Jul 25, 2016 0730 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook
Updated: Mon Jul 25 07:26:48 UTC 2016 (20160725 0730Z Day 3 shapefile | 20160725 0730Z Day 3 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20160725 0730 UTC Day 3 Outlook Graphic
Day 3 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
MARGINAL 224,111 3,982,053 Omaha, NE...Lincoln, NE...Sioux Falls, SD...Topeka, KS...Sioux City, IA...
Probabilistic Graphic
20160725 0730 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 3 Prob. Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
5 % 224,111 3,982,053 Omaha, NE...Lincoln, NE...Sioux Falls, SD...Topeka, KS...Sioux City, IA...
   SPC AC 250726

   DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0226 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2016

   VALID 271200Z - 281200Z

   ...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND
   NORTHERN PLAINS...AND MID-MO VALLEY...

   ...SUMMARY...
   ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE GREAT
   PLAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A STRONG MIDLEVEL ANTICYCLONE WILL REMAIN FIXED ACROSS THE WRN GREAT
   BASIN. GRADUAL AMPLIFICATION OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL OCCUR ACROSS
   THE DAKOTAS INTO THE UPPER MS VALLEY...LEADING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
   NWLY MIDLEVEL FLOW FROM THE NRN ROCKIES INTO THE SRN PLAINS. A
   STALLED FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE SRN APPALACHIANS ACROSS THE
   MID-SOUTH...WHILE A SEPARATE WEAK FRONT SLOWLY MOVES SWD/WWD ACROSS
   THE NRN PLAINS AS HIGH PRESSURE IS REINFORCED OVER SRN CANADA. 

   ...PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PLAINS AND MID-MO VALLEY...
   REMNANTS OF OVERNIGHT CONVECTION WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY
   PARTS OF THE WED/D3 PERIOD ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS AND DAKOTAS.
   EFFECTIVE BOUNDARY /PERHAPS CONVECTIVELY REINFORCED/ IS FORECAST TO
   SAG SWD THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACROSS NEB...WITH TRAILING COLD FRONT
   POSITIONED ACROSS ND INTO MN. RICHEST MOISTURE WILL REMAIN FOCUSED
   ACROSS ERN PORTIONS OF NEB/SD AS LOW-LEVEL FLOW WEAKENS EARLY IN THE
   PERIOD. MODEL SOLUTIONS REMAIN FAIRLY CONSISTENT DEPICTING A
   MIDLEVEL SPEED MAX MOVING THROUGH THE CNTRL/NRN HIGH PLAINS WED
   AFTERNOON...BUT THE DEGREE OF DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION THAT WILL
   OCCUR REMAINS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN. LATEST THINKING IS ONE OR TWO SWD
   MOVING CLUSTERS COULD DEVELOP ACROSS ERN PARTS OF MARGINAL RISK AREA
   DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS
   POSSIBLE TOWARDS THE BLACK HILLS AND INTO WRN ND AND SERN MT WITHIN
   A NARROW BAND OF MOISTURE MAINTAINED NEAR/E OF THE BOUNDARY.
   HOWEVER...THE DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SCENARIOS
   PRECLUDES SLIGHT RISK DESIGNATION ATTM.

   ..ROGERS.. 07/25/2016

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