SPC AC 040111
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0711 PM CST WED MAR 03 2004
VALID 040100Z - 041200Z
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 SW
P07 20 SSE CNM CVS 15 ESE AMA 30 SE GAG 25 WSW PNC 45 NNW MLC 30 SSE
DUA 20 WSW FTW 20 WNW BWD 25 ESE JCT 60 W COT.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 SE YUM IGM 40 WNW
PGA 45 NNE 4BL 40 W PUB 20 N EHA 10 S HUT 30 WNW SZL 25 NW DEC 35 W
FDY 25 S CMH 15 W JKL 20 ENE CKV 30 W MEM 25 NNW SHV 55 SE AUS 55
WNW MFE.
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM PARTS OF W TX THROUGH WRN
OK...
...W TX THROUGH WRN/CNTRL OK...
EARLY THIS EVENING A SURFACE FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE TRANSPECOS AREA
OF SW TX NEWD THROUGH NCNTRL TX AND SERN OK. S OF THIS BOUNDARY RICH
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS RETURNING NWD THROUGH THE WARM SECTOR WITH
SURFACE DEWPOINTS AROUND 70 ALONG THE TX COAST TO MID 60S ACROSS
CNTRL TX. HOWEVER...EVENING RAOB DATA SHOW THE EML HAS SPREAD EWD
THROUGH THE SRN PLAINS...EFFECTIVELY CAPPING THE WARM SECTOR TO
SURFACE BASED CONVECTION.
LOW LEVEL JET IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TONIGHT ACROSS TX DOWNSTREAM
FROM SLOWLY EWD MOVING UPPER TROUGH NOW CENTERED OVER THE BAHA AREA.
ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN THETA-E ADVECTION AND LIFT SHOULD RESULT IN
NWD DESTABILIZATION AND CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT LATER TONIGHT MAINLY
NW OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WHERE COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES EXIST
AND THE CAP IS LESS PRONOUNCED. GIVEN COMBINATION OF STEEP MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES...MODERATE INSTABILITY AND SHEAR THROUGH THE CLOUD
BEARING LAYER SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS...THREAT WILL EXIST FOR
SEVERE STORMS LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WITH CAP IN PLACE
OVER THE WARM SECTOR...MOST OF THE STORMS SHOULD BE ELEVATED NW OF
THE SURFACE FRONT SUGGESTING LARGE HAIL SHOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT.
HOWEVER...ANY STORMS THAT CAN DEVELOP NEAR OR ON THE SURFACE
BOUNDARY MAY BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO SURFACE BASED TO SUPPORT SOME THREAT
FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO.
..DIAL.. 03/04/2004
...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 0600Z
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