SPC AC 070903
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0403 AM CDT TUE SEP 07 2004
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...NORTHEAST...
REMNANTS OF FRANCES WILL LIKELY ACCELERATE AND CONTINUE LIFTING
NNEWD OUT OF THE APPALACHIANS AND POSSIBLY INTO WRN/SRN NEW ENGLAND
THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...AS SYSTEM PHASES WITH NRN STREAM. GFS
SEEMS TO HAVE BETTER HANDLE ON FRANCES THAN THE ETA AND EXPECT
INCREASING SLY LOW LEVEL WINDS TO OVERSPREAD THE MID ATLANTIC AND
MUCH OF SRN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO THE EAST OF SURFACE
LOW CENTER. THIS WILL SUPPORT A MOIST WARM SECTOR WITH SURFACE DEW
POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S LOWERING LCLS. IN
ADDITION...REGION WILL BE OVERSPREAD BY FAIRLY STRONG SLY LLJ.
THEREFORE...THE THREAT OF A FEW LOW TOPPED SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLY
TORNADOES IS EXPECTED. PRIMARY QUESTIONS FOR OVERALL SEVERE THEAT
ARE THE EXPECTED LIMITED INSTABILITY/HEATING WITHIN WARM SECTOR AND
CONFIDENCE IN MODEL HANDLING OF T.C. FRANCES THIS FAR OUT. WILL
THEREFORE OPT TO ONLY INCLUDE LOW PROBABILITIES ATTM.
...NRN PLAINS...
BOTH ETA AND GFS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT IN BRINGING SURFACE LOW AND
ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT INTO WRN/CENTRAL ND LATE IN THE DAY
WHICH WILL SHIFT EWD OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL OCCUR AS FAST MOVING
SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVERSPREADS THE NRN PLAINS. THOUGH STRENGTHENING
DEEP LAYER SHEAR ALONG NOSE 40+ KT WLY H5 FLOW AND INCREASING ASCENT
WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED DEEP MOIST CONVECTION LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON/EVENING...QUESTIONABLE INSTABILITY DUE TO LIMITED
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE JUSTIFIES FORECAST OF ONLY LOW SEVERE
PROBABILITIES ATTM.
..EVANS.. 09/07/2004
...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 3 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1100Z
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