MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0214
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0200 PM CST THU MAR 25 2004
AREAS AFFECTED...SE WY
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
VALID 252000Z - 252200Z
MARGINALLY SEVERE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LINE OF TSTMS
MOVING INTO SE WY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER WW NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO
MARGINAL NATURE OF EXPECTED SCENARIO.
ONGOING LINE OF TSTMS ACROSS SCNTRL WY WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EWD
THROUGH INSTABILITY AXIS ACROSS SE WY THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE SFC
TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY WARMED INTO THE LOWER 70S. WITH SHORTWAVE
TROUGH PROVIDING BACKGROUND SUPPORT...AND 19Z MESOANALYSIS
SUGGESTING SBCAPE ON THE ORDER OF 750-1000 J/KG...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED
TO PERSIST INTO/ACROSS SE WY. WELL MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER/INVERTED-V
PROFILES MAY PROMOTE WIND GUSTS NEAR SEVERE LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON.
..GUYER.. 03/25/2004
ATTN...WFO...CYS...RIW...
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