SPC AC 141243
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0643 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2003
VALID 141300Z - 151200Z
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SSE OAJ 45 NE RWI
30 ENE RIC 10 WNW ILG 25 ENE ABE 15 E POU 15 SE BOS.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 NNW SEA 20 NNE MHS
55 NNW ELY 40 W 4HV GCN 50 NW EED 35 WNW EDW 25 NW SMX.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 60 SSE CTY 20 ESE
JAX.
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...MIDDLE ATLANTIC/SOUTH FL...
CONVECTION IS INCREASING OVER THE WARMER GULF STREAM...JUST OFFSHORE
OF CAROLINA COAST...IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF DEVELOPING SFC LOW. A
NARROW WEDGE OF MODIFIED BOUNDARY LAYER AIR HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE
OUTER BANKS REGION WHERE LOW LEVEL FLOW HAS VEERED TO ESELY
DIRECTION WITH NEAR 60 SFC DEW POINTS. IT APPEARS THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NNEWD AND BRUSH ERN MOST
PORTIONS OF NC BEFORE ACTIVITY MOVES TOTALLY OVER WATERS.
FARTHER SOUTH...MARITIME TROPICAL AIRMASS HAS RETURNED TO SRN
PENINSULA AHEAD OF APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. 12Z SOUNDING
FROM MFL INDICATES LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION PERSISTS...WITH
APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WELL DEPICTED ABOVE 700MB. THIS
FEATURE WILL ENHANCE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF FL
PENINSULA THIS MORNING. SFC-BASED INSTABILITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO
BECOME SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO WARRANT MORE THAN MARGINALLY SEVERE
CONVECTION CAPABLE OF GENERATING GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE
DEEP LAYER LAPSE RATES ON THE ORDER OF 6 C/KM.
...CA...
WARM CONVEYOR BELT PRECIPITATION WITH EMBEDDED LINE OF CONVECTION IS
SAGGING SEWD ACROSS THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY INTO THE NRN PORTIONS OF
THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. POST FRONTAL DESTABILIZATION WILL PROVE
DIFFICULT DESPITE THE STEEP LAPSE RATES AS THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES
ARE QUITE COLD WITH MARGINAL SFC DEW POINTS. IT APPEARS CONVECTION
WILL INCREASE AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES INLAND...HOWEVER ACTIVITY WILL
REMAIN SHALLOW AND LIKELY RESULT IN A FEW BRIEF INTENSE STORMS WITH
SMALL HAIL.
..DARROW.. 12/14/2003
...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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