SPC AC 300545
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1145 PM CST THU JAN 29 2004
VALID 301200Z - 311200Z
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 NW LRD 45 E COT 40
S VCT.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 ENE BLI 30 SE 4OM
30 NE PUW 55 ESE FCA 40 ENE HLN 20 SW LVM 10 SSE MQM 35 ESE SUN 50
NW BOI 60 S BNO 40 NNW MFR 30 SSW OTH.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 WNW FMY 20 NNE
PBI.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 WSW GLS 30 NW BPT
40 ESE POE 35 SSE BTR 35 W BVE.
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SYNOPSIS...
SPLIT FLOW WILL PREVAIL OVER THE NATION THROUGH FRIDAY. NRN STREAM
UPPER TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY OVER THE NERN U.S. WHILE ANOTHER STRONG
IMPULSE MOVES INTO THE NWRN STATES. THE SRN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH
CURRENTLY OVER SWRN TX WILL MIGRATE INTO S TX FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
SURFACE LOW WILL LIKELY DEEPEN OVER THE WRN GULF BY FRIDAY EVENING
AS ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH SRN STREAM SHORTWAVE BEGINS TO OVERSPREAD
THIS REGION. THIS LOW WILL SUBSEQUENTLY MOVE NEWD ALONG BAROCLINIC
ZONE INTO THE CNTRL GULF FRIDAY NIGHT.
...S TX...
STEEP LAPSE RATES AND COOLING MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL ACCOMPANY
SHORTWAVE TROUGH INTO S TX FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THOUGH LOW LEVEL FLOW
WILL HAVE SHIFTED TO NLY...REDUCING BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE...THE
BULK OF THE FRONTAL SURGE WILL REMAIN WELL N OF S TX. IF SURFACE
DEWPOINTS CAN HOLD IN THE UPPER 40S...COLD MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES
AND STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT MLCAPE FROM 500
TO 800 J/KG WHERE SURFACE HEATING OCCURS. SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL
LIKELY DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE VORT MAX
AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZES. THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES APPEAR
SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SOME THREAT FOR HAIL BEFORE ACTIVITY DECREASES
WITH ONSET OF NOCTURNAL COOLING.
...SERN TX THROUGH SRN LA...
LOW LEVEL JET AND ASSOCIATED ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN
IN THIS AREA THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MAY REMAIN ONSHORE AT THE START OF THE PERIOD BUT DIMINISH SHORTLY
AFTER. BY AFTERNOON ACTIVITY SHOULD BE FOCUSED MAINLY ON OFFSHORE
BOUNDARIES.
...SRN FL...
WARM FRONT NOW NEAR CUBA IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP NWD...BECOMING
ESTABLISHED OVER S FL FRIDAY. INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ALONG
AND S OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SOME DESTABILIZATION. BUT
INCREASING MIDDLE AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WITHIN THE SRN STREAM WILL
RESULT IN MOIST PROFILES WITH POOR LAPSE RATES... LIMITING MUCAPE TO
AOB 500 J/KG. DESTABILIZATION AND LIFT IN VICINITY OF THE BOUNDARY
AND IMPULSES EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SRN STREAM WILL LIKELY CONTRIBUTE
TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER S FL DURING THE
DAY.
..DIAL/TAYLOR.. 01/30/2004
...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 1300Z
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