Mar 6, 2007 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Tue Mar 6 05:20:11 UTC 2007
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
Categorical Graphic
20070306 1200 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20070306 1200 UTC Day 1 Tornado Probabilities Graphic
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20070306 1200 UTC Day 1 Damaging Wind Probabilities Graphic
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20070306 1200 UTC Day 1 Large Hail Probabilities Graphic
   SPC AC 060517
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1117 PM CST MON MAR 05 2007
   
   VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
   
   ...NO TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST...
   
   AMPLIFIED LONG WAVE PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ONE
   PERIOD...CHARACTERIZED BY INTENSE LOW OVER THE GULF OF AK...RIDGING
   OVER CNTRL CANADA...AND DEEP TROUGH FROM HUDSON BAY TO CANADIAN
   MARITIMES.  A LOWER LATITUDE IMPULSE WILL TRANSLATE EWD FROM THE
   GREAT BASIN INTO CNTRL HIGH PLAINS...EMBEDDED WITHIN A SRN BRANCH OF
   WESTERLIES ACROSS THE SRN STATES.  
   
   IN THE LOW-LEVELS...WEAK SURFACE LOW INITIALLY OVER THE CNTRL HIGH
   PLAINS WILL DEVELOP NEWD ALONG BAROCLINIC ZONE INTO THE OH VALLEY BY
   WEDNESDAY MORNING.  WHILE SOME INCREASE IN BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE
   WILL OCCUR WITHIN PRE-FRONTAL AIR MASS OVER S TX...ENVIRONMENT WILL
   REMAIN STABLE OWING TO POOR MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES.  ELSEWHERE...SOME
   STEEPENING OF LAPSE RATES WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF SHORT WAVE TROUGH
   MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN.  AN ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKE IS
   POSSIBLE...HOWEVER AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN TOO DRY TO SUPPORT
   AN ORGANIZED THUNDER THREAT.
   
   ..MEAD.. 03/06/2007
   
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