Subj : Severe Potntial New Engla To : All From : Mike Powell Date : Fri Jun 26 2026 13:03:12 MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...UP TO 90 MPH MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...UP TO 1.25 IN ACUS11 KWNS 261720 SWOMCD SPC MCD 261720 MEZ000-NHZ000-MAZ000-VTZ000-NYZ000-261915- Mesoscale Discussion 1329 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1220 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2026 Areas affected...northern and central New England Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible Valid 261720Z - 261915Z Probability of Watch Issuance...60 percent SUMMARY...The threat for widely scattered severe storms capable of large hail, damaging winds, and perhaps a brief tornado is expected to increase this afternoon. Convective trends are being monitored for a possible Severe Thunderstorm Watch. DISCUSSION...Forcing for ascent attendant to a short-wave trough moving along the St. Lawrence Valley coupled in conjunction with a warming/ destabilizing, pre-frontal air mass is contributing to deepening cumulus and early thunderstorm development over the Adirondack Mountains as of 17z. Cloud breaks within the immediate downstream air mass along and east of the Champlain Valley area expected to aid in further air mass destabilization this afternoon with MLCAPE increasing to 1000 J/kg along and south of a subtle warm front/ differential heating zone lifting north through VT and NH. Current expectations are for the ongoing storms to gradually intensify while spreading east into the discussion area with additional storm development possible along favored terrain and/or the warm front. Mid/upper-level wind fields are forecast to strengthen through the afternoon with an associated increase in deep-layer shear. Forecast hodographs indicate a largely unidirectional shear profile, suggesting the potential for splitting supercells capable of marginally severe hail and locally damaging wind gusts. While ambient low-level shear is expected to remain modest, some brief tornado potential could materialize with any supercell that can favorably interact with the warm front. ...Mead/Guyer.. 06/26/2026 ATTN...WFO...GYX...BOX...BTV...ALY... LAT...LON 44207424 44817370 45017227 44877127 44397082 43737084 43057095 42547166 42587256 42987356 43487398 44207424 MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...UP TO 90 MPH MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...UP TO 1.25 IN $$ --- SBBSecho 3.28-Linux * Origin: Capitol City Online (618:250/10) .