Quantitative Precipitation Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
113 FOUS30 KWBC 250751 QPFERD Excessive Rainfall Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 351 AM EDT Sat May 25 2024 Day 1 Valid 12Z Sat May 25 2024 - 12Z Sun May 26 2024 ...A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EXISTS IN AND NEAR THE KANSAS/MISSOURI BORDER... ...Midwest/Portions of the MS Valley... The Marginal Risk is a little more distended into the Southeast, and some small changes made to the Slight Risk area. A cyclone emerging into the central Plains will bring precipitable water values of 1.5"+ across the region on the heels of sufficiently strong low level inflow/effective bulk shear. The region lies within a general instability gradient, with MU/ML CAPE expected to rise to 5000+ J/kg within an increasingly capped atmosphere across the southern Plains. Pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall are forecast within this region. Given the ingredients, hourly rain totals to 2.5" with local amounts to 5" are possible where mesocyclones form and/or cells manage to train. ...Portions of the East... Near western PA and WV, showers and thunderstorms along a progressive front could drop locally heavy rainfall within an area of modest flash flood guidance. Hourly rain totals to 1.5" with local amounts to 3" are possible where short bouts of cell training or cell mergers manage to occur. Since the flash flood threat appears to be isolated, added a Marginal Risk. Down south in the Carolinas, higher moisture pools near the coast as a front slowly moves through. With MU CAPE as high as 3000 J/kg and effective bulk shear expected to be sufficient to organize convection to some degree, added a Marginal Risk within a regime that can lead to isolated flash flooding during the warm season. Roth Day 2 Valid 12Z Sun May 26 2024 - 12Z Mon May 27 2024 ...A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EXISTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI & OHIO VALLEYS... A cyclone moving across the Midwest and Great Lakes is expected to draw ample moisture (precipitable water values of 1.50-1.75") into the region. The area that is expected to see the greatest residency time with higher moisture and instability is across portions of TN and KY. However, warm temperatures at 700 hPa appear to be a limiting factor the farther down its front you go. The best warm air advection ahead of the low is slated to occur from portions of IL across OH, where the guidance is more robust in its QPF signal, with local amounts in the 3-5" range. Considering the progression of the warm air advection pattern and best moisture across the region, that degree of heavy rainfall would need to fall quickly; hourly rainfall potential to 2.5" is possible within the organized thunderstorms, with embedded mesocyclones, could get them there given the low- level inflow and effective bulk shear expected. Maintained the Slight Risk across the region, where flash flood guidance values are modest. The overall Marginal Risk was expanded across portions of the East from continuity. Moisture invading from the Atlantic within an unstable airmass is capable of producing hourly rain totals to 2" and local amounts to 4" which is expected to lead to isolated flash flooding. This would be most problematic in urban centers as well as portions of VA/WV which have seen heavy rainfall as of late. Roth Day 3 Valid 12Z Mon May 27 2024 - 12Z Tue May 28 2024 ...A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EXISTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES... ...Great Lakes/East... A cyclone on the deep/strong side of May climatology lifts into southeast Canada. A broad area of 1.5"+ precipitable water values advects in ahead of the system and focuses along the system`s frontal boundaries and within area terrain. The Slight Risk for portions of PA and NY is slightly expanded from continuity. There is a 6-12 hour period where Atlantic moisture advects in while the 850 hPa flow remains quasi-stationary and fairly strong, which could lead to a decent period of moderate to heavy rainfall. In this area, hourly rain totals to 2.5" and local amounts to 5" are considered possible where cells merge, train, or where mesocyclones form. As 700 hPa temperatures are modest, heavy rainfall potential is there along its cold front as it sweeps through the Cumberland Plateau and the Appalachians. There`s even some convective potential within the system`s comma ahead across portions of MI, though the guidance shows a wide range of possible outcomes, which appear to be due to timing differences. Within the Marginal Risk area, hourly rain totals to 2" and local amounts to 4" are possible where cells merge, train, or mesocyclones form. Roth Day 1 threat area: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/94epoints.txt Day 2 threat area: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/98epoints.txt Day 3 threat area: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/99epoints.txt