STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS.
VALID 291300Z - 301200Z
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
15 WNW INL 25 E HIB 60 N EAU 25 ESE EAU 15 ENE LSE 30 E CID
35 E IRK COU 25 SW JEF 40 WNW TBN 50 NNE SGF 40 N SGF 55 NNE JLN
40 S OJC 25 SW OJC 20 WNW FLV 35 S OMA 15 SW SUX 30 E HON 45 N ABR
60 NE MOT.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 WNW FMY 20 SE
VRB.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 SW ANJ 20 W MBL
15 NNE PIA 40 NE HRO 15 SW HRO 15 WNW FYV 45 E TUL 25 ENE BVO
30 NW CNU 30 NW TOP 25 ESE OFK HON 20 WNW ABR 40 NE MBG 25 NW MBG
35 W MBG 60 SW MBG 15 N VTN 25 NE LBF 25 ENE MCK 30 NW HLC
40 SW HLC 45 N GCK 40 NNW LBL 25 NNE DHT 20 SW DHT 45 WNW TCC
25 ENE ABQ 15 SSW GNT 40 E INW 10 SSW FLG 20 SW IGM 60 ENE DAG
55 E NID 35 NNE NID 30 S BIH 50 WNW BIH 20 WSW TVL 45 NW TVL
15 WNW SVE 45 NW SVE 40 SE MHS 10 NNE RBL 15 WSW RBL 60 NNW UKI
30 SSE EKA 25 SSE CEC 25 NW MFR 20 SW PDT 20 N 3DU 25 N 3HT
60 ESE LWT 60 NW MLS 35 SSW OLF 70 NNW ISN.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 SSE SAV
25 SSE AGS 20 SSE AND 55 WNW AND 35 SW TYS 30 NNE CSV 15 ESE SDF
55 E BMG 25 S MIE 35 ENE FWA 65 NNE MTC.
...SYNOPSIS...
BROAD NORTHWEST FLOW WAS IN PLACE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MS
VALLEY REGION. OPEN UPPER-TROUGH OVER THE ERN US WILL MOVE SLOWLY
E TO NEAR THE ATLANTIC COAST AS AN UPPER RIDGE REMAINS FIRMLY
ENTRENCHED OVER THE WRN US. AT THE SFC...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SWD
THROUGH THE NRN PLAINS/UPPER MS VALLEY.
...ERN SD/ERN ND/MN/WI/IA/NRN-CNTRL MO...
ELEVATED CONVECTION ONGOING ACROSS NWRN ND WILL MOVE SLOWLY E TODAY
AHEAD OF SHORT-WAVE TROUGH RIDING OVER THE HIGH PLAINS RIDGE.
CONVECTION WILL ORGANIZE ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVE EWD TODAY.
WITH SFC DEWPOINTS AROUND 50 F AND TEMPS IN THE 90S ACROSS
CNTRL-ERN ND...MODERATE INSTABILITY SHOULD DEVELOP. DEEP LAYER
SHEAR WILL BE AROUND 70 KT MAY BE FAVORABLE FOR THE INITIATION OF
SUPERCELLS ACROSS ERN ND. AS CONVECTION MOVES EWD INTO MN LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...STORM MOTIONS WILL BECOME SELY ALONG THE NE SIDE OF THE
UPPER-RIDGE. AS THE LOW-LEVEL JET INCREASES THIS EVENING...
CONVECTION SHOULD EXPAND SWD ACROSS IA...NRN MO. A CAPPING
INVERSION OVER CNTRL SD/CNTRL-ERN NE WILL BE THE WRN EXTENT OF
CONVECTION. ALONG THE WRN EDGE OF THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA...INSTABILITY SHOULD BE STRONGER RESULTING IN A THREAT FOR
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. FURTHER E...FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SHOW WEAKER INSTABILITY WITH CONVECTION ROOTED AROUND 700
MB. ALTHOUGH ELEVATED...CONVECTION WILL STILL HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS CONSIDERING THE STRONG DEEP LAYER
SHEAR PRESENT.
...NRN CA/SRN OR...
UPPER-TROUGH OFF THE WRN COAST OF THE US WILL APPROACH NRN CA THIS
AFTERNOON. SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 40S TO THE MID 50S F IN THIS
AREA COUPLED WITH TEMPS NEAR 80 THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN
MLCAPE VALUES AROUND 1000 J/KG. AS LARGE-SCALE FORCING INCREASES
AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH...CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE
OFF OF THE MOUNTAINS. DEEP LAYER SHEAR AROUND 45 KT COUPLED WITH
LARGE SFC TEMP-DEWPOINT SPREADS SUGGEST A THREAT FOR ISOLATED
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
...ERN NC...
MOISTURE AXIS EXISTS ALONG THE COAST OF NC/SC THIS MORNING WITH SFC
DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S F. MODERATE INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP NEAR THE COASTAL AREAS LATE THIS MORNING ALONG THE COASTAL
AREAS AS SFC TEMPS WARM INTO 70S. STRONG LARGE-SCALE FORCING
ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER-TROUGH ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
WILL MAKE CONVECTION LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE DEEP LAYER
SHEAR AND INSTABILITY INDICATES THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STORMS
WILL BE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
..BROYLES/CROSBIE.. 05/29/03
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1630Z
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