SPC AC 120100
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0700 PM CST FRI FEB 11 2005
VALID 120100Z - 121200Z
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM OXR EDW 35 NE DAG IGM
PRC 45 SE DMN.
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SYNOPSIS...
PROGRESSIVE PATTERN ALOFT CONTINUES ACROSS CONUS. MIDDLE/UPPER
LEVEL LOW -- NOW WELL DEFINED IN MOISTURE CHANNEL IMAGERY OVER SRN
CA CHANNEL ISLANDS -- IS FCST TO MOVE INLAND TOWARD LAS BY END OF
PERIOD. AT SFC...STABLE/LOW-THETAE AIR MASS ASSOCIATED WITH
PRONOUNCED CONTINENTAL HIGH CENTERED OVER WRN/CENTRAL GULF COAST
WILL PREVENT SIGNIFICANT AIR MASS DESTABILIZATION AND TSTM POTENTIAL
E OF ROCKIES TONIGHT. SFC CYCLONE IS VERTICALLY STACKED WITH UPPER
AIR LOW OVER SRN CA COASTAL WATERS AND LIKEWISE WILL MOVE INLAND
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
...SWRN CONUS...
WHILE ROGUE LIGHTNING STRIKE CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALMOST ANYWHERE S
AND W OF 4-CORNERS TONIGHT...PRIND GREATEST PROBABILITIES WILL BE
FROM SRN CA EWD ACROSS LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY AND SRN AZ. MOST
UNSTABLE 00Z RAOBS WERE AT TUS AND SAN...WITH MUCAPES 100-200 J/KG.
MOST OF THIS CAPE WAS EVIDENT WELL BELOW IDEAL THERMAL REGIONS FOR
ICING/CHARGE-SEPARATION. EXCEPTION HAS BEEN CLOSER TO COLD CORE OF
UPPER LOW WHERE SPORADIC STRIKES HAVE BEEN NOTED PAST 6-9
HOURS...AND WHERE MIDLEVEL COOLING SHOULD BE STRONGER THAN THAT
SAMPLED AT SAN. THAT REGIME SHOULD SHIFT INLAND WITH MIDLEVEL
THERMAL TROUGH. ADDITIONAL LOW LEVEL DESTABILIZATION ALSO IS
POSSIBLE WITH CONTINUED WAA FARTHER E ACROSS BORDER
LANDS...THEREFORE WILL MAINTAIN MARGINAL TSTM AREA THERE.
..EDWARDS.. 02/12/2005
...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 0600Z
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