![]() | MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1330 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1259 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026 AREAS AFFECTED...eastern Kentucky into western parts of West Virginia and Virginia CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch unlikely VALID 261759Z - 262000Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 percent SUMMARY...The potential for a few DAMAGING WIND GUSTS is expected to increase this evening. Limited areal coverage and magnitude of threat are expected to preclude a watch issuance. DISCUSSION...Ahead of a well-defined MCV, a line of showers and thunderstorms has recently intensified in the vicinity of I-75, near Richmond. Daytime heating within the downstream air mass ....... more |
![]() | MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1329 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1220 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026 AREAS AFFECTED...northern and central New England CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch possible VALID 261720Z - 261915Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...60 percent SUMMARY...The threat for widely scattered severe storms capable of large hail, DAMAGING WINDS, and perhaps a BRIEF TORNADO is expected to increase this afternoon. Convective trends are being monitored for a possible Severe Thunderstorm Watch. DISCUSSION...Forcing for ascent attendant to a short-wave trough moving along the St. Lawrence Valley coupled in conjunction with a warming/ destabilizing, pre-frontal ....... more |