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Mesoscale Discussion 2477

November 25, 20047 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 25, 2004, 10:13 AM EST for 7 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 2004, 10:13 AM EST (15:13 UTC)
Expired
Nov 25, 2004, 12:15 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Orange County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 192 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.4

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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
Nov 25, 8:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Nov 25, 11:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Nov 25, 12:48 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Nov 25, 7:12 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBergen, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester and 10 more63 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Massachusetts, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in New Hampshire, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.