SPC AC 291627
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1027 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004
VALID 291630Z - 011200Z
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 SSW
JLN 15 NNW PNC 20 N P28 20 S RSL 35 NNE RSL 30 NNE CNK 10 WSW FNB 10
NNE STJ 40 SW SZL 10 SSW JLN.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 N GWO 15 NW BPT 55
NW VCT 30 S AUS 50 ENE ACT 40 SSE DUA 40 ESE OKC 25 WSW END 45 NNE
GAG 30 SSE GCK 20 N GCK 30 SW MCK 20 S BUB 30 WNW SUX 35 NNE ALO 35
ESE DBQ 25 NNW PAH 10 NNW MKL 15 N GWO.
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS EASTERN KANSAS...
...CENTRAL PLAINS...
INTENSE S/WV TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL WIND MAX
ROTATING NEWD ACROSS SRN PLAINS INTO LOWER MO VALLEY BY TONIGHT.
850MB SLY JET OF 60PLUS KT CURRENTLY FROM N TX TO ERN KS WILL SHIFT
TO MID MS/WRN OH VALLEY BY END OF FORECAST PERIOD. THE AIR MASS
RETURNING FROM THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO CONTINUES TO BE OF LIMITED
INSTABILITY AND WITH EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER LITTLE HEATING EXPECTED
TO OCCUR TODAY IN WARM SECTOR.
AS THE SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OVER SERN CO CONTINUES NEWD INTO
CENTRAL NEB TONIGHT... A PRONOUNCED DRY SLOT WILL ACCOMPANY THE WIND
MAX ROTATING NEWD ACROSS ERN KS THIS AFTERNOON WHERE LAPSE RATES
WILL STEEPEN RAPIDLY WITH -25C AT 500 MB REACHING NERN KS BY 00Z.
A STRONGLY FORCED NARROW LINE OF CONVECTION AT 16Z FROM JUST W OF
ICT TO E OF OKC/DAL/ACT TO NEAR SAT WILL CONTINUE NE/E TO REACH WRN
MO AND AR BORDERS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH ALMOST NO CAPE
CURRENTLY AHEAD OF LINE IN THE MOIST AIRMASS...SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL
BE LIMITED TO A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 50 KT WITH ITS PASSAGE GIVEN
SUPPORT FROM THE STRONG WIND FIELDS.
HOWEVER THE PRIMARY THREAT OF A MORE ORGANIZED WIND DAMAGE EVENT
WOULD BE WITH PORTION OF LINE THAT WILL BE MOVING NEWD INTO ERN KS
DURING AFTERNOON WHERE THE STRONG COLD ADVECTION AND VIGOROUS DPVA
WITH S/WV TROUGH WILL BE FOCUSED. ETA DOES INDICATE SOME MEAGER
CAPE COULD DEVELOP WITH THE STEEPENING LAPSE RATES THIS AREA
ENHANCING THE SEVERE THREAT. THERE IS SOME CONCERN FOR ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF THE CURRENT LINE
MOVING THRU ERN KS...HOWEVER THE MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE LOW LEVEL
DRYING MAY BE TOO RAPID TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY TO DEVELOP
IN SUPPORT OF REDEVELOPMENT OF LOW TOPPED STORMS. THERE WILL BE A
MARGINAL SEVERE HAIL THREAT WITH ANY STORMS THAT CAN FORM IN ERN KS
LATER THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN THE COLD AIR ALOFT AND STEEP LAPSE RATES.
FURTHER S HAVE REDUCED THREAT OF SEVERE ERN TX GIVEN THE WEAK
INSTABILITY AND UPPER SUPPORT SHIFTING NEWD INTO ERN KS/OK.
..HALES/BANACOS.. 02/29/2004
...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 2000Z
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