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NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 16, 10:39 AM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1039 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... COLD FRONT NOW ENTERING THE WESTERN CWFA. THE LINE OF SHOWERS AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAS WEAKENED AND BECOME MORE BROKEN IN NATURE. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BEGIN TO FALL IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA VERY SHORTLY. IN THE EAST...TEMPERATURES HAVE REACHED THE LOWER 70S...AND MAY RISE ONE OR TWO DEGREES MORE BEFORE THE RAIN AND FRONT COME THROUGH. HAVE SEEN GUSTS TO AROUND 30 KT IN THE SHOWERS. SYNOPTIC WINDS ARE ALSO GUSTY. SUSTAINED SW WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT OF 15 TO 20 ARE LIKELY...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH IN THE WEST AND 30 MPH IN THE EAST. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND SHIFT TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST. DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE WINDS/WIND GUSTS WILL MEET THE ADVISORY CRITERIA. BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE CWFA...AND SHOULD BE WELL EAST OF THE AREA BY THE MID AFTERNOON. HAVE TWEAKED POPS A BIT TO REFLECT THIS TREND. IN ADDITION...HAVE REDUCED THE THUNDER WORDING IN THE ZONES. HOWEVER...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION. THE 12Z IAD SOUNDING DID INDICATE 60 KT RIGHT OFF THE DECK...BUT THE HIGHER WINDS WOULD NEED A MECHANISM TO HELP MIX DOWN UNDER THE CLOUDY SKIES. SO...ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WOULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND SHOWERS WILL LIKELY BE GUSTY. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 916 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... UPDATED THE ZONES TO CANCEL THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND HIGH WIND WATCH. NO OTHER CHANGES FOR NOW...HOWEVER LATER UPDATES MAY BE NECESSARY FOR TEMPS AND POPS. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 305 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005) SHORT TERM (TDA/TNGT)... CDFNT ANALYZED AT 06Z FROM NEAR CLE SWD TO KNOXVILLE TN WITH FORCED LINE OF CONVECTION RACING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 40 KTS. CDFNT WILL ENTER THE FAR WRN ZONES THIS MORNING AND EXIT THE FCST AREA BY 23Z. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE TSTMS LOOKS PRETTY GOOD THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS JUST ABV SFC WITH 925 WINDS CLOSE TO 45KT...H85 WINDS OF 55 KTS AND FAST MOTION OF CONVECTIVE LINE. AIR MASS WILL ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE TO DESTABILIZE BEFORE FROPA WITH BUFKIT SOUNDINGS INDICATING CAPE UP TO 500 J/KG...LIS -2C AND SWEAT INDEX NEAR 350. THIS SHOULD BE PLENTY ENOUGH FOR SEVERE STORMS GIVEN STRONG FORCING. HIGH HELICITY ALSO INDICATIVE OF GOOD POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS. TIMING OF SVR CONVECTION MAINLY BETWEEN 16-23Z MAINLY EAST OF BLUE RIDGE. WUD EXPECT A CONVECTIVE WATCH TO BE ISSUED BY NOON. ENTIRE AREA ALSO UNDER SLIGHT RISK FOR SVR WX. FOR AREAS W OF THE BLUE RIDGE...SINCE NO LIGHTNING EXPECTED WILL ISSUE HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 12Z-17Z FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. EXPECT A SHARP DROP IN TEMPS WITH FROPA AND GUSTY NW WINDS. TONIGHT...MUCH COLDER WITH QUICKLY FALLING TEMPS. SOME POST FRONTAL SHRAS STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...THEN CLEARING SKIES. ROSA LONG TERM (THU-TUE)... AFTR TDAS WX SHOW THINGS WL BE MR SETTLED IN THE XTND. CHILLY WL BE THE MAIN WX WORD AS A PATTERN SHIFT OCCURS ON THE E CST. HIGH PRES BUILDS INTO THE RGN THRU SAT. THE NEXT CHC OF PCPN WL BE ON SUN AS A CD FNT MOVES OFF THE CST/REINFORCES THE LNG WV KEEPING HIGH TEMPS IN THE L50S..WHICH IS ACTUALLY ONLY A FEW DEGS BLO NORMS. WATCHING NEW MRF COME IN - ANOTHER CD SHOT LOOKS TO REACH MID ATLC RGN ON WED. ON THANKSGIVING THE MDL HAS THE JET STREAM FLOWING FM THE NW TERRITORIES TO THE CAROLINAS. LOOKS LIKE A COOL HOLIDAY WK AHEAD. WOODY AVIATION...STRONG LLWS ONGOING PER VWP. ALSO GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SVR TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY BETWEEN 16-21Z. INCLUDED 40KT GUSTS AT ALL TAF SITES FOR NOW. .MARINE...STRONG SCA CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS LIKELY TO BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AS CONVECTIVE LINE RACES TO THE EAST. && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ANZ530>537 UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY. && SHORT TERM...LISTEMAA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1108 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005 ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021- 025>031-036>042-050>057-WVZ048>055-171615- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-ALLEGANY-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-HIGHLAND- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN- ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE-GRANT-MINERAL-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON- PENDLETON-HARDY- 1108 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE EASTERN SHORE INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA... WASHINGTON DC AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT ON THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND MUCH OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Dominion Power Company reported about 3300 Virginia customers without power, when strong winds downed tree branches onto power lines near Springfield, VA.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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