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FXUS61 KPHI 142140
AFDPHI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
540 PM EDT TUE MAY 14 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST TONIGHT AND OUT TO
SEA INTO THURSDAY. A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO LIFT THROUGH OUR AREA
ON EARLY WEDNESDAY, FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS
FRONT WILL SAG TO OUR SOUTH AND STALL FOR THE LATE WEEK PERIOD AND
INTO THE WEEKEND. THE FRONT MAY LIFT BACK NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA
AS A WARM FRONT EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
USED THE LATEST RAP AND HR3 TO MAKE SOME SOUTHWARD ADJUSTMENTS TO
MENTION OF PCPN AT ONSET EARLY OVERNIGHT. SO FAR AIRPORTS IN WRN
PA ARE OBSERVING TRACES. OTHERWISE TEMPS WERE TWEAKED SLIGHTLY
DOWNWARD BASED ON CURRENT TEMPS. MOST OTHER PARAMETERS AND GRIDS
DID NOT NEED MUCH CHANGE.

RAPIDLY THICKENING AND LOWERING CIGS ...THE BAND YOU SEE ON 19Z
SATELLITE IMAGERY FROM MICHIGAN TO W PTNS PA AND NYS. SCT LIGHT
SHOWERS EXPECTED...MOSTLY TRACE...AFTER MIDNIGHT AND MODELED IMO
PRETTY WELL BY THE 00Z/14 NSSL WRF AND NOW THE 18Z RAP...FLYING
SEWD 30-40 KT. LIGHT S WIND IN THE WAA PATTERN BEHIND THE
DEPARTING SFC HIGH OFF THE SE USA COAST.

50 50 BLENDED 12Z/14 NCEP MOS GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS/WINDS/DEWS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/...
WEDNESDAY...THE 12Z GFS LOOKS LIKE MY IDEA OF A BEST MODEL SOLN OF
THE 12Z INTERNATIONAL SUITE. THE 12/14 GFS IMO HAS THE RIGHT IDEA
ABOUT STRONG CONVECTION AND PROBABLY STREAMING EAST SOUTHEAST FROM
SOUTHERN PA ACROSS S NJ AND OR THE DELMARVA LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
SPC 1715Z SWODY2 ASSESSMENT MATCHES MY THINKING.

THE INCREASING BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE MAY BE OVERDONE BY THE MODELS,
THUS LIMITING INSTABILITY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR INITIATING CONVECTION.

THE 18Z GFS LAMP HAS GRIDDED LAMP TSTM PROBS IN W NYS AND NW PA BY
14Z.

MODEL REMNANTS OF AN EML NOW SPREADING EWD FROM THE MIDWEST THAT
SUPPORTS CONCERN FOR HAILERS....INCREASING THE 700-500MB LAPSE
RATES LATE IN THE DAY.

MORE THAN ADEQUATE BULK SHEAR FOR SVR WIND... AND SO THE QUESTION
BECOMES...IS THERE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO SUPPORT TSTM GENERATION. 12Z/14
GFS ML CAPE IS ONLY 600J LATER IN THE DAY AND SO DID NOT WORD HAIL
OR GUSTY WINDS IN THE ZONE PRODUCTS.

OTRW TEMPS/WINDS/DEWS ARE 50 50 BLENDED 12Z/14 NCEP MOS GUIDANCE
WITH A LEAN TO A WARMER TEMP SOLN SINCE MOST OF THE DAY SHOULD
BE RAINFREE.

CONFIDENCE ON POPS IS BELOW AVG AND I MAY BE OVER FCST THE CHC OF
A SHOWER OR TSTM WED AFTN.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
THE PRE-FRONTAL SURFACE TROUGH AND ANY ASSOCIATED CONVECTION SHOULD
BE PROGRESSING THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE EARLY EVENING TIME
WEDNESDAY. ONCE THE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH AND THE SUN GOES DOWN,
ANY CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH. THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT IS NOT
EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE
STILL COULD BE A FEW SHOWERS AROUND UNTIL THE FRONT ACTUALLY MOVES
THROUGH, BUT ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD HAVE ENDED BY THE
TIME THE FRONT APPROACHES.

THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT WILL SAG TO OUR SOUTH THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY, WHILE THE PARENT LOW WILL SPIN THROUGH NEW ENGLAND AND
INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. THIS WILL KEEP A STEADY WEST TO
NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. EVEN THOUGH A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH
IS FORECAST TO CROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY, MOST OF THE AREA SHOULD
REMAIN DRY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE AREA, WHICH WOULD BE CLOSE TO THE
OLD COLD FRONT AS IT SLOWLY SAGS TO OUR SOUTH, BEFORE STALLING.
THERE MAY BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND LIFT TO CREATE A FEW SCATTERED
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND THE DELMARVA.

AS WE MOVE INTO THE WEEKEND, THE LOW TO OUR NORTHEAST WILL SLIDE OUT
TO SEA, ALLOWING FOR HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST.
THIS HIGH IS EXPECTED TO PUSH OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST AND TO
OUR EAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL PUT OUR AREA INTO AN
EASTERLY/SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW FOR MUCH OF THE WEEKEND, WHICH COULD
HELP KEEP OUR TEMPERATURES FRONT RISING VERY MUCH. IT MAY ALSO
KEEP SOME CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA, AND WITH AN INCREASE IN
MOISTURE, ANY ADDITIONAL LIFT COULD LEAD TO SOME PRECIPITATION.
FOR NOW WE ONLY KEEP CHANCE/SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

THE FRONT THAT STALLS TO OUR SOUTH IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LIFTING
BACK NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT BY LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THIS
COULD LEAD TO SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THEN
WE WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM AS IT MOVES OUT
OF THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PLAINS AND THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES.
GFS/ECMWF DIFFER ON HOW FAST THEY MOVE THE SYSTEM. IT`S POSSIBLE
IT COULD GET HERE AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY, BUT WE WILL SEE HOW
MODELS HANDLE IT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

&&

.AVIATION /22Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IS FOR KPHL, KPNE, KTTN, KABE, KRDG, KILG,
KMIV, KACY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

TONIGHT...VFR CIGS AOA 7000 FT DEVELOPING FM WNW TO ESE WITH SCT
SPRINKLES OR LIGHT .02/HR SHOWERS STREAMING SEWD 30-40 KT AFTER
04Z. LIGHT SOUTH SFC WIND.

WEDNESDAY...VFR SCT-BKN CLOUDS AOA 5000 FT WITH ONLY A SMALL
CHANCE OF A LEFTOVER SHOWER POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING BUT A BAND OF
SCT-BKN SHOWERS AND ISO STRONG TSTMS EXPECTED LATE IN THE DAY...
PROBABLY MOVING ESEWD THRU SE PA NEAR KPHL. SSW WIND GUSTS 15 KT
IN THE AFTN. STRONGER WLY GUST TO 35 KT `POSSIBLE` IN A LATE DAY
TSTM VCNTY KPHL. CONFIDENCE ON THUNDERSTORM INITIATION WED AFTN IN
SRN PA IS BELOW AVG DUE TO MOST MODELS NOT FCSTG MUCH IF ANY
SHOWER ACTIVITY.

OUTLOOK...

WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS. MVFR POSSIBLE WITH ANY
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS EARLY.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY...MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS...POSSIBLE PERIODS OF MVFR
SATURDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS ALSO POSSIBLE

&&

.MARINE...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE SERN CONUS TODAY AND THEN FURTHER
EWD OVER THE SERN COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT. AS A RESULT THE WIND
AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA THRU THE NEAR
PERIOD.

WEDNESDAY...GUIDANCE INDICATES OUR COASTAL WATERS WILL REACH SCA
WIND GUSTS DURING THE DAYTIME WEDNESDAY WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 5
FT ON THE ATLC WATERS DURING THE AFTN GENERATED BY THE SLY FLOW
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WFRONT. FOR LOWER DE BAY THERE MAY BE A
PERIOD OF SCA WIND GUSTS WEDNESDAY BUT CONFIDENCE WAS NOT HIGH
ENOUGH AT THIS TIME TO INCLUDE THIS AS A HEADLINE.

AM STARTING THE SCA A BIT SOONER ON THE ATLC WATERS WEDNESDAY...
AROUND 12Z. WILL LEAVE IT TO THE MID SHIFT TO ISSUE FOR DE BAY.

OUTLOOK...
THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AS SEAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE 5 FEET AND WINDS COULD GUST
AROUND 25 KNOTS EARLY. HOWEVER, AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH, WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT. SEAS MAY REMAIN AROUND 5 FEET INTO EARLY THURSDAY,
BUT NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO EXTEND THE ADVISORY OUT ANOTHER DAY
YET. ONCE SEAS DROP BELOW 5 FEET, THEY WILL REMAIN SO THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT.

AS WE MOVE INTO THE WEEKEND, HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TO OUR
NORTH/NORTHEAST, WHICH WILL PRESENT AN EAST/SOUTHEAST FETCH ACROSS
THE WATERS. WINDS COULD BEGIN APPROACHING SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS
STARTING SATURDAY NIGHT AND SEAS COULD BEGIN INCREASING AS WELL
CLOSE TO 5 FEET BY SUNDAY.

&&

.PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
DE...NONE.
MD...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY
     FOR ANZ450>455.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...ROBERTSON
NEAR TERM...DRAG/GIGI
SHORT TERM...DRAG
LONG TERM...ROBERTSON
AVIATION...DRAG/ROBERTSON
MARINE...DRAG/ROBERTSON