Dec 15, 2005 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook Updated: Thu Dec 15 19:50:14 UTC 2005 Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table in HTML, or PDF formats.
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SPC AC 151946 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0146 PM CST THU DEC 15 2005 VALID 152000Z - 161200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 SE CHS 30 ESE FAY 45 E RZZ 25 NNE ORF 50 E ORF. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 WSW AAF ABY 20 NW MCN AHN 40 ESE SPA DAN 45 SSE CHO DCA 35 WNW ILG AVP POU 45 SSW BID. ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF THE SRN MID ATLANTIC COASTAL AREAS.... ...ERN GULF OF MEXICO INTO FLORIDA... AMPLIFICATION OF UPPER RIDGE IS ONGOING NEAR SOUTH ATLANTIC COASTAL AREAS...AHEAD OF UPPER TROUGH AXIS PIVOTING INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AROUND SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CLOSED LOW. AS THIS OCCURS...SOUTHERN BRANCH IMPULSE CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT PROGRESSES THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST STATES. THIS FEATURE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OF SOUTH ATLANTIC COASTAL AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH LINGERING TRAILING SHEAR AXIS STILL A FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SEEMS MOST LIKELY IN THE VICINITY OF GULF COASTAL AREAS...ALONG PRE-FRONTAL WIND SHIFT...NEAR TAMPA BY AROUND 16/00Z...THEN INTO THE FORT MYERS AREA AND THE KEYS LATER THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT. THIS IS WHERE MORE MOIST AND WEAK TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER MAY ADVECT INLAND PRIOR TO FRONTAL PASSAGE...SUPPORTING AT LEAST LOW POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED STRONG OR SEVERE STORM IN PRESENCE OF MODERATE TO STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR. IN THE WAKE OF THIS ACTIVITY...WARMING AT MID-LEVELS IS EXPECTED TO PRECLUDE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALONG SURFACE FRONT...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO REACH SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COASTAL AREAS AND THE KEYS BY 12Z FRIDAY. ...SRN/MID ATLANTIC COAST... ACROSS THE CAROLINAS...MODIFYING BOUNDARY LAYER FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC HAS SPREAD INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN...AND SURFACE FRONTAL ZONE IS BEGINNING TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE PIEDMONT INTO MID ATLANTIC COASTAL AREAS. AS NORTHERN BRANCH TROUGH PIVOTS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TONIGHT...THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME FOCUS FOR SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS. MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THIS WILL BE RELATIVELY WEAK...WITH MOST SUBSTANTIAL DEEPENING FROM CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA INTO EASTERN VIRGINIA LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GIVEN SOMEWHAT MARGINAL MOISTURE LEVELS RETURNING OFF THE ATLANTIC ...WITH WIDESPREAD RAIN AND CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN...POTENTIAL FOR SUBSTANTIAL BOUNDARY-LAYER BASED DESTABILIZATION IN DEVELOPING WARM SECTOR SEEMS LOW. THIS IN TURN APPEARS TO LIMIT...THOUGH IT MAY NOT PRECLUDE...SEVERE THREAT IN ENVIRONMENT WITH MORE THAN SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS. A NARROW CONVECTIVE LINE COULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN CAROLINAS LATE THIS EVENING...BEFORE LIFTING ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL REGION WITH A RISK OF WIND DAMAGE...PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. ..KERR.. 12/15/2005 ...NOTICE... THE STATION RELATIVE POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT WILL BE DISCONTINUED ON 14 FEBRUARY 2006 BUT WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS: WMO HEADER: AWIPS ID: WUUS01 PTSDY1 WUUS02 PTSDY2 WUUS03 PTSDY3 A SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE ...SCN05-39... PROVIDES DETAILS ON THE TRANSITION. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS SEE THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS USING LOWER CASE LETTERS: WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0100Z |