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Mesoscale Discussion 2614

December 14, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 14, 2003, 6:56 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 14, 2003, 6:56 PM EST (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Dec 15, 2003, 1:00 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Androscoggin County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Albany County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 344 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2003-12-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2003-12-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
298 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 14, 12:14 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBelknap, Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham and 1 more5 hr
Dec 14, 6:37 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in New Hampshire, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.