SPC AC 031250
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0650 AM CST MON NOV 03 2003
VALID 031300Z - 041200Z
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 W LIC 25 W RTN 45
S FMN 30 WNW 4BL 30 S U24 35 NW DPG 45 E MLD 55 NE RKS 15 SSE LAR 25
W LIC.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 SE TLH 25 N AYS 45
SW CHS.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 E TOL 35 ENE BMI
20 N SZL 20 N PNC 50 S DDC 40 ESE GLD 50 N BUB 30 ENE RWF 30 NE AUW
15 SE APN.
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SYNOPSIS...
POSITIVE TILTED TROUGH IN THE WEST AND RIDGE OVER THE SE WILL REMAIN
DOMINANT SYNOPTIC SCALE UPPER FEATURES THIS PERIOD. STRONG VORT MAX
OVER CA NOW ROUNDING BASE OF UPPER TROUGH WILL EJECT INTO THE CNTRL
PLAINS LATER TONIGHT. MEANTIME...SERIES OF WEAKER DISTURBANCES WILL
EJECT NEWD INTO THE PLAINS FROM THE SRN STREAM OVER THE ERN PACIFIC.
THE QUASISTATIONARY FRONT FROM THE NERN U.S. SWWD THROUGH THE CNTRL
PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS.
...CNTRL PLAINS THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES...
ELEVATED CONVECTION PERSISTS THIS MORNING IN ZONE OF WARM ADVECTION
FROM ERN NEB THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO
SHIFT ENEWD TODAY AS ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE TROUGH MIGRATES TOWARD THE
UPPER MS VALLEY. AXIS OF RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PERSISTS S OF FRONT
ACROSS OK AND MUCH OF TX. THE WARM SECTOR SHOULD DESTABILIZE THIS
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WARM TEMPERATURE PROFILES AND GENERALLY WEAK
LAPSE RATES WILL LIMIT CAPE TO AOB 800 J/KG. THIS EVENING THE LOW
LEVEL JET WILL ONCE AGAIN INTENSIFY AS UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH
EJECTS INTO THE HIGH PLAINS. STORMS SHOULD REDEVELOP LATER TODAY AND
ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING OVER THE CNTRL PLAINS ALONG AND N OF FRONT
IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING ISENTROPIC LIFT AND DESTABILIZATION
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET. ACTIVITY WILL SUBSEQUENTLY SPREAD
NEWD OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET VEERS.
SOME POTENTIAL FOR SURFACE BASED STORMS WILL EXIST ALONG KS PORTION
OF THE BOUNDARY WHERE CONVERGENCE WILL LIKELY BE STRONGER...BUT MOST
OF THE ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN ELEVATED N OF THE BOUNDARY. IF SURFACE
BASED STORMS DO INDEED DEVELOP...A FEW STORMS MAY DEVELOP SUPERCELLS
STRUCTURES GIVEN THE STRONG 0-6 KM SHEAR. THIS WOULD INCREASE THE
THREAT FOR HAIL...ESPECIALLY ALONG KS PORTION OF BOUNDARY WHERE
SLIGHTLY STRONGER INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED. GIVEN LOW CONFIDENCE IN
SURFACE BASED DEVELOPMENT AND EXPECTED MARGINAL THERMODYNAMIC
PROFILES...OVERALL THREAT DOES NOT APPEAR TO WARRANT A RISK AREA AT
THIS TIME.
..DIAL.. 11/03/2003
...NOTICE...
FOR USERS DECODING THE POINTS PARAGRAPH HEREIN...LATITUDE AND
LONGITUDE POINTS FOR THE CATEGORICAL AND PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK
GRAPHICS ALSO ARE LOCATED IN A SEPARATE PRODUCT UNDER THE WMO
HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1...WUUS02 PTSDY2...AND WUUS03 PTSDY3. THE
INCLUSION OF POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT WILL EVENTUALLY BE DISCONTINUED.
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1630Z
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