Apr-25-2005 0800 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook Updated: Mon Apr 25 04:56:08 UTC 2005
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SPC AC 250453 DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK RESENT 1 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1153 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2005 VALID 261200Z - 271200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM DAB 40 W FMY ...CONT... 20 NE GLS MEM MKL 40 SSW BNA RMG ATL MCN SSI. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM MSS SLK GFL ISP ...CONT... PBI EYW ...CONT... 40 SSW PSX BEH LAN MTC. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 4OM GEG 27U 45 S CPR LAR 40 N 4FC GJT DRO 55 S ALS DHT 55 E AMA CDS 40 NNW BGS CNM ALM TCS SOW LAS RNO RBL 35 W MHS EUG PDX 65 ESE BLI 4OM. ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS PORTIONS MS DELTA REGION ACROSS AL...SWRN GA AND NRN FL... ...SYNOPSIS... UPPER AIR PATTERN WILL REMAIN DOMINATED BY CYCLONIC VORTEX OVER GREAT LAKES AND MEAN RIDGE FROM NWRN MEX NWWD ACROSS PACIFIC NW REGION. ELONGATED SHORTWAVE TROUGH -- NOW EVIDENT IN MOISTURE CHANNEL IMAGERY FROM SRN UT TO SERN CO -- WILL BE ENTRAINED IN NWLY FLOW AROUND SWRN QUADRANT OF GREAT LAKES VORTEX DURING DAY-1. THIS PERTURBATION WILL DEAMPLIFY DAY-2 AND EJECT NEWD ACROSS TN VALLEY REGION. MEANWHILE STRONG NRN STREAM TROUGH NOW OVER SRN MB WILL PIVOT SEWD OVER MID/UPPER MS VALLEY AND LOWER OH VALLEY DAY2. ASSOCIATED SFC COLD FRONT BY 26/12Z SHOULD EXTEND FROM LOWER MI SFC LOW SSWWD TOWARD ERN AR THEN SWWD OVER TX COASTAL PLAIN. BY 27/12Z FRONT SHOULD MOVE EWD ACROSS CENTRAL/SRN APPALACHIANS...CENTRAL/WRN GA...WRN/CENTRAL FL PANHANDLE...INTO N-CENTRAL/NERN GULF. ...SERN CONUS... SCATTERED TSTMS EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING AT 26/12Z IN SEVERAL CLUSTERS FROM AR/NRN LA/WRN MS REGION ESEWD ACROSS AL. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY BE SEVERE...GIVEN TIGHTENING HEIGHT GRADIENTS AND ASSOCIATED FAVORABLE DEEP-LAYER SHEAR ACROSS REGION. LATER/DIURNAL CONVECTIVE FORMATION AND SEVERE POTENTIAL WITHIN BROAD AREA WILL DEPEND STRONGLY ON MESOSCALE DETAILS -- IN PARTICULAR...BOUNDARIES PRODUCED BY MORNING ACTIVITY AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BETWEEN CLOUDED AND UNCLOUDED AREAS. THEREFORE WILL MAINTAIN BROAD AREA OF RELATIVELY ENHANCED PROBABILITIES ACROSS DEEP S STATES WHERE POTENTIAL IS GREATEST FOR SUBSTANTIAL DIURNAL HEATING AND REGENERATION OF SEVERE POTENTIAL AHEAD OF SFC COLD FRONT. DEEP-LAYER SHEAR AND 0-3 KM HODOGRAPHS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO INCREASE WITH EWD EXTENT ACROSS OUTLOOK AREA -- EVEN AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD -- RELATED TO VEERING FLOW JUST AHEAD OF COLD FRONT AND BACKED FLOW INVOF MARINE/WARM FRONT ACROSS AL. ANY DISCRETE/SFC-BASED TSTMS EARLY IN PERIOD OVER AL...SWRN GA AND WRN FL PANHANDLE REGION MAY BECOME SUPERCELLS WITH SOME TORNADO POTENTIAL...GIVEN PROGGED WARM SECTOR HODOGRAPHS THAT SHOW 150-300 J/KG 0-1 KM SRH AND 60-70 KT DEEP-LAYER SHEAR USING SFC-BASED EFFECTIVE LIFTED LAYER. ACTIVITY CLOSER TO COLD FRONT MAY BE MORE LINEAR WITH WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL THREAT...THOUGH DEEP-LAYER SHEAR STILL WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS. LOW-MID 60S SFC DEW POINTS WILL SUPPORT AFTERNOON MLCAPES 1000-2000 J/KG IN AIR MASS NOT STABILIZED BY PRIOR CONVECTION. SEVERE POTENTIAL MAY EXTEND TOWARD NRN FL AFTER DARK AS PREFRONTAL CONVECTIVE/CONVERGENCE LINE AIDS IN TSTM FORMATION OVER GULF...WITH ACTIVITY MOVING ONSHORE. ..EDWARDS.. 04/25/2005 ...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 |