Jul 24, 2005 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook Updated: Sun Jul 24 20:08:09 UTC 2005
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SPC AC 242004 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0304 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005 VALID 242000Z - 251200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 N BUF 15 S BFD 45 W MRB 35 WNW SHD 25 NE BKW 20 SW CRW 40 W UNI 30 E FWA 20 NNW MLI 10 SW IML 50 N CYS 35 WSW DGW 55 S SHR 55 SW MLS 25 W GDV 40 SSW P24 50 ESE MBG 35 SSE EAU 15 WNW MTW 30 ENE APN. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 ENE SBA 20 SSW FAT 50 SE TVL 35 SW EKO 35 NNE EKO 35 SSW PIH 50 E PIH 25 SW JAC 25 N JAC 20 SSW WEY 60 WNW IDA 30 NW SUN 60 NNW BOI 45 NE BKE 65 ENE 63S ...CONT... 70 NNW DVL 25 NNW GFK 30 SE TVF 30 SW HIB 40 WNW IWD 10 S CMX 20 N ANJ ...CONT... 45 W 3B1 25 W PWM 20 E ISP ...CONT... 35 NE SBY 45 ENE DAN 30 N GSO 45 NE CAE 40 ESE CAE 40 ENE CHS. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 NNE JAN 30 ENE LUL 10 WNW MGM 30 WSW ANB 25 NNE CSV 25 SW JKL 30 E LEX 30 NW SDF 20 SSE MVN 40 SSW JBR 55 E PBF GLH 15 NNE JAN. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 ENE CNK 30 WNW SLN 20 E DDC 60 SSW LBL 15 W AMA 20 NE PVW 25 SW CSM 15 SSE END 20 NNW CNU 55 SSE OJC 50 N SZL 35 ENE STJ 20 SW FNB 20 ENE CNK. ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE NRN HIGH PLAINS EWD TO THE UPPER OH VALLEY/LOWER GREAT LAKES... ...LOWER MI TO THE UPPER OH VALLEY... EARLY AFTERNOON SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED THE WARM FRONT CONTINUED TO MOVE EWD...AND NOW EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL PORTIONS OF LOWER MI SEWD TO CENTRAL OH/WV. STRONG SURFACE HEATING TO THE WEST OF THIS BOUNDARY COMBINED WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S BENEATH A PLUME OF STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A VERY UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR /MLCAPE UP TO 3500 J/KG. HOWEVER...WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES PER OBJECTIVE ANALYSES AND BILLOW CLOUDS WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR PER VIS IMAGERY SUGGESTED THIS AIR MASS REMAINED CAPPED. SOME COOLING AT MID LEVELS AND LARGE SCALE ASCENT WITH THE APPROACH OF AN APPARENT WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH NOW OVER ERN IA/SWRN WI MAY PROVE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW STORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON ALONG THE WARM FRONT OVER LOWER MI. IF STORMS CAN DEVELOP...THE VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR VALUES WILL SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. GIVEN UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING OF STORM INITIATION...SEVERE PROBABILITIES/CATEGORICAL OUTLOOK WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS ISSUED WITH PREVIOUS SWODY1. WLY LLJ IS PROGGED TO STRENGTHEN THIS EVENING ACROSS THE UPPER OH VALLEY WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL WAA FOR ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS TO TRACK SEWD OVER THE UPPER OH VALLEY INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. GIVEN ELEVATED NATURE OF THIS ACTIVITY...ISOLATED HAIL SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. ...PARTS OF NEB/SERN SD EWD TO SWRN GREAT LAKES AREA... MCV/WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGHS WILL TRACK EWD ACROSS ERN NEB/SRN MN/IA TO WI THIS FORECAST PERIOD. EARLY AFTERNOON SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED A BAROCLINIC ZONE EXTENDING FROM SRN WI WSWWD ACROSS NRN IA TO NERN-CENTRAL NEB TO NWRN KS. A SECOND BOUNDARY...MOST LIKELY A DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY...EXTENDED FROM SRN MN TO CENTRAL WI. STRONGEST INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRIMARY BAROCLINIC ZONE...BUT WEAK BOUNDARY LAYER CONVERGENCE SUGGESTS STORM INITIATION WILL BE SLOW INTO THE EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT CAN DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SUPERCELLS GIVEN A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER SHEAR. ADDITIONAL STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT ACROSS SRN MN/NRN IA AS LOW LEVEL WAA INCREASES ON THE NOSE OF A STRENGTHENING SWLY LLJ. ...NRN HIGH PLAINS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL TO SWRN ND INTO SERN MT...AND IN THE VICINITY OF A NEARLY STATIONARY SURFACE LOW OVER FAR NWRN SD. STRONG SURFACE HEATING HAS RESULTED IN A DEEP MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER SUPPORTING THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS LARGE SCALE ASCENT INCREASES IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ENTRANCE REGION OF A STRONG MID LEVEL JET TRANSLATING EWD ACROSS SRN CANADA. INCREASING LOW LEVEL WAA OVERNIGHT WILL ALSO SUPPORT A FURTHER INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. ..PETERS.. 07/24/2005 ...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 0100Z |