SPC AC 070556
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1156 PM CST SUN FEB 06 2005
VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 S U17 20 NE SGU 25
N P38 50 W ELY 25 S EKO 40 WNW ENV 35 N ENV 10 WNW OGD 50 W RKS 25
NE RKS RWL 45 W LAR 45 NW 4FC 20 NNW GUC 15 WNW CEZ 35 S U17.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 S CRP 15 NW CRP 40
SSE AUS 45 SW PRX 25 SE UMN ALN 30 W MIE 15 NNW DAY 50 SSW CMH 30
WSW HTS 40 ESE LOZ 10 SSE CHA 15 SW BHM 50 ESE MEI 25 NNE BVE 15 SW
BVE.
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...LOWER TO MID MS VALLEY...
A BROAD UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY EWD ACROSS THE SWRN
US TODAY AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASSES THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH
REACHING TX LATER TODAY. AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE...WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY CURRENTLY SHOWS A DRY PUNCH LOCATED ACROSS WCNTRL TX. THIS
FEATURE WILL MOVE ENEWD INTO AR BY THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES SEWD FROM THE CNTRL PLAINS INTO THE OZARKS. AS A
RESULT...PARTIAL CLEARING AND COOLING MID-LEVEL TEMPS WITH THE
APPROACH OF THE DISTURBANCE SHOULD RESULT IN SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY
FOR THUNDERSTORM INITIATION NEAR THE FRONT BY AFTERNOON. THE ETA AND
GFS SOLUTIONS DIFFER SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY BUT
THE ETA FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR 21Z IN CNTRL AR SHOW SBCAPE VALUES OF
1000-1500 J/KG. IF THIS AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY DEVELOPS...STRONG
VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES AND STEEPENING LAPSE RATES WITH THE APPROACH
OF THE TROUGH WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR A LOW PROBABILITY SEVERE THREAT
THIS AFTERNOON. A MARGINAL HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL COULD EXIST
AS STORMS DEVELOP AND ORGANIZE ALONG THE FRONT IN ERN AR...WRN TN
AND NW MS LATER TODAY. THE STRONGER CONVECTION SHOULD SLOWLY WEAKEN
AFTER DARK. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD DEVELOP AS FAR NORTH AS THE
OH VALLEY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFTS
NEWD ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY.
ELSEWHERE...COLD MID-LEVEL TEMPS ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD
UPPER-TROUGH AND WARMING SFC TEMPS SHOULD RESULT IN SCATTERED STORM
DEVELOPMENT IN THE MTNS OF UT AND WRN CO BY AFTERNOON. ANY
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD QUICKLY DISSIPATE AS INSTABILITY
DECREASES AFTER DARK.
..BROYLES.. 02/07/2005
...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 1300Z
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