Dec 16, 2009 0830 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook
Updated: Wed Dec 16 07:46:44 UTC 2009
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
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   SPC AC 160745
   
   DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0145 AM CST WED DEC 16 2009
   
   VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER CNTRL AND SRN FL...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   
   SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW LOCATED OVER NRN MEXICO HAS BECOME CUTOFF FROM
   PRIMARY BELT OF WLYS. THIS FEATURE WILL EJECT EWD THROUGH THE NRN
   GULF OF MEXICO AND INTO THE FL PENINSULA FRIDAY IN RESPONSE TO
   AMPLIFYING NRN STREAM WAVE. MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE
   TIMING AND AMPLITUDE OF THIS IMPULSE. THIS TROUGH WILL INDUCE A
   MODEST SURFACE LOW OVER THE GULF THAT SHOULD DEVELOP EWD ACROSS THE
   NRN HALF OF THE PENINSULA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WARM FRONT MAY LIFT NWD
   INTO THE CNTRL FL PENINSULA.
   
   
   ...FL PENINSULA...
   
   SLY LOW-LEVEL JET WILL STRENGTHEN EARLY FRIDAY ACROSS ERN GULF AND
   FL PENINSULA IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH.
   CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING WITHIN ZONE OF WARM ADVECTION AND
   ISENTROPIC LIFT ACROSS THE PENINSULA EARLY IN THE PERIOD...WITH THE
   MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION LIKELY NORTH OF WARM FRONT. THE FRONT
   SHOULD DEVELOP NWD DURING THE DAY...BUT NWD ADVANCE OF THE MOISTER
   WARM SECTOR COULD BE LIMITED BY ONGOING PRECIPITATION. BEST
   DESTABILIZATION POTENTIAL SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS SOUTH AND CNTRL FL
   WHERE DEWPOINTS WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 60S SOUTH OF WARM FRONT.
   DEEP LAYER WIND AND VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL STRENGTHEN WITH THE
   APPROACH OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH. THREAT WILL EXIST FOR ORGANIZED
   STORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS AND BOWING SEGMENTS WHERE SUFFICIENT
   DESTABILIZATION OCCURS. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE
   THE PRIMARY THREATS. WEAK LAPSE RATES AND LIKELIHOOD OF WIDESPREAD
   CLOUDS AND AREAS OF PRECIPITATION REMAIN POTENTIAL LIMITING FACTORS.
   
   ..DIAL.. 12/16/2009
   
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