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Day 4-8 Convective Outlook Issued on Nov 24, 2009
Updated: Tue Nov 24 09:33:03 UTC 2009
Day 4-8 Convective Outlook Graphics Issued on Nov 24, 2009
D4Fri, Nov 27, 2009 - Sat, Nov 28, 2009 D7Mon, Nov 30, 2009 - Tue, Dec 01, 2009
D5Sat, Nov 28, 2009 - Sun, Nov 29, 2009 D8Tue, Dec 01, 2009 - Wed, Dec 02, 2009
D6Sun, Nov 29, 2009 - Mon, Nov 30, 2009 (All days are valid from 12 UTC - 12 UTC)

Note: A severe weather area depicted in the Day 4-8 period indicates a 30% or higher probability for severe thunderstorms within 25 miles of any point.

PREDICTABILITY TOO LOW is used to indicate severe storms may be possible based on some model scenarios. However, the location or occurrence of severe storms are in doubt due to: 1) large differences in the deterministic model solutions, 2) large spread in the ensemble guidance, and/or 3) minimal run-to-run continuity.
POTENTIAL TOO LOW means the threat for a regional area of organized severe storms appears highly unlikely during the entire period (e.g. less than a 30% probability for a regional severe storm area across the CONUS through the entire Day 4-8 period).


 Forecast Discussion

   ZCZC SPCSWOD48 ALL
   ACUS48 KWNS 240932
   SPC AC 240932
   
   DAY 4-8 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0332 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009
   
   VALID 271200Z - 021200Z
   
   ...DISCUSSION...
   ATTENTION IN THE MEDIUM RANGE WILL BE WITH THE BUCKLING OF THE FLOW
   OVER THE WRN STATES THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND INTO THE BEGINNING OF
   DECEMBER.  MODEL GUIDANCE...ESPECIALLY IN THE DAY 6-8 RANGE /SUN-TUE
   29 NOV-1 DEC/ INTRODUCE SIZABLE VARIANCE WITH PERHAPS THE ECMWF
   DETERMINISTIC/MEANS OFFERING THE MOST CONSISTENCY.  EXPECT THAT THE
   MINOR SRN STREAM WAVE THAT EJECTS ACROSS TX LATE THIS WEEK WILL
   PRIME THE RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE WRN GULF BASIN.  THEN...AS A STRONG
   UPR LOW DIGS OVER THE DESERT SW SAT-SUN...A STRONGER ADVECTION OF
   MODIFIED GULF BOUNDARY LAYER WILL OCCUR INTO THE SRN PLNS/LWR MS VLY
   ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS/TSTMS.  AS THE UPR LOW BEGINS TO PEAK AND
   BECOME MORE NEUTRALLY-TILTED OVER THE SRN PLNS ON THE 1
   DEC...PERHAPS SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND INCREASING DEEP-LAYER FLOW
   WILL CO-EXIST FOR POSSIBLE SVR TSTMS FROM THE WRN GULF CST INTO THE
   LWR MS VLY.  HOWEVER...GIVEN THE LOW PREDICTABILITY/CONFIDENCE IN
   THE MODELS AT THIS POINT IN TIME...A HIGHER-END SVR OUTLOOK IS NOT
   JUSTIFIED.
   
   ..RACY.. 11/24/2009

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