Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
414 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. A COLD
FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST LATE SUNDAY...AND
MOVE OFFSHORE AND INTO THE ATLANTIC LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL THEN REBUILD OVER THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/...
THE INITIAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WAS IN THE LEE TROUGH ACROSS
THE SC MIDLANDS AND SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GA. SOME OF THIS
CONVECTION HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST TOWARD OUR INTERIOR GA/SC
COUNTIES. MEANWHILE WE ARE SEEING ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY ALONG THE
SEABREEZE IN THE CHARLESTON TRI-COUNTY AREA WHERE THE BETTER
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE IS POOLED. LATEST MESOANALYSIS SHOWS A REGION
OF ENHANCED DOWNDRAFT CAPE OVER SOUTHEAST GA SO THIS IS WHERE WE
ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE THE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN
EXCESS OF 2 INCHES AND VERY SLOW STORM MOTION WILL RESULT IN HEAVY
RAINFALL THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARD. SINCE MOST OF OUR CONVECTION
IS BEING DRIVEN BY DIURNAL HEATING AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
INTERACTION WE SHOULD SEE A DECLINE IN COVERAGE AS THE EVENING
PROGRESSES.

LATER TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD DEVELOP JUST ABOUT
ANYWHERE AS A PRONOUNCED LAND BREEZE DEVELOPS. SLIGHTLY BETTER
COVERAGE EXPECTED IN COASTAL AREAS AND THE ADJACENT WATERS WHERE
BETTER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESIDE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/...
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BECOME MORE
AMPLIFIED AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE EASTERN UNITED STATES...DRIVING A
COLD FRONT AT THE SURFACE TOWARD THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY
AND EVENTUALLY ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT
PROVIDED BY THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF A 70 KT JET AND STRONG SHORT
WAVE ENERGY ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE DEEP TROUGH...IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE...WILL BE
SUFFICIENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO THE PLACEMENT/COVERAGE OF
ANY POTENTIAL CONVECTION SUNDAY MORNING...WITH MANY OF THE GLOBAL
MODELS AND EVEN THE LOCAL 4KM WRF SHOWING GENERALLY RAIN-FREE
CONDITIONS IN THE MORNING AND THE NAM DEPICTING QUITE A BIT OF
MORNING CONVECTION. THIS WILL HAVE LARGE IMPLICATIONS ON MANY
FACTORS...INCLUDING HOW MUCH SURFACE BASED HEATING/DESTABILIZATION
WILL OCCUR. THE NAM APPEARS TO BE A BIT OF AN OUTLIER HOWEVER...SO
WILL FAVOR A DRIER MORNING WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OR LOW CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
BECOMING LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT...WITH THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER PLACING MOST OF THE
FORECAST AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK. IF DESTABILIZATION IS ABLE TO OCCUR
IN THE MORNING AS EXPECTED...THEN THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE AT LEAST
MODERATE INSTABILITY IN PLACE AS CONVECTION BECOMES MULTI-CELLULAR
IN NATURE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH
ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT BECOME SEVERE WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS WITH A
MUCH LESSER THREAT OF MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALSO EXPECTED. WILL CONTINUE
MENTION IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.

MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...ONE LAST SHORT WAVE WILL ROUND THE BASE OF
THE TROUGH ON MONDAY AND MAINLY PASS NORTH OF THE AREA.
HOWEVER...THERE COULD BE ENOUGH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE SEA BREEZE TO PRODUCE ISOLATED CONVECTION IN THE CHARLESTON
TRI-COUNTY AREA. THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD BE RAIN-FREE
WITH THE COLD FRONT CONTINUING TO SHIFT OFFSHORE TAKING THE BULK OF
THE DEEP MOISTURE WITH IT. HIGH PRESSURE AND A DRIER AIRMASS BOTH AT
THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL THEN CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION
THROUGH TUESDAY AND WILL KEEP THE FORECAST FREE FROM RAIN. HIGHS ARE
EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 90S AWAY FROM THE COAST EACH
DAY. LOWS MONDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S WELL INLAND TO
THE LOWER/MIDDLE 70S ALONG THE COAST.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE IN FAIRLY DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH THE LONG TERM
PERIODS...SHOWING HIGH PRESSURE HOLDING IN PLACE OVER THE REGION
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SURFACE TROUGHING IS THEN EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP IN THE LEE OF THE APPALACHIANS FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND
INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...ALONG WITH LOWERING UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS.
AS A RESULT...WILL KEEP THE FORECAST RAIN FREE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WILL THEN NEED SLIGHT CHANCE/LOW CHANCE POPS IN THE
FORECAST THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RUN
NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
HAVE MAINTAINED VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE 18Z TAF PERIOD FOR BOTH
KCHS AND KSAV...HOWEVER AS CONVECTION DEVELOPS ALONG THE SEA
BREEZE AND OTHER BOUNDARIES THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT AMENDMENTS
WILL BE NEEDED. CONVECTION WILL INITIATE ACROSS THE CHARLESTON
AREA THEN TRANSITION SOUTHWARD. CONVECTION WILL LIKELY LINGER A
COUPLE HOURS AFTER SUNSET AT KSAV WITH DEBRIS CLOUDS PERSISTING
OVERNIGHT AT BOTH SITES. SOME MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST SOME MVFR
CEILINGS COULD AFFECT THE TERMINALS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS
POSSIBLE SHOWERS DEVELOP IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE LAND BREEZE. A
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH SUNDAY BRINGING POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VSBYS AND/OR CIGS SUNDAY...PRIMARILY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD
PREVAIL.

&&

.MARINE...
WINDS WILL BECOME SSW AND SW OVERNIGHT WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN
SPEEDS AS A 15 KT 925 MB JET DEVELOPS. SEAS WILL REMAIN AT OR
BELOW 3 FEET.

SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD OVER THE AREA
THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. COULD SEE A BIT OF A SURGE IN THE
WINDS PRIOR TO THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT WINDS AND
SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL SHORT OF SMALL CRAFT THRESHOLDS.
OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT MARINE ISSUES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

&&

.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

JRL/JAQ

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
514 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099-100-114-115-SCZ040-142115-
CHARLESTON HARBOR-
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING
GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-TATTNALL-EVANS-ALLENDALE-
514 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM
THE WEST ON SUNDAY AND MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY EVENING.
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THE FRONT...AND SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN
HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

GAZ101-116>119-137>141-SCZ042>045-047>052-142115-
EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-
LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
514 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN
SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS ACTIVITY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
WILL BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM
THE WEST ON SUNDAY AND MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY EVENING.
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THE FRONT...AND SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN
HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
549 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0522 PM     HAIL             CROCKETVILLE            32.92N  81.08W
08/13/2011  E0.70 INCH       HAMPTON            SC   PUBLIC

            THE PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL LASTING 15 TO 20
            MINUTES.

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EVENT NUMBER CHS1100835

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