2/21 Forecast:Southern Cal

[Brian Press]

TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR
LOW-TOPPED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.

Looks like another round for us here in So Cal. Looks like late tonight into Monday Morning should be pretty interesting. Then again monday Afternoon into the evening.

 

[Cstok]

I'll have my eye out, and the cams charged for anything that happens around the Dana Point / Laguna area.

 

[Jay Press]

The following just in from the spc....
WITH THE APPROACH OF THIS FEATURE LATE TONIGHT...EXPECT LOCAL ENVIRONMENT ALONG COAST TO BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR A FEW STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS OWING TO STEEPENING LAPSE RATES AND STRENGTHENING SHEAR PROFILES.

Tonight and Monday afternoon look good. Get your gear ready!

 

[Khristian Snyder]

im all ready for this one. Looks very nice on satellite. Some scatterd thunderstorms up north but nothing here yet.

 

[Amos Magliocco]

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[Khristian Snyder]

SPC has issued a mesoscale discussion concerning the threat of mini supercells this morning. So far light rain here with some nice looking cells ofshore.

 

[Khristian Snyder]

Tornado warning for orange county 7 miles south of Huntington beach

I wish i had a car!

 

[bill mudd]

is that 7 miles south around coto de casa? or coastal?
meso discussion 190 has a defined arrow but cant decide to go east - Im in laguna niguel - heading out right now

 

[Cstok]

AT 812 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR FOUNTAIN VALLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR..
FOUNTAIN VALLEY BY 815 AM PST
WESTMINSTER BY 820 AM PST

 

[Khristian Snyder]

Im getting ready for the next one off the coast of San Diego. Not a lot of lightning but sattelite and radar look good.

 

[Khristian Snyder]

Tornado warning is gone. Next storm offshore of San Diego.

 

[Jeff Wear]

If I were down there I'd probably go down to the shore in Orange or San Diego County and wait for cells to come to me over the next few hours. The 12z sounding for NKX shows favorable shear for supercells but not a lot of instability. Also it looks very moist through the entire troposhere....not surprised to see the cells buried in a bunch of rain and gunge.

Another thing to look out for is the vort center approaching Pt Conception this afternoon....could see some hail and/or waterspouts/funnel clouds further NW towards Vandenberg AFB and Santa Barbara as this thing makes it onshore. Might also see some hail/funnel clouds in the San Joaquin Valley if we get some decent clearing. I'm here in the San Joaquin Valley (about 5 hrs north of LAX) on vacation this week....may head out this afternoon if things look good.

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[Khristian Snyder]

Im currently located at the very southern end of Orange County at the coast and will be ready to move when needed. Its clearing now so maybe we can get a little heat to boost development. Shear looks nice but instability can use a boost.

 

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