Nov 9, 2011 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook | |
Updated: Wed Nov 9 05:27:12 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 090522 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1122 PM CST TUE NOV 08 2011 VALID 091200Z - 101200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...SYNOPSIS... A POTENT SHORT WAVE TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE LOWER MO VALLEY WILL EJECT RAPIDLY NEWD TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE WILL BECOMING EMBEDDED WITHIN A LARGER-SCALE TROUGH FORMING OVER THE N-CNTRL CONUS AS A SERIES OF IMPULSES DIVE S/SEWD FROM THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES. ATTENDANT SURFACE CYCLONE WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AS IT FOLLOWS A SIMILAR TRACK FROM THE MID-MS VALLEY TO THE GREAT LAKES...WHILE A COLD FRONT SWEEPS EWD ACROSS THE OH/TN VALLEY AND CNTRL GULF COAST TODAY. ...CNTRL GULF COAST TO THE MIDWEST... ONGOING WIDESPREAD STRATIFORM AND BROKEN LINES OF TSTMS FROM SRN IL TO WRN LA ALONG/AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL OVERTURN/LIMIT THE POLEWARD RETURN OF RICHER LOW-LEVEL THETA-E FROM THE WRN GULF. IN ADDITION...THE MODIFIED DOWNSTREAM AIR MASS AS SAMPLED BY 00Z LIX AND JAN RAOBS WAS ONLY WEAKLY UNSTABLE WITH MUCAPE AOB 500 J/KG. THE NET RESULT SHOULD BE AN INCREASINGLY NARROW WARM/MOIST SECTOR WITH THE HIGHEST TSTM PROBABILITIES AT 09/12Z WITHIN A DECAYING MCS ACROSS THE CNTRL GULF COAST. ALTHOUGH A MICROBURST CANNOT BE RULED OUT HERE...VEERING/WEAKENING OF LOW-LEVEL FLOW/CONVERGENCE AMIDST AN INCREASINGLY MARGINAL THERMODYNAMIC/KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT SUGGESTS THIS THREAT IS TOO LOW TO WARRANT INTRODUCTION OF DAMAGING WIND PROBABILITIES. ACROSS PARTS OF THE MIDWEST...DESPITE MINIMAL ELEVATED BUOYANCY...STRONG FORCING INVOF THE DEEPENING CYCLONE COULD YIELD SPORADIC LIGHTNING STRIKES FROM 12-16Z. ..GRAMS/ROGERS.. 11/09/2011 CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1300Z