STATUS: IOP tomorrow<\/p>\n
The NOAA P-3 scientists from NSSL, and the University of Oklahoma SMART-Radar crews, are on their way to the Huntsville AL area for operations tomorrow.\u00a0 This will likely be a one-shot event.\u00a0 As of midday today, we are anticipating a QLCS (squall line) system to pass through the northern AL area during the evening on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
There are a couple of factors that reduce our confidence in tornadoes:\u00a0 the low-level wind profile has a weakness at about 2-3 km above the ground that we typically do not see in tornado situations.\u00a0 And the moisture may not be especially rich and deep near the ground.\u00a0 If the near-ground relative humidity is low, there will be more evaporation of rain and colder outflow, diminishing the likelihood of the near-ground updrafts thought to be important in tornado production.\u00a0 But it’s always good to be proven wrong… if our knowledge were perfect, there would be no need for VORTEX-SE.<\/p>\n
Right now it looks like a another chance of operations toward Friday, and then perhaps a better chance around Monday of next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
STATUS: IOP tomorrow The NOAA P-3 scientists from NSSL, and the University of Oklahoma SMART-Radar crews, are on their way to the Huntsville AL area for operations tomorrow.\u00a0 This will… <\/p>\n