Oct-19-2004 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
Updated: Tue Oct 19 17:32:33 UTC 2004
Categorical Graphic
20041019 1730 UTC Day 2 Outlook Graphic
Probablistic Graphic
20041019 1730 UTC Day Probabilitic Graphic
   SPC AC 191729
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1229 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004
   
   VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM YKM EPH FCA 25 N BIL
   45 SSW GCC ASE 70 SE PGA 45 E IGM 30 W TRM 20 WNW RAL 20 ENE OXR 25
   SE PRB 30 N SJC 30 E UKI 45 NW RBL 15 N MFR 15 NNW RDM YKM.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SSE MOB 25 SE GLH
   30 NE MLC 45 SW SZL 35 WNW COU 10 ESE STL 50 SSE MTO 25 SE FWA 10 E
   FKL 15 SW PSB 40 S ROA 45 SSE TYS 20 ENE AHN 25 SSW CAE 40 SE CLT 25
   SW RDU 25 SE ORF.
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   MID-LEVEL PATTERN IS FORECAST TO AMPLIFY THIS PERIOD AS SHORT-WAVE
   TROUGH EXITS THE ERN SEABOARD. BEHIND THIS TROUGH...AMPLIFICATION
   OF LARGE-SCALE RIDGE IS FORECAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND ERN CONUS
   DOWNSTREAM OF STRONG / DIGGING WRN U.S. TROUGH.  BY THE END OF THE
   PERIOD...SHARP WRN TROUGH IS FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM WRN CANADA SWD
   ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN / CA INTO THE ERN PACIFIC W OF BAJA
   CA...WHILE A RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NWD TO THE GREAT
   LAKES.
   
   ...TN VALLEY REGION...
   A LOW-PROBABILITY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE MAINTAINED THIS FORECAST
   PERIOD ACROSS PARTS OF WRN AND MIDDLE TN INTO ADJACENT WRN
   KY...THOUGH CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW.
   
   DAYTIME HEATING OF MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO CU
   DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST...BUT VERTICAL GROWTH SHOULD REMAIN
   SUPPRESSED THOUGH MUCH OF THE DAY DUE TO LARGE-SCALE SUBSIDENCE /
   WARMING AT MID-LEVELS AS RIDGING OVERSPREADS THIS REGION BEHIND
   DEPARTING SHORT-WAVE TROUGH.  SUBSIDENCE AND ASSOCIATED WEAK SURFACE
   PATTERN / LIMITED BOUNDARY-LAYER CONVERGENCE SUGGESTS ONLY A LIMITED
   THREAT FOR DEEPER CONVECTION.  ADDITIONALLY...EVEN IF CONVECTION
   GROWS SUFFICIENT DEEP LOCALLY TO ALLOW ISOLATED STORM
   DEVELOPMENT...RELATIVELY WEAK DEEP-LAYER WIND FIELD WITHIN MID-LEVEL
   SHORT-WAVE RIDGE SUGGESTS ONLY A MINIMAL SEVERE THREAT AT BEST.
   
   ..GOSS.. 10/19/2004
   
   ...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 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 0800Z