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Mesoscale Discussion 1034
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   MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1034
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0800 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SWRN/S-CNTRL KS...FAR NWRN OK
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY 
   
   VALID 110100Z - 110200Z
   
   AN ISOLATED/SHORT-TERM HAIL AND BRIEF TORNADIC THREAT COULD EVOLVE
   ACROSS SWRN KS AND PERHAPS INTO FAR NWRN OK INVOF SHORT WAVE TROUGH
   AND ATTENDANT CYCLONE EXPECTED TO TRACK EWD INTO S-CNTRL KS.
   RELATIVELY LIMITED TEMPORAL/AREAL EXTENT SHOULD MITIGATE THE NEED
   FOR A WW...BUT TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED.
   
   RECENT OBSERVATIONAL AND ANALYSIS IMAGERY PLACED A VORTICITY MAXIMUM
   WITH AN ATTENDANT SURFACE CYCLONE JUST INTO SWRN KS AROUND 45 W GCK
   AS OF 0045Z. SUBSTANTIAL VEERING OF THE LOW/MID-LEVEL WIND PROFILE
   IS NOTED DOWNSTREAM OF THIS CIRCULATION IN 00Z DDC RAOB. IN THE WAKE
   OF AN MCS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...AN AREA OF MORE ROBUST INSOLATION
   RESULTED IN SURFACE TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE MIDDLE 70S WITH DEW
   POINTS IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S. MODIFIED DDC RAOB SUGGEST
   MLCAPE SHOULD BE NEAR 1000 J/KG WITHIN THIS ZONE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
   SWRN KS INTO ERN OK PANHANDLE/FAR NWRN OK. THIS COULD LEAD TO A
   SHORT-TERM INCREASE IN CONVECTIVE INTENSITY PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF
   NOCTURNAL COOLING.
   
   ..GRAMS.. 06/11/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...OUN...DDC...AMA...
   
   LAT...LON   38199892 37629852 36839842 36339893 36209969 36410050
               36730112 37220132 37900095 38210041 38199892 
   
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