ZCZC SPCSWODY1 ALL ACUS01 KWNS 082114 SPC AC 082114 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK CORR 1 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0414 PM CDT WED OCT 08 2003 VALID 082000Z - 091200Z GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 E PNS 20 W AUO 25 ENE CHA 30 S PSK 20 NE ECG ...CONT... 55 SSE FMY 30 ESE FMY 30 WNW AGR 50 W ORL 50 SSE CTY ...CONT... 30 NNW ANJ 25 SSE MQT 10 SE IWD 35 S RST 50 ENE COU 15 S UMN 25 W TXK 15 SSE BPT. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 55 E BLI 20 SE SEA AST. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 80 WSW TUS 40 WSW SOW 10 N SAF 25 NNW LAA 30 S AKO 40 NW COS 25 N EGE 40 SSW RWL 50 S CPR 20 E AIA 25 SE PIR 30 WNW JMS 60 N DVL. ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... CORRECTED FOR GENERAL THUNDERSTORM GRAPHIC ...CNTRL/ERN NEB THROUGH THE ERN DAKOTAS AND UPPER MS VALLEY... PRE-FRONTAL/LEE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM CNTRL ND SSWWD THROUGH ERN CO. THIS BOUNDARY WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EAST INTO THE EVENING AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE NRN PLAINS. E OF LEE TROUGH... MOISTURE IS ADVECTING NWD UNDERNEATH VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES. THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH SURFACE HEATING IS CONTRIBUTING TO MLCAPES FROM 1500 TO 2000 J/KG FROM ERN NEB THROUGH THE ERN DAKOTAS INTO WRN MN. HOWEVER...VERY WARM AIR IN THE 1-2 KM LAYER ASSOCIATED WITH THE ELEVATED MIXED LAYER HAS SPREAD EWD...EFFECTIVELY CAPPING THE MOIST AXIS. GIVEN STRENGTH OF CAP...CONFIDENCE IS LOW THAT CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEE TROUGH WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO INITIATE SURFACE BASED STORMS. HOWEVER...SURFACE HEATING IS PROMOTING DEEP MIXING ALONG AND W OF THIS BOUNDARY...AND IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO MIX THROUGH THE INVERSION WHERE TEMPERATURES CAN REACH THE UPPER 80S. THIS SUGGESTS IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO INITIATE ISOLATED HIGH BASED STORMS WHERE THERMAL RIDGE INTERSECTS THE BOUNDARY FROM SWRN/CNTRL NEB NEWD THROUGH ERN DAKOTAS. STILL...ACTIVITY MAY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME DEVELOPING EWD INTO THE MOIST AXIS GIVEN THE STRONG CAP. HAVE INTRODUCED CONDITIONAL LOW PROBABILITIES FOR ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND FOR PORTIONS OF NEB AND THE ERN DAKOTAS. HOWEVER...STRENGTH OF CAP SUGGESTS ANY SURFACE BASED STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE VERY ISOLATED AT BEST AND SHOULD DISSIPATE WITH LOSS OF HEATING. ..DIAL.. 10/08/2003 ...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. $$ |