Apr- 5-2005 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook Updated: Tue Apr 5 12:54:06 UTC 2005
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SPC AC 051250 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0750 AM CDT TUE APR 05 2005 VALID 051300Z - 061200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 NNE OKC 10 SE GAG 15 SE GCK 25 WNW HLC BBW 20 W FSD 20 SSE OTG 30 ENE OMA 35 SSE P35 30 SE VIH 35 NNW MEM 25 SW TUP 30 E JAN 35 NNW BTR 35 SW POE 55 NE CLL 40 ENE ACT 25 NNE OKC. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 N ROC 30 WSW BFD 10 SW FDY 25 NW IND 50 NNW EVV 25 SE CKV 20 W GAD 30 WNW PFN ...CONT... 20 SSW PSX 35 SSE AUS 15 NNW TPL 25 NNW DAL 35 WNW ADM 25 N LTS 45 N AMA 55 NNE CAO 50 SW MHN 40 WSW 9V9 30 ESE DVL 60 W RRT. ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PARTS OF THE SRN AND CNTRL PLNS AND LWR MS VLY... ...SYNOPSIS... STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW EXITING NE NM WILL CONTINUE GENERALLY E OR PERHAPS ESE INTO WRN OK LATER TODAY. THE SYSTEM SHOULD REACH THE TUL AREA BY 12Z WEDNESDAY...BECOMING MORE OR LESS VERTICALLY STACKED WITH ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW NOW OVER SW KS. DEEP PACIFIC COLD FRONT APPEARS TO HAVE ENTERED WRN OK AND SHOULD SWEEP EWD THROUGH THE DAY...REACHING THE CNTRL PART OF THE STATE BY 18Z AND THE AR BORDER BY EARLY EVENING. BUT LEE TROUGHING AND SLOWER MOTION OF UPPER LOW WILL LIKELY SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF A SEPARATE WIND SHIFT LINE/COLD FRONT CLOSER TO UPPER LOW CENTER OVER WRN OK LATER IN THE DAY. FARTHER N...COLD FRONT AND PREFRONTAL INVERTED TROUGH EXTENDING N FROM KS SURFACE LOW INTO NEB/SE SD SHOULD EDGE SLOWLY E/SE THROUGH THE PERIOD. ...SRN PLNS INTO OZARKS/ARKLATEX... PARTIALLY MODIFIED GULF AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD N INTO SLIGHT RISK AREA AHEAD OF SRN PLNS SURFACE LOW. WHILE LOW LEVEL JET IS STRONG...UPSTREAM AIR MASS IN THE WRN GULF REMAINS ONLY PARTIALLY MODIFIED. THUS...BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE VALUES WILL ONLY GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE PERIOD. NEVERTHELESS...COMBINATION OF INCREASING MOISTURE INFLOW...SURFACE HEATING AND C0OLING/UPLIFT ASSOCIATED WITH PACIFIC FRONT WILL RESULT IN AN AXIS OF MODERATE DESTABILIZATION TODAY...WITH AVERAGE SBCAPE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 J/KG IN A NARROW AXIS FROM S CNTRL AND ERN NEB S/SEWD INTO PARTS OF KS/ERN OK AND ERN TX BY MID AFTERNOON. APPROACH OF STRONG...LARGELY LINEAR AXIS OF ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER TROUGH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS N OF KS SURFACE LOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WITH ADDITIONAL HEATING... EXPECTED THAT THE STORMS WILL EVENTUALLY OVERCOME STOUT CAP AND BUILD SEWD ALONG PACIFIC FRONT INTO ERN OK/NE TX. OTHER STORMS WILL ALSO FORM NWD ALONG INVERTED TROUGH INTO NEB/SE SD...AND S ALONG SECONDARY COLD FRONT INTO NW OK. THE MID/UPPER LEVEL WIND FIELDS WILL BE STRONG OVER MUCH OF SLIGHT RISK AREA...BUT THE MOST FAVORABLE PROFILES FOR LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS WILL EXIST OVER SE OK AND THE ARKLATEX REGION. FARTHER N...MID LEVEL FLOW WILL LIKELY BACK AND WEAKEN WITH TIME AS UPPER LOW CONTINUES EWD. THE INITIAL STORMS IN KS AND NEB MAY YIELD HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GIVEN STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MODERATE SHEAR. THIS ACTIVITY...HOWEVER...SHOULD FAIRLY QUICKLY EVOLVE INTO SHORT LINES/BANDS WITH A GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SEVERE THREAT. ONE OR TWO TORNADOES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION DURING EARLY STAGES OF CELL DEVELOPMENT IN KS. A THREAT FOR SOMEWHAT MORE SUBSTANTIAL SEVERE WEATHER MAY EVOLVE OVER SE OK AND THE ARKLATEX THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT AS SPEED MAX NOW ENTERING WRN NM REDEVELOPS E ACROSS TX AND ENHANCES DEEP SHEAR/ LARGE SCALE ASCENT. GIVEN COMPARATIVELY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER RELATIVE TO POINTS FARTHER N...AND MORE FAVORABLE DEEP WIND PROFILES...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR A COUPLE LONG LIVED SUPERCELLS ON THE SRN END OF CONVECTIVE BAND EXPECTED TO FORM IN ERN OK. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND AND TORNADOES. THE SEVERE THREAT COULD REACH PARTS OF MS BY DAWN WEDNESDAY. ..CORFIDI/CROSBIE.. 04/05/2005 ...NOTICE... THE STATION RELATIVE POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT ARE NOW AVAILABLE SEPARATELY UNDER THE WMO HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1... WUUS02 PTSDY2...WUUS03 PTSDY3. THE INCLUSION OF POINTS IN THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE DISCONTINUED AFTER THE 2005 CONVECTIVE SEASON. A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION STATEMENT (PNS) WILL PROVIDE DETAILS ON THE TRANSITION. CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1630Z |