SPC AC 271619
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1019 AM CST THU NOV 27 2003
VALID 271630Z - 281200Z
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 NE
GLS 45 WNW POE 30 SW TXK 40 NW TXK 25 SE PGO 25 NW LIT 35 WSW MEM 25
ENE GWO 15 NNE MEI 10 SW 0A8 25 NE MGM 15 ESE TOI 10 NW PFN.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 E CRP 40 SSE CLL
30 SSW MKO 15 WNW HRO 40 NNW POF 25 WNW LEX 35 ENE SSU 20 NNW RIC 45
W ORF 20 SW GSB 10 WSW CAE 45 SE TLH.
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY....
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER N TX/OK WILL MOVE EWD TODAY TOWARD
AR/LA...WHILE AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW IN NE TX DEVELOPS ENEWD
TOWARD NW MS THIS EVENING AND THE SRN APPALACHIANS AREA LATE
TONIGHT. BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE LOW-MID 60S ACROSS THE
LOWER MS VALLEY IN THE WARM SECTOR...THOUGH THE RICHER MOISTURE
/68-72 F DEWPOINTS/ AND GREATER INSTABILITY ARE CONFINED TO THE
TX/LA COASTS ALONG AND SE OF A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.
THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO FOCUS THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SRN LA/MS/AL AND THE UPPER
TX COAST.
...SRN LA TO SRN AL...
THE LLJ AND STRONGER LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IS SHIFTING NEWD ACROSS AL
TOWARD THE SRN APPALACHIANS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A LEAD SHORTWAVE
TROUGH EJECTING NEWD OVER THE MS/LOWER OH VALLEYS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON ACROSS S CENTRAL/SW AL WHERE SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY AND
THE 0-3 KM SRH IN EXCESS OF 300 M2/S2 WILL BE CO-LOCATED.
HOWEVER...THE TORNADO THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH GRADUALLY BY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...THE VEERED/WEAKENED LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL
LEAVE AN ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY MAINLY DEEP LAYER SPEED SHEAR
WITHIN THE LOWER MS VALLEY WARM SECTOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
PERIOD...WITH EMBEDDED BOW ECHOES AND PERHAPS SPLITTING SUPERCELLS
POSSIBLE. A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS SHOULD BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT
WITH STORMS ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM SRN LA TO SRN AL.
...E TX/NRN LA/SRN AR/W CENTRAL AND NW MS AREA...
A PLUME OF STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WAS OBSERVED THIS MORNING
OVER TX...IN ADVANCE OF THE EWD MOVING MID LEVEL TROUGH. EXPECT
THESE STEEP LAPSE RATES TO SPREAD ENEWD OVER LA/AR DURING THE
AFTERNOON...ABOVE RESIDUAL BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S. THE
NET RESULT WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR A
FEW STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AT LEAST MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND
POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING FROM SRN AR/NRN
LA EWD TOWARD W/NW MS.
..THOMPSON/BANACOS.. 11/27/2003
...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 2000Z
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