Sunday, May 11, 2008

A Severe Mother's Day?

If that warm front to our south can push North quickly enough, we do have a slight severe threat today for Mother's Day. I won't be able to go chase a long distance, but will be able to head to the water if severe storms do come this way. Here is what the local Wakefield office has to say....there is hope!

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
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HI PRES WILL SLIDE OFFSHR THIS MORNG...WITH QUICK THICKENING OF
CLDS AND RAIN CHCS INCREASING FM W TO E BY MIDDAY DUE TO STRNG
ISENTROPIC LIFT AS WRM FRNT LIFTS NE TWD REGION. SFC LO PRES
DEVELOPS ACRS WRN NC ERLY THIS AFTN...THEN TRACKS NE ACRS SE VA
THRU THIS EVENG. STRNG DYNAMICS/ASSOC LIFT AND WND SHEAR ASSOC
WITH MOVEMENT OF SFC LO PRES...CUD RESULT IN SVR TSRAS WITH
DAMAGING WNDS/HAIL AND ISLTD TORNADOES ACRS SE VA AND NE NC THIS
AFTN INTO THIS EVENG.

MOST AREAS WILL LIKELY RECEIVE BETWEEN .50 AND 1.00 INCH OF
RAINFALL FM THIS EVENT THRU THIS EVENG...WITH HIER AMTS POSSIBLE
IN HEAVIER SHRAS OR STRNG/SVR TSRAS. MAX TEMPS TDY WILL RANGE THRU
THE 60S TO LWR 70S.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there!!!

SCM

1 comment:

Dewdrop said...

Thanks! To your wife, as well. Good decision not to go far. This storm is outrageous.