SPC AC 161222
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0622 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2004
VALID 161300Z - 171200Z
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 NW
DRT 50 NE DRT 30 N SAT 55 NW VCT 20 SSE PSX.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 W ELP 45 NW ROW 35
S DHT 15 ENE DDC 35 SSW EMP 30 SSW CNU 15 NE GGG 40 SW POE 25 E 7R4.
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER SOUTH TX...
...TX...
SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE SHIFTING EWD ACROSS NRN MEXICO
FOR MOST OF TODAY BEFORE OVERSPREADING WRN TX OVERNIGHT. ASSOCIATED
MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BECOME MORE NEGATIVELY TILTED AS IT
SHIFTS ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY REGION DURING THE LATTER HALF OF
THE PERIOD. GIVEN OVERALL SLOW MOVEMENT OF APPROACHING UPPER LOW...
CURRENT SURFACE FEATURES WILL ALSO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF THE
PERIOD...WITH INVERTED TROUGH/WEAK LOW CENTER PERSISTING OVER WRN
TX. THIS WILL SUSTAIN ESELY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW ACROSS SRN TX AND
ALLOW UPPER 60F TO LOWER 70F SURFACE DEW POINTS TO ADVECT WNWWD INTO
THE HILL COUNTRY TODAY. HEATING AND MOISTENING OF THE BOUNDARY
LAYER WILL SUPPORT MODERATE INSTABILITY BY THE AFTERNOON...WITH
MLCAPES FROM 1000-2000 J/KG.
AN ISOLATED SUPERCELL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITHIN VERY MOIST
BOUNDARY LAYER NEAR THE SOUTH TX COAST TODAY...AS EVIDENCED BY WEAK
INHIBITION IN 12Z SOUNDINGS FROM BRO AND CRP. HOWEVER...PRIMARY
THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT COINCIDENT WITH INCREASING DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND
STRONGER LARGE SCALE ASCENT. DEEP CONVERGENCE SUGGESTS ACTIVITY
EVOLVING AWAY FROM THE HILL COUNTRY/RIO GRANDE VALLEY MAY BECOME
MORE LINEAR IN NATURE AND INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED
DAMAGING WINDS AS IT MOVES ENEWD OVERNIGHT.
..EVANS/CROSBIE.. 11/16/2004
...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 BY 1630Z
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