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Mesoscale Discussion 1665

November 26, 20184 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 26, 2018, 8:34 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2018, 8:34 PM EST (01:34 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 2018, 2:30 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Carroll County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Warren County, NY, Addison County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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

Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 375 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, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2018-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Chatham, MA at 00:00Z on 2018-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in New Hampshire, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.