Severe Weather and Heat Coordination Message #3 – Tuesday 7/28/20 Severe Weather and Heat Potential
Hello to all…
..Intense Heat and Humidity Across the Region through Tuesday Evening. A cold front will bring the risk for isolated to scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across much of Southern New England for late Tuesday Morning through Tuesday Night. Strong to damaging winds, hail, frequent lightning and heavy downpours leading to urban and poor drainage flooding will be the main threats. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has continued much of Southern New England in a marginal risk for severe weather for Tuesday..
..An Excessive Heat Warning is now in effect for Rhode Island except for Block Island and Bristol and Plymouth Counties of Southeast Massachusetts until 8 PM tonight for heat indices up to 105. A Heat Advisory is in effect through 8 PM Tuesday for the rest of the NWS Boston/Norton Coverage area except for Block Island, Marthas Vineyard, Nantucket, Western Hampden, Western Hampshire, Franklin County Massachusetts for heat indices of 100 degrees. Anyone in the excessive heat warning and heat advisory areas in particular but any part of Southern New England should drink plenty of liquids and avoid overexertion in the heat..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor the severe weather potential for Tuesday Afternoon through Tuesday Night..
Intense heat and humidity will be in place across Southern New England through Tuesday Evening and Rhode Island and Bristol and Plymouth Counties of Massachusetts have been upgraded to excessive heat warnings with heat advisories remaining in effect for much of the rest of Southern New England through Tuesday Evening. A cold front will bring the risk for isolated to scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across much of Southern New England. The headlines depict the latest thinking which is little changes since yesterday. Key factors in the severe weather potential include:
1.) The timing of the cold front and that there is sufficient heating and destabilization ahead of the front. The heating and destabilization will be greatest in central and Eastern New England but western areas should monitor.
2.) Sufficient wind shear and at least some level of cooling overlapping with the front and enough instability to overcome less favorable factors for severe weather in the mid levels of the atmosphere.
SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor the severe weather potential for Tuesday Afternoon through Tuesday Night. This will be the last coordination message as we shift into operations mode. Below is the Below is the NWS Boston/Norton Excessive Heat Warning/Heat Advisory Statement, Area Forecast Discussion, Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook, NWS Boston/Norton Facebook Infographics on the heat and severe weather potential, NWS Heat Safety Tips and SPC Day-1 Convective Outlook:
NWS Boston/Norton Excessive Heat Warning/Heat Advisory Statement:
https://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus71.KBOX.html
NWS Boston/Norton Area Forecast Discussion:
https://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.fxus61.KBOX.html
NWS Boston/Norton Experimental Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook:
https://www.weather.gov/box/ehwo
NWS Boston/Norton Facebook Infographics (Heat first link and Severe Weather Potential second link):
https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/photos/a.178319238929122/3154300704664279/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/photos/a.178319238929122/3153550868072596/?type=3&theater
NWS Heat Safety Tips:
https://www.weather.gov/safety/heat
SPC Day-1 Convective Outlook:
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html
Respectfully Submitted,
Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
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