Sep 19, 2012 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook | |
Updated: Wed Sep 19 19:29:29 UTC 2012 | |
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 191926 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK CORR 1 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0226 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 VALID 192000Z - 201200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... CORRECTED FOR CATEGORICAL GRAPHIC ...DISCUSSION... NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST. ..DIAL.. 09/19/2012 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1102 AM CDT WED SEP 19 2012/ ...SYNOPSIS... A SHORTWAVE UPPER TROUGH EMBEDDED WITHIN LARGER-SCALE CYCLONIC UPPER FLOW OVER THE ERN CONUS IS ADVANCING SEWD TOWARDS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. AN ASSOCIATED SFC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MS RIVER VALLEY AND EVENTUALLY INTO WI/IL BY THIS EVENING...WITH THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LIKELY ACCOMPANYING THE COLD FRONT ACROSS PARTS OF WI/IA AND NRN IL. FARTHER E...A COLD FRONT WILL STALL OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST AND ARC SWWD ACROSS NRN FL AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO...AS AN ASSOCIATED UPPER DISTURBANCE QUICKLY MOVES NEWD INTO ERN CANADA. STRONG HEATING WITHIN A MOIST AIR MASS SHOULD PROMOTE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE FL PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT ANY SVR THREAT SHOULD BE MITIGATED BY POOR MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES AND WEAK LOW-/MIDLEVEL FLOW. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL AND SWRN WI...FAR NERN IA AND NWRN IL... WEAK LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION OCCURRING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH DIURNAL HEATING TO YIELD MODEST DESTABILIZATION /E.G. MLCAPE VALUES OF 300-500 J/KG/. AS THIS OCCURS...ASCENT AIDED BY AN APPROACHING UPPER JET STREAK AND MODEST MIDLEVEL HEIGHT FALLS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION...SUPPORTING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. STEEPENING LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND FAVORABLE KINEMATIC PROFILES WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF STRONG TO PERHAPS ISOLATED SVR WIND GUSTS...THUS WARRANTING INTRODUCTION OF 5 PERCENT WIND PROBABILITIES. CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0100Z