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Mesoscale Discussion 140

February 25, 20116 counties in New Hampshire; 23 counties in New York; 8 counties in Vermont

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 25, 2011, 4:28 AM EST for 6 counties in New Hampshire; 23 counties in New York; 8 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2011, 4:28 AM EST (09:28 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2011, 10:30 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Albany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Essex County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Orange County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 00:00Z on 2011-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2011-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 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
Feb 25, 12:36 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBelknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan4 hr
Feb 25, 2:46 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Cortland and 15 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in New Hampshire, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.