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Mesoscale Discussion 294
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 14, 2017, 1:57 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2017, 1:57 PM EDT (17:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties
Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Essex County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 602 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 5:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Androscoggin, Aroostook, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Oxford and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:22 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 9:04 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Maine, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in New Hampshire, 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.