Southern Indiana Weather Spotter's Reference
Current Mesoscale Discussions for the USA

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0737
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0700 PM CDT Thu May 09 2024

AREAS AFFECTED...southeastern Ohio and West Virginia

CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch unlikely

VALID 100000Z - 100200Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 percent

SUMMARY
...Local/isolated risk for STRONG WIND GUSTS will persist for
a few hours. WW not anticipated.

DISCUSSION...Latest radar shows an uptick in convection from
southern Ohio to northern West Virginia, in the vicinity of a
southeastern Ohio surface low, and attendant baroclinic zones.
Ahead of the front, RAP-based objective analysis suggests that
diurnal heating has pushed mixed-layer CAPE to near
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0736
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0624 PM CDT Thu May 09 2024

AREAS AFFECTED...northeastern Louisiana...southeastern
Arkansas...and west-central Mississippi

CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch possible

VALID 092324Z - 100100Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 percent

SUMMARY
...Storms continue to gradually increase across the
west-central Mississippi Vicinity. Additional storm development may
require WW issuance to be considered.

DISCUSSION...Latest radar loop shows convection gradually increasing
in coverage and intensity across the west-central Mississippi
vicinity, in the vicinity of a west-to-east baroclinic zone.
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