STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWI47 KWNS.
VALID 281200Z - 291200Z
NO TSTM AREAS FCST.
...SYNOPSIS...
WNWLY UPPER FLOW IS FORECAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONUS EARLY IN THE
PERIOD AS ERN U.S. TROUGH MOVES NEWD AWAY FROM NEW ENGLAND. WITH
TIME...BROAD TROUGH IS FORECAST TO REDEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND
ERN CONUS DOWNSTREAM OF PERSISTENT WRN U.S. RIDGE.
AT THE SURFACE...COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE SWD ACROSS THE
PLAINS AS CANADIAN HIGH APPROACHES THE NRN U.S.
...UPPER TX COAST / SRN LA...
WEAK THETA-E ADVECTION IS FORECAST ACROSS THIS REGION AHEAD OF SRN
STREAM VORT MAX OVER S TX / NERN MEXICO -- IN ADVANCE OF COLD FRONT
APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH. ALTHOUGH ETA MODEL SUGGESTS WEAK /
SLIGHTLY ELEVATED INSTABILITY DEVELOPS ACROSS THIS REGION...IT
APPEARS THAT WEAK UVV AND CAPPING ABOVE 850 MB WILL LIMIT
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT.
..GOSS.. 01/27/03
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 0800Z
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