SPC AC 130705
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0105 AM CST SUN MAR 13 2005
VALID 141200Z - 151200Z
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 SE 7R4 30 WNW LFT
50 SSE SHV 15 E TXK 10 N GLH 30 ESE TUP 45 ENE HSV 10 SSE HSS 20 NNE
HSE ...CONT... 30 N MLB 30 SW ORL 15 NW PIE.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 70 SE YUM 60 NW GBN
35 WNW PRC 25 SW INW 50 S GUP 40 SSE SAF 45 E ROW 30 SE MAF 20 SSW
FST 55 SW MRF.
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SYNOPSIS...
FLAT WSWLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE SRN HALF OF THE U.S. IS PROGGED TO
BECOME MORE AMPLIFIED DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY 2 FORECAST
PERIOD AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH DIGS SEWD FROM THE GREAT BASIN TO
AZ/NM AND THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. DOWNSTREAM PATTERN FROM THE SRN
PLAINS EWD TO THE MID-SRN ATLANTIC STATES WILL EVOLVE INTO A BROAD
RIDGE.
AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO EXTEND FROM SC SWWD TO
SERN LA AND THE NWRN GULF AT 12Z MONDAY. THE ERN PORTION OF THIS
BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SWD TOWARD NRN FL AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
ESE ACROSS THE ERN STATES.
...SRN GA AND NRN FL INCLUDING PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE...
WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS PROGGED TO TRACK EWD FROM THE LOWER MS
VALLEY TO ACROSS THE SERN STATES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH AN
ATTENDANT 65 KT WSWLY MID LEVEL JET MOVING ACROSS NRN FL.
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ONGOING AT THE START OF THE PERIOD ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT FROM NRN AL TO NC...WITH THIS ACTIVITY
EXPECTED TO MOVE EWD AND OFFSHORE BY MID AFTERNOON. SWLY LOW LEVEL
FLOW FROM THE GULF ACROSS SRN GA/NRN FL WILL ADVECT BOUNDARY LAYER
MOISTURE NEWD IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS
PROGGED TO BE IN THE MIDDLE 60S. ELEVATED MIXED LAYER CURRENTLY
LOCATED OVER LOWER MS VALLEY SHOULD BE OVER THE SERN STATES BY
MONDAY MORNING...AND WILL EFFECTIVELY CAP MUCH OF THIS REGION
THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...WEAK UVVS WITH THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH
AND CONVERGENCE ALONG THE COLD FRONT MAY PROVE SUFFICIENT FOR
SURFACE BASED STORMS...WHILE THE MODELS SUGGEST A GREATER CHANCE FOR
POST-FRONTAL STORMS. NONETHELESS...WEAK INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH
STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR MAY SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE STORMS MONDAY
AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING ALONG THE COLD FRONT.
...SWRN STATES...
A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM E-W ACROSS NRN AZ/NM AT 12Z
MONDAY WILL MOVE SWD ON MONDAY AS THE UPSTREAM GREAT BASIN TROUGH
TRACKS TOWARD THIS REGION. STEEPENING LAPSE RATES COMBINED WITH
INCREASING LARGE SCALE ASCENT WITH THE UPPER TROUGH AND OROGRAPHIC
FORCING WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE COLD
FRONT AS IT MOVES SWD. INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR TSTMS...
BUT TOO WEAK FOR A SEVERE THREAT.
...LOWER MS VALLEY...
THE WRN PORTION OF THE COLD FRONT WILL INITIALLY MOVE SWD DURING THE
DAY...BUT THEN RETREAT NWD LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL WINDS OVER
THE WRN GULF BACK TO SLY IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING UPSTREAM
TROUGH. INCREASING LOW LEVEL ASCENT/WAA NORTH OF THE RETREATING
BOUNDARY LATE MONDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY.
..PETERS.. 03/13/2005
...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 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1730Z
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