Nov 24, 2009 0830 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook
Updated: Tue Nov 24 07:15:45 UTC 2009
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
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0830 UTC Day 3 Outlook Graphic
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20091124 0830 UTC Day Probabilitic Graphic
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   SPC AC 240714
   
   DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0114 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009
   
   VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
   
   ...SYNOPSIS/FCST...
   PROGRESSIVE SPLIT UPR FLOW REGIME WILL CONTINUE ON
   THANKSGIVING...FEATURING A HIGH-AMPLITUDE POLAR JET AND MODERATELY
   ACTIVE SRN STREAM.  THE DEEP COLD TROUGH EVOLVING OVER THE ERN THIRD
   OF THE COUNTRY WILL MIGRATE TO THE ERN SEABOARD THROUGH THURSDAY. 
   IN WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...A FRESH CP AIR MASS WILL PENETRATE S OF
   CUBA AND DEEP INTO THE SRN GULF OF MEXICO BY THURSDAY NIGHT.  THERE
   WILL LIKELY BE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS/TSTMS NEAR S FL/FL STRAITS
   EARLY ON THURSDAY...BUT ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY.
   
   MEANWHILE...A NEW UPR TROUGH WILL ARRIVE IN THE PAC NW EARLY ON
   THANKSGIVING AND THEN PROGRESS INLAND BY EARLY FRIDAY.  SYSTEM WILL
   BE ACCOMPANIED BY COLD MID-LVL TEMPERATURES AOB MINUS 30 DEG C AND
   SPORADIC TSTMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE POST-FRONTAL UPSLOPE REGIME
   ACROSS CSTL ORE/WA DURING THE DAY.
   
   FINALLY...A SRN STREAM DISTURBANCE SEEMS LIKELY TO STRENGTHEN OVER
   NRN MEXICO AND ROTATE NEWD TOWARD THE BORDERLAND OVERNIGHT THURSDAY.
   TYPICAL STEEP LAPSE RATE ENVIRONMENT AND MOISTENING OVER THE MEXICAN
   MOUNTAINS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A FEW TSTMS THANKSGIVING DAY...A FEW OF
   WHICH MAY DEVELOP/MOVE TOWARD THE RIO GRANDE VLY OF SWRN TX THURSDAY
   NIGHT.
   
   ..RACY.. 11/24/2009
   
   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 3 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0830Z