ZCZC SPCSWODY1 ALL ACUS01 KWNS 041957 SPC AC 041957 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK ISSUED BY AFWA OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE BELLEVUE NE 0157 PM CST THU DEC 04 2003 VALID 042000Z - 051200Z GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 60 W MIA 40 SSE AGR 20 W ORL 55 SSE CTY ...CONT... 15 S PFN 20 WNW MGR 30 E AGS 10 SSE FAY 40 SE ECG. ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...SYNOPSIS... LOW-LEVEL CYCLOGENESIS WAS OCCURRING ALONG DEVELOPING COASTAL FRONT OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. WHILE A SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BETWEEN WINDWARD ISLANDS AND BERMUDA IS PROVIDING MOIST, EASTERLY, LOW LEVEL FLOW INTO FLORIDA EAST COAST. ...SOUTHEAST... FRONTAL ZONE HAS BECOME BETTER DEFINED FROM THE CNTRL FL PANHANDLE ACROSS SERN GA THIS AFTERNOON WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS NOW INTO THE LOWER 60S NEAR THE GA COAST. COMBINATION OF SURFACE HEATING AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE NEAR SEA/GULF BREEZE BOUNDARIES COULD RESULT IN ISOLD TO WIDELY SCATTERED TSTMS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. OVERALL...WEAK MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES/FORCING SUGGEST ANY ACTIVITY WOULD BE SHORT-LIVED. LATER TONIGHT...SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO DEEPEN ALONG THE COASTAL FRONT OFF THE NC COAST. STRONG DEEP LAYER ASCENT/DESTABILIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROCESS COULD RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW TSTMS... EMBEDDED WITHIN A LARGER RAIN AREA...NEAR THE COAST. ...FLORIDA... STRONG SURFACE HEATING AND BROAD CONFLUENCE ZONE IN THE LOWER LEVELS WAS EVIDENT IN LATEST OBS AND SATELLITE DATA. MODEL FORECASTS CONTINUE TO INDICATE VERY LIMITED INSTABILITY ACROSS MUCH OF FL THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...GIVEN WEAK HEIGHT FALLS AND PRESENCE OF FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL FORCING FOR ASCENT...A COUPLE OF WEAK TSTMS COULD STILL DEVELOP EITHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL ZONE ACROSS NWRN SECTIONS...OR ALONG EAST COAST SEABREEZE. ..AFWA.. 12/04/2003 ...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. $$ |