MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0985
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0113 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NERN CO...SERN WY
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY 
   
   VALID 231813Z - 231945Z
   
   MID-LEVEL IMPULSE APPEARS TO BE MOVING NWD OUT OF NM EARLY THIS AFTN
   AND IS LIKELY ENHANCING DIURNAL CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT RANGE NWD
   INTO SERN WY.  LINE OF TCU HAS ALSO SHARPENED FROM ADAMS COUNTY NEWD
   INTO CNTRL MORGAN COUNTY.  MESOANALYSIS SHOWS THAT LOW-LEVEL DRY AIR
   WAS MIXING QUICKLY NWD INTO ECNTRL CO...BUT MID-UPR 40S TO LWR 50S
   DEW POINTS SHOULD SLOSH WWD INTO FAR NERN CO AND SERN WY DURING THE
   COURSE OF THE AFTN.
   
   LOW-LEVEL ESELY FLOW COUPLED WITH STRONG SLY H5 FLOW WILL BOOST
   VERTICAL SHEAR SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS.  GIVEN THE VERY STEEP
   MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES...LARGE HAIL...SOME VERY LARGE...WILL BE
   LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER NERN CO.  MEANWHILE...TORNADOES WILL ALSO
   BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY ACROSS NRN/CNTRL WELD...CNTRL/ERN
   LARIMER...NRN MORGAN...NRN WASHINGTON AND LOGAN COUNTIES IN CO WHERE
   LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL HAVE THE STRONGEST ELY COMPONENT AMIDST SURGING
   MOISTURE.
   
   ..RACY.. 05/23/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...BOU...CYS...
   
   41000595 41350659 41690671 41930641 42160575 42410489
   42280445 41800402 41310352 40690322 40200296 40050332
   40200379 40160428 40050477 40060507 40270522 40420537
   40630559