SPC AC 110559
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1259 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...THERE IS AN ENH RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM CNTRL MN INTO WRN WI AND
NERN IA...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM WRN MN INTO KY...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MS
VALLEY INTO THE OH/TN VALLEYS...
...SUMMARY...
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL ARE EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FROM CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO
WESTERN WISCONSIN AND EASTERN IOWA. OTHER SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS MUCH OF ILLINOIS...INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER HIGH WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE SRN PLAINS WITH
ANTICYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT AROUND THE PERIPHERY. BY LATE AFTERNOON...A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH WITH 40-50 KT MIDLEVEL FLOW WILL FLATTEN THE RIDGE
ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS...AND CONTINUE SEWD INTO THE UPPER MS VALLEY
OVERNIGHT. ALSO INFLUENCING THIS DISTURBANCE WILL BE A WEAK-UPPER
LOW ACROSS SRN MANITOBA. AT THE SURFACE...A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIR MASS WILL EXIST E OF A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH FROM THE ERN DAKOTAS
INTO CNTRL NEB/KS AT 00Z...AND S OF A SLOW-MOVING WARM FRONT FROM
CNTRL MN INTO NRN IL AND SRN LOWER MI. THE COMBINATION OF
CONVERGENCE ALONG THESE BOUNDARIES ALONG WITH FAVORABLE LARGE-SCALE
LIFT SHOULD RESULT IN A CORRIDOR OF ENHANCED SEVERE WIND AND HAIL
POTENTIAL MAINLY SUNDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
OTHER SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLIER IN THE DAY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH AN EARLY DISTURBANCE AND ONGOING CONVECTION ENTERING THE OH
RIVER VALLEY.
...IL...IN...KY...OH...NRN TN...
RAIN AND STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BE ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF IL AND
INDIANA EARLY IN THE DAY...WITHIN AN AXIS OF INSTABILITY AND AIDED
BY WARM ADVECTION VIA A WLY 850 MB JET. STRONG HEATING WILL OCCUR
UPSTREAM...WHICH WILL DESTABILIZE THE AIR MASS FEEDING INTO THE
ONGOING ACTIVITY OR ALLOW NEW STORMS TO DEVELOP POSSIBLY ALONG
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. RELATIVELY WEAK BUT VEERING WINDS WITH HEIGHT
AND STRONG INSTABILITY SUGGEST A FEW MARGINAL SUPERCELLS OR SMALL
CLUSTERS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL.
OVERNIGHT...AS THE WLY LOW-LEVEL JET INCREASES...MORE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS IL AND IND...WHICH WOULD BE AHEAD OF A POSSIBLE
MN/WI/IA MCS. BY THIS TIME...HODOGRAPHS WILL BE LENGTHENED WITH A
FEW SUPERCELLS POSSIBLE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL. GIVEN THE VERY MOIST
AIR MASS...EFFECTIVE INFLOW LEVEL WILL BE NEAR THE GROUND...AND A
BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
...ERN ND...MN...WRN WI...ERN IA LATE...
A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS AND
UPPER MS VALLEY DURING THE DAY AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH ACROSS
THE CNTRL DAKOTAS. DEWPOINTS SHOULD RISE INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER
70S F BENEATH RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT FOR THE SEASON.
FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL BE STRONGEST INITIALLY OVER ERN ND AND WRN
MN ALONG THE FRONT WHERE STORMS SHOULD INITIATE BEFORE 00Z. THEN...A
RAPID INCREASE IN STORM COVERAGE AND INTENSITY IS EXPECTED INTO MN
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE EVOLVING ND ACTIVITY AND NEW STORMS ALONG
THE WARM FRONT. SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE
INITIALLY THEN MERGING INTO AN MCS WITH DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY AS FAR
S AS NRN IL BY MONDAY MORNING. A TORNADO OR TWO WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE EARLIER ACTIVITY WHILE STORM MODE REMAINS
CELLULAR.
..JEWELL.. 07/11/2015
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