May 29, 2014 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Thu May 29 00:51:39 UTC 2014 (20140529 0100Z Day 1 shapefile | 20140529 0100Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20140529 0100 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20140529 0100 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
20140529 0100 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
20140529 0100 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 86,895 333,350 Billings, MT...Dickinson, ND...Williston, ND...Havre, MT...Miles City, MT...
   SPC AC 290048

   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0748 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

   VALID 290100Z - 291200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
   EASTERN MONTANA INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

   ...SUMMARY...
   SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
   AND NORTHEASTERN MONTANA INTO THE LATE EVENING.

   ...CNTRL/ERN MT INTO WRN ND...
   A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING BOWING SEGMENTS AND
   SUPERCELLS HAS DEVELOPED OVER N-CNTRL MT. THIS ACTIVITY HAS SHOWN
   SIGNS OF GROWING LOCALLY UPSCALE IN CHOUTEAU COUNTY...PERHAPS
   LINKING WITH CONVECTION DEVELOPING FARTHER S INTO JUDITH BASIN
   COUNTY. THE 00Z GGW SOUNDING SAMPLES RELATIVELY RICH LOW-LEVEL
   MOISTURE -- E.G. LOWEST-100-MB MEAN MIXING RATIO AROUND 12 G/KG --
   SUPPORTING MODERATELY TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE INFLOW ENHANCED BY STRONG
   LOW-LEVEL SELYS. WITH DCAPE IN EXCESS OF 1000 J/KG...AND MODERATE TO
   STRONG DEEP SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH A MID-LEVEL SPEED MAX GLANCING THE
   REGION...SUSTAINED FORWARD-PROPAGATING CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS WITH SVR
   WINDS ARE EXPECTED AS THIS ACTIVITY MOVES ENEWD/NEWD INTO NERN MT.
   ISOLATED LARGE HAIL...SOME POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT...WILL ALSO
   REMAIN POSSIBLE GIVEN THE STEEP LAPSE RATES IN PLACE. WHILE A
   TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...THIS RISK WILL BE TEMPERED BY
   THE MORE LINEAR/OUTFLOW-DOMINANT CONVECTIVE MODE AIDED BY HIGH LCL/S
   AND LARGE SFC TEMP-DEWPOINT SPREADS. THIS ACTIVITY MAY SPREAD INTO
   WRN ND THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT WILL WEAKEN AS NOCTURNAL INHIBITION
   GROWS. 

   ELSEWHERE...ONGOING STRONG STORMS IN ERN MT MAY POSE A LOCAL SVR
   RISK IN THE SHORT-TERM BUT ARE DOWNSTREAM OF STRONGER DEEP SHEAR. 

   IN THE WAKE OF ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL
   REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS DEEP FORCING FOR ASCENT AFFECTS
   THE AREA...THOUGH NOCTURNAL INHIBITION SHOULD LIMIT THE OVERALL SVR
   RISK.

   PLEASE SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 751 FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON
   SHORT-TERM CONVECTIVE TRENDS.

   ..COHEN.. 05/29/2014

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