SPC AC 280735
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0235 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2013
VALID 301200Z - 011200Z
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SYNOPSIS...
NRN STREAM UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY ACROSS THE NCNTRL
U.S. THROUGH TUESDAY AS A WEAKER SRN STREAM MID/UPPER LOW MEANDERS
NEAR THE GULF COAST WITH WEAKER DISTURBANCES SPREADING DOWNSTREAM
ACROSS FL. THE PROMINENT TROUGH EMERGING OVER THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SHARP COLD FRONT THAT WILL SPREAD EAST AND
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MS VALLEY AND NRN GREAT LAKES THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT WHILE MAKING SLIGHTLY SLOWER PROGRESS OVER THE
MID/LOWER MO RIVER VALLEY AND CENTRAL PLAINS. THE WRN PORTION OF THE
COLD FRONT WILL SURGE SWD ACROSS HIGH PLAINS OF ERN CO AND WRN KS
AND LIKELY REACH THE NRN TX PNHDL BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.
...NRN KS/SERN NEB ACROSS IA TO SRN WI...
LATEST GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED A BIT SLOWER WITH THE FRONTAL ADVANCE
INTO PORTIONS OF THE MIDWEST DURING TUESDAY WITH THE ECMWF BEING
SLOWEST TO DEVELOP ANY CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION ALONG/NEAR THE FRONT
UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE MODERATELY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES ARE ANTICIPATED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT...UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN HIGH REGARDING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
RETURN AND SURFACE-BASED CAPE IN THE PRE-FRONTAL WARM
SECTOR/CONVEYOR BELT. FURTHERMORE...THE LARGER SCALE TROUGH APPEARS
TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE TILT THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH STRONGER HEIGHT
FALLS REMAINING WEST AND GENERALLY WEAKER LARGE SCALE ASCENT
COINCIDENT WITH GREATER POTENTIAL INSTABILITY. MODEL GUIDANCE
APPEARS TO SUGGEST THAT INHIBITION WILL TEND TO LIMIT CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT TO IMMEDIATELY ON OR EVEN WELL BEHIND THE FRONT WITH
POST-FRONTAL STORMS INCREASINGLY LIKELY LATER IN THE PERIOD AS LLJ
AIDS MASS TRANSPORT AND LIFT ACROSS THE BOUNDARY. THIS EVOLUTION
WOULD SUPPORT AN INCREASING SEVERE HAIL THREAT WITH TIME FROM STORMS
UNDERCUT BY POST-FRONTAL SURFACE-BASED STABLE AIR. IF GREATER
CONFIDENCE IS GAINED IN SURFACE-BASED CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT...TIMING...AND INSTABILITY IN THE WARM SECTOR...SEVERE
PROBABILITIES WILL LIKELY BE INCREASED IN SUBSEQUENT OUTLOOKS.
...FL...
LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK SHORT WAVE DISTURBANCES WILL COMBINE WITH
ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INCREASE IN DIURNAL INSTABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE
TO NUMEROUS STORMS ACROSS FL. BAND OF MODEST MID LEVEL WLY FLOW ON
THE ORDER OF 30-40KT MAY PROVIDE SUFFICIENT VERTICAL SHEAR FOR A FEW
LONGER-LIVED/ORGANIZED STORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL/WIND.
..CARBIN.. 04/28/2013
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