aveosmth wrote:I've never been even close to a tornado & the idea that there is even a remote chance is very scary!!!! I don't even know how we would be warned here in SoCal at that time of night.....there may be something in place, but I doubt it...Ill keep you guys posted.
Aveo
1300 Discussion from SPC (
http://www.spc.noaa.gov )
..CA...
AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL DIG SWD ALONG THE WEST COAST TODAY SPREADING
A BAND OF STRONG LARGE-SCALE ASCENT ACROSS NRN AND CNTRL CA THIS
AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE TO THIS...STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SSEWD
TOWARD LAX THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY WILL BE RELATIVELY
WEAK...LAPSE RATES WILL STEEPEN AS COLD AIR ALOFT ADVECTS SWD. THIS
COMBINED WITH STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF STRONG
MULTICELL STORMS WHICH WILL BE EMBEDDED IN THE HEAVIER RAIN. THE
STRONGEST CELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF MARGINAL WIND DAMAGE AND/OR HAIL
CONSIDERING THE STRONG SHEAR AND STEEPENING LAPSE RATES. AS THE BAND
OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVES FARTHER SOUTH AND SFC TEMPS WARM
UP...A FEW MINI-SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE CONSIDERING 0-6 KM SHEAR
WILL EXCEED 50 KT. IN ADDITION...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST
LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH 0-1 KM SHEAR VALUES
REACHING 25 KT IN THE LA VICINITY. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A MARGINAL
TORNADO THREAT WITH ANY MINI-SUPERCELLS THAT MOVE INLAND ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST.