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WPC Met Watch

 
Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion: #0745 (2017)
(Issued at 757 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2017 )

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Graphic for MPD #0745

MESOSCALE PRECIPITATION DISCUSSION 0745
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
757 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2017

AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHEAST TX AND SOUTHERN LA

CONCERNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING LIKELY

VALID 280000Z - 280600Z

SUMMARY...SIGNIFICANT TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AGAIN
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHERE BANDING FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH
HARVEY SET UP.

DISCUSSION...THE GOES-16 SHORT WAVE IR LOOP WAS INDICATING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH/SOUTH ORIENTED BANDING FEATURES FORMING OVER
PORTIONS OF THE UPPER TX COAST...AND THE REGIONAL RADARS ARE
STARTING TO SHOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF BANDED FEATURES AS WELL. THE
BANDED FEATURES ARE FORMING IN THE 35 TO 45 KNOT CONVERGENT FLOW
EAST OF THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION... WHERE 2.50/2.75 INCH
PRECIPITABLE WATER AIR IS FEEDING THE DEVELOPING BANDED CONVECTION.

HOURLY RAINFALL RATES ARE ONCE AGAIN APPROACHING 2.00 INCHES
ACROSS THE UPPER TX COAST OVER CHAMBERS...LIBERTY AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES IN TX. AS WAS THE CASE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING...BANDED CONVECTIVE FEATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND
TRACK SLOWLY EASTWARD...MAINLY ACROSS THE UPPER COAST OF TX AND
GRADUALLY MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST LA.

THERE IS A STRONG HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL SIGNAL FOR BANDING TO
BUILD THROUGH 03Z ACROSS THE UPPER TX COAST...THEN START PEAKING
BETWEEN 03Z AND 06Z FROM THE HOUSTON METRO AREA INTO PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST LA. WHILE THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES REGARDING THE
PLACEMENT OF THE MAXIMUM RAINFALL BANDS...ALL MODELS SHOW THE
POTENTIAL FOR HOURLY RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 2.00 AND 3.00 INCHES
OVER THE UPPER TX COAST...AND LOCAL 5 TO 10+ INCHES OF RAINFALL
THROUGH 06Z.

THIS COULD INCLUDE THE HOUSTON METRO AREAS...AS SEVERAL HIGH
RESOLUTION MODEL RUNS (INCLUDING THE 12Z WRF ARW/NMMB AND 18Z NAM
CONUS NEST) INDICATED THAT HOUSTON COULD ONCE AGAIN BE IN FOR
SIGNIFICANT TO CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS
EXPECTED AFTER 06Z AS WELL.

FURTHER NORTH...A PERSISTENT EAST NORTHEAST FLOW OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL NORTH OF THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION WILL CONTINUE.
THE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY BECOME ELEVATED OVER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL TX...AND COULD RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 2.00 OR 3.00 INCH
RAINFALL AMOUNTS...EXACERBATING ONGOING FLOODING.

FINALLY...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FEEDING CONVECTION THAT RIDES
OVER A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHERNMOST LA COULD PRODUCE
SCATTERED HOURLY RAINFALL RATES NEAR 2.00 INCHES AS IT REACHES THE
NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA. WHILE MUCH OF THE HIGH RESOLUTION GUIDANCE
IS NOT BULLISH WITH THIS ACTIVITY...LOCAL 3.00 TO 5.00 INCH
AMOUNTS HERE COULD CAUSE ISSUES IN THE METRO AREA.

HAYES

ATTN...WFO...CRP...EWX...FWD...HGX...LCH...LIX...SHV...

ATTN...RFC...LMRFC...WGRFC...

LAT...LON   31649527 31549389 30859164 30409029 30359018
            29968966 29368977 29269070 29399156 29709296
            29629419 29109494 28559587 28619648 28769686
            29719773 29959789 30019803 30589769 31119686
           


Last Updated: 757 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2017
 

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