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Mesoscale Discussion 1053

May 26, 200813 counties in Michigan

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 26, 2008, 9:30 PM EDT for 13 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2008, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2008, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bay County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Midland County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2008-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 152 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2008-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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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.