Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Columbia, SC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1116 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY CREATING
ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL
CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT CONTINUING THE
CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WITH SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING THE UPPER LEVEL
SHORTWAVE SLOWLY MOVING INTO THE UPSTATE. SHOWERS WHICH POPPED UP
EARLIER HAVE DISSIPATED FOR THE TIME BEING WITH MODELS INDICATING
CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. LAPS SOUNDINGS FROM CAE
AND MDCRS FROM CLT INDICATE PLENTY OF INSTABILITY ALONG WITH A BIT
HIGHER P/WATS THAN YESTERDAY. AS SUCH BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHT INCREASE IN COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON VERSUS
YESTERDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING WIND GUSTS (SHEAR IS VERY
WEAK) AND TO A LESSER EXTENT HAIL (FZL LEVEL AND WET BULB ZERO
HEIGHTS BETWEEN 12.5 AND 13.5 KFT). EXPECT CUMULUS TO BEGIN
DEVELOPING SHORTLY WITH CB/S BY 2 PM. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY TO ADJUST
CLOUDS AND POPS WITH ONLY COSMETIC CHANGES TO OTHER ELEMENTS.

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.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY/...
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WILL
GO SLIGHT CHANCE AFTER SUN GOES DOWN UNTIL MIDNIGHT WHEN CONDITIONS
BECOME MORE STABLE.

AGREE WITH NAM AND GFS BRINGING ANOTHER WEAK SHORT WAVE AND
TROUGH THROUGH AREA MONDAY. AIRMASS BECOMES CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE
AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY.
NAM AND GFS CAPES AROUND 1500 J/KG AND LIS -3/-4. WILL GO 20-30
PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL NEAR MIDNIGHT.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN TUESDAY WITH DRY WARM WEATHER EXPECTED.

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.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH GFS AND ECMWF SHOWING WEAK HIGH PRESSURE
OVER AREA DURING PERIOD. DRY INITIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH WESTERLY WINDS. HIGH SHIFTS MORE EAST
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ALLOWING SOUTHERLY WINDS AND MORE
MOISTURE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER PORTION OF EXTENDED. TEMPERATURES
REMAIN QUITE WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S. LOW
TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT INCREASE
TO NEAR 70 LATE IN PERIOD.

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.AVIATION /12Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS...ALONG WITH DAYTIME HEATING...WILL LEAD TO MODERATE
INSTABILITIES AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO AVIATION
EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY.

&&

.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...NONE.
GA...NONE.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
531 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-230945-
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
531 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.