Sunday, December 21, 2008

MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 2500

ACUS11 KWNS 212318
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 212317
WAZ000-ORZ000-220315-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2500
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0517 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...ORE CASCADES

CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW

VALID 212317Z - 220315Z

SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
ORE CASCADES THROUGH MID-EVENING WITH HOURLY RATES OF 1-2".

SFC LOW AROUND 350NM WNW OF KPDX AT 22Z IS EXPECTED TO DIG SEWD THIS
EVENING. ASSOCD OCFNT WAS ARRIVING ONSHORE WITH A HEALTHY BAND OF
PCPN SPREADING INLAND. HEAVIEST PCPN RATES APPEAR TO BE OCCURRING
ACROSS THE CSTL ZONES OF NWRN ORE/SWRN WA LATE THIS AFTN. LATEST
NAM GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE 95 KT H5 JET WILL SINK INTO NRN CA
WITH STRONGEST UPR DIVERGENCE SPREADING INTO WRN/CNTRL ORE WITH TIME
THIS EVENING. EXPECT THAT THE STRONGEST LARGE SCALE UVV WILL BOOST
UPSLOPE MOST FAVORABLY ACROSS THE ORE CASCADES THROUGH MID-EVENING.
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD FALL GENERALLY IN THE 00-06Z TIME FRAME.

ELSEWHERE...LIGHTER...BUT STILL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR
ACROSS WRN/CNTRL WA...LIKELY PEAKING EARLY THIS EVENING. THE LWR
COLUMBIA RVR VLY AND PORTLAND ORE AREAS...SUFFICIENT WARM AIR JUST
ABOVE THE SHALLOW ARCTIC BOUNDARY LAYER WILL KEEP A RISK FOR ZR THIS
EVENING BEFORE TURNING TO SNOW AS THE COLUMN COOLS WITH THE APCH OF
THE PRIMARY UPR LOW.

..RACY.. 12/21/2008

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

...NOTICE...
SPC WINTER WEATHER MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS WILL BE ISSUED ON A
SCHEDULED BASIS FROM DECEMBER 1 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28...FOUR
TIMES A DAY...AROUND 00 UTC...06 UTC...12 UTC...AND 18 UTC
FOR SIGNIFICANT SHORT RANGE WINTER WEATHER EVENTS.

ATTN...WFO...PDT...MFR...SEW...PQR...

LAT...LON 42892291 44742317 46282292 46652233 46662178 46502119
45182100 43532140 42582166 42392229 42892291

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