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NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 2, 9:00 AM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1000 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 .SYNOPSIS...PREFRONTAL CONVECTION CONTINUES TO SLIDE THROUGH THE CWA THIS MORNING. MOST OF THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE DIMINISHED WITH ONLY A FEW ISOLATED CELLS PRODUCING LIGHTNING. THE FRONT IS LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...WHILE THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS IS OVER LOUISIANA. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED BEHIND THE MAIN LINE OF CONVECTION TO GIVE PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ANOTHER SHOT OF RAIN. THIS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. OFFSHORE CONVECTION SEEMS TO BE DIMINISHING ALSO...WITH SEA CONDITIONS REMAINING BELOW CAUTIONARY LEVELS. && .UPDATES...WITH THE DIMINISHING TREND OF THE CONVECTION THE CHANGE FOR THE MORNING UPDATES WILL BE A DECREASE IN POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON. WILL GO FOR THE 60 TO 70 PERCENT RANGE FOR THE ENTIRE CWA. ALSO WILL REMOVE SEVERE WORDING AND JUST MENTION SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG. && PREV. DISCUSSION 1245 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 .SHORT TERM (TODAY-TUESDAY)...NO SIG CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS AS BOTH ETA/GFS ARE CONVERGING ON A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE FOR WRN ZONES LATER THIS AFTERNOON & ERN ZONES TONIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERN TODAY WILL BE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. SURFACE DEW POINTS AROUND 70 & CAPES FROM 1000-1500 J/KG MAY BE REALIZED DURING THE PERIOD OF MAX HEATING...ESPECIALLY OVER ERN ZONES. OUR CWFA WILL BE ON THE W SIDE OF A 30-40 KT 850 MB SWLY LOW-LEVEL JET & RIGHT/REAR QUAD OF 100+KT UPPER JET SWINGING EWD ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH. THE ONLY MITIGATING FACTORS WILL BE DEBRIS CLOUDINESS FROM UPSTREAM CONVECTION LIMITING DIURNAL HEATING & DEEP-LAYER MOISTURE/LOWER MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES. SPC HAS THE ENTIRE CWFA IN A SLIGHT RISK TODAY & WILL KEEP ENHANCED WORDING BUT LIMIT COVERAGE TO A FEW SEVERE STORMS W/ LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THE FIRST PERIOD POP GRIDS ARE IN LINE W/ AVERAGE MOS POPS. WILL MAKE MINOR TWEAKS TO THE SECOND & THIRD PERIOD POP GRIDS. PRECIP SHOULD GRADUALLY END FROM W TO E TONIGHT & MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS MONDAY WILL MOVE INTO THE SERN STATES TUESDAY. IT WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER...ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT...& DRIER. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY)...THE BROAD SCALE MID/UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT E FROM THE PLAINS TO THE GULF STATES BY LATE IN THE WEEK. THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL SET UP RESIDENCE OVER THE NRN GULF PROVIDING A MOSTLY DRY WLY FLOW OVER THE CWFA. TEMPS WILL WARM GRADUALLY W/ SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL READINGS EXPECTED FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. && .MARINE...A LIGHT-MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO OFFSHORE TONIGHT WRN LEGS & AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR ERN LEGS...AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THRU THE COASTAL WATERS. EXPECT WINDS/SEAS TO INCREASE TO CAUTION LEVELS BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT WRN LEGS & MONDAY FOR ERN LEGS. MODERATE TO GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TOWARD THE WATERS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS UNTIL TUESDAY WHEN RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR OUR FL ZONES. && MAJ .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TLH 79 59 76 46/ 80 60 20 00 PFN 77 59 76 54/ 80 50 10 00 DHN 77 55 75 49/ 80 40 10 00 ABY 79 57 75 48/ 80 60 20 00 VLD 81 60 76 48/ 70 60 30 00 CTY 82 65 79 50/ 60 60 40 00 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...NONE. && BOLINSKI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-031000- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- 600 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST... AND DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY PARAMETERS FAVOR A RISK OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS MORNING...AND OVER SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THAT MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND DECREASING WIND SHEAR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR WILL RETURN FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEK. WHILE SURFACE SOILS HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...THERE WILL STILL BE A RISK FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. WINDS AND SEAS WILL REACH EXERCISE CAUTION LEVELS MONDAY...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY MID-WEEK. .RIP CURRENTS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANAHNDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. A RIP CURRENT IS A STRONG NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH THROUGH THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...WADE SIDEWAYS PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL YOU ARE OUT OF ITS PULL. TO ESCAPE...RIDE THE CURRENT OUT BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM TO SHORE OUTSIDE THE NARROW CURRENT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. MAJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ALZ066-067-021029- DALE AL-HENRY AL- 600 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 AT 459 AM CDT (559 AM EDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL DALE COUNTY AND IT MAY MOVE INTO NORTHWEST HENRY COUNTY SHORTLY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 24-BLOCK
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