SPC AC 130058
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0758 PM CDT MON APR 12 2004
VALID 130100Z - 131200Z
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 W
PNS 20 N SEM 30 SSE HSV 30 W CHA 20 ENE CHA 10 NW AND SPA 40 NW SOP
35 N RWI 20 NE ECG ...CONT... 10 NNE DAB SRQ.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 ESE GPT 35 ENE TUP
65 E BWG 15 NNW UNI 20 NNW LBE 10 ESE IPT 35 ESE AVP 15 WSW JFK.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 ENE 63S 45 SSW LWS
40 E BNO 20 E 4LW 35 SE MHS 45 WSW MHS 30 WNW MFR 50 NNE PDX 35 ENE
BLI.
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ERN AL/GA/NRN FL NEWD TO THE
CAROLINAS...
...ERN AL/GA/NRN FL NEWD TO THE CAROLINAS...
SHORT WAVE TROUGH...CURRENTLY OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY PER WV
IMAGERY...WILL TRACK ENEWD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES TO
THE SRN APPALACHIANS/GA BY 12Z TUESDAY. SURFACE LOW LOCATED OVER
CENTRAL AL AT 00Z WILL MOVE NEWD TOWARD ERN TN/SWRN VA OVERNIGHT...
AS THE TRAILING COLD FRONT SWEEPS EWD AND EXTENDS SWD ACROSS ERN GA
TO NWRN FL AND NERN GULF BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. RECENT /SINCE
22Z/ INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE FROM WRN GA/SERN AL TO THE
NERN GULF INDICATES AN INCREASE IN LARGE SCALE ASCENT AHEAD OF LOWER
MS VALLEY SHORT WAVE TROUGH...SPREADING EWD ACROSS THE WRN PORTION
OF THE SLIGHT.
ALTHOUGH SURFACE BASED CAPE VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS
EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAY TIME HEATING...A STRENGTHENING SWLY LLJ
TO 40-50 KT IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MAINTAIN MOISTURE
ADVECTION/LOW-LEVEL DESTABILIZATION ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA.
INCREASING DEEP SWLY WINDS WITH 70+ KT AT 500 MB WILL RESULT IN
STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED STORMS. THE LARGE SCALE
ASCENT AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR SPREADING ACROSS THE SERN STATES MAY BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO OFFSET THE MARGINAL INSTABILITY...AND CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT INCREASING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES
ACROSS MS/AL...DEEP LAYER SHEAR VECTORS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
ORIENTED PARALLEL TO THE EWD MOVING COLD FRONT. THIS SUGGESTS
STORMS SHOULD EVOLVE INTO A SQUALL LINE WITH WIND DAMAGE BECOMING
THE PRIMARY THREAT OVERNIGHT. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS PROGGED TO
REACH WRN SC TO NWRN FL BY 12Z TUESDAY. MARGINAL INSTABILITY MAY...
HOWEVER...LIMIT THE COVERAGE OF SEVERE STORMS.
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ERN GULF ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EWD OVERNIGHT
ACROSS THE FL PENINSULA...BUT SHOULD REMAIN NON-SEVERE...GIVEN THE
STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER ACROSS FL FROM EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND
ONGOING PRECIPITATION.
..PETERS.. 04/13/2004
...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.
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 0600Z
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