MCS1_CELLTIME = 0912 MCS1_CELLLOC = (70 NW ART, 75 NW ART, 90 WNW ART) MCS1_GENTIME = 1245 MCS1_GENLOC = (25 NE ART, 5 W ART, 35 WSW ART) MCS1_DISTIME = 1945 MCS1_DISLOC = (20 NE CON, 5 E CON, 15 SSW CON, 20 ESE EEN, 20 WSW EEN) MCS1_HRLYDOC = (1245,5 ENE ART,285,28) (1401,45 ESE ART,285,31) (1458,50 SSW SLK,285,27) (1600,20 NNW GFL,285,28) (1658,15 WSW RUT,280,26) (1800,20 ESE RUT,290,30) (1900,25 W CON,295,27) MCS1_COMMENTS = ...20050715/MIKE CONIGLIO, MATT WANDISHIN... * EVALUATION IS FOR AN MCS FROM THE MORNING OF THE 14TH. 1) INITIALLY, THERE WAS PAIR OF CELLS ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ONTARIO. A LITTLE LATER (~30 MIN) A SMALL CLUSTER OF CELLS DEVELOPS OVER THE LAKE AND A LINE OF CELLS DEVELOPS SOME 50 MILES NORTH OF THE LAKE. THE MCS APPEARS TO FORM OUT OF A CLUSTER OF CELLS THAT THEN GOES UP BETWEEN THE CLUSTER AND THE LINE. THE CLUSTER WEAKENS AND BASICALLY SERVES AS THE TRAILING STRATIFORM REGION OF THE MCS. 2) TRAILING STRATIFORM, WITH A BOW FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS (BETWEEN 14 AND 17 Z). 3) NO REAL TRANSITION BETWEEN TYPES, EXCEPT THAT THE BOW WEAKENS AND NEARLY DIES BEFORE THERE IS A DISCRETE JUMP OF THE LINE ALONG THE VT/NH BORDER, AFTER WHICH THE LINE IS AGAIN ROBUST (MORE SEVERE REPORTS; THERE WAS ALSO A TRAIL OF WIND REPORTS ACROSS UPSTATE NY) FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR THE COAST.