SPC AC 211603
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1003 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2009
VALID 211630Z - 221200Z
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
......SERN LA...
AS UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS EWD FROM THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST INTO THE
NRN/CENTRAL ROCKIES...UPPER LOW...OVER SRN TX THIS MORNING...IS
FORECAST TO EJECT EWD THROUGH THE LOWER MS VALLEY REGION THROUGH THE
PERIOD. SATELLITE AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED A SURFACE LOW WAS
LOCATED ABOUT 100 MI SOUTH OF LCH...WITH A WARM FRONT STRETCHING
FROM THE LOW ESEWD TO FL KEYS. THIS SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT
MOSTLY EWD AND MAY EVEN CROSS THE FAR SERN PORTIONS OF LA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING. HOWEVER...SATELLITE IMAGERY SUGGESTS THE SURFACE
LOW HAS ALREADY BECOME OCCLUDED AS A TRAILING COLD FRONT AND
ASSOCIATED CONVECTION APPEAR TO BE SURGING EWD FASTER THAN THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM. THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE AS STRONGER WINDS
ALOFT...OVER THE CENTRAL/NRN GULF WATERS...PUSH DRIER AND COOLER AIR
EWD AND PINCH OFF THE RICHER GULF MOISTURE...SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT
AND EAST OF THE COLD FRONT IN THE GULF. THEREFORE...EVEN AS THE LOW
MOVES INLAND LATER TODAY...ANY THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS SHOULD
REMAIN CONFINED SOUTH AND EAST OF LA OVER THE NRN GULF WATERS.
..IMY/SMITH.. 11/21/2009
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