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SPC AC 090511 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1111 PM CST WED FEB 08 2006 VALID 091200Z - 101200Z GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM DRT 70 SSW SJT SJT SEP CRS 50 SSE CRS CLL 45 WNW VCT LRD. ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...SYNOPSIS... BASIC MID/UPPER LEVEL SYNOPTIC PATTERN THROUGH PERIOD WILL REMAIN CHARACTERIZED BY MEAN RIDGE OVER W COAST AND ERN STATES TROUGH. HOWEVER...PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE DETAILS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN INCREASE IN THUNDER PROBABILITIES LATE...COMPARED TO PROHIBITIVELY DRY/STABLE AIR MASS NOW OVER CONUS. STRONG NRN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH -- NOW EVIDENT IN MOISTURE CHANNEL IMAGERY OVER SASK -- WILL DIG SEWD TOWARD UPPER MS VALLEY...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE HEIGHT FALLS FROM WRN GREAT LAKES TO CENTRAL PLAINS. AS THIS OCCURS...MID/UPPER CYCLONE -- NOW CUT OFF OVER BAJA SPUR AMIDST PREVAILING REX PATTERN -- IS FCST TO ACCELERATE EWD FROM MEAN RIDGE POSITION. THIS FEATURE WILL LOSE SOME AMPLITUDE...BECOMING POSITIVELY TILED AND OPEN-WAVE TROUGH...AS IT MOVES EWD ACROSS NRN MEX AND FAR W TX. INTENSE SFC COLD FRONT -- ASSOCIATED WITH NRN STREAM PERTURBATION -- WILL PLUNGE SWD ALONG FAVORED HIGH PLAINS CORRIDOR TO NEAR PERMIAN BASIN OF W TX BY 10/12Z...EXTENDING ENEWD THROUGH ARKLATEX REGION THEN NNEWD INTO SFC LOW LOCATED NEAR LS SHORELINE OF WI. LOW LEVEL WAA REGIME WILL INTENSIFY AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...AND ATOP STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER THAT WILL PRECEDE FROPA THROUGH 10/12Z. ...PORTIONS WRN/CENTRAL TX... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE OVERNIGHT -- MAINLY DURING LAST FEW HOURS OF PERIOD...ROOTED IN AN ELEVATED MOIST/UNSTABLE LAYER. MRGL MIDLEVEL BUOYANCY MAY DEVELOP AS PARTIALLY MODIFIED AIR MASS ADVECTS NWWD OFF WRN GULF...FOLLOWING ANTICYCLONICALLY CURVING TRAJECTORIES INTO SWRN AND CENTRAL TX ALONG ASCENDING ISENTROPIC SURFACES. ASSOCIATED LIFT MAY RAISE PARCELS TO LFC...RESULTING IN TSTMS. VARIOUS MODEL SOUNDINGS AND SREF GUIDANCE SUGGESTS ANY DEEP CONVECTION THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL BE ROOTED INVOF 850 MB -- ALONG AND W OF 35-45 KT LLJ. LACK OF MORE ROBUST MOISTURE...AND ASSOCIATED WEAK MUCAPES OF LESS THAN 200 J/KG...PRECLUDE PROBABILITIES FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE UNTIL AFTER END OF PERIOD. ..EDWARDS.. 02/09/2006 ...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 1300Z |