Jun 21, 2009 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
Updated: Sun Jun 21 17:23:42 UTC 2009
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
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20090621 1730 UTC Day 2 Outlook Graphic
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   SPC AC 211720
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1220 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009
   
   VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS/CORN
   BELT...
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS CNTRL/SRN FL...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   SPRAWLING UPR HIGH CENTERED OVER THE LWR MS VLY WILL RETROGRADE WWD
   INTO THE SRN PLAINS AND BUILD NWD INTO THE NRN PLAINS AND UPR MS VLY
   ON MONDAY.  ALONG ERN PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH...CIRCULATION AROUND A
   WRN ATLC BASIN CYCLONE WILL SEND SHORTWAVE TROUGHS SWD ALONG THE ERN
   SEABOARD.  MEANWHILE...UPR LOW TURNING NEWD INTO THE NRN ROCKIES
   WILL SPREAD NEWD...GLANCING OFF NRN PARTS OF THE RIDGE...INTO SCNTRL
   CANADA DURING THE DAY2 PD.  AT THE SFC...A SERIES OF BACKDOOR CDFNTS
   WILL SETTLE SWD ALONG THE ATLC CST...BUT PRIMARY BAROCLINIC ZONE
   SHOULD EXIST FROM GA NWWD INTO THE MIDWEST.  TAIL END OF THE FRONT
   WILL BE REDEVELOPING NWD AS A WRMFNT...INTERSECTING WITH A WEAK
   CDFNT/LEE TROUGH PROGGED TO MOVE EWD INTO THE NRN HIGH PLAINS.
   
   ...NRN PLAINS/CORN BELT...
   A BAND OF ELEVATED CONVECTION WILL BE COMMONPLACE ACROSS THE UPR MS
   VLY EARLY MONDAY...ALONG/N OF THE SURGING WRMFNT THAT WILL MARK THE
   LEADING EDGE OF INCREASED CAPPING/HOT BOUNDARY LAYER.  IN ITS
   WAKE...RISING HEIGHTS AND H5/H7 TEMPS WARMING AOA MINUS 6/PLUS 12
   DEG C RESPECTIVELY WILL BE HOSTILE TO SUPPORT DEEP MOIST CONVECTION
   OVER SRN NEB AND SRN IA MONDAY AFTN.  HOWEVER...AS THE NRN ROCKIES
   UPR SYSTEM EJECTS NEWD TOWARD SCNTRL CANADA...UPR RIDGE FLATTENS AND
   MID-LVL TEMPERATURES COOL 1-2 DEG C OVER ESPECIALLY THE WRN/CNTRL
   DKTS...BUT PERHAPS AS FAR SE AS NRN NEB/NWRN IA BY MONDAY EVENING. 
   SFC DEW POINTS RANGING FROM THE MID-60S TO MID-70S F AND WEAK LARGE
   SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A SFC-BASED TSTM THREAT
   FROM THE WRN/CNTRL DKTS /ALONG THE LEE-TROUGH-CDFNT/ SEWD INTO NRN
   NEB AND NWRN IA /INVOF WRMFNT/.  SHOULD STORMS FORM...35-40 KTS OF
   0-6KM SHEAR AND MAGNITUDE OF BUOYANCY WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR
   SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL/HIGH WINDS.  A COUPLE SMALL MCS/S MAY
   EVOLVE MONDAY NIGHT...DVLPG EWD INTO WRN MN AND CNTRL/ERN IA. 
   ACTIVITY MAY POSE A HAIL/HIGH WIND RISKS AFT DARK...ESP ACROSS THE
   CORN BELT.
   
   ...FL...
   INCREASING DEEP-NORTHERLIES ARE PROGGED ACROSS FL MONDAY AFTN AS
   DISTURBANCES DIG SWD ALONG WRN PERIPHERY OF THE WRN ATLANTIC UPR
   LOW.  LLVL MOISTURE SHOULD REMAIN HIGH WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 70S
   WITH VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS.  THOUGH RELATIVELY WARM MID-LVLS MAY
   BE SOMEWHAT OF LIMITING FACTOR...ADDED LARGE SCALE LIFT INVOF THE
   SEABREEZES/WEAK CDFNT SHOULD COMPENSATE AND SCTD TSTMS SHOULD DVLP
   EARLY/MID-AFTN.  GIVEN THE FLOW REGIME...CONVECTIVE MODE SHOULD
   EVOLVE INTO SWD MOVING CLUSTERS CAPABLE OF DMGG WINDS/HAIL.  AN
   ISOLD TORNADO THREAT WILL BE CONDITIONAL ON STORM MODE/MOVEMENT IN
   RELATION TO SEABREEZES/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES.
   
   ..RACY.. 06/21/2009
   
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