SPC AC 040457
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1157 PM CDT SUN OCT 03 2004
VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 SSW
ELP 30 ESE TCS 30 SE ABQ 45 SSE SAF 10 NW TCC 35 ENE CVS 30 SW LBB
55 SSE MAF 30 ESE P07.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 SSE PFN 30 S AYS
40 E CAE 55 NNE RWI WAL.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 E DUG 55 E SOW 55
WNW GUP 35 WSW PGA 35 SSE NFL 25 E SCK 20 WNW RBL 10 NNE MFR 50 SE
BNO 55 SW 27U 40 SSW BZN 30 NNW SHR 35 WSW BFF 45 SSE AKO 10 NW DDC
15 SW TUL 25 SW PBF 30 W LUL 10 ESE GPT.
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PORTIONS OF ERN NM AND WRN
TX...
...NM/TX...
SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER NERN NM/TX PNHDL WILL PROGRESS ESEWD
ACROSS CNTRL/SRN OK TODAY AND INTO AR TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...NEXT
UPSTREAM SYSTEM /NEAR 38N AND 126W/ WILL TRANSLATE SEWD INTO THE
LOWER CO VALLEY BY TUESDAY MORNING. AT THE SURFACE...COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP VORTEX FROM HUDSON BAY INTO THE GREAT LAKES
WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SWD...LIKELY EXTENDING FROM NRN TX WWD INTO
E-CNTRL NM BY MID/LATE AFTERNOON. PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS
EXPECTED TO BE FOCUSED ALONG THIS FRONT...AS WELL AS IN THE LEE OF
HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS ERN NM AND SWRN TX.
ELEVATED TSTM COMPLEX WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING INITIALLY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NWRN/N-CNTRL TX AND POSSIBLY SRN OK WITHIN WAA REGIME
ALONG NOSE OF 25-35 KT LLJ. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EWD
AND WEAKEN THROUGH THE MORNING...ALLOWING FOR INCREASED DIABATIC
HEATING IN IT/S WAKE ACROSS ERN NM AND W TX. WHEN COUPLED WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S AND MODESTLY STEEP MID-LEVEL
LAPSE RATES OF 7-7.5 C/KM...EXPECT AFTERNOON...PRE-FRONTAL AIR MASS
TO BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPES OF 1000-1500 J/KG.
SUSTAINED FRONTAL CONVERGENCE ALONG WITH ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL
OROGRAPHIC ASCENT IN IMMEDIATE POST-FRONTAL AIR MASS SHOULD LEAD TO
AN INCREASE IN TSTM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE AFTERNOON FROM PORTIONS
OF CNTRL/ERN NM EWD INTO WRN TX.
STRONGEST DEEP-LAYER SHEAR OF 40-50 KTS IS FORECAST ACROSS ERN
NM/SWRN TX OWING TO ELY LOW-LEVEL WIND COMPONENT INVOF FRONTAL ZONE.
HERE...A FEW SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WILL BE POSSIBLE. FARTHER E ALONG COLD FRONT...WEAKER SHEAR AND
LINEAR NATURE OF FORCING MAY SUPPORT A FEW MULTICELL CLUSTERS WITH
ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL.
..MEAD/BANACOS.. 10/04/2004
...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 1300Z
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