AWUS01 KWNH 270511
FFGMPD
TXZ000-271100-
Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 0087
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
111 AM EDT Thu Mar 27 2025
Areas affected...Deep South Texas...
Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding possible
Valid 270515Z - 271100Z
SUMMARY...Highly uncertain convective environment with ample
moisture, persistence of moderate to heavy rainfall may result in
possible localized flash flooding potential through early morning.
DISCUSSION...A very complex dynamic environment remains across
much of southern Texas this evening. An elongated mid-level
trough axis exists generally along 30N with multiple weaker
vorticity rolls ebbing and shearing with influence of changing
lower-level moisture/instability field feeding back through
convective feed-back and latent heat release. WV suite denotes
favorable right entrance ascent pattern with anticyclonic curved
transverse banding features moving downstream into E TX/N LA;
while left exit favorable divergence ascent pattern is expected to
replace and further support indirect thermal circulation and back
low level flow from southeast to easterly to strengthen isentropic
ascent, perhaps triggering additional development as noted west of
Zapata county along the western moisture gradient at 700-500mb and
traced well in the CIRA LPW layers. It can be also noted the new
convection is ascending along the veered sfc to 850mb and then
further 850mb to 700mb from southeast to south-southwest,
respectively. Additionally, RADAR and SWIR loop suggest a weak
MCV from older convection just west of NW Webb county, moving east
may be affording additional strengthening of the southerly turning
of the winds.
Overall, the more southerly flow intersects with the dying
outflow/convective line across south Texas, that has laid out
fairly orthogonal to the strengthening low level flow. Cell
motions will be more northward, though this boundary and the
effective bulk shear in the 35-40kt range is suggestive of greater
cell organization for enhancing low level moisture flux into the broadening/rotating updrafts. Rapid refresh models like the
RAP/HRRR have started a trend toward this convective mode, which
in turn, trends to increased longevity. Overall deep layer
moisture remains solid with .75-1", sfc to 850mb LPW values along
the Lower Rio Grande, over-topped with .4-.6" in 850-700mb, though
hints of some dry air mixing along that western gradient of dry
air pressing eastward may result in some entrainment, but should
also aid in steepening lapse rates for increasing some instability
for deeper/stronger updrafts, though proximity to modest 700-500mb
moisture allows for the total column to remain near or slightly
above 1.75"; higher to the southeast nearer the Gulf source.=20=20
However, there has been some mixing/overturning from the initial
convection to leave the instability field more scattered and
pocketed in nature; likely resulting in some uncertainty on the
persistent vigor of the updrafts. However, there are remains of
1500-2000 J/kg of CAPE mainly south of the River, that should
allow for cells capable of rates over 2"/hr for an hour or so and
scattered within the area of concern.
Cell motions will increase potential for flanking line
development/repeating with a more eastward component for the
stronger/rotating cells and more north-northeastward for weaker
ones. As a result the environment for intersection/repeating is
going into the storm-scale interactions which are notoriously
difficult to assess/forecast and so confidence is not very high in
incidents of flash flooding; especially given the area of best
overlap/signal of heavy rainfall is generally north and across the
rural and naturally higher FFG values of Zapata,Jim Hogg, Brooks,
and Kenedy counties. However, proximity of the boundary further
south may be poorly resolved in the guidance nearer the urban
areas north of the river, and the earlier rainfall in Starr and S
Jim Hogg counties may receive an additional 2-4" locally inducing
flash flooding. All considered, the risk of flash flooding
remains possible through the early morning hours across Deep south
Texas.=20=20
Gallina
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ATTN...RFC...WGRFC...NWC...
LAT...LON 27149894 27059845 26849767 26809716 26069705=20
25809737 25999773 25989800 26169857 26389909=20
26749934 27089943=20
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