STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS.
VALID 150100Z - 151200Z
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
15 SSE CRP 10 S LRD ...CONT... 20 NW DRT 30 WNW JCT 50 NE ABI
30 SSW MKO 15 ENE TUL 35 NE PNC 20 NNW EMP FLV 50 NNE SZL
10 SW VIH 35 SSE HRO 40 NNE SHV 40 NNW POE 20 SSW BPT.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 ESE YUM
35 SSE EED 35 W EED 30 NNE DRA 50 WNW P38 45 WNW MLF 55 ENE MLF
30 NNE PGA 40 WSW GNT 30 SSW DMN.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 55 W MRF 35 WNW SJT
45 SW SPS 45 NW MLC 30 W TUL 25 S END 25 W LTS 20 WSW PVW
25 SSW CVS 40 S LVS 35 N LVS 45 NNW TCC 40 E TCC 30 ENE AMA
15 SSW ICT 15 WNW MHK 30 ENE BIE 35 SSW DSM 30 ESE OTM 30 WSW PIA
10 WSW DAY 35 ENE 5I3 40 WNW TRI 30 NE TUP 35 SSE GWO 30 SSE LCH.
...SYNOPSIS...
POSITIVE TILT UPPER TROUGH AXIS WAS SITUATED FROM THE CNTRL HIGH
PLAINS SWWD TO NRN MEXICO THIS EVENING WITH WATER VAPOR SATELLITE
IMAGERY LOOPS DEPICTING SEVERAL SMALLER SCALE IMPULSES ON THE ERN
FLANK...AND WITHIN THE BASE...OF THE LARGER SCALE TROUGH. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT IMPULSE/SPEED MAX APPEARS TO BE ROUNDING THE BASE OF
THE TROUGH OVER NWRN MEXICO ATTM AND WILL TRACK TOWARD THE LOWER
RIO GRANDE VALLEY THROUGH 12Z. THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE
UPPER TROUGH WAS LOCATED OVER SERN KS WITH A WELL-DEFINED COLD
FRONT EXTENDING SWWD THROUGH THE TX PANHANDLE TO NERN NM...AND A
WARM FRONT EXTENDING EWD FROM SERN MO TO THE MID MS VALLEY. THE
SURFACE LOW WILL SHIFT SEWD TOWARD THE OZARKS OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD
FRONT DROPS SEWD ACROSS NWRN TX.
...SERN TX...
WARM SECTOR AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN MODESTLY UNSTABLE /MLCAPE
TO 1000 J/KG/ AS COLDER MIDLEVEL TEMPERATURES SPREAD EWD ATOP
WARM/MOIST AXIS FROM SOUTH TX NWD TO THE RED RIVER. ONLY WEAK
CONVERGENCE AND LACK OF STRONGER LARGE SCALE FORCING AHEAD OF THE
DRYLINE HAS SO FAR LIMITED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING.
THIS SITUATION MAY CHANGE LATER TONIGHT AS SPEED MAX...NOW CROSSING
MEXICO...BEGINS TO PROVIDE MORE FAVORABLE LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR
ASCENT. 18Z ETA AND LAST 12Z ETAKF SHOWED SOME POTENTIAL FOR SMALL
MCS DEVELOPMENT ACROSS SOUTH-CNTRL TX AFTER 06Z AND THIS TIMING
SEEMS TO COINCIDE WITH EMERGENCE OF THE SRN STREAM IMPULSE NOW
CROSSING MEXICO. PRIMARY THREAT FORM THIS ACTIVITY WOULD BE LARGE
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.
...NRN TX...
00Z FWD SOUNDING WAS SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE STORMS WITH OVER 1500
J/KG MLCAPE AND STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR AROUND 45KT. IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT SOME OF THIS INSTABILITY MAY BE RELEASED IN THE FORM OF ISOLD
STRONG/SEVERE TSTMS LATER TONIGHT AS FORCING/LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH
THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. REFER TO MESOSCALE DISCUSSION
NUMBER 65 FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
...KS/MO...
A SMALL CLUSTER OF ELEVATED TSTMS DEVELOPED OVER ERN KS OVER THE
PAST TWO HOURS AND WILL MOVE NEAR/SOUTH OF MKC AREA NEXT HOUR. THIS
CONVECTION WAS AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW AND NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT
WHERE MUCAPE WAS AOB 1000 J/KG. A FEW OF THE STRONGER CELLS COULD
CONTAIN MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL GIVEN STRONG FORCING AND PLUME OF
STEEPER MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES ADVECTING INTO THIS AREA FROM THE SW.
..CARBIN.. 02/15/03
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 0600Z
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