ZCZC SPCSWODY1 ALL ACUS01 KWNS 140529 SPC AC 140529 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1229 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2003 VALID 141200Z - 151200Z GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 80 SSE MRF FST BGS MWL PRX GGG LFK 50 NE HOU 30 SSW BPT ...CONT... 20 SE BVE 45 NE MEI MKL DNV MMO 20 N MLI LNR GRB 10 SSE ESC 25 ENE PLN ...CONT... ERI MGW BKW TRI AHN 35 SE GNV VRB ...CONT... 10 SSW ILM RWI 10 NNW RIC 10 WNW NHK WAL. ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...SYNOPSIS... A PROGRESSIVE UPPER AIR PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. MAIN FEATURE OF INTEREST WILL BE THE FAIRLY POTENT MIDLEVEL TROUGH THAT WILL TRANSLATE FROM THE CNTRL/NRN PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND MIDWEST BY SUNDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH...A LEAD IMPULSE NOW CROSSING THE MID MS VLY WILL MOVE NEWD TO LOWER MI AS IT WEAKENS BY SUNDAY NIGHT. AT THE SURFACE...A LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER LOWER MI AND MOVE NEWD INTO ONTARIO WHILE A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE CNTRL GREAT LAKES...MID OH VLY...THEN CURVE SWWD INTO S TX BY SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST PROBABILITIES FOR TSTMS SHOULD EXIST AHEAD OF THE EJECTING LEAD SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND ALONG THE TAIL END OF THE FRONT IN SWRN TX. ...CNTRL GREAT LAKES AND MIDWEST... MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER RESIDING OVER THE OH VLY IS EXPECTED TO SURGE NWD INTO THE MIDWEST AND CNTRL GREAT LAKES AHEAD OF THE EJECTING LEAD IMPULSE ON SUNDAY. BANDS OF CONVECTION WITH EMBEDDED TSTMS NOW CROSSING THE MS RVR IN MO/IL SHOULD BE MAINTAINED WITHIN THIS ENVIRONMENT FROM LOWER MI INTO IND AND WRN OH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ENHANCED MIDLEVEL WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO VERTICAL SHEAR SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED TSTMS. HOWEVER...LAPSE RATES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WEAK AND LIMIT OVERALL INSTABILITY. WHILE SHORT LINES OF TSTMS CAN BE EXPECTED...ANY WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL WILL BE TEMPERED BY MINIMAL INSTABILITY. ..RACY/KERR.. 09/14/2003 ...NOTICE... FOR USERS DECODING THE POINTS PARAGRAPH HEREIN...LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE POINTS FOR THE CATEGORICAL AND PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK GRAPHICS ALSO ARE LOCATED IN A SEPARATE PRODUCT UNDER THE WMO HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1...WUUS02 PTSDY2...AND WUUS03 PTSDY3. THE INCLUSION OF POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT WILL EVENTUALLY BE DISCONTINUED. $$ |