Convective Outlook: Mon 13 Jan 2020 |
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VALID 06:00 UTC Mon 13 Jan 2020 - 05:59 UTC Tue 14 Jan 2020
ISSUED 20:36 UTC Sun 12 Jan 2020
br> br>ISSUED BY: Dan
An active cold front will sweep eastwards across the British Isles during Monday, characterised by a marked dewpoint gradient and wind veer and within in a strongly-sheared environment. As such, line convection is expected embedded within the main broader frontal precipitation band. This may produce some squally conditions, with short duration bursts of heavy rain and gusty winds (aside from the strong gradient winds present ahead of the front). Such circumstances can occasionally allow brief (tornado) spin-ups, but despite the presence of convection weak instability, limited convective depth and rather saturated profiles suggests little in the way of lightning is expected.