New Hi-Res Maps Detail TX Storms
As mentioned earlier this week, moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and much cooler air aloft will cause an explosive clash this weekend and Monday over eastern Texas and Louisiana. Severe weather will be the result.
We are now downloading the raw data from the new NAM-WRF forecast model on AccuWeather.com Professional. For the geeks, the NAM-WRF is based on the NCEP nonhydrostatic mesoscale model. For everyone else, it will supposedly replace the NAM (the current short-term forecast model of choice), and the NAM-WRF is super-high resolution.
Check out this CAPE (huh?) map for Monday afternoon:
Not only is the NAM-WRF probably more accurate, but the resolution is incredible and small areas of severe potential can be picked out, instead of being glossed over by the broad brush of the NAM, or even worse, the GFS. (Compare the detail on the map above to maps from them earlier this week, and remember, we're zoomed all the way into Texas here).
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