 011837Z - 011930Z

...PDS TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED BY 20Z ACROSS MUCH OF AR/NRN LA AND NERN TX...

(Stuff I deleted)

... ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS STRONGLY FAVOR LONG-TRACK STRONG TORNADOES.

1 comment:

  1. Cap appears to be breaking now, PDS tornado watch is out, and showers are popping.

    Looks to be showtime within the next hour or few now

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