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July 5 2022 Late Morning Update
Watching a storm complex moving out of the Great Lakes into the Ohio Valley this morning two things have become apparent: First, the arrival time in central Maryland will be at the peak heating of the day. Second, there is more activity than the short range modeling is showing… again!
Below I have included the latest timeline slider and animation along with a live radar widget to compare.
Infrared Satellite Loop
2 hours ending at 10:46 AM
The higher cloud tops are in yellow and red. Seeing this early in the morning strongly suggests a lot of energy in the atmosphere to work with. Look closely and you might see the circulation, which may be a mesoscale Low Pressure forming ahead of the front. This will be augmented by the heating this afternoon.
Surface Weather Analysis
The mesoscale circulation is the core of the severe storm complex. This seems to have a target for central Maryland and a thing between 3 PM and 6 PM.
This complex brings its own circulation and heightens the risk for all severe weather parameters including:
- Damaging Winds Over 58 mph
- Large Hail Over 1” diameter
- Isolated Tornados or Straight Line Wind Damage
- A larger risk for dangerous lightning and pockets of flash flooding.
Severe Storm Risk
There is a large swatch of severe storm ‘risk’ issued by NOAA. Now the short range models have locked in on what looks like a mesoscale cyclone crossing between Baltimore and Washington DC.
Weather Alert Reminder:
A Watch will be issued for ‘potential’. This will cover a large area for a 6 hour (or longer) time frame.
A Warning will be issued when there is a severe storm happening and being tracked. This will usually be for 30 to 45 minutes with specific towns in the path listed.
Timeline —-> slider
2 PM to 8 PM
(potential for this to arrive up to 1 hour faster than shown here)
Focus on crossing the metro areas the full animation is below.
HRRR Model Animation: 12 PM to Midnight
Note that after this complex crosses southern Maryland, there may be more scattered storms across southern Pennsylvania, which may also drop south overnight.
Live Radar and Lightning Widget
Lookin Ahead
Wednesday Temperatures
Morning
Afternoon
Storm Simulation: Tuesday To Saturday
We will get into the pattern of scattered showers and storms just about each day. This does NOT promise you will get hit as many of these will be scattered showers, and like we saw over the weekend, those can dump on some areas while leave others out.
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