SPC AC 151955
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0155 PM CST MON NOV 15 2004
VALID 152000Z - 161200Z
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 70 SSW GBN GBN TCS 35
NW ROW CVS AMA CSM FSI DAL GLS.
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SYNOPSIS...
MID/UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL REMAIN CHARACTERIZED BY MEAN RIDGE FROM
CENTRAL GULF NWD ACROSS MS VALLEY STATES...AND NEARLY CUT-OFF
MID/UPPER LOW QUASISTATIONARY OVER SONORAN COAST. EXPECT NWRN MEX
CYCLONE TO DRIFT ERRATICALLY THROUGH MOST OF PERIOD BEFORE TURNING
EWD LATE...BUT WILL REMAIN WELL W OF TX THROUGH END OF PERIOD.
BROAD FETCH OF SLY/SELY MIDLEVEL FLOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS WRN
GULF...NERN MEX AND S TX AHEAD OF THAT LOW...AND OVERLYING LOW LEVEL
WAA. AT SFC...COASTAL/MARINE FRONT HAS MOVED INLAND S OF CRP WITH
AID FROM DIURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING/HEATING...AND EXTENDS FROM
LOWER VALLEY NEAR MFE NWD TO INVOF ALI...THEN EWD PAST CRP OVER
GULF. EXPECT FRONT TO DRIFT FARTHER NW TOWARD COT AND PSX.
...S-CENTRAL/SW TX...
LITTLE DPVA OR OTHER LARGE SCALE MIDLEVEL ASCENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH
THIS PERIOD...HOWEVER LAPSE RATES SHOULD BE STEEPENED FOR AT LEAST A
FEW MORE HOURS THROUGH COMBINATION OF LOW LEVEL WAA AND SFC DIABATIC
HEATING. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT IN
RELATIVELY WEAKLY CAPPED AIR MASS OVER S-CENTRAL AND DEEP S TX...PER
MODIFIED RUC SOUNDINGS AND CRP/BRO RAOBS. VERTICAL WIND PROFILES
ALONG AND S OF FRONT -- WHERE SFC BASED BUOYANCY IS POSSIBLE -- DO
NOT SUPPORT ORGANIZED SEVERE POTENTIAL. EXPECT WEAK STORM-RELATIVE
FLOWS 2-8 KM AGL AS OBSERVED IN CRP VWP...AND ABSOLUTE 0-6 KM SHEARS
LESS THAN 30 KT...TO CONTINUE WITH MIDLEVEL GRADIENT ENHANCEMENTS
REMAINING WELL W OF AREA. A FEW STRONG GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE BUT
SEVERE POTENTIAL REMAINS TOO LOW TO INTRODUCE PROBABILITIES.
SCATTERED-NUMEROUS TSTMS ALSO EXPECTED THROUGH REMAINDER PERIOD NW
OF SFC FRONT -- IN ZONE OF ELEVATED WAA AND ISENTROPIC ASCENT TO
LFC. WEAKNESS OF BOTH LAPSE RATES AND VERTICAL SHEAR THROUGH
LOWER-MIDDLE TROPOSPHERE SHOULD LIMIT HAIL THREAT WITH THIS
ACTIVITY.
..EDWARDS.. 11/15/2004
...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 BY 0100Z
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