SPC AC 210528
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1128 PM CST SUN MAR 20 2005
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 ESE
LFK 50 NE CLL 65 E ACT 45 ENE DAL 15 N DUA 40 WSW MLC 25 N MLC 10
SSW MKO 15 WNW FSM 30 NW HOT 35 W PBF 40 S PBF 35 ENE MLU ESF 15 WNW
POE 20 ESE LFK.
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 SW
PSX 35 SSW AUS ACT 50 N FTW 30 NNE FSI 40 ESE GAG 20 SSE P28 35 ENE
PNC 20 W HRO 60 ENE LIT 25 SW UOX 45 SSW CBM 35 E MEI 60 SSW SEM 10
SE PNS.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 ENE CRP 35 S SAT
50 ENE JCT 35 SSW SPS 30 SSW CDS 25 SE LAA 30 WNW HLC 20 NW OJC HOP
GAD 55 E MCN 30 ENE SAV.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 N ACV 30 SSW RBL
25 WNW SAC 20 NNW MRY.
...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS SERN OK...NERN/ECNTRL
TX...SWRN AR AND NWRN/NCNTRL LA...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SRN
PLAINS TO THE LOWER MS VLY...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG MIDLEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED 60-70 KT H5 JET
WILL TRANSLATE EWD ACROSS THE CNTRL AND SRN PLAINS ON MONDAY.
SURFACE LOW OVER THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS WILL DEVELOP ESEWD ALONG A
WARM FRONT INTO NWRN OK BY 18Z...CNTRL OK BY 00Z AND THEN REMAIN IN
PLACE THROUGH 12Z TUE. THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NEWD INTO ECNTRL
OK...CNTRL AR AND SRN MS DURING THE DAY MON WHILE A DRYLINE MIXES
EWD THROUGH SRN OK AND ERN TX.
...SRN PLAINS TO THE LWR MS VLY...
A POTENTIALLY ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT COULD UNFOLD MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. MORNING ELEVATED TSTMS ARCING FROM ERN KS INTO
ERN OK AND NERN TX WILL MOVE NEWD INTO THE OZARKS AND MID MS VLY
EARLY MONDAY. SO FAR...NAM/NAMKF HAVE SEEMINGLY BEEN OVERDONE ON
THE COVERAGE OF THIS CONVECTION. IF THIS REMAINS THE
CASE...CLOUDS/PCPN MAY NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD AND THE WARM SECTOR
COULD EXPAND RATHER FAR N AND E.
THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL CONTINUE TO MOISTEN AHEAD OF THE TRIPLE
POINT/APPROACHING UPPER WAVE. BY AFTERNOON...SURFACE DEW POINTS AOA
55F SHOULD BE COMMON AS FAR N AS CNTRL OK AND THE ARKLATEX TO THE
LOWER 60S ACROSS ERN TX. THOUGH THIS MOISTURE IS OF A MODIFIED
POLAR VARIETY...VERY STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
MLCAPES OF 1000-2000 J/KG.
AS STRONG LARGE SCALE ASCENT SPREADS EWD...FIRST INITIATION SHOULD
OCCUR VCNTY THE SURFACE LOW/DRYLINE ACROSS NCNTRL/CNTRL OK RATHER
EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON WHERE MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER.
THIS ACTIVITY WILL THEN DEVELOP SWD ALONG THE DRYLINE AND EWD ALONG
THE WARM FRONT INTO ERN/SERN OK AND ECNTRL TX BY MID- AFTERNOON.
0-6KM VERTICAL SHEAR OF 45-50 KTS WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR
SUPERCELLS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE MDT RISK AREA. DISCRETE CELLS
WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY IN THE LIFE CYCLES OF THE STORMS.
COMBINATION OF THE SHEAR AND THE MAGNITUDE OF LAPSE RATES WILL MAKE
FOR EFFICIENT HAIL PRODUCTION AND A FEW VERY LARGE HAILSTONES CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE SUPERCELLS.
BACKED SELY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW BENEATH A 50 KT SLY H85 JET WILL
ENHANCE THE LOW-LEVEL HELICITY...PRIMARILY IN A CORRIDOR FROM SERN
OK/NERN TX ACROSS THE ARKLATEX INTO NRN LA. 0-1KM SRH VALUES COULD
EXCEED 250 M2/S2 AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANOTHER MORE
ISOLD TORNADO POTENTIAL WILL EXIST VCNTY THE SURFACE LOW/COLD CORE
ALOFT OVER CNTRL OK WHERE BACKED LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL EXIST. VERY
LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...EVEN WITH THE WEAKER VERTICAL
SHEAR EXPECTED.
OVERNIGHT MONDAY...TSTMS WILL BUILD SWD INTO ERN TX AND PROBABLY
CONGEAL INTO LINE SEGMENTS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS. UNCERTAINTY
EXISTS ON HOW FAR S THE ACTIVITY WILL BUILD...BUT A COUPLE 21Z SREF
MEMBERS BUILD STORMS ALL THE WAY TO THE UPPER TX COAST. ALL FACETS
OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLD TORNADOES AS THE STORMS MOVE EWD
TOWARD THE LWR MS VLY. ACTIVITY MAY REACH THE MS RVR...OR DEVELOP
FARTHER E ALONG THE WARM FRONT ACROSS CNTRL/SRN MS VERY LATE AT
NIGHT.
...CNTRL/SRN FL...
IF HIGH/MID-LEVEL CLOUD CANOPY CAN DISSOLVE OVER CNTRL/SRN FL BY
MONDAY AFTERNOON...AIR MASS SHOULD BECOME UNSTABLE AS BOUNDARY LAYER
MOISTENS AND HEATS. A FEW TSTMS COULD DEVELOP ALONG THE WARM FRONT
AMIDST 45-50 KTS OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR. UNCERTAINTY EXISTS ON THE
STRENGTH OF LARGE SCALE FORCING. WILL OPT TO ADD A CONDITIONAL
THREAT FOR AN ISOLD DAMAGING WIND GUST OR HAIL AS CONFIDENCE IS NOT
TERRIBLY HIGH ATTM.
..RACY/CROSBIE.. 03/21/2005
...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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