• MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 0901

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    ACUS11 KWNS 201440
    SWOMCD
    SPC MCD 201440=20
    TXZ000-201645-

    Mesoscale Discussion 0901
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    0940 AM CDT Tue May 20 2025

    Areas affected...parts of Deep South Texas through middle Texas
    coastal areas

    Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely=20

    Valid 201440Z - 201645Z

    Probability of Watch Issuance...20 percent

    SUMMARY...An isolated thunderstorm or two might still undergo
    further intensification across parts of Deep South Texas through
    middle Texas coastal areas into early afternoon. This could be
    accompanied by a risk for large hail and perhaps locally damaging
    wind gusts, but it currently appears unlikely that a severe weather
    watch will be needed.

    DISCUSSION...Scattered thunderstorms have recently developed
    near/south and east of the San Antonio vicinity. This has occurred
    despite the presence of notable inhibition associated with warm
    elevated mixed layer air above a seasonably moist boundary layer.=20
    However, forcing for ascent accompanying a subtle mid/upper
    perturbation, and associated speed maximum within the subtropical
    westerlies, has apparently been sufficient to at least fleetingly
    weaken the mid-level capping. Based on the latest Rapid Refresh, it
    is not clear how long this will persist, given warming forecast
    around the 700 mb level across Deep South Texas and middle Texas
    coastal areas during the next few hours. But, given the strong
    deep-layer shear, and thermodynamic profiles characterized by steep
    mid-level lapse rates and sizable mixed-layer CAPE, conditionally
    supportive of supercells capable of producing large to giant hail,
    it may not entirely be out of the question that vigorous convection
    could persist across middle Texas coastal areas through 16-18Z.

    ..Kerr/Hart.. 05/20/2025

    ...Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!7HuVXX4q6cG8vzoHdWu0Y-tmYShrFgP2aRRYw7k672HZ-yTQQZdQClqcJGeBTlnvuu7VilKZd= 2vjTXVhZHiiAZyEEQY$ for graphic product...

    ATTN...WFO...HGX...CRP...EWX...

    LAT...LON 28149720 28309825 29619870 29869627 29129457 27979566
    27989633 28149720=20

    MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...UP TO 95 MPH
    MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH
    MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...1.00-1.75 IN


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