Apr 15, 2006 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook Updated: Sat Apr 15 01:08:12 UTC 2006 Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
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SPC AC 150106 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0806 PM CDT FRI APR 14 2006 VALID 150100Z - 151200Z ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS PORTIONS INDIANA...SWRN OH...N-CENTRAL/NERN KY... ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ELSEWHERE FROM CENTRAL IL TO WRN VA... ...SYNOPSIS... PROGRESSIVE UPPER AIR PATTERN FEATURES STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE NEWD FROM SRN CA ACROSS 4-CORNERS REGION THROUGH REMANDER PERIOD. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS WEAK COLD FRONT FROM SWRN LM SWWD ACROSS NWRN MO...S-CENTRAL KS...BECOMING QUASISTATIONARY WSWWD ACROSS NWRN OK INTO WEAK LOW OVER CENTRAL PORTION OK PANHANDLE. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EARLIER CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES IS EVIDENT FROM NERN IL SEWD NEAR A LINE FROM 35 NE CMI...IND...20 W CVG...45 NNE JKL...CRW. OVERALL THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD MOVE LITTLE THROUGH REMAINDER PERIOD...BUT WILL BE SHUNTED SWD LOCALLY BY INDIVIDUAL TSTM OUTFLOWS. ...IL TO CENTRAL APPALACHIANS... SEVERAL POTENTIALLY TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING ESEWD ACROSS THIS CORRIDOR...IN ENVIRONMENT OF FAVORABLE MESOSCALE ENHANCEMENT TO BOTH SHEAR AND BUOYANCY. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF MOSTLY HAIL PRODUCING TSTMS OVER NRN WV AND SWRN PA SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING SEWD TOWARD NRN/WRN VA...SEVERE POTENTIAL GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AS IT ENCOUNTERS PROGRESSIVELY MORE DRY/STABLE INFLOW LAYER. REF WWS 184-188 AND RELATED MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS FOR NOWCAST DETAILS OVER THIS REGION. OVERALL...MOST FAVORABLE ZONE FOR SEVERE WILL REMAIN ALONG AND JUST N OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY BETWEEN CENTRAL/NERN IL AND SWRN OH/NERN KY. MODIFIED SOUNDINGS AND RUC SOUNDINGS INDICATE LIFTED PARCELS WILL REMAIN SFC-BASED OR NEARLY SO INVOF BOUNDARY...WHICH ALSO IS ORIENTED FAVORABLY FOR RIGHTWARD MOTION OFF HODOGRAPH. EXPECT EVAPOTRANSPIRATIVELY BOOSTED SFC DEW POINTS -- LOW-MID 60S F RESULTING FROM EARLIER RAINFALL...AND LOWER LCL ALONG AND N OF BOUNDARY. LCL ALSO SHOULD DROP ALONG AND JUST S OF BOUNDARY IN RELATION TO SFC DIABATIC COOLING THROUGH EVENING HOURS...WHILE THOSE PARCELS REMAIN NEARLY SFC-BASED AS WELL. GREATEST THREAT SHOULD REMAIN E OF WEAK MESOLOW -- ANALYZED ON SFC CHARTS OVER EXTREME E-CENTRAL IL AND NWRN INDIANA ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. PRECEDING SFC PRESSURE FALLS AND RELATIVELY BACKED FLOW N OF BOUNDARY WILL KEEP 0-1 AND 0-3 KM AGL HODOGRAPHS FAVORABLY ENLARGED...WITH SRH AS HIGH AS 400-600 J/KG THROUGH THOSE LAYERS. 60-70 KT DEEP-LAYER SHEARS ALSO SILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SUPERCELL S...AS WELL AS POTENTIAL FOR EVENTUAL BOW ECHO DEVELOPMENT. SOMETIME AROUND 15/06Z...EXPECT PROGRESSIVELY MORE DECOUPLED BOUNDARY LAYER...SOMEWHAT ELEVATED PRIMARY INFLOW LAYER AND RELATED INCREASE IN LLJ TO SUPPORT ONE OR MORE MCS BETWEEN INDIANA AND SRN WV. DAMAGING GUSTS AND OCCASIONAL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING SUBSEQUENT LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING HOURS. ..EDWARDS.. 04/15/2006 CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0600Z |