MCS's and Tropical Cyclones

[PTrackerLA]

This is a quote from the NWS New Orleans forecast discussion:
"ONE LAST NOTE...NOT TOO CRAZY ABOUT THESE MCS'S SPILLING INTO THE GULF
WATERS THIS TIME OF YEAR...ESPECIALLY WHEN WATER TEMPS ARE AROUND 80."

We need to be watching to see if any of these squall lines make it out into the gulf and persist. Remember Hurricane Danny a few years back? It formed from a line of severe storms that moved through Louisiana and persisted offshore. I believe Alicia formed this way as well.

[Guest]

What is MCS?

[ColdFront77]

PTrackerLA, I posted the thread about the complex of thunderstorms over Texas in this forum last night, alluding to the possibility of tropical development from features such as these.

Ticka, an MCS is a Mesoscale Complex System.

[Guest]

Thanks Coldfront - I had seen that acronym before and didn't know what it meant - I knew one of the Storm2k'ers won't mind telling me what it is...

I agree PTracker we need to watch them all - we are going to get another ALICIA - not if - but when....

Patricia

[PTrackerLA]

I thought "MCS" was Mesoscale Convection System and a "MCC" was Mesoscale Convective Complex. Regardless of terminology, we have another MCS coming down the pipeline right now. Check out this radar:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS.p19r0/si.klch.shtml

[ColdFront77]

Sorry about that... I honestly know it is called a Mesoscale Convective System, not a Mesoscale Complex System.

What we type sometimes isn't what we are thinking.