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Skew-T for Albany, NY

#1 Albany, New York

CAPE:

 Good: 1511 J/kg just above the very shallow inversion. Not much CIN.

Deep Layer Shear:

 Excellent: If surface ob correct, then 0-6 km shear is 65 knots, with 80 knot winds at at 10 km. There is some decent veering in the lowest 2 km.

Mid-level Lapse Rates:

 Decent: weak above -10 C and there appears to be a cloud layer. Its also moist adiabatic above -20 C.

Freezing Level:

 13.1 kft

Overall Threat of Severe Hail:

 Moderate: The CAPE is pretty good and the shear is great, but the mid-level lapse rates do not look favorable for significant growth within the hail growth zone, thus just a moderate.

Summary of the Event:

Date of Sounding: 22 July 2003 @ 00 UTC
A squall line associated with an MCV resembling a "land hurricane" moved across the northeast U.S. It was mainly an embedded tornado and straight line wind event. Hail reports were surprisingly very scarce, with just one report from anywhere in PA/NY on the entire day: golfballs not far from Albany at 00:30 UTC 22 July 2003.

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