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Mesoscale Discussion 2003

November 1, 20139 counties in New Jersey; 6 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 1, 2013, 8:34 AM EDT for 9 counties in New Jersey; 6 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 1, 2013, 8:34 AM EDT (12:34 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Essex County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2013-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2013-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 442 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
505 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
Nov 1, 5:41 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren94 min
Nov 1, 6:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon and 9 more5 hr
Nov 1, 10:39 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtlantic, Ocean96 min
Oct 31, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Erie6 hr
Nov 1, 12:39 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford96 min
Nov 1, 12:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 9 more5 hr
Nov 1, 3:37 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron and 30 more83 min
Nov 1, 4:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 26 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Jersey, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.