Mar-27-2005 0800 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
Updated: Sun Mar 27 06:33:34 UTC 2005
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20050327 0800 UTC Day 2 Outlook Graphic
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   SPC AC 270631
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1231 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005
   
   VALID 281200Z - 291200Z
   
   THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM HSE 35
   E RWI 40 ENE DAN 15 ENE LYH 10 NNE CHO 15 NNW DCA 20 SSW ILG 15 ENE
   ACY.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 W FMY 10 N MLB
   ...CONT... 45 ENE CHS 20 WNW FLO 40 ESE SPA 55 E CHA 35 WSW CSV 55 E
   BWG 30 SSW UNI 15 NE LBE 30 W AVP 20 NNE POU 20 NW HYA.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 SE BFF 20 SSW CYS
   15 W ASE 30 SSE 4HV 40 SW BCE 50 ENE LAS 45 WSW LAS 45 N NID 65 NE
   MER 30 SW NFL 45 N LOL 45 NW WMC 85 SE BNO 35 WNW BOI 80 WSW 27U 25
   SSE LVM 25 WNW 4BQ 10 NNW Y22 60 SSW JMS 25 SSW AXN 25 NNW RWF 10
   ENE FSD 30 SSE MHE 10 E VTN 55 NW MHN 10 SE BFF.
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PARTS OF THE MID ATLANTIC
   REGION FROM NERN NC TO SRN NJ...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   POTENT EARLY SPRING CYCLONE WILL TRACK FROM THE SRN/CNTRL
   APPALACHIANS ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION AND THEN NEWD TO THE NEW
   ENGLAND COASTAL WATERS DURING MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. AS THIS
   SYSTEM MOVES OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC...RISING MID LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL
   DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE DISTURBANCE...FROM THE MIDWEST THROUGH
   THE GREAT LAKES AREAS BY EARLY TUESDAY. THE MID/UPPER LEVEL PATTERN
   WILL ALSO REMAIN PROGRESSIVE ACROSS THE WEST WHERE A STRONG AND
   EXTENSIVE UPPER WAVE WILL DEVELOP INLAND OVER THE PACIFIC
   NORTHWEST...AND THEN EWD ACROSS THE ROCKIES.
   
   DEEP LAYER CYCLONE IN THE EAST WILL BE THE PRIMARY SYSTEM DRIVING
   STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE TSTMS THIS PERIOD AS INTENSE DYNAMICS
   AND KINEMATICS AID LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT NWD INTO THE MID
   ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN. WRN TROUGH WILL ALSO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT
   INSTABILITY AND LIFT FOR WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
   TSTMS ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND NRN PLAINS. HOWEVER...WRN
   ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS.
   
   ...NERN NC TO DELMARVA AND SRN NJ...
   AS DEEPENING/REDEVELOPING SFC LOW TRACKS ACROSS VA TO DELMARVA
   PENINSULA EARLY IN THE PERIOD...SWATH OF LOW 60S SFC DEWPOINTS ARE
   FCST TO SPREAD NWD FROM ERN NC TO CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE BAYS. THIS
   LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FLUX WILL OCCUR COINCIDENT WITH PRONOUNCED
   MID/UPPER LEVEL DRY SLOT WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR SOME BOUNDARY LAYER
   HEATING. LATEST MODELS CONTINUE EARLIER TRENDS INDICATING AT LEAST
   MODEST INSTABILITY DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION BY AFTERNOON. VERY
   STRONG FORCING FOR UPWARD MOTION WILL EXIST ACROSS THE INSTABILITY
   AXIS BENEATH LEFT FRONT QUADRANT OF MID/UPPER JET. TIGHT ISOTACH
   GRADIENT ACROSS THE NOSE OF THE JET CORE...AND APPROACH OF WEAKER
   MID LEVEL WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH MID/UPPER LOW...WILL RESULT IN
   STRONGEST DEEP LAYER SHEAR REMAINING CONFINED TO THE IMMEDIATE
   COASTAL AREAS. HOWEVER...MAGNITUDE OF ASCENT ACROSS THE REGION...
   AND POTENTIAL MESOSCALE FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE SFC LOW...SHOULD
   PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED ORGANIZED STORMS THROUGH THE
   DAY. GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS WILL BE NEAR THE COAST...AND
   NEAR THE SFC LOW/WARM FRONT WHERE WIND DAMAGE... HAIL...AND TORNADO
   THREATS WILL EXIST OVER A RELATIVELY SMALL GEOGRAPHIC AREA. OTHER
   CLUSTERS OF LESS ORGANIZED LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION...POSSIBLY
   PRODUCING HAIL...MAY OCCUR WITHIN/BENEATH THE COLD CORE LOW AS IT
   CROSSES THE REGION DURING PERIOD OF MAXIMUM DIURNAL HEATING.
   
   ..CARBIN.. 03/27/2005
   
   ...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 WUUS02 PTSDY2 PRODUCT

   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1730Z