May 30, 2005 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook Updated: Mon May 30 13:00:27 UTC 2005
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SPC AC 301258 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0758 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 VALID 301300Z - 311200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SSE MAF CNM LVS 15 S COS LIC 40 W GLD GLD 15 NE GCK 45 NNW GAG 30 NW ABI 40 SE BGS 25 SSE MAF. THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM DPG SLC 20 SSE EVW 50 WNW CAG 50 W EGE MTJ 35 NNW CEZ 10 N U17 10 E BCE 10 E MLF 25 W U24 DPG. THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 NNW DAB 25 SSE CTY ...CONT... 40 WSW GLS 45 SW LFK 35 NW POE 40 SSW JAN TOI 35 NE ABY 25 S SAV. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 90 NW FCA 30 SE 3DU 35 NNW WRL 30 SW CDR 30 SSE HSI 45 SW OJC 45 ESE TBN 25 E MDH 30 NNE DNV 45 NNE ALO 15 NNW AXN 65 NNE ISN ...CONT... 65 S MRF 50 ESE ALM 10 SW ABQ 30 SSW CEZ 20 WSW BCE 30 NW ELY 30 WNW TWF 55 N BOI 40 S BKE 80 S BNO 60 ENE SVE 40 ENE RBL 40 SW MHS 40 ENE BLI ...CONT... 45 WNW 3B1 20 NE PWM. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 NNE ELO 50 ESE DLH RHI 45 SE ESC 10 W ANJ. ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF UT/CO... ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS IN THE CENTRAL/SRN HIGH PLAINS... ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL STATES... ...CNTRL AND ERN GULF COASTAL STATES... PREFER FASTER GFS SOLUTION OF LOWER AND MID LEVEL CYCLONE ... CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER ERN TX...MOVING EWD INTO MS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. EVOLUTION OF SEVERE THREAT AND COVERAGE IS COMPLICATED BY WIDESPREAD CONVECTION THAT COVERS MUCH OF THE NRN AND WRN GULF THIS MORNING. EXPECT CONVECTION CLUSTER...CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS SRN MS/SERN LA..TO MOVE EWD TROUGH THE CENTRAL/ERN GULF COASTAL REGION WITHIN ZONE OF STRONGER MID LEVEL WINDS. DEEP LAYER SHEAR AT 30-40 KT SHOULD MAINTAIN STORM ORGANIZATION. BIGGEST CONCERN IS DENSE CLOUD CANOPY THAT COVERS AREA FROM GULF OF MEXICO CONVECTION. HOWEVER...LIGHTNING WITH CONVECTION SOUTH OF AL/FL PANHANDLE HAS DECREASED DURING THE PAST HOUR OR SO. LOW END SEVERE WEATHER THREAT EXISTS FROM SERN LA/SRN MS THIS MORNING...BUT WILL INCREASE ACROSS SWRN AL/FL PANHANDLE AS WEAKENING CONVECTION/ THINNING CLOUDS ALLOWS TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S/LOWER 80S. THIS WILL ENHANCE THE BOUNDARY LAYER INSTABILITY WITH WIND DAMAGE THE MAIN THREAT AS LINE MOVES EWD. THE THREAT MAY EXTEND ALONG AND SOUTH OF FRONTAL ZONE THAT EXTENDS EWD INTO SRN GA WHERE MORE HEATING WILL ALLOW FOR STRONGER INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. ELEVATED STORMS WITH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SERN TX/SRN LA AS UPPER TROUGH SHIFT EWD. ...UT/WRN CO... AS A SMALL...BUT VIGOROUS UPPER LOW...LOCATED NEAR THE UT/NV BORDER SWEEPS EWD TODAY...DEEP LAYER SHEAR AROUND 50 KT AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT STRONG UPDRAFTS AND POSSIBLE ROTATION IN STORMS. THE MAIN THREAT THIS MORNING IN WRN UT WILL BE HAIL. HOWEVER..AS THE FORCING SHIFTS EWD...STRONG HEATING AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL STEEPEN LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES...WITH SEVERE WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ERN UT/WRN CO. ...CENTRAL/SRN HIGH PLAINS... ALTHOUGH UPPER LOW NEAR THE UT/NV BORDER IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT SHIFTS EWD...SHARP TROUGH ALOFT WITH IS FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM SERN WY SWD INTO CENTRAL NM BY 00Z. THOUGH STRONG LIFT IS FORECAST ACROSS SERN WY/NERN CO THIS AFTERNOON...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE NRN/CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MAINTAIN A COOL MOIST NELY UPSLOPE FLOW AND CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS. THIS SHOULD INHIBIT SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR SURFACE BASED STORMS. CLOUDS ALSO COVER SERN CO/ERN NM THIS MORNING...BUT A WARMER BOUNDARY LAYER AND WEAKER UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD AID IN SOME SUNSHINE/HEATING THIS AFTERNOON. IF MLCAPES CAN REACH 1500-2000 J/KG AS DEPICTED BY MODELS...THEN 30-40KT MID LEVEL WINDS AND STRONG VEERING IN THE LOWER 3 KM WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL INITIALLY...A MORE MOIST BOUNDARY WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR MAY ALSO SUPPORT TORNADOES. THE STORM DOWNDRAFTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONGEAL INTO AN MCS AND POSSIBLY DEVELOP A COLD POOL THIS EVENING...WITH WIND BECOMING THE MAIN THREAT IN EXTREME SWRN KS AND THE TX/OK PANHANDLES. ...ATLANTIC COASTAL REGION... AN UPPER TROUGH OVER NEW ENGLAND WILL RESULT IN COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT...ESPECIALLY FROM ACROSS NRN VA NEWD INTO SRN NEW ENGLAND. AT THE SFC...A DIFFUSE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EWD INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH CONVERGENCE FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. INSTABILITY WILL BE WEAK DUE TO A RELATIVELY DRY BOUNDARY LAYER...THOUGH MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AROUND 7C/KM AND INVERTED-V PROFILES MAY PROVIDE A FEW WIND/HAIL EVENTS THIS AFTERNOON. ..IMY/CROSBIE.. 05/30/2005 ...NOTICE... THE STATION RELATIVE POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT ARE NOW AVAILABLE SEPARATELY UNDER THE WMO HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1... WUUS02 PTSDY2...WUUS03 PTSDY3. THE INCLUSION OF POINTS IN THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE DISCONTINUED AFTER THE 2005 CONVECTIVE SEASON. A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION STATEMENT (PNS) WILL PROVIDE DETAILS ON THE TRANSITION. CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1630Z |