MD 2160 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL…WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PARTS OF EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA…ADJACENT PORTIONS OF MARYLAND…AND WESTERN VIRGINIA INTO NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
Mesoscale Discussion 2160
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0325 PM CDT Sun Oct 19 2025
Areas affected...parts of eastern West Virginia...adjacent portions
of Maryland...and western Virginia into northwestern North Carolina
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
Valid 192025Z - 192300Z
Probability of Watch Issuance...5 percent
SUMMARY...A band of showers may continue to be accompanied by brief,
localized damaging wind gusts while spreading across and east of the
Blue Ridge through 7-8 PM EDT.
DISCUSSION...Amplified, deep troughing, from the surface through the
troposphere, and associated strong ambient wind fields, are in the
process of overspreading much of the Lower Great Lakes and
Appalachians vicinity. Within this regime, near/just ahead of the
trough axis, a narrow band of convection with heavier showers is
being supported by strong forcing for ascent aided by low-level
frontogenesis. This is forecast to continue spreading east of the
crest of the Appalachians, across and east of the Blue Ridge through
23-00Z.
Based on forecast soundings, very weak boundary-layer based CAPE
contributing to this activity is being supported by surface dew
points increasing through the 50s F, but this generally capped
around or below 500 mb. While relatively warm equilibrium
temperatures suggest that potential for charge separation supportive
of lightning is rather low, downward mixing of 40-50+ kt ambient
southwesterly mean flow in the lowest 3-6 km AGL, within the heavier
rain band, could continue to support brief, localized damaging wind
gusts with its passage.
..Kerr/Thompson.. 10/19/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...
ATTN...WFO...AKQ...CTP...LWX...RAH...RNK...PBZ...RLX...GSP...
LAT...LON 39147936 39737874 39507757 38117820 36277982 35938100
36168145 37058066 38367982 38877950 39147936
MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH
