ZCZC SPCSWODY1 ALL ACUS01 KWNS 301246 SPC AC 301240 STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS. VALID 301300Z - 011200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 SW WAL 15 N RIC 15 WSW CHO 40 SW EKN 25 SE PKB 20 SSW HLG 25 W LBE 35 E AOO 25 SSW ABE 20 NE NEL. THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 55 NNE ISN 35 ESE SDY 55 SSE GDV 10 NW 4BQ 30 NNW SHR 35 N COD 25 NNE WEY 20 ENE DLN 20 ESE 3DU 45 WNW GTF 55 ENE CTB. THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 WSW 7R4 35 SSW ESF 30 NNE ESF 40 NE HEZ 15 W LUL 40 NNW MOB 15 WSW PNS. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 N MOT 40 NW BIS 45 NW PIR 20 SW VTN 15 S LBF 25 N HLC 15 SSW CNK 35 NNE STJ 40 SE OTM 50 SW SBN 30 E FDY 25 WNW FKL ELM 25 S SYR 15 SSW ART. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM FHU 45 ENE SAD 50 S GNT 20 SW 4SL 55 WNW ALS ASE 40 NNE CAG 45 NNW RWL 30 NNW RIW 30 NNW JAC 25 NNE SUN 60 NNE BOI 25 S S80 20 WSW S06 95 NW FCA. ...MT... UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS MT TODAY AS STRONG SPEED MAX AND ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFT NEWD ACROSS WA INTO SERN BRITISH COLUMBIA. EARLY MORNING SATELLITE IMAGERY SUGGESTS A N-S BAND OF BROKEN MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS HAS DEVELOPED WITHIN WARM ADVECTION REGIME ACROSS WRN MT...WHILE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES EXIST ACROSS ERN HALF OF THE STATE. STRONG BOUNDARY LAYER HEATING AND STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL PROVE INSTRUMENTAL IN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON...INITIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SWRN/WRN MT AS MOISTURE SLOWLY INCREASES. SFC DEW POINTS WILL SLOWLY RISE INTO THE 50S ACROSS MT EAST OF THE ROCKIES AS PRESSURES FALL IN RESPONSE TO UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH...ALLOWING SBCAPES TO INCREASE TO AROUND 1500 J/KG BY LATE AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST MODIFIED INVERTED-V-TYPE PROFILES...WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL. ACTIVITY WILL INITIALLY BEGIN ISOLATED-SCT IN NATURE...BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME THREAT FOR ONE OR MORE ORGANIZED LINE SEGMENTS CAPABLE OF BOW-TYPE STRUCTURES. THIS CONVECTION SHOULD LIFT NEWD ACROSS CENTRAL INTO NRN MT THIS EVENING BEFORE MOVING INTO SRN CANADA. ...DELMARVA... UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS SWD ACROSS NH...MOVING EWD INTO NRN NEW ENGLAND WITH WEAK FLAT RIDGING OBSERVED ACROSS THE OH VALLEY. A ROUGHLY 50MI WIDE BAND OF MID LEVEL CONVECTION JUST NORTH OF SWD-SAGGING WIND SHIFT WILL STREAK EWD ACROSS THE OH VALLEY AND PA TODAY. CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS AND LIMITED SUNSHINE ACROSS THIS REGION WILL SHARPEN THE BOUNDARY BY MID DAY AS STRONG HEATING OCCURS ACROSS VA. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY SERVE AS THE FOCUS FOR POTENTIALLY STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS MODEST WLY FLOW ALOFT PERSISTS ACROSS THIS REGION. BOTH IAD AND WAL SUGGEST WARM SECTOR CONVERGENCE IS FAIRLY WEAK SO ACTIVITY MAY HOLD TIGHT AGAINST THIS WIND SHIFT. DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WITH STRONGEST STORMS. ...GULF COAST... TROPICAL STORM BILL IS LOCATED OVER THE NRN GULF OF MEXICO...JUST SOUTH OF LA...MOVING NWD TOWARD THE CENTRAL LA COAST. EXPECTED LANDFALL IS EARLY AFTERNOON PER LATEST MOVEMENT. SEE NHC FOR URTHER DETAILS ON THIS STORM. AS BILL LIFTS NWD...LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL INCREASE TO THE EAST OF THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK. REGIONAL RADAR DATA ALREADY INDICATES STRONG OUTER BANDS OF CONVECTION ROTATING INLAND ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST. EACH SUCCESSIVE BAND WILL LIKELY BE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED NUMBER OF EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS...AND A HIGHER PROBABILITY FOR TORNADOES. ..DARROW.. 06/30/03 NNNN |