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SPC AC 060600 DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0100 AM CDT TUE AUG 06 2013 VALID 071200Z - 081200Z ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER A PORTION OF SRN KS AND NRN OK... ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER A PORTION OF THE OH VALLEY AND SRN GREAT LAKES... ...SYNOPSIS... CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER NE MANITOBA IS FORECAST TO REMAIN STATIONARY OR RETROGRADE VERY SLOWLY SWWD...MAINTAINING STRONGER BELT OF WNWLY WINDS ALOFT FROM THE NRN PLAINS THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY. UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN SUPPRESSED ACROSS THE SRN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY...WHILE A CUTOFF UPPER LOW OFF THE CA COAST DRIFTS INLAND. A VORT MAX NOW OVER CNTRL BAJA IS EMBEDDED IN WEAK FLOW...AND SHOULD LIFT SLOWLY NEWD...REACHING THE CNTRL ROCKIES LATER WEDNESDAY. AT THE SFC A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SEWD THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES...WITH TRAILING PORTIONS CONTINUING THROUGH THE MID MS VALLEY AND OK WHERE IT WILL LIKELY STALL. A LEE TROUGH SHOULD PERSIST ACROSS WRN TX. ...SERN CO...NERN NM...SRN KS THROUGH NRN OK... ENELY NEAR SFC WINDS WILL EVOLVE IN POST FRONTAL ZONE OVER KS AND THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS...MAINTAINING UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 DEWPOINTS ACROSS SRN KS INTO NRN OK BENEATH MODESTLY STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES. WIDESPREAD CLOUDS WILL LIKELY EXIST IN POST FRONTAL REGION...WITH STRONGEST HEATING LIKELY OCCUR IN THE DRIER AIR JUST SOUTH OF THE FRONT OVER OK. ATMOSPHERE WILL LIKELY BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE ALONG THIS DIFFERENTIAL HEATING ZONE WITH 2000-2500 J/KG MLCAPE POSSIBLE. A CAP SHOULD INHIBIT SFC BASED DEVELOPMENT UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY WHEN STORMS MAY INITIATE IN VICINITY OF THE STALLED FRONT AS WELL AS IN UPSLOPE REGIME OVER SERN CO AND NERN NM. THIS REGION WILL RESIDE SOUTH OF STRONGER WINDS ALOFT BUT WITH ELY LOW-LEVEL WINDS JUST NORTH OF SFC FRONT BENEATH 30-35 KT FLOW AT 500 MB SUPPORTING 35-40 KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR. A FEW ORGANIZED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WITHIN ZONE OF INCREASING ISENTROPIC ASCENT NORTH OF FRONT. ...MID MS THROUGH OH VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION... WITH RICH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LIKELY BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE OVER PORTIONS OF OH VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES PRE-FRONTAL WARM SECTOR. PRIMARY UNCERTAINTY THIS PERIOD IS EXTENT OF AND PLACEMENT OF ONGOING STORMS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORMS INCLUDING AN MCS OR TWO MAY BE IN PROGRESS FROM PORTIONS OF THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE MS VALLEY OR POSSIBLY WRN PARTS OF THE OH VALLEY. STORMS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP DURING THE DAY IN WARM SECTOR ALONG RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM ONGOING STORMS AND ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND SPREAD SEWD. WHILE WINDS IN THE SFC-700 MB LAYER ARE FORECAST TO BE WEAK OVER MUCH OF THIS REGION...SUFFICIENT FLOW AOA 600 MB MAY EXIST TO SUPPORT AT LEAST ORGANIZED MULTICELLS CAPABLE OF MAINLY DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. ..DIAL.. 08/06/2013 CLICK TO GET WUUS02 PTSDY2 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1730Z |