Jun 6, 2011 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook | |
Updated: Mon Jun 6 20:14:09 UTC 2011 | |
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table |
Categorical Graphic |
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Probabilistic Tornado Graphic |
Probability of a tornado within 25 miles of a point. Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of EF2 - EF5 tornadoes within 25 miles of a point. |
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic |
Probability of damaging thunderstorm winds or wind gusts of 50 knots or higher within 25 miles of a point. Hatched Area: 10% of greater probability of wind gusts 65 knots or greater within 25 miles of a point. |
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic |
Probability of hail 1" or larger within 25 miles of a point. Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of hail 2" or larger within 25 miles of a point. |
SPC AC 062010 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK CORR 1 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0310 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2011 VALID 062000Z - 071200Z ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE NRN ROCKIES ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS TO THE WRN GREAT LAKES... ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ALONG THE GULF COAST FROM SERN TX TO NRN FL... CORRECTED WIND PROBABILITY LINE ADDED PARTS OF ID TO SLGT RISK FOR INCREASING TSTM DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF LARGE SCALE TROUGH. INCREASED HAIL AND WIND PROBABILITIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF COAST REGION FOR ONGOING PULSE STORMS IN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS. REST OF THE OUTLOOK REMAINS ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED IN AREA AND FORECAST REASONING FROM PRIOR ISSUANCE. ..CARBIN.. 06/06/2011 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1114 AM CDT MON JUN 06 2011/ ...SYNOPSIS... UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LOW HAS MOVED INLAND THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL CA AND WILL ACCELERATE NEWD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON TO WY/SRN MT BY 12Z TUE. N/S COLD FRONT THRU NV WILL MOVE NEWD ACROSS SERN ID/UT THIS AFTERNOON AND INTENSIFY WITH THE SUPPORT OF STRONG UPPER TROUGH. PRIMARY SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS LEE OF WY MTNS THIS AFTERNOON AND DEEPENS NNEWD INTO SERN MT TONIGHT. THIS WILL TRANSPORT AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AIR MASS WWD FROM THE NRN HIGH PLAINS INTO ERN/CNTRL MT. LARGE UPPER RIDGE OVER CENTRAL CONUS EXPANDS EWD ACROSS GREAT LAKES WHICH WILL LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY ORGANIZED STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE ZONE OF WARM ADVECTION ASCENT ACROSS THE TOP OF THE RIDGE. ..MT/DAKOTAS INTO NRN RCKYS/NRN GRT BASIN TODAY/TNGT... LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE ADVECTING WWD THRU THE DAY E OF THE DIVIDE IN MT HOWEVER CAP WILL DELAY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON WHEN STRONG HEATING AND LARGE SCALE ASCENT WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR STORM INITIATION OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. VEERING SHEAR PROFILES COUPLED WITH MLCAPES AOA 1000 J/KG WILL SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS BEGINNING BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SWRN/SCENTRAL MT. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE INITIAL THREAT...HOWEVER AS SURFACE LOW DEEPENS NWD FROM WY AND STRONG ASCENT APPROACHES FROM THE SW WITH UPPER TROUGH...AN UPSWING IN INTENSITY AND NUMBER OF SEVERE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE WELL AFTER DARK AND SPREAD EWD ACROSS REMAINDER OF MT POSSIBLY INTO WRN ND/NWRN SD. THERE WILL BE A TORNADO THREAT WITH ANY SUPERCELL THRU AT LEAST THE EVENING...AND AS STORMS GROW UPSCALE INTO CLUSTERS AND POSSIBLE MCS...WIND DAMAGE WILL BECOME A GREATER CONCERN ALONG WITH THE LARGE HAIL. W OF THE DIVIDE IN WY AND SWRN MT...A DRY LOW LEVEL AIR MASS WILL LIMIT THE SEVERE THREAT TO DAMAGING WINDS PRIMARILY AS THE INTENSIFYING COLD FRONT MOVES THRU. WITH VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND INVERTED V SOUNDINGS POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS ACCOMPANYING FRONT FROM THE NRN WASATCH FRONT/SERN ID BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON NEWD ACROSS WRN WY THIS EVENING. FURTHER E ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS...THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WOULD BE DRIVEN BY THE WARM ADVECTION AND ELEVATED INSTABILITY ACROSS THE TOP OF THE RIDGE WHERE SHEAR IS SUPPORTIVE. MUCH OF THE CONVECTION WILL LIKELY OCCUR AFTER 00Z WHEN WARM ADVECTION WILL RAMP UP IN RESPONSE TO THE INCREASE IN THE LOW LEVEL JET AS SURFACE LOW DEEPENS TO THE W. HAIL POSSIBLY VERY LARGE WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT AS STORMS SHOULD MOSTLY BE ELEVATED WITHIN A MDTLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS. ...UPR GRT LKS...... ELEVATED STORMS NOW OVER ERN WI EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GENERALLY EWD AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH MIDDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING INFLUENCE OF THIS ACTIVITY ON THE POTENTIAL FOR DIURNAL STORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE UPR GRT LKS REGION LATER TODAY. THE WI STORM CLUSTER ALSO ESSENTIALLY MARKS THE LEADING EDGE OF EML CAP SPREADING ENEWD WITH EXPANDING UPR RIDGE. THE CAP LIKELY WILL DELAY AND MAY PROHIBIT DIURNAL STORM DEVELOPMENT IN SOME AREAS THROUGH THE PERIOD. COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED WAA/MOISTURE TRANSPORT WITH STRONG SFC HEATING WILL CONTINUE A THREAT FOR STORMS BOTH ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF THE EXISTING CLUSTER...ALONG NE-MOVING WARM FRONT...AND ALONG STNRY FRONT IN CENTRAL MN. STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES AND WEAKLY CONFLUENT LOW LVL FLOW COULD SUPPORT A FEW CLUSTERS OF STORMS BY EVE...INCLUDING A MIX OF SUPERCELLS AND OTHER LESS SUSTAINED STRUCTURES. WITH MLCAPE LIKELY AOA 3000 J/KG...THE STORMS WITH ALL FORMS OF SVR WEATHER POSSIBLE...INCLUDING TORNADOES. FORWARD PROPAGATING MCSS MAY EVOLVE BY THIS EVENING OVER PARTS OF WI...AND INTO MI THIS EVE AS WSWLY LLJ STRENGTHENS FROM SRN MN TO LWR MI. ...SERN STATES/GULF CST THIS AFTN/EARLY EVE... SIMILAR TO THE LAST FEW DAYS...STRONG SFC HEATING OF MOISTURE-RICH BOUNDARY LAYER WILL SUPPORT SCTD WWD-MOVING CLUSTERS OF STRONG/BRIEFLY SVR PULSE STORMS IN WEAKLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT ON SIDE OF UPR RIDGE AXIS. CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0100Z