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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0887
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0736 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...PART OF SW AND CENTRAL TX
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 290036Z - 290130Z
ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO
THE EVENING...PRIOR TO BOUNDARY LAYER STABILIZATION WITH LOSS OF DAY
TIME HEATING.
EARLY EVENING VISIBLE IMAGERY/SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A
BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM SW TX...S OF GDP...EWD TO S OF MAF AND THEN
SEWD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TX. CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AND
OTHER CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL BE THE PRIMARY FOCI FOR
ADDITIONAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. OBJECTIVE ANALYSES
INDICATED MODERATE INSTABILITY EXTENDED FROM VICINITY OF MAF TO ABI
AND ALSO INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TX. DESPITE WEAK ESELY LOW LEVEL
WINDS...STRONGER MID-UPPER LEVEL WLY FLOW PER AREA WSR-88D VWPS AND
WIND PROFILERS IS SUPPORTING 30-40 KT OF EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR.
FORCING FOR ASCENT ATTENDANT TO A WEAK SRN STREAM IMPULSE SHEARING
EWD FROM SERN NM/FAR SW TX THIS EVENING AND ALONG SRN PERIPHERY OF
UPPER TROUGH TRANSLATING ACROSS SRN PLAINS SHOULD AID IN ADDITIONAL
TSTM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MID EVENING. STEEP LAPSE RATES/MODERATE
INSTABILITY AND EFFECTIVE SHEAR UP TO 40 KT WILL FAVOR LARGE
HAIL...BUT GRADUAL WEAKENING OF INSTABILITY SHOULD PROMOTE A
CONTINUED ISOLATED THREAT.
..PETERS.. 05/29/2009
ATTN...WFO...FWD...EWX...SJT...MAF...
LAT...LON 31310312 31870291 32240198 32210064 32589905 32319872
31599850 31139857 30609852 29939823 28769826 29019927
30080047 30680146 30970271 31310312
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