Lightning Strike in Louisiana, October 18, 2007

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
426 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

.SHORT TERM...
LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A DEEP 986MB LOW OVER WESTERN IOWA
WITH DEWPOINTS GREATER THAN 65F AS FAR NORTH AS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
AND GREATER THAN 70F OVER LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. IN
ADDITION...AN ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE PLOTS SHOWED GREATER
THAN 2 INCHES AND AXIS OVER THE MID AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
5H ANALYSIS REVEALED A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER THE SURFACE LOW
WITH TROUGH AXIS SOUTHEAST TO ARKANSAS. JET ANALYSIS SHOWED A JET
MAX OF 80 TO 90 KNOTS FROM OKLAHOMA TO MINNESOTA AND ANOTHER JET
MEX OF 120 TO 130 KNOTS FROM NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TO OREGON. ATM OR
SLIDELL SOUNDING AT 00Z THU SHOWED A CAPE VALUE OF 2100 J/KG AN
INCREASE SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT AND HELICITY AROUND 200 M2/S2.

SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY UP TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS AND MARINE
FORECASTER WILL SHOW SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY.
WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OUT WEST THROUGH TODAY...ATM WILL REMAIN
UNSTABLE WITH CAPE VALUES AROUND 2000 J/KG TIL FRONTAL PASSAGE
FRIDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST TODAY
AND TONIGHT AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR WILL DIMINISH AND HELICITY VALUES
DECREASE 100 M2/S2 TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...THE TORNADIC
THREAT HAS DECREASED TODAY AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SPEED
SHEAR PROFILE WILL YIELD AN ATM CONDUCIVE FOR STORMS PRODUCING
STRONG WINDS TONIGHT. WITH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE...WILL
CONTINUE SCATTERED CONVECTION TO TODAY AND MORE STRUCTURED ISOLATED
DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AHEAD OF THE FRONT
LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WILL LINGER CONVECTION TIL 18Z FOR
LAND AND 00Z FRI FOR MARINE. THICKNESS VALUES 1000 TO 700MB LOWERS
NEAR 3000M AROUND 12 SAT AND INCREASE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS 20 TO 25
KNOTS RIGHT BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE FRIDAY MORNING BUT 15 TO 20
KNOTS FRIDAY. THE MAIN TROUGH WILL PUSH EAST AND THE SURFACE FRONT
WILL STALL OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF SATURDAY

.LONG TERM...
ANOTHER TROUGH WILL DEEPEN OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS SUNDAY AND
EVOLVE INTO A FULL LATITUDE TROUGH FROM THE HUDSON TO GULF
ACCORDING TO GFS. ECMWF HOLD THIS TROUGH/LOW OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AND THEN MOVES THE LOW WEST. WILL GO GFS AND
HPC AS WE DONT HAVE GOOD FEEL OF ECMWF PERFORMANCE DURING THIS
FALL SEASON. AS A RESULT...THIS TROUGH WILL TAP GULF MOISTURE
ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY NIGHT AND SCATTERED
STRONG CONVECTION AHEAD OF A FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY. THICKNESS
VALUES 1000 TO 700M DROP TO NEAR 2900M BY 12Z TUESDAY WITH STRONG
WINDS OVER LAND AND MARINE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. IN
ADDITION...TEMPS MAY NOT REFLECT THE PREDICTED THICKNESS VALUES
NEXT TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WILL LET LATER SHIFTS LOWER TEMPS
IF NEEDED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  86  66  82  50 /  30  60  20  10
BTR  86  67  83  54 /  30  60  20  10
MSY  86  72  83  62 /  40  60  30  10
GPT  84  71  83  57 /  40  60  30  10

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
GM...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

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