Jun 25, 2007 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Mon Jun 25 20:02:10 UTC 2007
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
Categorical Graphic
20070625 2000 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20070625 2000 UTC Day 1 Tornado Probabilities Graphic
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20070625 2000 UTC Day 1 Damaging Wind Probabilities Graphic
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20070625 2000 UTC Day 1 Large Hail Probabilities Graphic
   SPC AC 251958
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0258 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2007
   
   VALID 252000Z - 261200Z
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PARTS OF THE NRN PLNS...
   
   ...NRN PLNS...
   AS OF MID AFTERNOON...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM NRN MN WSW
   ACROSS CNTRL ND INTO N CNTRL WY.  FARTHER N...THE LEADING EDGE OF A
   NEW SURGE OF COLD AIR ASSOCIATED WITH POTENT MB UPR TROUGH WAS
   ENTERING ERN MT.  THE BOUNDARY WILL REINFORCE EXISTING FRONT OVER WY
   AND THE WRN DAKOTAS TONIGHT...AND WILL HELP ACCELERATE THE LEAD
   BOUNDARY SE INTO THE CNTRL PLNS EARLY TUESDAY.
   
   ALOFT...SATELLITE AND VWP DATA SUGGEST THAT PRONOUNCED EML WARM NOSE
   REMAINS IN PLACE FROM WY/CO NE INTO THE DAKOTAS AND CNTRL/SRN MN. 
   ASSOCIATED CAP LIKELY WILL CONTINUE TO PROHIBIT DEEP CONVECTIVE
   DEVELOPMENT OVER MUCH OF THE REGION UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY.  ON THE
   NERN FRINGE OF THE EML...ELEVATED TSTMS HAVE PERSISTED OVER EXTREME
   NRN MN.
   
   LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL REMAIN WEAK AS MB IMPULSE TRACKS
   MAINLY N OF THE CANADIAN BORDER.  HEATING AND WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW IN
   WAKE OF STALLED FRONT SHOULD...HOWEVER...SUPPORT TSTM DEVELOPMENT
   OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NRN WY/WRN SD LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 
   ISOLATED STORMS MAY ALSO FORM INVOF LEE TROUGH EXTENDING S FROM SD
   SFC LOW INTO WRN NEB/NE CO.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE VERY HIGH
   BASED...POSING A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL. 
   OUTFLOW FROM THESE STORMS MAY MERGE...RESULTING IN ONE OR TWO
   ENE-MOVING CLUSTERS THROUGH MID EVENING.  THE STORMS MOVING OFF
   HIGHER TERRAIN...MEANWHILE...WILL ENCOUNTER GREATER BOUNDARY LAYER
   MOISTURE AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO BECOME SUPERCELLULAR.  THESE MAY
   PERSIST INTO EARLY TUESDAY AS THEY MOVE/DEVELOP E INTO STRENGTHENING
   LLJ OVER SD/SRN ND.
   
   FARTHER NE...OTHER STORMS MAY PERSIST OR DEVELOP IN ZONE OF
   SUSTAINED WAA INVOF SFC FRONT/STORM OUTFLOW IN NE ND/NW MN.  VERY
   MOIST WARM SECTOR IN THIS AREA...COUPLED WITH BACKED LOW LEVEL FLOW
   E OF SD SFC LOW...WILL SUPPORT A CONDITIONAL THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS
   WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.  THIS ACTIVITY MAY 
   EXPAND SW ALONG FRONT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AND EVENTUALLY MERGE
   WITH STORMS SPREADING ENE FROM SD.  ANY THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH AS
   THE STORMS BECOME UNDERCUT/ELEVATED BY ACCELERATING COLD FRONT EARLY
   TUESDAY.
   
   IN MT...WINDS ARE VEERING IN SE MT AHEAD OF AFOREMENTIONED COLD
   SURGE NOW NEAR GGW.  BUT WEAK SE FLOW CONTINUES ATTM IN AREA OF LOW
   LEVEL CLOUDS IN NW ND.  POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR ISOLATED STORM
   DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE COLD FRONTAL SURGE AS IT REACHES THIS AREA
   LATER TODAY.  GIVEN STRENGTH OF SHEAR/INSTABILITY...ANY SUCH
   ACTIVITY COULD YIELD SVR WIND/HAIL THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
   
   ...NRN NEW ENGLAND...
   FAST-MOVING IMPULSE IS ENTERING THE ADIRONDACKS ATTM AND WILL
   CONTINUE ESE INTO NRN NEW ENGLAND BY EVENING.  MODERATE TO STRONG
   DEEP NWLY SHEAR WILL BE OFFSET BY WEAK INSTABILITY DUE TO LIMITED
   MOISTURE AVAILABILITY.  WHILE A RISK WILL EXIST FOR ISOLATED
   STRONG/MARGINALLY SVR WIND GUSTS WITH ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM
   THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WEAK INSTABILITY SHOULD LIMIT
   INTENSITY/COVERAGE OF ANY SUCH THREAT.
   
   ...SRN HI PLNS...
   MODERATE NLY FLOW ATOP SSELY SURFACE WINDS WILL MAINTAIN 20-25 KT
   DEEP NLY SHEAR ACROSS ERN NM AND THE ERN PANHANDLES REGION.  MOIST
   UPSLOPE REGIME...ESPECIALLY INVOF THE ROTAN DIVIDE...MAY SUPPORT
   STORM DEVELOPMENT A BIT LATER TODAY.  DRY AIR ALOFT AND LARGE T-TD
   SPREADS MAY ENHANCE ORGANIZATION INTO CLUSTERS/LINES...WITH AN
   ATTENDANT RISK FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE WIND/HAIL.
   
   ...TN VLY INTO CNTRL/SRN APLCNS...
   ANOTHER ROUND OF SCTD PULSE STORMS WITH SVR HAIL/WIND WILL CONTINUE
   THROUGH EARLY EVENING IN MOIST...WEAKLY CAPPED ENVIRONMENT OVER
   PARTS OF THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST.  THIS INSTABILITY DRIVEN ACTIVITY
   SHOULD BE MOST CONCENTRATED OVER THE TN VLY AND SRN APPALACHIANS.
   
   ..CORFIDI.. 06/25/2007
   
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