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Heavy to Excessive Rainfall in Montana; Bering Sea Low to Bring Impacts to Southwest Alaska

Heavy to excessive rainfall is forecast across portions of Montana Wednesday, along with an isolated flash flooding threat. A Slight Risk of Excessive Rainfall (level 2 of 4) is in effect for central Montana. A Bering Sea low will continue to bring strong winds, moderate to heavy rainfall, and high seas to southwest Alaska. A North Pacific Low may impact southwest Alaska at the end of the week. Read More >

Automatically generated image showing areas of the significant tornado parameter.

 

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Significant Tornado (SigTor) 

A composite index that includes 0-6 km bulk wind shear, 0-1 km storm-relative helicity, surface based CAPE, surface parcel CIN, and surface parcel LCL height. Values greater than 1 are indicative of increased potential of significant tornadoes.

The contours are the Lifted Condensation Level or LCL.  A lower LCL typically increases tornadic risk because it is indicative of air parcel acceleration occurring closer to the surface. 

 

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