• MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 1149

    From COD Weather Processor@1:2320/107 to wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu on Monday, June 15, 2026 17:46:27
    ACUS11 KWNS 151746
    SWOMCD
    SPC MCD 151746=20
    NDZ000-SDZ000-151945-

    Mesoscale Discussion 1149
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    1246 PM CDT Mon Jun 15 2026

    Areas affected...portions of the northern Great Plains

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

    Valid 151746Z - 151945Z

    Probability of Watch Issuance...20 percent

    SUMMARY...The potential for strong to isolated severe wind gusts
    will increase through the afternoon as isolated to widely scattered
    high-based thunderstorms develop across portions of the northern
    Great Plains.

    DISCUSSION...Latest GOES water vapor imagery depicts a shortwave
    trough moving out of Saskatchewan into northwestern North Dakota.
    Downstream of this feature, warming surface temperatures ahead of a
    surface cold front and cold mid-level temperatures are contributing
    to weak destabilization (on the order of a couple hundred J/kg
    MLCAPE) as of 1730 UTC. Latest objective analysis also suggests that
    inhibition is quickly eroding, which is corroborated by recent
    lightning activity along the ND/SD border. As surface heating
    results in further destabilization through the afternoon (with
    500-700 J/kg MLCAPE likely by peak heating), high-based thunderstorm
    coverage is expected to increase. While the thermodynamic
    environment will remain marginal at best, LCLs around 2.5 km will
    support downward transport of increasing west-northwesterly
    low-to-mid level flow attendant to the shortwave trough (30+ kts
    sampled at 1 km AGL by the BIS VAD profile). This will promote an
    increasing risk for strong to isolated severe wind gusts through
    this afternoon. Watch issuance is unlikely at this time owing to the
    limited magnitude and isolated coverage of the severe threat.

    ..Chalmers/Mosier.. 06/15/2026

    ...Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!-GDXz-ZuSQsZdSbn17vS_gUe3l8wuZl755-0bHp4oO6CEGjxjYvGr2TRbs0pAu7WvfVDjHOtB= s4msIng_Xm7vNILoA8$ for graphic product...

    ATTN...WFO...FGF...FSD...ABR...BIS...

    LAT...LON 47670051 47750003 47729955 47609879 47439824 47189789
    46549748 45739734 44919762 44239853 44119901 44179951
    44279986 44410018 44580047 44950085 45320112 45880148
    46650168 47140168 47530126 47670051=20

    MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH


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