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Mesoscale Discussion 63

January 14, 20248 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 14, 2024, 11:49 AM EST for 8 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2024, 11:49 AM EST (16:49 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2024, 3:45 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Snow squall
All 63 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Oxford 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, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Bronx County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Orange County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 2024-01-14Temperature 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 2024-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
1495 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-61 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
Jan 14, 4:08 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Oxford and 4 more4 hr
Jan 14, 8:25 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroome, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Steuben and 3 more4 hr
Jan 14, 3:49 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHerkimer, Jefferson, Lewis4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in New Hampshire, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in Connecticut, 2024Every mesoscale discussion in 2024

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.