

Whether that convective energy can be restored depends on enough breaks in the clouds can destabilize the atmosphere to generate and sustain showers and thunderstorms. The lack of energy was likely because of the earlier showers and thunderstorms and cloud cover at the time of the balloon launch. The weather balloon data from Tallahassee Sunday morning show reasonable shear from the lower to mid levels of the atmosphere, but convective energy was lacking.

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The SPC has issued a Marginal (level 1 of 5) risk for severe weather across the Big Bend and South Georgia. There is a very low chance for some storms to be severe, with a small chance for isolated tornadoes. Isolated showers and storms will linger through the Big Bend and South Georgia Sunday night as Claudette moves to the northeast. Sunday evening, radar estimated that almost five inches fell in Liberty county, just over five inches in Franklin County, around three and a half inches in Taylor county, and just under three inches in Wakulla County. Heavy rain fell in the Big Bend Saturday night and Monday morning. Claudette’s center of circulation became slightly misshaped as it moved through Georgia and into South Carolina on Sunday.Īs Claudette moved to the east, the showers and storms that impacted the Big Bend and South Georgia slowly moved through the area. The storm is picking up speed, moving to the ENE at 17 mph. (WCTV)- At 5 p.m., Tropical Depression Claudette was 80 miles west of Columbia, South Carolina, with sustained winds of 30 mph.
