STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS.
VALID 241300Z - 251200Z
THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WRN...CNTRL AND NERN NEB...SERN SD...SWRN MN AND NWRN
IA. THE MDT RISK AREA IS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 N MCW 55
ESE SUX 30 SSW OLU 45 WSW EAR 30 NNW MCK 10 NE IML 40 SW MHN 40 NNE
ANW 30 NNE RWF 20 S MSP 20 N MCW.
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
60 W ANJ 10 SE JVL 30 W BRL 15 SSE FNB 15 SE MAF INK 40 NW GLD
30 SSW LAR 45 SSE CPR 60 SSW FAR 40 E INL.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 75 WNW MRF 30 W CNM
45 N TCC 30 E LIC 10 ESE GUC 35 ENE P38 65 SE U31 45 NNE WMC
45 S BKE 25 ENE ALW 35 N 63S ...CONT... 50 N FCA 25 S BZN
20 ENE COD 30 SE 4BQ 40 SSE P24 70 NW DVL ...CONT... 25 NNE MBS
25 ENE MMO 30 NE UIN 40 S SZL 30 ENE FSM 40 E GWO 10 S 0A8 MCN
40 SW CHS.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 E NEL 25 SE MSV
30 NW EFK.
...SYNOPSIS...
MID-LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY OVER ERN NV/WRN UT IS FORECAST TO OPEN AND
PROGRESS EWD IN RESPONSE TO SEASONABLY STRONG MID AND UPPER-LEVEL
JETS EJECTING FROM THE TROUGH BASE INTO THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS. AT
THE SURFACE...QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM CNTRL
MN THROUGH SERN SD SWWD TO A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER ERN
CO. THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO PROGRESS EWD AS A COLD FRONT
LATER IN THE PERIOD IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING UPSTREAM TROUGH.
...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT FROM THE CNTRL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MS VALLEY/GREAT
LAKES...
...SD/NEB EWD INTO THE UPPER MS VALLEY/WRN GREAT LAKES...
RICH...BOUNDARY-LAYER AIR MASS EXISTS THIS MORNING ACROSS KS/SRN
NEB INTO SRN IA...ALONG AND TO THE S OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT
STRETCHES FROM SWRN NEB NEWD INTO E-CNTRL NEB AND CNTRL IA.
INCREASING LOW-LEVEL SLY/SELY WINDS SHOULD ADVECT THIS MOISTURE NWD
TO VICINITY OF PRIMARY SYNOPTIC FRONT LATER TODAY. THIS INCREASE IN
BOUNDARY-LAYER MOISTURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIURNAL HEATING AND
STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CONSIDERABLE AIR
MASS DESTABILIZATION WITH MLCAPES INCREASING TO 3500-4500 J/KG IN
SOME AREAS.
SUSTAINED LOW-LEVEL WAA/CONVERGENCE INVOF SYNOPTIC FRONT AND
AFOREMENTIONED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO RAPID TSTM
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA
FROM WRN/CNTRL NEB INTO SERN SD/SWRN MN/NWRN IA. FORCING FOR ASCENT
AHEAD OF VORTICITY CENTER LIFTING NEWD ACROSS CNTRL KS MAY HELP
INITIATE ADDITIONAL STORMS ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM ERN NEB
INTO IA.
INITIALLY...SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL
BE LIKELY GIVEN 45-55KTS OF 0-6KM SHEAR AND THE STRONG INSTABILITY.
THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT APPEARS TO BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY EVENING FROM CNTRL NEB NEWD INTO NERN NEB/FAR SERN SD. HERE
BACKED LOW-LEVEL SURFACE WINDS INVOF QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT AND/OR
RETREATING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND BACKING/STRENGTHENING LLJ WILL BE
COINCIDENT WITH RELATIVELY MOIST AND BUOYANT BOUNDARY-LAYER
CONDITIONS.
SUPERCELLS/SUPERCELL CLUSTERS WILL LIKELY MERGE INTO ONE OR MORE
SEVERE MCS/S THIS EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS
EXISTING ALONG THE SYSTEM TRACK/S INTO THE WRN GREAT LAKES.
...KS AND THE SRN HIGH PLAINS...
12Z DDC/AMA/MAF SOUNDINGS INDICATE STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES
PRESENT THIS MORNING ACROSS THE CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS. THESE LAPSE
RATES...STRONG INSOLATION AND MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO AFTERNOON MLCAPES OF 2000-3500 J/KG E OF DRYLINE. IN
ADDITION...12Z ABQ/DNR SOUNDINGS INDICATED RELATIVELY STRONG MID-
LEVEL WINDS /50KTS AT 500MB/ WHICH SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE WARM
SECTOR LATER TODAY. DEEP MIXING INVOF DRYLINE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT
TO INITIATE ISOLATED STORMS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. DEEP-LAYER
SHEAR SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED TSTMS...INCLUDING
SUPERCELLS GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF THE STRONGER UPSTREAM MID-LEVEL
WINDS. LARGE HAIL APPEARS TO BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
...INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND...
SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
AFTERNOON MLCAPES OF 1000-1500 J/KG FROM WRN ME SWD THROUGH NH INTO
CNTRL MA/CT. WEAK CONVERGENCE INVOF N-S BOUNDARY MAY BE SUFFICIENT
TO INITIATE A FEW TSTMS LATER TODAY. PRESENCE OF MODEST NLY MID-
LEVEL WINDS /30-35KTS AT 500MB/ SUGGESTS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
TSTM ORGANIZATION WITH ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS/HAIL WITH THE
MOST INTENSE STORMS.
..MEAD/BANACOS.. 06/24/03
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1630Z
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