Aug- 6-2004 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Fri Aug 6 05:42:23 UTC 2004
Categorical Graphic
20040806 1200 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Probablistic Tornado Graphic
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Probablistic Damaging Wind Graphic
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Probablistic Large Hail Graphic
20040806 1200 UTC Day 1 Large Hail Probabilities Graphic
   SPC AC 060535
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1235 AM CDT FRI AUG 06 2004
   
   VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
   
   THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 65 NNE
   ISN 30 N DIK 40 NE RAP 35 WSW RAP 15 SSE GCC 45 W SHR 20 SE BZN 40
   NNE 27U 20 SSW S80 20 WNW LWS 10 SSE GEG 35 NE 63S.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 ENE CZZ 50 NNE TRM
   35 SE LAS 10 E SGU 15 SE MLF 40 W OGD 20 N PIH 50 WSW MQM 65 SW 27U
   50 NW BOI 50 NNE 4LW 45 NNE MFR 10 WSW PDX 25 NNE BLI.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 WSW INL 15 WSW STC
   25 S SPW 30 NW TOP 40 NNE OKC 40 E SPS 25 N ACT 20 NNE BPT 30 W GPT
   20 N PNS 15 NNW MAI 40 NE MGR 35 N SAV 25 NNW CRE 20 ENE GSB 20 SW
   ORF 20 NNE ORF.
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NRN
   ROCKIES AND NRN PLAINS...
   
   ...NRN ROCKIES/NRN PLAINS...
   
   ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS ERN MT APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A
   SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT SHOULD MOVE INTO THE DAKOTAS BY 18Z.  THIS
   FEATURE SHOULD SLOWLY WEAKEN AS IT ENCOUNTERS SIGNIFICANT RIDGING
   BEFORE TURING SEWD INTO THE MIDDLE MO VALLEY BY EARLY EVENING. IN
   THE WAKE OF THIS FEATURE IT APPEARS WEAK RIDGING OVER ERN MT WILL
   TEMPORARILY SUPPRESS CONVECTION...BUT AID BOUNDARY LAYER HEATING
   ACROSS THE PLAINS.  IN SPITE OF WEAK SUBSIDENCE...IT APPEARS NEAR
   DRY ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES AND FORCING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN SHOULD
   AID AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITHIN SUFFICIENT
   DEEP LAYER SHEAR TO SUPPORT STORM ROTATION AND POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS.
   
   OF MORE CONCERN IS THE STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS
   WA/ORE EARLY IN THE PERIOD AND APPROACH WRN MT AROUND 00Z.  LARGE
   SCALE ASCENT AND MASS FIELDS SUGGEST THIS UPSTREAM FEATURE WILL AID
   CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES WITH EWD
   MOVEMENT/ORGANIZATION POSSIBLE INTO WRN MT DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
    GIVEN THE VERTICAL SHEAR AND MOIST ELY BOUNDARY LAYER COMPONENT
   ACROSS MT...IT APPEARS THIS ACTIVITY MAY VERY WELL PROPAGATE ACROSS
   MUCH OF WRN/CNTRL MT BY 12Z.  ALTHOUGH 00Z MODELS DO NOT DEPICT
   SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY ACROSS THIS REGION...VERY COOL MID LEVEL
   THERMAL TROUGH...H5 TEMPS FROM MINUS 14-18 WILL SPREAD ACROSS SFC
   DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 40S-LOWER 50S...YIELDING SUFFICIENT CAPE FOR
   ROBUST CONVECTION.  LARGE HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY EARLY ACTIVITY WHILE
   DAMAGING WINDS COULD EVOLVE OVER THE PLAINS WITH ANY ORGANIZED
   MCS-TYPE EPISODE DURING THE NIGHT.  OTHERWISE...ISOLATED STORMS
   ACROSS THE ERN PLAINS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OR PERHAPS LARGE HAIL
   DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS.
   
   ..DARROW.. 08/06/2004
   
   ...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 1300Z