May 6, 2013 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Mon May 6 16:34:36 UTC 2013
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20130506 1630 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20130506 1630 UTC Day 1 Tornado Probabilities 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
20130506 1630 UTC Day 1 Damaging Wind Probabilities 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
20130506 1630 UTC Day 1 Large Hail Probabilities 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.
Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SLIGHT 13,391 3,537,668 Greensboro, NC...Durham, NC...Winston-Salem, NC...Cary, NC...High Point, NC...
   SPC AC 061630
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1130 AM CDT MON MAY 06 2013
   
   VALID 061630Z - 071200Z
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FOR PARTS OF UPSTATE NC AND SW
   VA...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   WITH BLOCKY PATTERN CONTINUING AND THE WLYS REMAINING CONFINED TO
   CNTRL CANADA...ONLY SLOW EWD PROGRESSION IS EXPECTED WITH THE CLOSED
   LOWS NOW OFF THE CA CST AND OVER THE TN VLY. A SHORTWAVE IMPULSE NOW
   IN GA WILL PIVOT NE AROUND THE TN VLY LOW...ENHANCING LARGE SCALE
   ASCENT OVER THE CAROLINAS/SRN APPALACHIANS. IN THE WEST...A SIMILAR
   FEATURE WILL MOVE NE INTO THE WRN GRT BASIN. A LOW AMPLITUDE FEATURE
   ALSO WILL ADVANCE E IN SRN STREAM FLOW ACROSS NM/W TX.
   
   MODIFIED POLAR AIR WILL PREVAIL OVER MOST OF THE NATION AT LWR LVLS.
   SUFFICIENT MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT...HOWEVER...TO YIELD ADDITIONAL
   DIURNAL CONVECTION/STORMS IN THE STEEP LAPSE RATE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS
   THE WEST. IN ADDITION...A TONGUE OF MARITIME AIR WILL CONTINUE TO
   STREAM NWWD INTO NC...AHEAD OF SFC CONFLUENCE AXIS ASSOCIATED WITH
   GA UPR IMPULSE.
   
   ...NC/SRN VA THIS AFTN/EVE...
   CONTINUED ESELY...LOW-LVL UPSLOPE FLOW...COUPLED SFC HEATING AND
   MID-LVL COOLING/ASCENT WITH APPROACHING UPR IMPULSE...SHOULD RESULT
   IN A BAND OF SCTD TO BROKEN STORMS ALONG NWD-MOVING CONFLUENCE AXIS
   IN NC. SFC DEW POINTS IN THE UPR 50S TO TO MID 60S F FROM SW VA SEWD
   INTO CSTL NC COULD YIELD SBCAPE OF 500 TO 1000 J/KG.
   
   DEEP WIND PROFILES LIKELY WILL REMAIN SIMILAR TO THOSE NOW PRESENT
   OVER REGION...WITH MODEST SPEEDS AND MEAN FLOW/DEEP SHEAR LARGELY
   PARALLEL TO THE LOW-LVL CONFLUENCE ZONE. PROFILES
   WILL...HOWEVER...EXHIBIT APPRECIABLE LOW-LVL VEERING. TAKEN
   TOGETHER...SETUP MAY SUPPORT A FEW SHORT BANDS OF MULTICELL
   CLUSTERS...POSSIBLY WITH OCCASIONAL...EMBEDDED...WEAKLY ROTATING
   STRUCTURES. THIS ACTIVITY MAY PRODUCE A FEW INSTANCES OF SVR HAIL
   AND POSSIBLY A DMGG WIND GUST/BRIEF TORNADO.
   
   FARTHER SW...LOW-LVL ENVIRONMENT APPEARS TOO DRY/COOL TO POSE A RISK
   FOR SVR HAIL CLOSER TO UPR LOW CENTER IN TN/WRN NC/WRN SC/GA.
   
   ..CORFIDI/GARNER.. 05/06/2013
   
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