Aug 21, 2005 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook Updated: Sun Aug 21 13:00:13 UTC 2005
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SPC AC 211257 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0757 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2005 VALID 211300Z - 221200Z GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 70 SSW GBN 50 NW GBN 25 SSE P38 25 E U31 10 E LOL 10 SE MHS MFR DLS GEG 10 SE FCA GTF 40 WNW BIL 45 E 81V FSD 25 NW FOD 20 S CID 30 SW PIA 10 N STL 25 SE MDH 40 N LEX 45 SSW CMH 35 SW CAK 40 NE CLE ...CONT... 15 SW MFE 35 NNW VCT 25 NW AUS 40 ESE SJT 40 W SJT 60 E FST 25 SE P07. ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...SYNOPSIS... UPR LOW NOW NEARING JAMES BAY SHOULD CONTINUE E INTO CNTRL QUEBEC THIS PERIOD AS UPSTREAM RIDGE PROGRESSES E INTO MANITOBA. IN THE MUCH WEAKER SRN STREAM...UPR LOW NOW OVER NW CO EXPECTED TO SETTLE SLOWLY ESE...REACHING WRN KS BY 12Z MONDAY. AT LWR LEVELS...LEAD COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH ONTARIO LOW SHOULD MOVE E ACROSS NEW ENG AND THE MID ATLANTIC STATES LATER TODAY/EARLY TONIGHT. BOUNDARY LIKELY WILL REMAIN DIFFUSE AS FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING REMAINS WEAK AND PATTERN REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR PREFRONTAL/LEE TROUGHS E OF THE APLCNS. FARTHER SW...TRAILING WRN PART OF FRONT SHOULD BEGIN TO DRIFT N AS AN ILL-DEFINED WARM FRONT ACROSS THE SRN/CNTRL PLNS. ...SRN NEW ENG/MID-ATLANTIC STATES... SEASONABLY STRONG MID-LEVEL WLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE NORTHEAST THIS PERIOD AS JET STREAK ROUNDING BASE OF ONTARIO TROUGH MOVES E ACROSS REGION. THIS FLOW WILL USHER DRIER AIR INTO REGION. COUPLED WITH WEAK CONVERGENCE...THESE FACTORS SHOULD MINIMIZE COVERAGE OF DEEP CONVECTION. NEVERTHELESS...SURFACE HEATING LIKELY WILL SUFFICIENTLY STEEPEN LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED DIURNAL STORMS...MAINLY ALONG LEE TROUGH FROM SRN NEW ENG SWD INTO THE ERN CAROLINAS. WHILE MODERATE WLY FLOW ALOFT MAY YIELD A FEW STRONG DOWNDRAFTS IN SRN NEW ENG/NY/NJ...LIMITED INSTABILITY SHOULD MITIGATE SEVERE THREAT. SOMEWHAT GREATER INSTABILITY /MLCAPE TO 2000 J PER KG/...MAY EXIST FARTHER S OVER THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN. BUT WEAKER DEEP SHEAR SUGGESTS ANY SEVERE THREAT IN THIS AREA WILL ALSO REMAIN BRIEF/ISOLATED. ...CNTRL/SRN PLNS... THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE/REDEVELOP OVER THE CNTRL AND SRN PLNS THIS AFTERNOON...AS SURFACE HEATING BOOSTS MLCAPE TO AOA 2000 J/KG. LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL ALSO SLOWLY INCREASE AS WEAK WARM ADVECTION RESUMES DOWNSTREAM FROM APPROACHING CO UPR LOW. SETUP MAY FOSTER DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERAL AREAS/CLUSTERS OF STRONG STORMS...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. BUT WEAK WIND FIELDS SHOULD LIMIT STORM SUSTENANCE/ORGANIZATION...AND KEEP ASSOCIATED WIND/HAIL THREATS LIMITED. AN AREA OR TWO OF ELEVATED STORMS POSING A THREAT FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL MAY ALSO FORM EARLY MONDAY OVER ERN NEB AND IA AS WARM ADVECTION FOCUSES N OF SECONDARY FRONTAL SURGE NOW MOVING S ACROSS SD/MN. ..CORFIDI/TAYLOR.. 08/21/2005 ...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 |