SPC AC 090056
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0756 PM CDT THU APR 08 2004
VALID 090100Z - 091200Z
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 NNE
CDS 60 NNW ABI 20 E BGS 25 WNW MAF 45 E ROW 30 SE AMA 50 NNW CDS 25
NNE CDS.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 S ELP 30 E PRC 45
NNW NID 15 S TVL 25 W BAM 45 NW ENV 15 NNW BYI 40 S S80 45 NW 63S
...CONT... 60 NW HVR 50 E WRL 35 ENE SNY 20 NE RSL 45 SSE PNC 10 SSE
FTW 30 NNE SAT 35 ENE CRP.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 E SSU 45 WSW EKN
10 SE AOO 20 NW CXY 25 WNW ILG 15 SSE NHK 40 S CHO 10 E SSU.
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FOR PORTIONS OF ERN NM TROUGH W
TX...
...SRN HIGH PLAINS...
EARLY THIS EVENING AN AXIS OF MARGINAL TO MODERATE INSTABILITY
EXTENDS FROM SW TX NWD THROUGH ERN NM AND INTO CNTRL PARTS OF W TX
WITH MLCAPE FROM 500 TO 1200 J/KG. SCATTERED STORMS THAT DEVELOPED
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NM IN UPSLOPE REGIME HAVE SPREAD EWD INTO
THE HIGH PLAINS OF ERN NM AND W TX. THOUGH ACTIVITY IS EVOLVING INTO
AN MCS...A FEW DISCRETE CELLS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS PERSIST.
SLY LOW LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THROUGH W TX AND INTO WRN OK
IN ADVANCE OF SHORTWAVE NOW MOVING EWD THROUGH NM. SURFACE BASED
CONVECTIVE INHIBITION WILL INCREASE AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER COOLS AND
SHOULD LIMIT SWD EXTENT OF DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...UPPER DIVERGENCE
DOWNSTREAM FROM SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH WARM
ADVECTION ACCOMPANYING STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET WILL SUPPORT
ACTIVITY CONTINUING THROUGH W TX AND EVENTUALLY INTO OK. STRONGEST
STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SRN HALF OF MCS IN CLOSER PROXIMITY
TO FEED OF HIGHER INSTABILITY. STORMS MAY BECOME ELEVATED LATER
TONIGHT AS BOUNDARY LAYER DECOUPLES. HOWEVER...THREAT FOR ISOLATED
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND SHOULD PERSIST AT LEAST INTO THE LATE
EVENING THROUGH W TX BEFORE ACTIVITY GRADUALLY WEAKENS DUE TO
INCREASINGLY MARGINAL INSTABILITY.
OTHER MORE ISOLATED STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SW TX NEAR SAN ANGELO
IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAKER SRN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH AS WELL AS
OVER THE DAVIES MOUNTAINS. THIS ACTIVITY EXISTS AN ENVIRONMENT WITH
WEAKER SHEAR AND WHERE FORCING FOR ASCENT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
RELATIVELY WEAK. THOUGH AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT MAY CONTINUE
THROUGH MID EVENING..STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS THE BOUNDARY
LAYER COOLS AND CONVECTIVE INHIBITION INCREASES.
..DIAL.. 04/09/2004
...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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