Jun 23, 2005 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook Updated: Thu Jun 23 16:30:00 UTC 2005
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SPC AC 231626 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1126 AM CDT THU JUN 23 2005 VALID 231630Z - 241200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 SE CMX 25 SE IWD 45 WNW EAU 15 WSW OTG 60 ENE ANW 15 NNW VTN 35 ESE PHP 15 W ABR 40 SSE JMS 75 NNE DVL. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 SSW MOB 45 N MOB 20 SSW SEM 10 WSW AUO 40 ESE AHN 25 W SOP 35 S ECG 35 N HSE ...CONT... OSC 20 N MKG 25 NNW MKE 15 NNW CGX 25 SSE HUF 15 NW EVV 25 SSE MVN 25 NNE ALN 25 NW BRL 25 E ALO 35 WNW ALO 35 NE OMA 20 NW LNK 55 SSW HLC 20 NW CVS 40 SE ELP ...CONT... 75 SSW GBN 20 N IGM 50 ENE ELY 50 SW TWF 15 SE 27U 20 E BTM 25 SE LWT 60 SW GGW 60 N OLF. ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT FROM THE ERN DAKOTAS INTO MN/NW WI.... ...DAKOTAS/MN/NW WI AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... A STRONG MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER SRN ALBERTA WILL MOVE EWD OVER THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES THROUGH TONIGHT...WHILE AN EMBEDDED SPEED MAX OVER MT EJECTS EWD/ENEWD NEAR AND JUST N OF THE CANADIAN BORDER. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EWD/SEWD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS/MN BY EARLY TONIGHT...PROVIDING A POTENTIAL FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. 12Z SOUNDINGS REVEAL THAT THE DEEPER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE PLUME HAS BEEN SWEPT EWD TO THE UPPER MS VALLEY...ON THE NOSE OF A VERY WARM EML PLUME OVER THE DAKOTAS. 850 MB TEMPERATURES OF 27-30 C AT THE BASE OF THE EML ARE PROVIDING A STRONG CAP OVER THE NRN PLAINS...WHERE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES EXCEED 100 F. MEANWHILE... SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A CONTINUATION OF THE MID LEVEL MOISTURE PLUME FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TO WRN ND...IN PROXIMITY TO THE SURFACE COLD FRONT. RECENT RUNS OF THE NAM CONTINUE WITH MORE AGGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION OVER NE ND/MN BY THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH THIS DEVELOPMENT MAY BE AN ARTIFACT OF THE BMJ CONVECTIVE SCHEME /WHICH DOES NOT CONSIDER CIN/ AND THE BELT OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE. STILL...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON/ EVENING ALONG OR A LITTLE BEHIND THE SURFACE COLD FRONT WHERE ASCENT WILL GRADUALLY REMOVE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION. LOCAL DEEPENING OF THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND DAYTIME HEATING ALONG THE FRONT...BENEATH THE VERY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...WILL RESULT IN STRONG INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE ERN DAKOTAS TO MN. DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS AND BOWING SEGMENTS...THOUGH WEAK LOW-LEVEL SHEAR AND CAA IN THE AREA WHERE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUGGEST THAT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO FORM AS FAR SW AS THE HIGH PLAINS. DEEP INVERTED-V PROFILES AND WEAKER VERTICAL SHEAR WITH SWD EXTENT SUGGEST SOME POTENTIAL FOR STRONG OUTFLOW GUSTS FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ..THOMPSON/GUYER.. 06/23/2005 ...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 2000Z |