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Mesoscale Discussion 627

May 1, 201726 counties in New York; 4 counties in Vermont

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 1, 2017, 6:29 PM EDT for 26 counties in New York; 4 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2017, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2017, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 30 counties

Albany County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Addison County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 12:00Z on 2017-05-01Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2017-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 246 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 1:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Steuben and 2 more64 min
May 1, 2:12 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung and 23 more8 hr
May 1, 4:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Madison and 11 more84 min
May 1, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin and 15 more4 hr
May 1, 7:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNew York, Richmond, Rockland, Westchester2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 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.