Dec 3, 2005 0800 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook Updated: Sat Dec 3 05:47:38 UTC 2005 Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table in HTML, or PDF formats.
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SPC AC 030545 DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1145 PM CST FRI DEC 02 2005 VALID 041200Z - 051200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 SSE 7R4 30 SE LCH 10 NNW LCH 10 N POE 40 NNW ESF 45 E RMG 20 W AND 30 ESE AND 30 WSW CAE 25 SSE AGS 10 NW VDI 40 ENE ABY 15 WNW PNS 10 NW HUM 15 SSE 7R4. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 W BRO 25 SW ALI 25 S BAZ 25 W TYR 35 SE HOT 25 NNW TRI 50 SSE WAL ...CONT... 45 ENE JAX 35 NNE CTY 35 S AAF. ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE GULF COAST STATES AND FAR SRN APPALACHIAN MTNS... ...GULF COAST STATES/FAR SRN APPALACHIANS... A BROAD UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE CONUS WILL GRADUALLY DIG SWD INTO THE MID-MS VALLEY DURING THE DAY 2 PERIOD. IN RESPONSE...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SWD ACROSS THE OZARK PLATEAU AND MID-MS VALLEY INTO THE GULF COAST STATES AND SRN APPALACHIAN MTNS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE LATEST GFS RUN SEEMS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE CONCERNING THE TIMING AND POSITION OF THE COLD FRONT BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT NOW APPEARS THE FRONT WILL MOVE FASTER AND BE POSITIONED FURTHER SOUTH THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. SFC DEWPOINTS AHEAD OF THE FRONT SHOULD BE IN THE 60S F WITH SBCAPE VALUES EXCEEDING 1000 J/KG BY MIDDAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ALTHOUGH THE MEDIUM-RANGE MODELS SHOW MINIMAL LARGE-SCALE ASCENT ACROSS THE REGION...SFC HEATING COMBINED WITH STRONG CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOW MODERATE VERTICAL SHEAR IN PLACE SUGGESTING A SEVERE THREAT WILL EXIST ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WHEN INSTABILITY SHOULD BE MAXIMIZED. THE EXPECTED SEVERE WEATHER COVERAGE REMAINS UNCERTAIN BUT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE EXISTS TO KEEP A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW MARGINALLY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND THIS COMBINED WITH THE WEAK ASCENT SUGGESTS THAT SEVERE WEATHER COVERAGE MAY REMAIN FAIRLY ISOLATED. ..BROYLES.. 12/03/2005 ...NOTICE... THE STATION RELATIVE POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT WILL BE DISCONTINUED ON 14 FEBRUARY 2006 BUT WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS: WMO HEADER: AWIPS ID: WUUS01 PTSDY1 WUUS02 PTSDY2 WUUS03 PTSDY3 A SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE ...SCN05-39... PROVIDES DETAILS ON THE TRANSITION. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS SEE THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS USING LOWER CASE LETTERS: WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM CLICK TO GET WUUS02 PTSDY2 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1730Z |