SPC AC 140101
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0801 PM CDT TUE APR 13 2004
VALID 140100Z - 141200Z
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 60 ENE CTB 50 ENE WEY
25 NNE RIW 25 SW DGW 30 WNW BFF 35 ESE CYS 25 WNW COS 60 ESE ASE 45
ENE GJT 30 NNE U28 35 SW PUC 40 WNW PUC 15 SSW OGD 65 SSW TWF 30 E
WMC 20 N RBL 10 NNW ACV ...CONT... OTH 15 NNE SLE 15 NW OLM 30 NE
UIL.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 SSW WAL 40 SW DOV
10 W BWI 40 SSE MRB 20 SW CHO 25 SSW ROA 35 S BLF 15 S 5I3 20 E HTS
20 ESE PKB 20 NNW LBE 15 SSW SYR 35 ENE UCA 10 WNW RUT 10 NE PSM.
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...MID ATLANTIC REGION TO SRN NEW ENGLAND...
SURFACE LOW CENTERED OVER THE NRN CHESAPEAKE BAY AT 00Z WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NWD INTO SERN NY OVERNIGHT AS THE CLOSED UPPER
LOW...CURRENTLY OVER ERN TN/KY PER WV IMAGERY...TRACKS ENEWD TO NRN
VA BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. COLD MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES /-21 TO -23C AT
500 MB/ MAY SUPPORT AN AREA OF ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS NEWD INTO FAR
SOUTH CENTRAL PA THROUGH ABOUT 03Z. OVERALL THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE
SHOULD...HOWEVER...CONTINUE TO DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF DAY TIME
HEATING AS IS INDICATED PER CURRENT LIGHTNING DATA OVER ERN WV.
STRONG LOW-LEVEL WAA ASSOCIATED WITH LEAD SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL
CONTINUE OVER SRN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING AND SUPPORT AN ELEVATED
THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ABOVE A SHALLOW COOL BOUNDARY LAYER.
DESPITE MARGINAL ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND STRONG DEEP LAYER
SHEAR...WEAK LAPSE RATES WILL LIMIT UPDRAFT STRENGTH AND OVERALL
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS. WARM SECTOR MAY MOVE FARTHER
INLAND...BUT DRY SLOT CURRENTLY OVER SERN PA/DELMARVA REGION WILL
MOVE ACROSS SERN NY/SRN NEW ENGLAND BY 02-03Z RESULTING IN A
DECREASE IN PRECIPITATION. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT.
...ERN WA/NERN ORE TO WRN MT...
PACIFIC TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW
AND GREAT BASIN THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT. WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF SHORT WAVE TROUGH... CURRENTLY
MOVING INTO SWRN ID...WHERE SURFACE HEATING HAS RESULTED IN MARGINAL
INSTABILITY. THERE IS AN AREA OF MODERATE INSTABILITY OVER CENTRAL
ID/FAR WEST CENTRAL MT...BUT STRONGER DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR AN
ORGANIZED SEVERE THREAT IS LAGGING TO THE WEST. ALTHOUGH DEEP LAYER
SHEAR WILL INCREASE OVER ERN WA TO WRN MT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS...THE INSTABILITY WILL BE WEAKENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAY TIME
HEATING. DURING THIS TRANSITION PERIOD...UNTIL AROUND 03Z...THERE
WILL BE A LOW PROBABILITY FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM...WITH A
STRONG AND/OR DAMAGING WIND GUST THE MAIN THREAT...GIVEN THE
INVERTED-V PROFILES PER AREA 00Z SOUNDINGS.
...FL...
NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM EAST CENTRAL TO SWRN FL ATTM
PER REGIONAL RADARS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ESEWD ACROSS THE SRN
PENINSULA. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OFFSHORE THE
EAST COAST...WHERE INSTABILITY AND LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG A
COLD FRONT WILL BE THE GREATEST. VEERED FLOW OVER CENTRAL/SRN FL
AND A STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER SHOULD LIMIT POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS
OVER LAND.
..PETERS.. 04/14/2004
...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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