Oct 27, 2015 0600 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
Updated: Tue Oct 27 05:52:27 UTC 2015 (20151027 0600Z Day 2 shapefile | 20151027 0600Z Day 2 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20151027 0600 UTC Day 2 Outlook Graphic
Day 2 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
MARGINAL 242,793 71,587,811 New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Baltimore, MD...Charlotte, NC...Washington, DC...
Probabilistic Graphic
20151027 0600 UTC Day Probabilitic Graphic
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.
Day 2 Prob. Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
5 % 242,847 71,600,352 New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Baltimore, MD...Charlotte, NC...Washington, DC...
   SPC AC 270552

   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1252 AM CDT TUE OCT 27 2015

   VALID 281200Z - 291200Z

   ...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS NORTHEAST STATES TO
   CAROLINAS...

   ...SUMMARY...
   SPORADIC DAMAGING WINDS AND A COUPLE TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
   PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST STATES TO THE CAROLINAS...MAINLY WEDNESDAY
   AFTERNOON INTO THE NIGHT.

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A MID-LEVEL TROUGH WILL UNDERGO MAJOR AMPLIFICATION OVER THE UPPER
   MIDWEST TO GREAT LAKES. A SEPARATE SHORTWAVE IMPULSE SHOULD QUICKLY
   PROGRESS FROM THE KS/OK AREA INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES BY EARLY
   THU. SUBSTANTIAL CYCLOGENESIS WILL OCCUR OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
   DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE PERIOD. AN ARCING OCCLUDING COLD FRONT
   SHOULD PUSH E ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS WITH A WARM FRONT ATTEMPTING
   TO ADVANCE N INTO PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND. 

   ...NORTHEAST TO CAROLINAS...
   BROADENING AND INTENSIFYING BELTS OF LOW/MID-LEVEL S/SWLYS ARE
   EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD DOWNSTREAM OF THE AMPLIFYING N-CNTRL
   CONUS TROUGH...YIELDING STRONG EFFECTIVE SHEAR AND LARGE HODOGRAPHS.
   THIS SHOULD OVERSPREAD A GRADUALLY DESTABILIZING WARM SECTOR
   ADVANCING FROM THE CAROLINAS/MID-ATLANTIC COAST NWD. WITH SCATTERED
   TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING AT
   12Z/WED WITHIN A LARGE PLUME OF LOW-LEVEL WAA...SURFACE-BASED
   INSTABILITY MAY REMAIN RATHER LIMITED N/W OF THE CAROLINA COASTAL
   PLAIN. BUT WITH MID-LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS...SCATTERED LOW-TOPPED
   CONVECTION SHOULD FORM ALONG THE COLD FRONT IN THE AFTERNOON. GIVEN
   HIGH SHEAR AND ROBUST FORCING FOR ASCENT...CONVECTION SHOULD EVOLVE
   INTO SHORT-LINE SEGMENTS N THAT RAPIDLY PROGRESS E/NE INTO WED
   NIGHT...WITH MORE DISCRETE CONVECTION FARTHER S. HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY
   EXPANDED MARGINAL RISK PROBABILITIES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBILITY
   OF A DAMAGING WIND/TORNADO THREAT.

   ..GRAMS.. 10/27/2015

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