La NOAA ha lanzado un tornado watch en la zona donde me encuentro (Jonesboro):
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 267
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
305 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
FAR WEST KENTUCKY
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
FAR WEST TENNESSEE
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JONESBORO
ARKANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 266...
DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS ERN MO
INTO CENTRAL IL. STORMS ARE MOVING EWD INTO REGION OF INCREASINGLY
FAVORABLE SHEAR AND INSTABILITY FOR FORMATION OF SUPERCELLS. THIS
WILL ENHANCE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
...HALES
Os dejo también la discusión sobre la mesoscala:
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0703
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0230 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF NE AR...SE MO...WRN TN...WRN KY INTO SRN
IL
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 266...
VALID 301930Z - 302130Z
CONVECTIVE TRENDS ARE BEING MONITORED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF AN
INCREASING TORNADO THREAT...MAINLY IN AND AROUND THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL.
AS A MID-LEVEL COLD CORE/SPEED MAXIMA CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST
NORTHEAST OF THE OZARK PLATEAU LATE THIS AFTERNOON...STRONGEST
LOW-LEVEL WARM ADVECTION IS PROGGED TO BECOME FOCUSED ACROSS THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AREA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SURROUNDING STATES.
THIS WILL BECOME JUXTAPOSED WITH LINGERING NARROW LOW-LEVEL MOIST
AXIS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WHERE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS SEEM
LIKELY TO MAINTAIN A MORE BACKED/SOUTHERLY ORIENTATION BENEATH 30 KT
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AROUND 850 MB. GIVEN BETTER LOW-LEVEL
THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT AND MORE FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL
HODOGRAPHS...POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES MAY INCREASE AS STRONGER STORMS
DEVELOP INTO AREA BOUNDED BY JONESBORO AR/POPLAR BLUFF MO/CARBONDALE
IL/DYERS BURG TN THROUGH 22-23Z.
..KERR.. 04/30/2006
ATTN...WFO...PAH...MEG...LSX...
36559084 37509039 37988956 37778877 37098863 35908922
35659022 35899074
Ahora mismo el cielo está tranquilito aunque se empiezan a ver cumulonimbos formándose hacia el oeste de donde me encuentro. El día está un poco bochornoso, así que creo que tormenta severa por lo menos tendremos. A ver como evolucionan las cosas.
Un saludo
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