Dec 27, 2005 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook Updated: Tue Dec 27 19:46:14 UTC 2005 Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table in HTML, or PDF formats.
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SPC AC 271943 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0143 PM CST TUE DEC 27 2005 VALID 272000Z - 281200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 55 SW 7R4 20 NW LFT 10 NNE HEZ 30 SE GLH 25 ENE GWO 30 NE UOX 40 NE TUP 45 NE CBM 25 WSW TCL 50 N MOB 40 ENE BVE 65 SSE BVE. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 E GLS 40 WSW POE 10 NNE ELD 20 S JBR 25 SW CGI 40 SE MVN 45 SSW BMG 25 WSW SDF 25 NNE SEM 55 SW PNS. ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PARTS OF SERN LA...MS...AND EXTREME WRN AL LATE TONIGHT... ...LOWER MS VALLEY-LATE TONIGHT... LITTLE CHANGE IN EARLIER THINKING REGARDING DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL ACROSS THIS REGION LATE TONIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY. A VERY STRONG MID LEVEL IMPULSE WAS DROPPING SEWD ACROSS KS/OK/NRN TX LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WAS INTENSIFYING ACROSS SERN KS/SWRN MO IN RESPONSE TO THE MID/UPPER LEVEL FORCING AND..IN TURN...LOW LEVEL SSWLY FLOW HAS STRENGTHENED TO 30-40KT FROM THE NWRN GULF/ERN TX NEWD ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY. A NARROW AXIS OF RICHER MOISTURE WAS DEVELOPING COINCIDENT WITH THE STRONGER LOW LEVEL FLOW...FROM THE TX GULF COAST TO NERN MS...WHERE GOES PW VALUES HAVE INCREASED TO OVER 0.75 INCHES. THIS MOISTURE FLUX WAS FURTHER CONFIRMED BY 18Z LCH SOUNDING WHICH SHOWED A STRONG INCREASE IN MEAN MIXING RATIO SINCE 12Z...BENEATH A STOUT INVERSION BASED AROUND 850MB. CONTINUED MOISTENING OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER WITHIN DEVELOPING WARM CONVEYOR BELT AND A STEADY DECREASE IN STATIC STABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG DYNAMIC ASCENT IN THE MID LEVELS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF 500-1000 J/KG MUCAPE ACROSS LA/MS LATER TONIGHT. ISOLATED...AND MOST LIKELY ELEVATED...CONVECTIVE INITIATION IS ANTICIPATED AS THE STRONGER LARGE SCALE FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMPLIFYING MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ACTS TO ERODE THE LOW LEVEL INHIBITION/CAP. LATEST GUIDANCE APPEARS TO SUGGEST THAT THIS SCENARIO WILL OCCUR WELL AFTER 06Z. LATEST 18Z NAM INDICATES POTENTIAL FOR RAPID TSTM DEVELOPMENT OVER SRN MS AND SERN LA BETWEEN 09-12Z...AND THIS FCST IS CONSISTENT WITH 12Z GFS GUIDANCE. DESPITE LIMITED TEMPORAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER GIVEN INITIATION SO LATE IN THE PERIOD...ANY STORMS THAT DO OCCUR BEFORE DAYBREAK WILL DEVELOP WITHIN A STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE OF UPDRAFT ROTATION. A FEW HAIL EVENTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH A LESSER CHANCE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN BOTH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH 12Z...AND THIS POTENTIAL FURTHER SUPPORTS MAINTAINING THE SLGT RISK AT THIS TIME. ..CARBIN.. 12/27/2005 ...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 |