SPC AC 110600
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0100 AM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SYNOPSIS...
GRADUAL TROUGH AMPLIFICATION IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY OVER THE GREAT
LAKES REGION AND ADJACENT OH VALLEY/NORTHEAST STATES...WHILE AN
UPPER RIDGE PERSISTS ACROSS THE ROCKIES/NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WITH
RISING HEIGHTS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IN THE WAKE OF A
NORTHWARD-MOVING UPPER LOW ALONG THE WA/BRITISH COLUMBIA COASTS.
...MIDWEST/LOWER GREAT LAKES...
GRADUAL HEIGHT FALLS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
AMPLIFYING/SOUTHEASTWARD-SHIFTING UPPER TROUGH OVER NORTHERN
ONTARIO/NORTHWEST QUEBEC...WITH INCREASINGLY STRONG CYCLONIC UPPER
FLOW EXPECTED OVER THE MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES. MOIST ADVECTION FROM THE
WEST-SOUTHWEST WILL OCCUR IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF A SLOW
SOUTHEASTWARD-MOVING COLD FRONT...WITH A CORRIDOR OF WEAK TO
MODERATE INSTABILITY /AS MUCH AS 1000-1750 J PER KG MLCAPE/ AHEAD OF
THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF IL/INDIANA INTO
OH/SOUTHERN LOWER MI. AIDED BY THE RIGHT-ENTRANCE REGION OF AN
INCREASINGLY STRONG UPPER JET...TSTMS SHOULD INCREASE/INTENSIFY
MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZES. MODESTLY
STRONG/NEAR-UNIDIRECTIONAL WESTERLY FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF MULTICELLS/LINE SEGMENTS CAPABLE OF WIND DAMAGE ASIDE
FROM SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. STORMS SHOULD SPREAD
EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE OH VALLEY AND PERHAPS INTO
OTHER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST STATES MONDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH WITH A
DIMINISHED CONVECTIVE INTENSITY BY MID/LATE EVENING.
...SOUTH-CENTRAL PLAINS TO OZARKS/MID-SOUTH...
CLUSTERS OF TSTMS/PERHAPS A WEAKENING MCS MAY BE ONGOING MONDAY
MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE LOWER MO
VALLEY/OZARKS. ON THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST FRINGES OF THIS ACTIVITY...IT
SEEMS POSSIBLE THAT MESOSCALE INFLUENCES MAY HELP FOCUS
DEVELOPMENT/REINTENSIFICATION OF STORMS INTO A VERY
MOIST/POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS MONDAY AFTERNOON...INCLUDING A
CORRIDOR FROM EASTERN OK/OZARKS TO THE MID-SOUTH/MS VALLEY.
DOWNBURSTS/SPORADIC WIND DAMAGE WOULD BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITHIN
THIS SCENARIO.
...NORTH/CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...
ALTHOUGH OVERALL FORCING FOR ASCENT/VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE MODEST
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE NEARBY ROCKIES UPPER
RIDGE...ISOLATED/WIDELY SCATTERED TSTMS SHOULD DEVELOP IN VICINITY
OF A HIGH PLAINS LEE TROUGH WITH AID OF LOW-LEVEL UPSLOPE
TRAJECTORIES. WEAK SHEAR/MODERATE INSTABILITY MAY ALLOW FOR SOME
STRONGER TSTMS CAPABLE OF SEVERE HAIL AND POSSIBLY
SOME SEVERE WIND AS STORMS DEVELOP/SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD MONDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING.
...NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION...
OROGRAPHIC LIFT AND A RESIDUALLY MOIST AIRMASS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
AT LEAST ISOLATED TSTM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE
MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL OR WIND.
..GUYER.. 08/11/2013
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