Oct 1, 2015 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Thu Oct 1 05:30:42 UTC 2015 (20151001 1200Z Day 1 shapefile | 20151001 1200Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20151001 1200 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Day 1 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
No Risk Areas Forecast
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20151001 1200 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.
Day 1 Tornado Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
No Risk Areas Forecast
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20151001 1200 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.
Day 1 Wind Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
No Risk Areas Forecast
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20151001 1200 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.
Day 1 Hail Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
No Risk Areas Forecast
   SPC AC 010530

   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1230 AM CDT THU OCT 01 2015

   VALID 011200Z - 021200Z

   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...

   ...SUMMARY...
   A STRONG STORM OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON TO 
   EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA/NORTH FLORIDA...THE LEE OF THE
   SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS...AND IN NORTHERN/CENTRAL NEVADA.

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A MID-LEVEL RIDGE EMANATING N FROM AN ANTICYCLONE ANCHORED NEAR
   SONORA SHOULD SHIFT ACROSS THE SRN ROCKIES TOWARDS THE CNTRL/SRN
   HIGH PLAINS. HEIGHTS WILL DAMPEN LATE IN THE PERIOD WITH THE
   IMPINGING OF A TROUGH /CURRENTLY OFF THE CA COAST/ INTO THE GREAT
   BASIN AND A MID-LEVEL TROUGH AMPLIFYING OVER THE TN VALLEY. BY
   EVENING...A SURFACE CYCLONE SHOULD BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER NWRN UT
   WITH AN ATTENDANT COLD FRONT MOVING E ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN.

   ...S GA/N FL...
   IN RESPONSE TO AMPLIFICATION OF THE ERN TROUGH...MERIDIONAL
   UPPER-LEVEL FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN MAINLY AFTER PEAK DIABATIC HEATING.
   SCATTERED LATE-DAY TSTMS ALONG A WEAK SURFACE FRONT MAY INTENSIFY AS
   THIS OCCURS...BUT THE BULK OF THE SPEED INCREASE SHOULD BE CONFINED
   TO THE UPPER PART OF THE THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE. EFFECTIVE-SHEAR
   MAGNITUDES SHOULD REMAIN MODEST WITH RELATIVELY WEAK LOW/MID-LEVEL
   WINDS. WITH NEARLY MOIST-ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES AFTER SUNSET...THE
   PROBABILITY OF LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS APPEARS TOO LOW TO WARRANT A
   HIGHLIGHT THIS OUTLOOK.

   ...LEE OF THE SRN ROCKIES...
   A PLUME OF UPPER 40S TO MIDDLE 50S SURFACE DEW POINTS WILL PERSIST
   WITHIN A WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW REGIME. WHILE THIS WILL SUPPORT POTENTIAL
   FOR LATE-DAY TSTMS FROM THE PIKES PEAK AREA TO THE RATON
   MESA...APPROACH OF THE MID/UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE SHOULD LIMIT COVERAGE
   AND INTENSITY. THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO APPEARS TO BE ISOLATED TSTMS
   WITH SMALL HAIL.

   ...CNTRL/NRN NV...
   STRENGTHENING FORCING FOR ASCENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH PEAK DIABATIC
   HEATING SHOULD RESULT IN ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED LATE-DAY
   CONVECTION. THE PRE-FRONTAL WARM SECTOR WILL LIKELY BE
   MOISTURE-LIMITED WITH PW VALUES AOB A HALF INCH...WITH THE BULK OF
   TSTM ACTIVITY LIKELY OCCURRING IN THE POST-FRONTAL AIR MASS. WHILE
   STRONG SPEED SHEAR MAY OCCUR AMID THIN/MEAGER MUCAPE AND YIELD WEAK
   MID-LEVEL ROTATION...PROSPECTS FOR APPRECIABLE SEVERE WIND/HAIL
   POTENTIAL APPEAR TOO LOW TO WARRANT AN AREAL DELINEATION.

   ..GRAMS/LEITMAN.. 10/01/2015

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