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Probability of severe weather within 25 miles of a point. Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of significant severe within 25 miles of a point. |
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SPC AC 141730 DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1230 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 VALID 151200Z - 161200Z ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE LOWER MO VALLEY AND MIDWEST... ...SUMMARY... ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL AND WIND WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY FROM WISCONSIN SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS ILLINOIS...EASTERN IOWA...MISSOURI...OKLAHOMA...SOUTHERN KANSAS AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. ...SYNOPSIS... A PROGRESSIVE BELT OF WESTERLIES WILL REMAIN OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN STATES NORTHEASTWARD TO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND UPPER GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY. WITHIN THIS REGIME...A PROMINENT UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AND MANITOBA/NORTHERN ONTARIO...WHILE A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE MS RIVER VALLEY/MIDWEST. IN THE WEST...AN ADDITIONAL UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG SOUTHEASTWARD AND AMPLIFY OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST/NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ...UPPER MS RIVER VALLEY/MIDWEST/LOWER MO RIVER VALLEY... WITH AID OF STRONG WARM/MOIST ADVECTION...A CONSIDERABLE FACTOR SUNDAY MORNING IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF AN ONGOING MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM /OR AT LEAST THE REMNANTS THEREOF/ ACROSS THE UPPER MS VALLEY VICINITY. EVEN WHILE THE OVERALL SEVERE POTENTIAL /SOME HAIL OR MARGINAL WIND POSSIBLE/ MAY BE AT A RELATIVE MINIMUM SUNDAY MORNING...IMPLICATIONS OF ASSOCIATED CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW/CLOUD DEBRIS CONTRIBUTE TO SOME MESOSCALE-RELATED UNCERTAINTIES. ALSO OF NOTE...GIVEN THAT THE PRIMARY SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL BE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM THE REGION...A GENERAL TENDENCY FOR SOMEWHAT WEAKENING MASS CONVERGENCE CAN BE EXPECTED IN VICINITY OF THE FRONT. REGARDLESS...THE COLD FRONT...ALBEIT LIKELY AUGMENTED BY CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW...WILL CONTINUE A GENERAL EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD PROGRESSION ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY. THE FRONT-PRECEDING AIR MASS SHOULD MODERATELY DESTABILIZE INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH DEVELOPMENT/INTENSIFICATION OF STORMS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON PARTICULARLY FROM SOUTHWEST/CENTRAL/EASTERN MO INTO CENTRAL IL. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE REGION WILL BE JUST SOUTH OF THE STRONGER WESTERLIES ALOFT...SUFFICIENT VERTICAL SHEAR IN THE PRESENCE OF MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT/MATURATION OF LINE SEGMENTS AND POSSIBLY A FEW SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS/SOME HAIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. ...SOUTH-CENTRAL PLAINS/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS... WHILE THE EXTENT OF DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS UNCERTAIN IN THE PRESENCE OF MODEST LARGE-SCALE INFLUENCES...IT APPEARS THAT A LEAST A CONDITIONAL SURFACE-BASED SEVERE RISK WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PLAINS SUNDAY LATE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. THIS WILL MAINLY BE IN VICINITY OF THE WEAKENING FRONTAL SEGMENT THAT WILL GENERALLY STALL IN A SOUTHWEST-NORTHEAST ORIENTATION EARLY IN THE DAY. ESPECIALLY GIVEN STRONG HEATING NEAR/WEST OF A WEAK SURFACE LOW/DRYLINE...THE RELATIVELY GREATEST /ALBEIT STILL UNCERTAIN/ POTENTIAL FOR DEEP CONVECTIVE INITIATION MAY BE NEAR A SURFACE TRIPLE POINT ACROSS THE TX PANHANDLE INTO WESTERN OK. AMPLE INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE WITHIN THE NEARBY WARM SECTOR WITH UPWARDS OF 3500-4000 J/KG OF MLCAPE POSSIBLE BY PEAK HEATING...WITH SUFFICIENT DEEP-LAYER SHEAR OF 35-40 KT /MAXIMIZED NEAR THE FRONTAL ZONE/ FOR A FEW SUPERCELLS...PROVIDED THE DEVELOPMENT/SUSTENANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. FARTHER SOUTHWEST...OTHER STRONG/POSSIBLY SEVERE TSTMS MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS OTHER PARTS OF WEST/SOUTHWEST TX WITHIN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE BUT MODESTLY FORCED/WEAKLY SHEARED REGIME. ...CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS SUNDAY LATE AFTERNOON/NIGHT... WHILE NOT UNCERTAIN...SUFFICIENT MOISTURE/LOW-LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW MAY EXIST FOR ISOLATED STRONG POSSIBLY SEVERE TSTM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS NORTHEAST/PERHAPS EAST-CENTRAL CO AS EARLY AS MID/LATE AFTERNOON SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...AN ELEVATED FRONTAL ZONE IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT/EARLY MONDAY WITH AID OF AN AMPLIFYING UPSTREAM TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES AND A NOCTURNALLY STRENGTHENING SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY LOW-LEVEL JET. IN THIS SCENARIO...SUFFICIENT FORCING FOR ASCENT SHOULD COINCIDE WITH THE EDGE OF THE EASTWARD-ADVECTING ELEVATED MIXED LAYER. AMPLE ELEVATED INSTABILITY/STEEP LAPSE RATES IN THE PRESENCE OF 40+ KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR COINCIDENT WITH THE CLOUD LAYER WOULD SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL ESPECIALLY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT/EARLY MONDAY. SOME LARGE-SCALE TIMING UNCERTAINTIES RELATED TO THE UPSTREAM AMPLIFYING TROUGH AND THE LATE-NIGHT/END-OF-PERIOD NATURE OF THE PEAK RISK PRECLUDES CONSIDERATION OF A CATEGORICAL SLIGHT RISK AT THIS TIME IN SPITE OF AT LEAST A CONDITIONAL POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL. ...FL/SOUTHEAST STATES... THE AIR MASS ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS/SOUTHEAST STATES UPPER RIDGE WILL DIURNALLY DESTABILIZE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH RELATIVELY COOL MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES /AROUND -9C AT 500 MB/ REMAINING OVER THE FL PENINSULA. ISOLATED MARGINAL INSTANCES OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL COULD OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ..GUYER.. 06/14/2014 CLICK TO GET WUUS02 PTSDY2 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0600Z |