Severe Weather Coordination Message #1 – Saturday 8/22/20 Severe Weather Potential

Hello to all…

..Isolated to Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms have occurred in late morning through mid-afternoon today and may continue into late this afternoon and early evening across much of Southern New England. The Storm Prediction Center has placed has placed much of Southern New England north and east of the Cape Cod Canal in a marginal risk for severe weather..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation has been active and will continue to be active through late afternoon/early evening to monitor the strong to severe thunderstorm potential for the region. This will be the only coordination message as we continue into operations mode. Below is the NWS Boston/Norton Area Forecast Discussion, SPC Day-1 Convective Outlook and SPC Mesoscale Convective Discussion on today’s severe weather potential..

NWS Boston/Norton Area Forecast Discussion:
https://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.fxus61.KBOX.html

SPC Day-1 Convective Outlook:
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html

SPC Mesoscale Convective Discussion:
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1546.html

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
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