Mar 27, 2006 1100 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook Updated: Mon Mar 27 07:21:37 UTC 2006 Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
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SPC AC 270720 DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0120 AM CST MON MAR 27 2006 VALID 291200Z - 301200Z ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS PORTIONS NW TX...WRN OK... ...SYNOPSIS... TWO PERTURBATIONS NOW MERGING OVER NERN PACIFIC -- INVOF 145W -- WILL DEVELOP INTO HIGH AMPLITUDE TROUGH THAT IS FCST TO MOVE ONSHORE DAY-2 OVER CA COAST. LOW LEVEL WAA AND MOIST ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAY-3 ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL/SRN PLAINS AS THIS FEATURE MOVES ACROSS GREAT BASIN AND CENTRAL/SRN ROCKIES. NARROW PLUME OF FORMER CONTINENTAL/POLAR AIR NOW MODIFYING OVER WRN GULF SHOULD BE ADVECTED NNWWD THEN NWD ACROSS REGION DAY-3. OPERATIONAL SPECTRAL...ETA...CMC...UKMET...ECMWF...AS WELL AS GREAT MAJORITY OF ENSEMBLE MEMBERS FROM ETA/ETA-KF/SPECTRAL/WRF ARE ALL RATHER CONSISTENT -- BOTH WITH TIMING OF MIDLEVEL WAVE...AND WITH STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL SPEED MAX MOVING THROUGH BASE OF TROUGH OVER NM BY 30/12Z. ASSOCIATED SFC CYCLONE MAY BE FCST TOO FAR N BY EUROPEAN PROGS GIVEN THIS UPPER AIR SCENARIO...WITH CENTRAL PLAINS CYCLOGENESIS MORE PROBABLE. ...CENTRAL/SRN HIGH PLAINS... CONDITIONAL AFTERNOON SEVERE POTENTIAL EXISTS WITH ANY TSTMS THAT CAN FORM INVOF DRYLINE...WITH SUPERCELLS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...STRONG CAPPING MAY GREATLY LIMIT AND/OR PREVENT AFTERNOON DEVELOPMENT. DEEP-LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL INCREASE WITH TIME THROUGHOUT PERIOD ACROSS REGION...BECOMING PROGRESSIVELY MORE FAVORABLE FOR SVR AS MID/UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED MIDLEVEL GRADIENTS APCH. MOISTURE WILL BE WEAKER OVER CENTRAL PLAINS COMPARED TO FARTHER S BECAUSE OF MORE INCOMPLETELY MODIFIED GULF TRAJECTORIES...AS WELL AS RELATED LIKELIHOOD OF MORE DAMAGE TO BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE FIELD FROM DIURNAL HEATING/MIXING. AFTER DARK...SEVERE POTENTIAL MAY BECOME MORE CONCENTRATED WITHIN BROADER/MRGL PROBABILITY AREA...PRIND SOMEWHERE BETWEEN W-CENTRAL TX AND NWRN OK. IF STRONG CONSENSUS MODEL SCENARIO UNFOLDS WITH NM SPEED MAX...BAND OF INTENSE LARGE SCALE FORCING MAY MOVE ACROSS SRN HIGH PLAINS...AND ATOP WRN FRINGE OF FAVORABLY MOIST LLJ LATE IN PERIOD...CONTRIBUTING TO POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE OVERNIGHT COMPLEX OF TSTMS. ..EDWARDS.. 03/27/2006 CLICK TO GET WUUS03 PTSDY3 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 3 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1100Z |