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Situación realmente severa la que pude vivir en la jornada de ayer en la que de repente me encontre con un verdadero bicho convectivo justo encima de en la localidad en la que actualmente vivo en el Baix Empordá (La Bisbal d'Empordà), aunque no podrán decir lo mismo la gran cantidad de heridos que se produjeron debido a la virulencia del granizo y el viento...   . Las incidencias han sido cuantiosas, cosechas frutículas arrasadas, dos holandeses heridos por caida de rayos en Pals, nueve heridos por impacto de granizo mientras realizaban kayak en Calella de Palafrugell, numerosos campins inundados, donde han desaparecido numerosas tiendas de campaña...





A level 2 was issued for NE Spain mainly for large to very large hail, severe downbursts and heavy rainfall amounts. An isolated tornado event is possible.

area to the north and falling pressure/heights west of Portugal allow a shift of the EML plume a bit to the north/northeast ... now also covering all of N-Spain and parts of extreme SW France with 7.5 to 8 K/km mid-level lapse rates. A mixture of onshore flow due to the diurnal peak strength of the Spanish thermal low over NE Spain and inland moving sea breeze fronts once again results in high BL moisture over most of N/NE Spain. Surface dewpoints in the mid to upper tens will be common with regional peaks in excess of 20 °C. This combined with the steepening lapse rates results in moderate to high MLCAPE values with most models showing 1000 to 2000 J/kg over NE Spain into the Pyrenees and 2000 to 3000 J/kg from the western Pyrenees to the Cordillera Cantábrica and to the Sierra de la Demanda. Higher values /extreme CAPE in excess of 3000 J/kg MLCAPE / can't be ruled out.
The exact temporal and regional shear distribution is a bit hard to determine due to the passage of at least two mid/upper waves. The first one induces 15 to 20 m/s 0-6 km shear over NE Spain during the daytime hours with some weakening forecast around sunset to 10 to 15 m/s. With the approach of the second impulse during the night, DLS remains constant at 10 to 15 m/s, so plenty of shear to work with. Forecast soundings reveal good veering with height and nice shear profiles within the hail growth layer.
The main uncertainty will be the magnitude of initiation, as models like GFS and EZ still show ongoing QPF differences. Nevertheless, we expect at least isolated to scattered thunderstorms either due to strong diabatic heating or due to the passage of those mid/upper waves. Any storm which evolves will see rapid to explosive development into well organized mutlicells or supercells. Fat CAPE profiles within the hail growth layer in combination with aforementioned shear profiles and steep lapse rates favor large to very large hail with any mature thunderstorm. Hail size might exceed 5 cm in diameter for a few events. Especially when moving a bit inland, an increase in LCLs is noted and deeply mixed subcloud layers (locally up to 600 hPa) also show an enhanced risk for severe downburst events. Also, given amount of CAPE and regional enhanced LL moisture depth/low LCLs, an isolated tornado event can't be ruled out despite weak LL shear profiles. Enhanced helicity along either mesoscale boundaries or due to local mountainous wind regimes might induce enough shear for an isolated event.
During the evening hours, thunderstorms grow upscale into a few clusters. A movement to the east might be possible given the predominant westerly flow regime, but strong cold pools could drive those clusters in various directions ... that's why we added SW-France also into a level 1 despite very low-end QPF signals from most models. Large hail and strong to severe wind gusts next to heavy rainfall amounts can be expected.

The level 2 was issued for those areas, where all models agreeded in initiation. The level 1 however was issued far to the south (even further south what models show) due to expected mid-level (capped) elevated instability, which should activate a few storms at least on an isolated scale. Thunderstorms keep going all night long especially along the Pyrenees, where an overnight thunderstorm cluster likely offers ongoing chances for severe thunderstorm reports until 06Z.

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Video del granizo en la vecina localidad de Torroella de Montgri.

http://www.324.cat/elmeu324/30/113968/Pedregada-a-Torroella-de-Montgri

Espero que os haya gustado   

Menuda caza 

Gracias y enhorabuena!

No veas, que buena tormenta, espectaculares los cielos que dan miedo, sobretodo cuando se ven esas nubes tan bajas y negras moviéndose. Y la granizada espectacular. Vaya verano estáis teniendo por allí.

Que fuerte . Mis felicitaciones por el reportaje y la caza

Madre de diooooosssss! muchimisimas graciaaaaaaaaaaaaas!

 

Enhorabuena por el bicho cazado..

¡Qué suerte cazar un bicho así!
Peazo de reportaje. ¡Enhorabuena Hard!

Impresionantes esos cielos tan tenebrosos, pareciera que se abriera una rendija desde el suelo y emergiera parte del infierno.
Espectacular repor Hardstyle.

Buenísimo, buenísimo.........

Enhorabuena, Hardstyle por ese pedazo de bicho que has pillado y que has perseguido.

Parecen las llanuras de Oklahoma en sus mejores momentos....

Las últimas fotos son de cortar la respiración.

En el radar se ve perfectamente la forma de coma. Una pena que se desplazara rápido y que no te diera tiempo a hacer más fotos

Un saludo

Que bestialidad!!!!

Las últimas son brutales , enhorabuena.

Enhorabuena pro la caza Hard, caza mayor de la buena, te lo pasaste pipa... 

Las imágenes hablan por sí solas.
Cuando ves una Sp en directo, lo que sientes es indescriptible. Podría ser algo parecido a un compendio de todas las sensaciones que la belleza inspira, y me quedaría corto.
Enhorabuena.
Saludos.