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Mesoscale Discussion 1485

August 12, 201710 counties in Maryland; 4 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 12, 2017, 8:25 PM EDT for 10 counties in Maryland; 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2017, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2017, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Anne Arundel County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Caroline County, MD, Charles County, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Kent County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, City of Fredericksburg, VA, King George County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2017-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 463 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2017-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
463 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.