Sep 13, 2005 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook Updated: Tue Sep 13 20:10:37 UTC 2005
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SPC AC 132006 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0306 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 VALID 132000Z - 141200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 NW ANJ MTW DNV 25 NNW CGI 40 NE HRO 30 N MKO 10 WNW FSI 50 WNW ABI 30 NW BGS 45 NE HOB 40 SE CVS AMA P28 10 WSW MHK 40 NNW LWD 15 NNE RST 55 NE EAU 65 ENE CMX. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SE ELP 30 S ROW TCC 30 WSW CAO 15 SSE ALS 25 S CDC 30 NNE ELY 25 NNW OWY 65 SW 27U 50 ESE LVM 35 SSW BFF 55 ESE LIC 55 NNW GCK 15 ESE RWF 40 N CMX ...CONT... 40 SE OSC 30 WNW IND 20 N OWB 25 E DYR 25 NW GWO 25 NW ESF 25 W 7R4. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 ESE CHS 20 W DAN 15 ESE ORF. ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS PORTIONS SRN HIGH PLAINS TO UPPER MI... ...SYNOPSIS... SYNOPTIC SCALE PATTERN WILL REMAIN CHARACTERIZED BY POSITIVELY TILTED LONGWAVE TROUGH FROM HUDSON BAY REGION SWWD ACROSS CA. SEVERAL LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVES ARE EXPECTED TO EJECT NEWD ACROSS CENTRAL/NRN PLAINS AND UPPER MS VALLEY REGION...BUT IN GENERAL...BROAD PLUME OF SWLY FLOW ALOFT WILL EXTEND FROM 4 CORNERS TO GREAT LAKES. SFC COLD FRONT -- MODULATED ACROSS IA BY CONVECTIVE OUTFLOWS -- IS ANALYZED FROM LS SWWD ACROSS SERN MN TO FRONTAL-WAVE LOW BETWEEN SLN-EMP. FRONT THEN EXTENDS SWWD ACROSS ERN TX PANHANDLE AND OVER E-CENTRAL NM. EXPECT FRONT TO DECELERATE THROUGH REMAINDER PERIOD ACROSS SERN NM AND SOUTH PLAINS OF W TX...AS POSTFRONTAL BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW VEERS IN RESPONSE TO LEE-SIDE CYCLONE DEVELOPING NEAR MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL NM. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTERSECTS FRONT INVOF E-CENTRAL KS LOW...AND EXTENDS SEWD ACROSS SERN KS THEN NEWD OVER WRN MO. DRYLINE -- FROM NEAR PVW SSWWD ACROSS EXTREME SERN NM -- SHOULD MOVE LITTLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND MAY RETREAT WWD IN SOME AREAS. ...MID/UPPER MS VALLEY REGION... LARGE MCS WITH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE GUSTS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING NEWD FROM IA ACROSS PORTIONS SERN MN AND WI. FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR PROFILES IN PRE-STORM AIR MASS OVER MS VALLEY AND SRN WI WILL SUPPORT SEVERE POTENTIAL THROUGH REMAINDER AFTERNOON. REF SPC WW 781...782...AND RELATED MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS FOR MORE DETAILED NEAR-TERM GUIDANCE. TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE/INTENSITY THROUGH REMAINDER AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL/ERN MO...IN WEAKLY CAPPED AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PROGRESSIVELY WEAKER ENVIRONMENT FOR BOTH BUOYANCY AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR IN IL...BUT MAY STILL PRODUCE DAMAGING GUSTS AND OCCASIONAL HAIL. ...CENTRAL/SRN PLAINS... FARTHER W ACROSS WRN MO...SERN KS AND NRN OK...SUPERCELL POTENTIAL IS INCREASING INVOF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND FRONTAL-WAVE LOW. ALL MODES OF SEVERE ARE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING SOME VERY LARGE/DAMAGING HAIL. AIR MASS HAS BECOME STRONGLY UNSTABLE WITH SFC TEMPS LOW-MID 90S AND DEW POINTS LOW 70S F...CONTRIBUTING TO MLCAPES EXCEEDING 3000 J/KG. VERTICAL SHEAR AND BOUNDARY LAYER VORTICITY WILL BE LOCALLY MAXIMIZED FROM LOW EWD INVOF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. REF SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2187 AND WWS 783/784 FOR ADDITIONAL NOWCAST INFO. CONVECTION OVER THIS REGION SHOULD BECOME MORE DENSE AND INTENSE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...LIKELY BACKBUILDING IN AT LEAST BROKEN FORM SWWD ACROSS PORTIONS NRN/WRN OK. WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE TSTMS ALSO MAY DEVELOP INVOF DECELERATING COLD FRONT SWWD INTO SRN TX PANHANDLE...WITH TCU AND NASCENT CB ALREADY APPARENT FROM LBB AREA NEWD TOWARD SHAMROCK TX. DRYLINE SW OF LBB SHOULD MARK SWRN BOUND OF SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. VERTICAL SHEAR OVER THIS REGION INITIALLY IS WEAK BECAUSE OF ONLY 15-20 KT MIDLEVEL WINDS AND SSWLY-WLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW. HOWEVER...SHEAR PROFILES SHOULD INCREASE WITH TIME THROUGH THIS EVENING AS FLOW ALONG AND JUST S OF FRONT BACKS DUE TO ISALLOBARIC FORCING FROM NM LEE CYCLOGENESIS. DAMAGING GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL MAY OCCUR...SUPPORTED BY WELL MIXED SUBCLOUD LAYERS 2000-3000 J/KG MLCAPE. ...COASTAL NC... AS TS OPHELIA APCHS COASTLINE AND FAVORABLY ENLARGED LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS SLOWLY SPREAD NWD ACROSS NC COASTAL PLAIN AND SHORELINES...DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW MINI SUPERCELLS AND MARGINAL POTENTIAL FOR A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG OUTER FRINGES OF TS OPHELIA CIRCULATION. HOWEVER...DIABATICALLY AIDED SFC-BASED BUOYANCY HAS PEAKED ACROSS INLAND AREAS...AND CONVERGENCE APPEARS TOO WEAK OUTSIDE OF DENSE INNER BAND TO SUPPORT MUCH DISCRETE/CELLULAR CONVECTIVE MODE. THEREFORE...WILL MAINTAIN VERY SMALL PROBABILITIES BUT DROP CATEGORICAL OUTLOOK FOR THIS REGION. ..EDWARDS.. 09/13/2005 ...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 0100Z |