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SPC AC 032002 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0202 PM CST FRI FEB 03 2006 VALID 032000Z - 041200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 60 SSE BVE 10 NNE MSY 30 W BTR 35 SE POE 25 ENE POE 45 ENE MLU 40 SSW GWO 40 NE MEI 15 NNE CSG 10 W MCN 30 SSE FLO 55 ESE ILM ...CONT... 45 NNE PBI 50 SSW SRQ. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 WNW BLI 10 S OLM 20 SSE SLE 40 S EUG 25 NE 4BK 55 WSW CEC. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 50 SSE 7R4 45 SE LFK 50 NE LFK 15 ESE SHV 35 WSW LLQ 25 SSW MEM 15 SW MKL 50 SW LOZ 40 NNW SSU 35 S DCA 55 ESE WAL. ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE LWR MS VLY EWD INTO THE SERN STATES... ...LWR MS VLY EWD INTO THE DEEP S... MID-AFTN MESOANALYSIS PLACES AN INTENSIFYING COLD FRONT ARCING FROM THE MID-MS VLY SWWD ACROSS CNTRL LA THEN WWD INTO SCNTRL TX. A WEAK LOW WAS LOCATED OVER SWRN MS WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES EXTENDING SEWD ACROSS THE NRN GULF OF MEXICO AND INTO CNTRL FL. THE SYNOPTIC FRONT EXTENDED EWD ACROSS CNTRL PARTS OF MS...AL...GA AND THE ERN CAROLINAS. PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS...THERE APPEARS TO BE A SUBTLE UPPER LEVEL JET MAX EJECTING NEWD AHEAD OF THE PARENT TROUGH AXIS ACROSS THE MS DELTA. THIS MAY BE AIDING ONGOING TSTMS IN THE LWR MS VLY. SO FAR...LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS OWING TO STEEPENING LAPSE RATES SPREADING EWD TOWARD THE REGION. THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE DOWNSTREAM ACROSS THE CNTRL/ERN GULF COASTAL AREA AS THE PRIMARY UPPER TROUGH AXIS/JET STREAK OVER CNTRL TX TRANSLATES EWD. THERE IS SOME QUESTION ON THE MODIFICATION OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER WHERE LAST NIGHT/S ACTIVITY ACTED TO STABILIZE THE ENVIRONMENT. BUT...GIVEN MAGNITUDE OF MOISTURE SITUATED JUST OFF THE SURFACE AND THE INCREASING LOW-LEVEL FLOW/MIXING...AIR MASS SHOULD DESTABILIZE AND SUPPORT TSTMS. THUS...APPROACHING/DEVELOPING TSTMS FROM THE LWR MS VLY MAY BECOME MORE SURFACE BASED THROUGH TONIGHT FROM SRN MS/ERN LA EWD INTO AL AND WRN FL PNHDL. VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL. TSTMS WILL GRADUALLY EVOLVE INTO POSSIBLE SMALL SCALE LEWPS/BOWS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR TWO. HIGHEST TORNADO POTENTIAL APPEARS TO BE ACROSS SRN MS AND SRN AL WHERE LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN BACKED VCNTY TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW. ...SERN STATES... A SOMEWHAT SEPARATE AREA OF SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FROM PARTS OF FL NEWD INTO SRN GA AND THE ERN CAROLINAS OVERNIGHT. WARM CONVEYOR IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS THE UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES...WITH STRONG WARM/MOIST ADVECTION COMMENCING BY THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS CLUSTERS OF TSTMS SHOULD RESULT...BUT THE OVERALL SEVERE THREAT IS SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED. CNTRL FL MCS HAS MAINTAINED A SUBSTANTIAL COLD DOME ACROSS THE REGION. THIS MAY GRADUALLY ERODE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW-LEVEL SSWLY FLOW INCREASES TO 40-45 KTS. THOUGH TSTMS WILL LIKELY BE MOSTLY ELEVATED ACROSS EXTREME NRN FL...SRN GA AND THE ERN CAROLINAS...THE PROBABILITY FOR SURFACE-BASED STORMS WILL BE HIGHER ACROSS CNTRL FL WHERE BOUNDARY LAYER SHOULD MODIFY. INCREASING SLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW BENEATH 50-60 KTS OF WSWLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL. HIGHER THREATS FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS TORNADOES WILL BE CONFINED TO PARTS OF CNTRL FL WHERE THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE FOR BOUNDARY LAYER RECOVERY. ..RACY.. 02/03/2006 ...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 WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0100Z |