MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1079
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0244 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CO FRONT RANGE
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY 
   
   VALID 121944Z - 122045Z
   
   THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF MAINLY HAIL WILL
   INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  A WW IS NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED.
   
   VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES GROWING CUMULUS CONVECTION ALONG
   THE FRONT RANGE...PARTICULARLY THE PALMER DIVIDE.  ADDITIONAL...
   SHALLOWER CUMULUS ARE OBSERVED ALONG A SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDING
   FROM THE PALMER DIVIDE ESEWD THROUGH LINCOLN AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES. 
   CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF STORMS WILL
   BE FROM THE PALMER DIVIDE EWD ALONG AFOREMENTIONED BOUNDARY WITH
   MORE ISOLATED STORM DEVELOPMENT SWD ALONG THE FRONT RANGE.
   
   WHILE BOUNDARY LAYER IS NOT PARTICULARLY MOIST...THE PRESENCE OF
   STEEP LOW TO MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE CONTRIBUTING TO MLCAPE OF
   500-1000 J/KG.  WHEN COUPLED WITH 30-35 KT MIDLEVEL WLY
   WINDS...ENVIRONMENT IS SUPPORTIVE OF A FEW ORGANIZED/ROTATING STORMS
   CAPABLE OF SEVERE HAIL AND PERHAPS A BRIEF TORNADO.
   
   ..MEAD.. 06/12/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...GLD...PUB...BOU...
   
   LAT...LON   37470464 38230487 38990517 39350505 39430440 39110321
               38750254 37730260 37170280 37060393 37470464