Mar 4, 2014 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Tue Mar 4 16:09:33 UTC 2014 (20140304 1630Z Day 1 shapefile | 20140304 1630Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20140304 1630 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20140304 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
20140304 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
20140304 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
No Risk Areas Forecast
   SPC AC 041606

   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1006 AM CST TUE MAR 04 2014

   VALID 041630Z - 051200Z

   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...

   ...SYNOPSIS...

   A PROGRESSIVE...SPLIT-FLOW PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE D1
   PERIOD WITH THE PRIMARY FEATURES OF INTEREST BEING A SHORT-WAVE
   TROUGH TRACKING FROM THE SRN PLAINS EWD ALONG THE GULF COAST...AND
   AN UPSTREAM SYSTEM WHICH WILL AMPLIFY WHILE MOVING FROM THE GREAT
   BASIN TO SRN HIGH PLAINS. 

   IN THE LOW LEVELS...MID-MORNING MESOANALYSIS AND VISIBLE SATELLITE
   DATA INDICATED A SURFACE FRONT FROM THE CNTRL GULF OF MEXICO TO
   CNTRL FL PENINSULA. THE WRN EXTENSION OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL DEVELOP
   SLIGHTLY NWD IN RESPONSE TO THE GULF COAST SHORT-WAVE TROUGH...WHILE
   THE FL PENINSULA SEGMENT REMAINS QUASI-STATIONARY. OVER THE HIGH
   PLAINS...A BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY WITH A
   SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING SWD ALONG IT FROM ERN WY TO ERN NM/WRN TX. A
   WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PROGRESS FROM THE MID MO VALLEY INTO SRN HIGH
   PLAINS BY TONIGHT.

   ...GULF COAST...

   DCVA ATTENDANT TO THE MIGRATORY SHORT-WAVE TROUGH WILL AUGMENT
   MODEST ISENTROPIC ASCENT ABOVE THE FRONTAL SURFACE TO PROMOTE
   SUFFICIENTLY DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR SPORADIC LIGHTNING
   ACTIVITY EWD ALONG THE GULF COAST.

   ...CNTRL ROCKIES...

   FORCING FOR ASCENT/DCVA COUPLED WITH STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL
   PROMOTE WEAK INSTABILITY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TSTM
   DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING.

   ...PACIFIC NW COAST...

   A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY NEAR 40N/-139W WILL APPROACH THE COAST
   LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. INCREASED FORCING FOR ASCENT
   ATTENDANT TO THIS FEATURE MAY SUPPORT ISOLATED LIGHTING ACTIVITY
   WITH SHALLOW CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS MOVING ONSHORE AROUND 05/12Z.

   ..MEAD.. 03/04/2014

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