Mar 19, 2006 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook Updated: Sun Mar 19 13:02:14 UTC 2006 Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
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SPC AC 191259 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0659 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 VALID 191300Z - 201200Z ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PARTS OF THE SRN PLNS... ...SYNOPSIS... UPR TROUGH NOW OVER THE SRN GRT BASIN SHOULD EJECT E/NE TO THE CNTRL/SRN RCKYS LATER THIS PERIOD AS UPSTREAM DISTURBANCE OVER THE GULF OF AK MOVES SE TO OFF THE ORE/NRN CA COAST. SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW SPEED MAXIMA CONTINUING TO DROP S ON WRN SIDE OF GRT BASIN SYSTEM. THUS...EXPECT THAT LARGE SCALE TROUGH LIKELY WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SLOW-MOVER UNTIL EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE IMPULSE NOW OVER NRN BAJA ASSUMES A NEUTRAL OR SLIGHTLY NEGATIVE TILT UPON REACHING NM/W TX TONIGHT/EARLY MONDAY. AT THE SURFACE...EXPECT SHALLOW WARM FRONT THAT NOW EXTENDS FROM N OF KDRT TO NEAR KSAT TO NEAR KHOU WILL DRIFT/REDEVELOP SLOWLY N WITH TIME. ITS MOVEMENT WILL...HOWEVER...LIKELY BE RETARDED BY CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF ELEVATED CONVECTION N OF FRONT. FARTHER N... SECONDARY BAROCLINIC ZONE/INVERTED TROUGH MAY ALSO REMAIN DISTINCT ...EXTENDING FROM THE EDWARDS PLATEAU/HILL COUNTRY ENE INTO E CNTRL/NE TX. ELONGATED LEE LOW INITIALLY OVER ERN NM SHOULD CONSOLIDATE NE INTO THE TX PANHANDLE LATER TODAY/ TONIGHT...BUT SHOULD REMAIN WELL REMOVED FROM TRUE WARM SECTOR AIR OVER S CNTRL/SE TX. ...SRN PLNS... OVERNIGHT PERSISTENCE OF TSTMS ALONG INVERTED TROUGH ACROSS THE TX HILL COUNTRY ENE INTO E CNTRL/NE TX SUGGESTS THAT THIS CORRIDOR WILL REMAIN CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE THROUGH THE DAY AS DEEP/MOIST SWLY FLOW CONTINUES TO IMPINGE ON BOUNDARY BENEATH WEAKLY DIFFLUENT UPR JET. THROUGH AT LEAST MIDDAY EXPECT THAT MOST OF THE STORMS WILL BE SLIGHTLY ELEVATED ON N SIDE OF TROUGH. WITH TIME...HOWEVER... MODEST SURFACE HEATING MAY SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE-BASED ACTIVITY FROM NE OF KDRT TO NEAR KCLL...WHERE SBCAPE COULD EXCEED 1000 J/KG. COUPLED WITH LOW LCLS AND 40-50 KT CLOUD-LAYER SHEAR ORIENTED ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE TROUGH...SETUP COULD YIELD A FEW HP SUPERCELLS WITH HAIL/LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND AND PERHAPS ONE OR TWO TORNADOES. FARTHER W...EXPECT THAT A SECOND CONVECTIVELY-ACTIVE AXIS WILL EVOLVE LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT FROM NE NM AND THE WRN TX PANHANDLE S/SE INTO THE TX S PLAINS/PERMIAN BASIN AS SURFACE HEATING DESTABILIZES REGION ALONG LEE TROUGH/DRY LINE. BY EVENING THIS REGION WILL ALSO COME UNDER INFLUENCE OF RAPIDLY INCREASING LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH EJECTING SHORTWAVE IMPULSE. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL...MORE WIDESPREAD STORM DEVELOPMENT. WITH 500 MB SSWLY FLOW INCREASING TO AOA 70 KTS... EXPECT SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WIND. WHILE STORM MODE MAY FAIRLY RAPIDLY TREND TOWARD BANDS/CLUSTERS...BACKED LOW LEVEL FLOW INVOF WARM FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SEGMENTS AND SEASONABLY RICH MOISTURE AVAILABILITY SUGGEST A POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES. THE TX STORMS SHOULD EVOLVE INTO ONE OR MORE CLUSTERS BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THESE SYSTEMS SHOULD MOVE/DEVELOP PRIMARILY NEWD ...POSSIBLY AFFECTING PARTS OF OK...SW AR AND LA WITH A THREAT FOR HAIL AND POSSIBLY HIGH WIND EARLY MONDAY. ..CORFIDI/JEWELL.. 03/19/2006 CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1630Z |