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Mesoscale Discussion 1083

July 2, 20206 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 2, 2020, 6:30 PM EDT for 6 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2020, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2020, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
20%
All 50 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Hancock County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Waldo County, ME, Washington County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Albany County, NY, Bronx County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2020-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 66 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2020-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
66 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 2:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndroscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis and 2 more109 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Massachusetts, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Maine, 2020Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.