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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
123 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A SERIES OF COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE AREA
THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.

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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO OVERNIGHT CLOUD COVER. ALL EYES
ARE FOCUSED ON DECAYING MCS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER
MIDWEST. THIS COMPLEX HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND A
SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL WAVES. THE SHORTWAVES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
COMPLEX HAVE SPLIT AND THE MAIN AREA OF CONVECTION HAS SHIFTED
NORTHWARD TOWARD WI WITH THE STRONGEST WAVE. DO NOT EXPECT ANY
ACTIVITY FROM THE COMPLEX TO REACH THE AREA OVERNIGHT.

ATMOSPHERE WILL QUICKLY DESTABILIZE THIS MORNING...AS MOISTURE
LEVELS INCREASE DUE TO THE A STRONG SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW.
MODEL SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWING A LOW LEVEL INVERSION HOLDING UNTIL
AROUND 14 OR 15Z. PARCELS WILL HAVE A DIFFICULT RISING UNTIL AFTER
THIS INVERSION DISSIPATES. THE BEST TIME FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
DEVELOPMENT LOOKS TO BE IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN THE BOUNDARY MOVES
THROUGH. STRONG LINE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND FORCING
WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. ATMOSPHERE WILL BE PLENTY
BUOYANT WITH SURFACE CAPES OF 2000-2500 J/KG AND SHEAR VALUES WILL
BE 35 TO 45 KTS...STRONG ENOUGH TO PROMOTE ORGANIZED DEVELOPMENT.
IN ADDITION TO THE INSTABILITY...PWAT VALUES OF UP TO 2 INCHES WILL
PROVIDE THE THREAT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THERE WILL BE LIMITING
FACTORS HOWEVER...TEMPS ALOFT ARE VERY WARM AND WITH THE CLOUD
COVER AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WE MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO REACH
CONVECTIVE TEMPS. THE SLIGHT RISK IN PLACE LOOKS REASONABLE.

AS FRONT DRAGS SOUTHEASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON IT WILL LOSE MUCH OF
ITS PUNCH AS THE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND FORCING DISSIPATES.
ATMOSPHERE WILL STABILIZE AS THE EVENING APPROACHES AND THE LINE
OF SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

THE OVERALL SETUP POINTS TO A LINE OF CONVECTION DEVELOPING RIGHT
ALONG THE FRONT AND WEAKENING AS IT MOVES SOUTHWARD.

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.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
CONVECTION WILL WEAKEN OVERNIGHT AND THE THREAT FOR HEAVY
RAIN SHOULD DECREASE AS WELL. THE FRONT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO FIND
LATER TONIGHT...BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT IS WILL STALL OVER THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FA. MODELS ARE HINTING AT A SECOND COMPLEX
DEVELOPING AS DAWN APPROACHES MONDAY MORNING ALONG THE STALLED
BOUNDARY. THIS CURRENTLY GIVES ME PAUSE AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL
SUPPORT WILL BE WELL TO THE SOUTH BY THIS TIME AND THE REAL
UNSTABLE AND MOIST AIR WILL ALSO BE SHOVED SOUTHWARD. ITS POSSIBLE
THAT AN MCS COULD DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND THEN
SPREAD EASTWARD ALONG THE BOUNDARY. IF THIS SECOND COMPLEX
DEVELOPS...HIGH WATER MAY BECOME A CONCERN.

MONDAY`S FORECAST STILL REMAINS MUDDLED AS FOCUS EARLY WILL BE ON
THE STALLED FRONT OVER THE SOUTH AND THEN SHIFT TO THE PASSAGE OF
A SECONDARY FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST MONDAY NIGHT. STILL SOME
TIMING ISSUES WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE SECOND FRONT AND HOW MUCH
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF IT. WILL NEED TO LEAVE
IN AT LEAST HIGH CHANCE POPS INTO EARLY TUESDAY.

FRONT WILL FINALLY CLEAR EARLY TUESDAY AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE
TROUGH MOVES INTO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. SHOWERS TUESDAY MORNING SHOULD
BE CONFINED TO THE EAST...BEFORE EXITING BY THE AFTERNOON.

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.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
DRIER AND MUCH COOLER AIR WILL SETTLE IN TUESDAY NIGHT. BROAD
CANADIAN HIGH WILL KEEP THE AREA DRY AND COMFORTABLE THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE LONG TERM.

&&

.AVIATION /05Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
VFR CONDS EXPD THRU TNGT WITH INCRG AC/CI. AN ADVNG SHRTWV WL
CROSS THE AREA SUN WITH SHWRS AND TSTMS EXPD TO DVLP THRU THE
DAY...WITH SITES FM PIT S NOT EXPG CNVCTN UNTIL MID TO LT AFTN. WL
MAINTAIN A VCTS OR TSTM MENTION IN THE TAFS FOR THE MOST LIKELY
TIME OF CNVCTN.

.OUTLOOK.../SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
OCNL RSTRNS WL BE PSBL UNTIL THE PASSAGE OF A MON NGT-TUE CDFNT.

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.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

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